Journal of Public Economics

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Volume 119, issue C, 2014

Resource scarcity and antisocial behavior pp. 1-9

Sebastian Prediger, Björn Vollan and Benedikt Herrmann

The Friedman rule in an overlapping-generations model with nonlinear taxation and income misreporting pp. 10-23

Firouz Gahvari and Luca Micheletto

Cap-and-trade programs under delayed compliance: Consequences of interim injections of permits pp. 24-34

Makoto Hasegawa and Stephen Salant

Bureaucrats, voters, and public investment pp. 35-48

Levon Barseghyan and Stephen Coate

The dog that did not bark: The EITC for single mothers in the Netherlands pp. 49-60

Leon J.H. Bettendorf, Kees Folmer and Egbert L.W. Jongen

The incidence of transaction taxes: Evidence from a stamp duty holiday pp. 61-70

Timothy Besley, Neil Meads and Paolo Surico

Asymmetric competition among nation states: A differential game approach pp. 71-79

Yutao Han, Patrice Pieretti, Skerdilajda Zanaj and Benteng Zou

What will my account really be worth? Experimental evidence on how retirement income projections affect saving pp. 80-92

Gopi Goda, Colleen Flaherty Manchester and Aaron J. Sojourner

The value of the revolving door: Political appointees and the stock market pp. 93-107

Simon Luechinger and Christoph Moser

The effect of school closings on student achievement pp. 108-124

Quentin Brummet

Volume 118, issue C, 2014

Free entry and regulatory competition in a global economy pp. 1-14

Kaz Miyagiwa and Yasuhiro Sato

Civil service reform pp. 15-25

Gergely Ujhelyi

The cost of racial animus on a black candidate: Evidence using Google search data pp. 26-40

Seth Stephens-Davidowitz

Identifying local tax mimicking with administrative borders and a policy reform pp. 41-51

Thushyanthan Baskaran

Learning for a bonus: How financial incentives interact with preferences pp. 52-61

Yvonne Oswald and Uschi Backes-Gellner

Gender quotas and the quality of politicians pp. 62-74

Audinga Baltrunaite, Piera Bello, Alessandra Casarico and Paola Profeta

Communication in multilateral bargaining pp. 75-85

Marina Agranov and Chloe Tergiman

Cash by any other name? Evidence on labeling from the UK Winter Fuel Payment pp. 86-96

Timothy Beatty, Laura Blow, Thomas Crossley and Cormac O'Dea

The choice of the personal income tax base pp. 97-110

Roger Gordon and Wojciech Kopczuk

The incidence of non-linear price-dependent consumption taxes pp. 111-119

Clément Carbonnier

To own or not to own your life insurance policy? pp. 120-127

David Joulfaian

The promise of positive optimal taxation: normative diversity and a role for equal sacrifice pp. 128-142

Matthew Weinzierl

Impure altruism or inequality aversion?: An experimental investigation based on income effects pp. 143-150

Subhasish Chowdhury and Joo Young Jeon

Is global social welfare increasing? A critical-level enquiry pp. 151-162

John Cockburn, Jean-Yves Duclos and Agnes Zabsonre

Government control of the media pp. 163-171

Scott Gehlbach and Konstantin Sonin

Volume 117, issue C, 2014

The impact of a carbon tax on manufacturing: Evidence from microdata pp. 1-14

Ralf Martin, Laure de Preux and Ulrich Wagner

The segregative properties of endogenous jurisdiction formation with a land market pp. 15-27

Nicolas Gravel and Rémy Oddou

“Do the right thing:” The effects of moral suasion on cooperation pp. 28-38

Ernesto Dal Bó and Pedro Dal Bó

The pitfalls of work requirements in welfare-to-work policies: Experimental evidence on human capital accumulation in the Self-Sufficiency Project pp. 39-49

Chris Riddell and W. Craig Riddell

Subsidizing renewable energy under capital mobility pp. 50-59

Thomas Eichner and Marco Runkel

The Scandinavian model—An interpretation pp. 60-72

Erling Barth, Karl Ove Moene and Fredrik Willumsen

Surfing alone? The internet and social capital: Evidence from an unforeseeable technological mistake pp. 73-89

Stefan Bauernschuster, Oliver Falck and Ludger Woessmann

Toward obtaining a consistent estimate of the elasticity of taxable income using difference-in-differences pp. 90-103

Caroline Weber

Social preferences are stable over long periods of time pp. 104-114

Fredrik Carlsson, Olof Johansson-Stenman and Pham Khanh Nam

Measuring the deadweight loss from taxation in a small open economy pp. 115-124

Peter Birch Sørensen

Do risk aversion and wages explain educational choices? pp. 125-148

Thomas Brodaty, Robert Gary-Bobo and Ana Prieto

Anti-social behavior in profit and nonprofit organizations pp. 149-161

Emmanuelle Auriol and Stefanie Brilon

Spending more of the school day in math class: Evidence from a regression discontinuity in middle school pp. 162-181

Eric Taylor

Brothers in alms? Coordination between nonprofits on markets for donations pp. 182-200

Gani Aldashev, Marco Marini and Thierry Verdier

Optimal linear commodity taxation under optimal non-linear income taxation pp. 201-210

Bas Jacobs and Robin Boadway

Work and tax evasion incentive effects of social insurance programs pp. 211-228

Marcelo Bergolo and Guillermo Cruces

Volume 116, issue C, 2014

What makes annuitization more appealing? pp. 2-16

John Beshears, James Choi, David Laibson, Brigitte Madrian and Stephen Zeldes

The effect of pension design on employer costs and employee retirement choices: Evidence from Oregon pp. 17-34

John Chalmers, Woodrow Johnson and Jonathan Reuter

Why do individuals choose defined contribution plans? Evidence from participants in a large public plan pp. 35-46

Jeffrey Brown and Scott Weisbenner

Linking benefits to investment performance in US public pension systems pp. 47-61

Robert Novy-Marx and Joshua D. Rauh

Reform of police pensions in England and Wales pp. 62-72

Rowena Crawford and Richard Disney

Defined benefit pension plan distribution decisions by public sector employees pp. 73-88

Robert L. Clark, Melinda Morrill and David Vanderweide

Shrouded costs of government: The political economy of state and local public pensions pp. 89-105

Edward L. Glaeser and Giacomo Ponzetto

Volume 115, issue C, 2014

Natural catastrophe insurance: How should the government intervene? pp. 1-17

Arthur Charpentier and Benoît Le Maux

Sunshine as disinfectant: The effect of state Freedom of Information Act laws on public corruption pp. 18-36

Adriana S. Cordis and Patrick Warren

Corruption, investments and contributions to public goods: Experimental evidence from rural Liberia pp. 37-47

Gonne Beekman, Erwin Bulte and Eleonora Nillesen

Business taxes and the electoral cycle pp. 48-61

Dirk Foremny and Nadine Riedel

Organizational structure, police activity and crime pp. 62-71

Itai Ater, Yehonatan Givati and Oren Rigbi

Smoking bans, maternal smoking and birth outcomes pp. 72-93

Prashant Bharadwaj, Julian Johnsen and Katrine Løken

Tradable immigration quotas pp. 94-108

Jesús Fernández-Huertas Moraga and Hillel Rapoport

The deadweight gain of insurance taxation when risky activities are optional pp. 109-116

David de Meza and Gang Xie

Government's credit-rating concerns and the evaluation of public projects pp. 117-130

Nadav Levy and Ady Pauzner

Estimating the distortionary effects of ethnic quotas in Singapore using housing transactions pp. 131-145

Maisy Wong

Can private airport competition improve runway pricing? The case of San Francisco Bay area airports pp. 146-157

Jia Yan and Clifford Winston

The impact of political majorities on firm value: Do electoral promises or friendship connections matter? pp. 158-170

Renaud Coulomb and Marc Sangnier