The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization

1985 - 2025

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2022, volume 38, articles 3

Auctioning Class Action Representation (Contingent Fees and Class Actions) pp. 613-631

Alon Klement, Zvika Neeman and Moran Ofir

Political Capital (“Formal and Real Authority in Organizations) pp. 632-674

Gabriele Gratton, Richard Holden and Barton Lee

How Representation Reduces Minority Criminal Victimization: Evidence from Scheduled Castes in India (Caste, Corruption and Political Competition in India) pp. 675-720

Abhay Aneja and S K Ritadhi

Peer Effects and Recidivism: The Role of Race and Age (Building Criminal Capital behind Bars: Peer Effects in Juvenile Corrections) pp. 721-740

Kegon Tan and Mariyana Zapryanova

The Effect of Patent Litigation Insurance: Theory and Evidence from NPEs (“Valuable Patents) pp. 741-773

Bernhard Ganglmair, Christian Helmers and Brian J Love

Organized Crime, Captured Politicians, and the Allocation of Public Resources (“Mafiaand Public Spending: Evidence on the Fiscal Multiplier from a Quasi-Experiment) pp. 774-839

Marco Di Cataldo and Nicola Mastrorocco

The Survival of Mediocre Superstars in the Labor Market (High Wage Workers and High Wage Firms) pp. 840-888

Thomas Peeters, Stefan Szymanski and Marko Terviö

On the Cyclicality of Real Wages and Employment: New Evidence and Stylized Facts from Performance Pay and Fixed Wage Jobs (Options, the Value of Capital and Investment) pp. 889-920

Christos Makridis and Maury Gittleman

2022, volume 38, articles 2

Incentives to Discover Talent pp. 309-344

Tobias Brünner, Guido Friebel, Richard Holden and Suraj Prasad

Did Secure Communities Lead to Safer Communities? Immigration Enforcement, Crime Deterrence, and Geographical Externalities pp. 345-385

Songman Kang and B K Song

Self-Selection into Corrupt Judiciaries pp. 386-421

Jordan Gans-Morse

Favoritism towards High-Status Clubs: Evidence from German Soccer pp. 422-478

Paul Bose, Eberhard Feess and Helge Mueller

De-politicization and Corporate Transformation: Evidence from China pp. 479-510

Daniel Berkowitz, Chen Lin and Sibo Liu

Concealment as Responsibility Shifting in Overlapping Generations Organizations* pp. 511-538

Tomoya Tajika

A Statistical Test for Legal Interpretation: Theory and Applications pp. 539-569

Julian Nyarko and Sarath Sanga

The Value of Confidential Policy Information: Persuasion, Transparency, and Influence pp. 570-612

Clement Minaudier

2022, volume 38, articles 1

Collective Bargaining Rights and Police Misconduct: Evidence from Florida pp. 1-41

Dhammika Dharmapala, Richard H McAdams and John Rappaport

An Absolute Test of Racial Prejudice pp. 42-91

Philip Marx

Measuring Supreme Court Case Complexity pp. 92-118

Greg Goelzhauser, Benjamin J Kassow and Douglas Rice

Radical Target Setting and China’s Great Famine pp. 120-160

Chang Liu and Li-An Zhou

Who Watches the Watchmen: Evidence of the Effect of Body-Worn Cameras on New York City Policing pp. 161-195

Mitchell E Zamoff, Brad N Greenwood and Gordon Burtch

Social Ties and the Influence of Public Policies on Individual Opinions: The Case of Same-Sex Marriage Laws pp. 196-271

Sylvie Blasco, Eva Moreno Galbis and Jeremy Tanguy

Policy-Specific Expertise and the Importance of Organizational Leadership in Shared Administrative Governance: Evidence from US Federal Cooperative Agreements pp. 272-306

George A Krause and Matthew Zarit

2021, volume 37, articles 3

Violent Crime and the Overmilitarization of US Policing pp. 479-511

Federico Masera

Political Consequences of Economic Hardship: State Economic Activity and Polarization in American Legislatures pp. 512-533

Haritz Garro

Electoral Systems, Selection, and Re-election: Evidence from Italian Municipalities pp. 534-570

Giorgio Gulino

Crisis-Induced Innovation: Quality Upgrading in Chinese Industrial Clusters pp. 571-606

Xiangting Hu, Jianqing Ruan and Xiaobo Zhang

Low-Quality Patents in the Eye of the Beholder: Evidence from Multiple Examiners pp. 607-636

Gaétan de Rassenfosse, William E. Griffiths, Adam Jaffe and Elizabeth Webster

Transparency, Contracting Frictions, and Trade: Evidence across Firms pp. 637-680

Raymond Fisman, Eric Hardy and Sergey Mityakov

2021, volume 37, articles 2

Evaluating Mergers and Divestitures: A Casino Case Study pp. 239-277

F David Osinski and Jeremy A Sandford

Five-Star Ratings and Managerial Turnover: Evidence from the Nursing Home Industry pp. 278-313

James A Brickley, Susan F Lu and Gerard J Wedig

Is a Corruption Crackdown Really Good for the Economy? Firm-Level Evidence from China pp. 314-357

Zhiyuan Chen, Xin Jin and Xu Xu

Shared Liability and Excessive Care pp. 358-391

Ehud Guttel, Yuval Procaccia and Eyal Winter

Incomplete Political Contracts with Secret Ballots: Reciprocity as a Force to Enforce Sustainable Clientelistic Relationships pp. 392-439

Kenju Kamei

The Fact-Law Distinction: Strategic Factfinding and Lawmaking in a Judicial Hierarchy pp. 440-477

Sepehr Shahshahani

2021, volume 37, articles 1

Conservation Agreements: Relational Contracts with Endogenous Monitoring pp. 1-40

Heidi Gjertsen, Theodore Groves, David A Miller, Eduard Niesten, Dale Squires and Joel Watson

Accountability to Contain Corruption in Procurement Tenders pp. 41-67

Bernard Caillaud and Ariane Lambert-Mogiliansky

Media and Crime Perceptions: Evidence from Mexico pp. 68-133

Aurora Alejandra Ramírez-Álvarez

Discretion and Supplier Selection in Public Procurement pp. 134-166

Audinga Baltrunaite, Cristina Giorgiantonio, Sauro Mocetti and Tommaso Orlando

Voter Turnout and City Performance: Evidence from Italian Municipalities pp. 168-197

Anna Lo Prete and Federico Revelli

Product Safety and Harm-Mitigation Incentives When Mitigation Lowers Consumption Benefits pp. 198-237

Florian Baumann and Tim Friehe

2020, volume 36, articles 3

In-House and Arm’s Length: Productivity Heterogeneity and Variation in Organizational Form (“Vertical Integration and Technology: Theory and Evidence) pp. 415-460

Stephen F Lin, Catherine Thomas and Arturs Kalnins

The Illicit Benefits of Local Party Alignment in National Elections (Divided Government versus Incumbency Externality Effect: Quasi-Experimental Evidence on Multiple Voting Decisions,”) pp. 461-494

Oana Borcan

Worker Trust in Management and Delegation in Organizations (Optimal Cartel Equilibria with Imperfect Monitoring) pp. 495-536

Kieron Meagher and Andrew Wait

Bureaucratic Competence and Procurement Outcomes (“Politics and Economics in Weak and Strong States) pp. 537-597

Francesco Decarolis, Leonardo M. Giuffrida, Elisabetta Iossa, Vincenzo Mollisi and Giancarlo Spagnolo

Unintended Consequences of Products Liability: Evidence from the Pharmaceutical Market* (An Economic Analysis of Mary Carter Settlement Agreements) pp. 598-632

Eric Helland, Darius Lakdawalla, Anup Malani and Seth A Seabury

The Behavioral Effects of (Unenforceable) Contracts† (“Selection on Observed and Unobserved Variables: Assessing the Effectiveness of Catholic Schools) pp. 633-687

Evan Starr, J J Prescott and Norman Bishara

2020, volume 36, articles 2

But-for Causation and the Implementability of Compensatory Damages Rules (Re-Examining Liability Rules When Injurers as Well as Victims Suffer Losses) pp. 231-254

Urs Schweizer

Social Welfare Programs and Trust: Evidence from Six Latin American Cities (Decomposing Trust and Trustworthiness) pp. 255-283

Alberto Chong, Vanessa Ríos-Salas and Hugo Ñopo

Continuing Contracts (Firms’ Use of Outside Contractors: Theory and Evidence) pp. 284-313

Maija Halonen-Akatwijuka and Oliver Hart

Risk Preferences and Incentives for Evidence Acquisition and Disclosure (Disclosure and Choice) pp. 314-342

Erin Giffin and Erik Lillethun

Justifications, Excuses, and Affirmative Defenses (“Deterrence versus Judicial Error: A Comparative View of Standards of Proof) pp. 343-377

Murat C Mungan

Reducing Unjust Convictions: Plea Bargaining, Trial, and Evidence Disclosure (“Prosecutorial Resources, Plea Bargaining, and the Decision to Go to Trial) pp. 378-414

Andrew Daughety and Jennifer Reinganum

2020, volume 36, articles 1

Lateral Moves, Promotions, and Task-Specific Human Capital: Theory and Evidence pp. 1-46

Xin Jin and Michael Waldman

Do Managers Matter? A Natural Experiment from 42 R&D Labs in India pp. 47-83

Prithwiraj Choudhury, Tarun Khanna and Christos Makridis

Job Hopping and Adverse Selection in the Labor Market pp. 84-138

Xiaodong Fan and Jed DeVaro

Social Norms and Legal Design pp. 139-169

Bruno Deffains and Claude Fluet

Judgment-Contingent Settlements pp. 170-206

Shay Lavie and Avraham D Tabbach

Ideal Point Estimation in Political Hierarchies: A Framework and an Application to the US Executive Branch pp. 207-230

Alex Acs