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2023, volume 39, articles 3

The Ownership of Data pp. 615-641

Anastasios Dosis and Wilfried Sand-Zantman

International politics and oil trade: evidence from Russian oil exports pp. 642-681

Sergey Mityakov, Margarita Portnykh and Kevin K Tsui

Executive Control of Agency Adjudication: Capacity, Selection, and Precedential Rulemaking pp. 682-721

David K Hausman, Daniel E Ho, Mark S Krass and Anne McDonough

Fighting Organized Crime by Targeting their Revenue: Screening, Mafias, and Public Funds pp. 722-746

Gianmarco Daniele and Gemma Dipoppa

Influence by Intimidation: Business Lobbying in the Regulatory Process pp. 747-774

Alex Acs and Cary Coglianese

Political Agency and Implementation Subsidies with Imperfect Monitoring pp. 775-800

Benjamin Blumenthal

How informative is the text of securities complaints? pp. 801-827

Adam B Badawi

Markets for Scientific Attribution pp. 828-846

Joshua Gans and Fiona Murray

The Benefits of Trade Secret Legal Protection: Evidence from Firms’ Cost Structure Decisions pp. 847-875

Feng Gao, Xue Wang and Benda Yin

2023, volume 39, articles 2

The Differential Effects of Malpractice Reform: Defensive Medicine in Obstetrics pp. 309-349

Javier Cano-Urbina and Daniel Montanera

Electoral Sentencing Cycles pp. 350-370

David Abrams, Roberto Galbiati, Emeric Henry and Arnaud Philippe

Organization of the State: Home Assignment and Bureaucrat Performance pp. 371-419

Guo Xu, Marianne Bertrand and Robin Burgess

Task Discretion, Labor-market Frictions, and Entrepreneurship† pp. 420-455

Andrea Canidio and Patrick Legros

The Dynamics of the Debate About Gay Rights: Evidence from US Newspapers pp. 456-492

Alan Manning and Paolo Masella

A Potentially Known Confidential Settlement pp. 493-520

Frances Xu Lee

Signaling in the “Before” Model of Final Offer Arbitration pp. 521-556

Amy Farmer and Paul Pecorino

Gender and Bureaucratic Corruption: Evidence from Two Countries pp. 557-585

Francesco Decarolis, Raymond Fisman, Paolo Pinotti, Silvia Vannutelli and Yongxiang Wang

Deterrence of Orchestrated Cheating: Group versus Individual Punishment pp. 586-614

Shmuel Leshem and Abraham L Wickelgren

2023, volume 39, articles 1

Judicial Review by the People Themselves: Democracy and the Rule of Law in Ancient Athens pp. 1-26

Federica Carugati, Randall Calvert and Barry R Weingast

The Effects of Private Damage Claims on Cartel Activity: Experimental Evidence* pp. 27-76

Olivia Bodnar, Melinda Fremerey, Hans-Theo Normann and Jannika Schad

A Theory of Claim Resolution pp. 77-122

Scott Baker and Lewis A Kornhauser

Measuring the Legislative Design of Judicial Review of Agency Actions pp. 123-159

Pamela J Clouser McCann, Charles R Shipan and Yuhua Wang

How Institutions Shape Morality pp. 160-198

Giuseppe Dari-Mattiacci and Marco Fabbri

Implementing (Un)fair Procedures: Containing Favoritism When Unequal Outcomes are Inevitable pp. 199-234

Robert Schmidt and Stefan T Trautmann

Immigration, Fear of Crime, and Public Spending on Security pp. 235-280

Vincenzo Bove, Leandro Elia and Massimiliano Ferraresi

Doing It by the Book: Political Contestability and Public Contract Renegotiations pp. 281-308

Jean Beuve, Marian Moszoro and Pablo Spiller

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