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2014, volume 30, articles suppl_1

Introduction pp. i1-i12

Philippe Aghion, Mathias Dewatripont, Patrick Legros and Luigi Zingales

Incomplete Contracts and Firm Boundaries: New Directions pp. i13-i36

Wouter Dessein

Incomplete Contracts and the Internal Organization of Firms pp. i37-i63

Phillipe Aghion, Nicholas Bloom and John van Reenen

Corporate Finance, Incomplete Contracts, and Corporate Control pp. i64-i81

Patrick Bolton

Contracts, Ownership, and Industrial Organization: Past and Future pp. i82-i117

Patrick Legros and Andrew F. Newman

Grossman–Hart (1986) Goes Global: Incomplete Contracts, Property Rights, and the International Organization of Production pp. i118-i175

Pol Antras

2014, volume 30, articles 4

A Theory of Rule Development pp. 649-682

Glenn Ellison and Richard Holden

Relationship Building: Conflict and Project Choice over Time pp. 683-708

Marina Halac

Delegation of Decisions About Change in Organizations: The Roles of Competition, Trade, Uncertainty, and Scale pp. 709-733

Kieron Meagher and Andrew Wait

Should Consumers be Permitted to Waive Products Liability? Product Safety, Private Contracts, and Adverse Selection pp. 734-766

Albert H. Choi and Kathryn E. Spier

Adversarial and Inquisitorial Procedures with Information Acquisition pp. 767-803

Chulyoung Kim

Explicit Evidence of an Implicit Contract pp. 804-832

Andrew Young and Daniel Levy

Exclusionary Contracts pp. 833-867

Ran Jing and Ralph Winter

2014, volume 30, articles 3

Leaders: Privilege, Sacrifice, Opportunity, and Personnel Economics in the American Civil War pp. 437-462

Dora Costa

The Impact of Group Contract and Governance Structure on Performance—Evidence from College Classrooms pp. 463-492

Zeynep K. Hansen, Hideo Owan, Jie Pan and Shinya Sugawara

The Pricing Effects of Securities Class Action Lawsuits and Litigation Insurance pp. 493-532

Judson Caskey

Refusal to Deal, Intellectual Property Rights, and Antitrust pp. 533-557

Yongmin Chen

Intended and Unintended Consequences of Prison Reform pp. 558-586

Richard T. Boylan and Naci Mocan

Why Do Countries Adopt Constitutional Review? pp. 587-622

Tom Ginsburg and Mila Versteeg

Encouraging Compliance: Bonuses Versus Fines in Inspection Games pp. 623-648

Daniele Nosenzo, Theo Offerman, Martin Sefton and Ailko van der Veen

2014, volume 30, articles 2

Electronic Discovery and the Adoption of Information Technology pp. 217-243

Amalia Miller and Catherine Tucker

Information and the Disposition of Medical Malpractice Claims: A Competing Risks Analysis pp. 244-274

Paul Fenn and Neil Rickman

An Empirical Study of Mutual Fund Excessive Fee Litigation: Do the Merits Matter? pp. 275-305

Quinn Curtis and John Morley

Enforcement and Public Corruption: Evidence from the American States pp. 306-338

James E. Alt and David Lassen

Learning by Mimicking and Modifying: A Model of Policy Knowledge Diffusion with Evidence from Legal Implementation pp. 339-370

David M. Glick

Cumulative Harm and Resilient Liability Rules for Product Markets pp. 371-400

Andrew Daughety and Jennifer Reinganum

Mergers, Agency Costs, and Social Welfare pp. 401-436

Jean-Etienne de Bettignies and Thomas Ross

2014, volume 30, articles 1

The Value of Corporate Governance for Bank Finance in an Emerging Economy: Evidence from a Natural Experiment pp. 1-38

Simon Quinn

Voting For The President: The Supreme Court During War pp. 39-71

William G. Howell and Faisal Z. Ahmed

Agency and Compensation: Evidence from the Hotel Industry pp. 72-103

Matthew Freedman and Renáta Kosová

An Evaluation of Cross-National Measures of Judicial Independence pp. 104-137

Julio Ríos-Figueroa and Jeffrey K. Staton

Televised Attacks and the Incumbency Advantage in State Supreme Courts pp. 138-164

Melinda Gann Hall

Technological Change and the Make-or-Buy Decision pp. 165-192

Ann P. Bartel, Saul Lach and Nachum Sicherman

"God Damn": The Law and Economics of Monastic Malediction pp. 193-216

Peter Leeson

2013, volume 29, articles 6

Editor's Note pp. 1183-1183

Pablo Spiller

How the Senate and the President Affect the Timing of Power-sharing Rule Changes in the US House pp. 1184-1216

Gisela Sin and Arthur Lupia

Institutions and Organizational Structure: The Case of State-Owned Corporate Pyramids pp. 1217-1252

Joseph P. H. Fan, T. J. Wong and Tianyu Zhang

How Tort Reform Affects Insurance Markets pp. 1253-1278

Martin Grace and J. Tyler Leverty

Performance Feedback with Career Concerns pp. 1279-1316

Stephen E. Hansen

Do Freedom of Information Laws Decrease Corruption? pp. 1317-1343

Samia Costa

Investor Protection and the Value of Shares: Evidence from Statutory Rules Governing Variations of Shareholders' Class Rights in an Emerging Market pp. 1344-1383

Alexander Muravyev

Time for Blood: The Effect of Paid Leave Legislation on Altruistic Behavior pp. 1384-1420

Nicola Lacetera and Mario Macis

2013, volume 29, articles 5

Voting in the Bicameral Congress: Large Majorities as a Signal of Quality pp. 957-991

Matias Iaryczower, Gabriel Katz and Sebastian Saiegh

Evidence from Two Large Field Experiments that Peer Comparison Feedback Can Reduce Residential Energy Usage pp. 992-1022

Ian Ayres, Sophie Raseman and Alice Shih

Hold Up Under Costly Litigation and Imperfect Courts of Law pp. 1023-1055

Manuel Willington

Corporate Governance, Enforcement, and Firm Value: Evidence from India pp. 1056-1084

Dhammika Dharmapala and Vikramaditya Khanna

Signaling, Learning, and Screening Prior to Trial: Informational Implications of Preliminary Injunctions pp. 1085-1113

Thomas Jeitschko and Byung-Cheol Kim

The Deterrence Effects of US Merger Policy Instruments pp. 1114-1144

Joseph Clougherty and Jo Seldeslachts

International Trade and Institutional Change pp. 1145-1181

Andrei Levchenko

2013, volume 29, articles 4

Judicial Institutions and Firms' External Finance: Evidence from Russia pp. 735-764

Julia Shvets

The Effect of Regulatory Uncertainty on Investment: Evidence from Renewable Energy Generation pp. 765-798

Kira R. Fabrizio

Contract Adaptation under Legal Constraints pp. 799-834

Giorgio Zanarone

Contract Enforcement: A Political Economy Model of Legal Development pp. 835-870

Fali Huang

Access, Veto, and Ownership in the Theory of the Firm pp. 871-897

Roland Bel

Litigating Toward Settlement pp. 898-929

Christina L. Boyd and David A. Hoffman

Legal Liability when Individuals Have Moral Concerns pp. 930-955

Bruno Deffains and Claude Fluet

2013, volume 29, articles 3

Vertical Relationships, Hostages, and Supplier Performance: Evidence from the Japanese Automotive Industry pp. 485-512

Christina L. Ahmadjian and Joanne Oxley

Judging under Political Pressure: An Empirical Analysis of Constitutional Review Voting in the Spanish Constitutional Court pp. 513-534

Nuno Garoupa, Fernando Gomez-Pomar and Veronica Grembi

Corporate Securities Fraud: Insights from a New Empirical Framework pp. 535-568

Tracy Yue Wang

Organizational Design and Environmental Volatility pp. 569-607

Heikki Rantakari

Self-Policing Statutes: Do They Reduce Pollution and Save Regulatory Costs? pp. 608-637

Santiago Guerrero and Robert Innes

Left, Right, and Center: Strategic Information Acquisition and Diversity in Judicial Panels pp. 638-680

Matthew Spitzer and Eric Talley

The Interplay of Formal and Relational Contracts: Evidence from Movies pp. 681-710

Ricard Gil

Occasionally Libertarian: Experimental Evidence of Self-Serving Omission Bias pp. 711-733

Andrew T. Hayashi

2013, volume 29, articles 2

Self-Enforcing Agreements and Relational Contracting: Evidence from California Highway Procurement pp. 239-277

Ricard Gil and Justin Marion

Self-Enforcing Constitutions: With an Application to Democratic Stability In America's First Century pp. 278-302

Sonia Mittal and Barry Weingast

Judicial Review as a Constraint on Tyranny of the Majority pp. 303-331

Robert Fleck and F. Andrew Hanssen

Sheltering Corporate Assets from Political Extraction pp. 332-354

Lorenzo Caprio, Mara Faccio and John J. McConnell

Can Celebrity Endorsements Affect Political Outcomes? Evidence from the 2008 US Democratic Presidential Primary pp. 355-384

Craig Garthwaite and Timothy Moore

Contract Form and Technology Adoption in a Network Industry pp. 385-413

Silke Forbes and Mara Lederman

Confirmation Bias in the United States Supreme Court Judicial Database pp. 414-460

Anna Harvey and Michael J. Woodruff

Value Destruction in the New Era of Chapter 11 pp. 461-483

Barry E. Adler, Vedran Capkun and Lawrence A. Weiss

2013, volume 29, articles 1

Editorial pp. 1-1

Editors

A Model of Operational Slack: The Short-Run, Medium-Run, and Long-Run Consequences of Limited Attention Capacity pp. 2-34

Peter Iliev and Ivo Welch

Subjective Performance Evaluations, Collusion, and Organizational Design pp. 35-59

Veikko Thiele

Contract Enforceability and the Evolution of Social Capital pp. 60-77

Ken Jackson

Social Interactions and the Content of Legal Opinions pp. 78-114

Jordi Blanes i Vidal and Clare Leaver

Why Are Criminals Less Educated than Non-Criminals? Evidence from a Cohort of Young Australian Twins pp. 115-144

Dinand Webbink, Pierre Koning, Sunčica Vujić and Nicholas G. Martin

Issue-Specific Political Uncertainty and Policy Insulation in US Federal Agencies pp. 145-177

Stéphane Lavertu

Elections, Ideology, or Opposition? Assessing Competing Explanations of Judicial Spending in the Mexican States pp. 178-209

Matthew C. Ingram

Party Activists, Campaign Funding, and the Quality of Government pp. 210-238

John Maloney and Andrew Pickering