The Quarterly Journal of Economics

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Volume 119, issue 4, 2004

An Annual Index of U. S. Industrial Production, 1790–1915 pp. 1177-1215

Joseph H. Davis

Tender Offers and Leverage pp. 1217-1248

Holger M. Müller and Fausto Panunzi

Mothers and Sons: Preference Formation and Female Labor Force Dynamics pp. 1249-1299

Raquel Fernández, Alessandra Fogli and Claudia Olivetti

Opportunistic Political Cycles: Test in a Young Democracy Setting pp. 1301-1338

Akhmed Akhmedov and Ekaterina Zhuravskaya

The Regulation of Labor pp. 1339-1382

Juan C. Botero, Simeon Djankov, Rafael La Porta, Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes and Andrei Shleifer

Economic Impacts of New Unionization on Private Sector Employers: 1984–2001 pp. 1383-1441

John DiNardo and David S. Lee

Contractibility and Asset Ownership: On-Board Computers and Governance in U. S. Trucking pp. 1443-1479

George P. Baker and Thomas N. Hubbard

Baby Booms and Drug Busts: Trends in Youth Drug use in the United States, 1975–2000 pp. 1481-1512

Mireille Jacobson

Monetary Discretion, Pricing Complementarity, and Dynamic Multiple Equilibria pp. 1513-1553

Robert G. King and Alexander Wolman

Bank Integration and State Business Cycles pp. 1555-1584

Donald P. Morgan, Bertrand Rime and Philip E. Strahan

Volume 119, issue 3, 2004

The Causes and Consequences of Distinctively Black Names pp. 767-805

Roland G. Fryer and Steven Levitt

Do Voters Affect or Elect Policies? Evidence from the U. S. House pp. 807-859

David S. Lee, Enrico Moretti and Matthew J. Butler

A Cognitive Hierarchy Model of Games pp. 861-898

Colin Camerer, Teck-Hua Ho and Juin-Kuan Chong

Measuring Factor Adjustment Costs pp. 899-927

Robert E. Hall

Does Local Financial Development Matter? pp. 929-969

Luigi Guiso, Paola Sapienza and Luigi Zingales

Getting Closer or Drifting Apart? pp. 971-1009

Tanya Rosenblat and Markus M. Mobius

Choosing How to Choose: Self-Stable Majority Rules and Constitutions pp. 1011-1048

Salvador Barberà and Matthew Jackson

Market Size in Innovation: Theory and Evidence from the Pharmaceutical Industry pp. 1049-1090

Daron Acemoglu and Joshua Linn

Booms, Busts, and Babies' Health pp. 1091-1130

Rajeev Dehejia and Adriana Lleras-Muney

Investor Protection, Optimal Incentives, and Economic Growth pp. 1131-1175

Rui Castro, Gian Luca Clementi and Glenn MacDonald

Volume 119, issue 2, 2004

Contract Design and Self-Control: Theory and Evidence pp. 353-402

Stefano DellaVigna and Ulrike Malmendier

Product Differentiation, Search Costs, and Competition in the Mutual Fund Industry: A Case Study of S&P 500 Index Funds pp. 403-456

Ali Hortaçsu and Chad Syverson

Kidney Exchange pp. 457-488

Alvin Roth, Tayfun Sönmez and Utku Unver

Immigrating to Opportunity: Estimating the Effect of School Quality Using a Natural Experiment on Ethiopians in Israel pp. 489-526

Eric Gould, Victor Lavy and M. Daniele Paserman

Static and Dynamic Effects of Health Policy: Evidence from the Vaccine Industry pp. 527-564

Amy Finkelstein

Endogenous Political Institutions pp. 565-611

Philippe Aghion, Alberto Alesina and Francesco Trebbi

Trade and Productivity pp. 613-646

Francisco Alcalá and Antonio Ciccone

Across-Product Versus Within-Product Specialization in International Trade pp. 647-678

Peter K. Schott

Local Capture: Evidence from a Central Government Transfer Program in Uganda pp. 679-705

Ritva Reinikka and Jakob Svensson

Why did the Elites Extend the Suffrage? Democracy and the Scope of Government, with an Application to Britain's "Age of Reform" pp. 707-765

Alessandro Lizzeri and Nicola Persico

Volume 119, issue 1, 2004

The Modern History of Exchange Rate Arrangements: A Reinterpretation pp. 1-48

Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff

The Nature and Extent of Discrimination in the Marketplace: Evidence from the Field pp. 49-89

John List

Can Labor Regulation Hinder Economic Performance? Evidence from India pp. 91-134

Timothy Besley and Robin Burgess

Liquidity and Financial Market Runs pp. 135-158

Antonio E. Bernardo and Ivo Welch

Bundling as an Entry Barrier pp. 159-187

Barry Nalebuff

Radio's Impact on Public Spending pp. 189-221

David Strömberg

Waiting to Persuade pp. 223-248

Muhamet Yildiz

How Much Should We Trust Differences-In-Differences Estimates? pp. 249-275

Marianne Bertrand, Esther Duflo and Sendhil Mullainathan

The Fiscal Myth of the Price Level pp. 277-300

Dirk Niepelt

The Effect of Fixed Exchange Rates on Monetary Policy pp. 301-352

Jay Shambaugh

Volume 118, issue 4, 2003

Managing with Style: The Effect of Managers on Firm Policies pp. 1169-1208

Marianne Bertrand and Antoinette Schoar

Projection Bias in Predicting Future Utility pp. 1209-1248

George Loewenstein, Ted O'Donoghue and Matthew Rabin

Knife-Edge or Plateau: When Do Market Models Tip? pp. 1249-1278

Glenn Ellison and Drew Fudenberg

The Skill Content of Recent Technological Change: An Empirical Exploration pp. 1279-1333

David Autor, Frank Levy and Richard Murnane

The Labor Demand Curve is Downward Sloping: Reexamining the Impact of Immigration on the Labor Market pp. 1335-1374

George Borjas

Firms, Contracts, and Trade Structure pp. 1375-1418

Pol Antras

The Case for Restricting Fiscal Policy Discretion pp. 1419-1447

Antonio Fatas and Ilian Mihov

Household Risk Management and Optimal Mortgage Choice pp. 1449-1494

John Campbell and João F. Cocco

Mother's Education and the Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital: Evidence from College Openings pp. 1495-1532

Janet Currie and Enrico Moretti

The Long-Run Consequences of Living in a Poor Neighborhood pp. 1533-1575

Philip Oreopoulos

Volume 118, issue 3, 2003

Bad Reputation pp. 785-814

Jeffrey Ely and Juuso Välimäki

The Role of Information and Social Interactions in Retirement Plan Decisions: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment pp. 815-842

Esther Duflo and Emmanuel Saez

Rotten Apples: An Investigation of the Prevalence and Predictors of Teacher Cheating pp. 843-877

Brian A. Jacob and Steven Levitt

Macroeconomic Effects of Regulation and Deregulation in Goods and Labor Markets pp. 879-907

Olivier Blanchard and Francesco Giavazzi

Persuasion Bias, Social Influence, and Unidimensional Opinions pp. 909-968

Peter DeMarzo, Dimitri Vayanos and Jeffrey Zwiebel

When Does the Market Matter? Stock Prices and the Investment of Equity-Dependent Firms pp. 969-1005

Malcolm Baker, Jeremy C. Stein and Jeffrey Wurgler

Wealth Accumulation and the Propensity to Plan pp. 1007-1047

John Ameriks, Andrew Caplin and John Leahy

Performance in Competitive Environments: Gender Differences pp. 1049-1074

Uri Gneezy, Muriel Niederle and Aldo Rustichini

Social Security and Households' Saving pp. 1075-1119

Orazio Attanasio and Agar Brugiavini

The Impact of Air Pollution on Infant Mortality: Evidence from Geographic Variation in Pollution Shocks Induced by a Recession pp. 1121-1167

Kenneth Y. Chay and Michael Greenstone

Volume 118, issue 2, 2003

The Rise and Fall of World Trade, 1870–1939 pp. 359-407

Antoni Estevadeordal, Brian Frantz and Alan Taylor

The Effect of Information on Product Quality: Evidence from Restaurant Hygiene Grade Cards pp. 409-451

Ginger Zhe Jin and Phillip Leslie

Courts pp. 453-517

Simeon Djankov, Rafael La Porta, Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes and Andrei Shleifer

Cowards and Heroes: Group Loyalty in the American Civil War pp. 519-548

Dora Costa and Matthew Kahn

Networks in the Modern Economy: Mexican Migrants in the U. S. Labor Market pp. 549-599

Kaivan Munshi

Economic Growth and the Rise of Forests pp. 601-637

Andrew D. Foster and Mark Rosenzweig

Measuring The Reaction of Monetary Policy to the Stock Market pp. 639-669

Roberto Rigobon and Brian Sack

College Education and the Midcentury GI Bills pp. 671-708

Marcus Stanley

Human Capital Risk and Economic Growth pp. 709-744

Tom Krebs

Time-Inconsistent Preferences and Social Security pp. 745-784

Ayse Imrohoroglu, Selahattin Imrohoroglu and Douglas H. Joines

Volume 118, issue 1, 2003

Income Inequality in the United States, 1913–1998 pp. 1-41

Thomas Piketty and Emmanuel Saez

Does Market Experience Eliminate Market Anomalies? pp. 41-71

John List

"Coherent Arbitrariness": Stable Demand Curves Without Stable Preferences pp. 73-106

Dan Ariely, George Loewenstein and Drazen Prelec

Corporate Governance and Equity Prices pp. 107-156

Paul Gompers, Joy Ishii and Andrew Metrick

The Rise in the Disability Rolls and the Decline in Unemployment pp. 157-206

David Autor and Mark Duggan

Who Must Pay Bribes and How Much? Evidence from a Cross Section of Firms pp. 207-230

Jakob Svensson

Related Lending pp. 231-268

Rafael La Porta, Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes and Guillermo Zamarripa

Macroeconomic Expectations of Households and Professional Forecasters pp. 269-298

Christopher Carroll

The Role of Commitment in Dynamic Contracts: Evidence from Life Insurance pp. 299-328

Igal Hendel and Alessandro Lizzeri

Ethnic Enclaves and the Economic Success of Immigrants—Evidence from a Natural Experiment pp. 329-357

Per-Anders Edin, Peter Fredriksson and Olof Åslund