The Quarterly Journal of Economics

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Volume 117, issue 4, 2002

Natural Selection and the Origin of Economic Growth pp. 1133-1191

Oded Galor and Omer Moav

Legal Origins pp. 1193-1229

Edward L. Glaeser and Andrei Shleifer

Reversal of Fortune: Geography and Institutions in the Making of the Modern World Income Distribution pp. 1231-1294

Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James Robinson

Sticky Information versus Sticky Prices: A Proposal to Replace the New Keynesian Phillips Curve pp. 1295-1328

N. Gregory Mankiw and Ricardo Reis

An Empirical Characterization of the Dynamic Effects of Changes in Government Spending and Taxes on Output pp. 1329-1368

Olivier Blanchard and Roberto Perotti

Does Entry Regulation Hinder Job Creation? Evidence from the French Retail Industry pp. 1369-1413

Marianne Bertrand and Francis Kramarz

The Political Economy of Government Responsiveness: Theory and Evidence from India pp. 1415-1451

Timothy Besley and Robin Burgess

Parties as Political Intermediaries pp. 1453-1489

Bernard Caillaud and Jean Tirole

Estimating the Payoff to Attending a More Selective College: An Application of Selection on Observables and Unobservables pp. 1491-1527

Stacy Berg Dale and Alan Krueger

Competitive Pooling: Rothschild-Stiglitz Reconsidered pp. 1529-1570

Pradeep Dubey and John Geanakoplos

Volume 117, issue 3, 2002

A Memory-Based Model of Bounded Rationality pp. 735-774

Sendhil Mullainathan

Inference by Believers in the Law of Small Numbers pp. 775-816

Matthew Rabin

Understanding Social Preferences with Simple Tests pp. 817-869

Gary Charness and Matthew Rabin

Self-Confidence and Personal Motivation pp. 871-915

Roland Benabou and Jean Tirole

Why Have Women Become Left-Wing? The Political Gender Gap and the Decline in Marriage pp. 917-961

Lena Edlund and Rohini Pande

The Economics of Roscas and Intrahousehold Resource Allocation pp. 963-995

Siwan Anderson and Jean-Marie Baland

How Do Sex Ratios Affect Marriage and Labor Markets? Evidence from America's Second Generation pp. 997-1038

Joshua Angrist

Optimal Income Transfer Programs: Intensive versus Extensive Labor Supply Responses pp. 1039-1073

Emmanuel Saez

Multilateral Contracting and the Employment Relationship pp. 1075-1103

Jonathan Levin

Fiscal Policy with Noncontingent Debt and the Optimal Maturity Structure pp. 1105-1131

George-Marios Angeletos

Volume 117, issue 2, 2002

Fear of Floating pp. 379-408

Guillermo Calvo and Carmen Reinhart

Currency Unions pp. 409-436

Alberto Alesina and Robert Barro

An Estimate of the Effect of Common Currencies on Trade and Income pp. 437-466

Jeffrey Frankel and Andrew Rose

Dollarization, Bailouts, and the Stability of the Banking System pp. 467-502

Douglas Gale and Xavier Vives

Global Implications of Self-Oriented National Monetary Rules pp. 503-535

Maurice Obstfeld and Kenneth Rogoff

Noise Trading and Exchange Rate Regimes pp. 537-569

Olivier Jeanne and Andrew Rose

A Theory of Insidious Regionalism pp. 571-608

John McLaren

Electoral Systems and Public Spending pp. 609-657

Gian Maria Milesi-Ferretti, Roberto Perotti and Massimo Rostagno

The World Income Distribution pp. 659-694

Daron Acemoglu and Jaume Ventura

Emerging Market Spreads: Then versus Now pp. 695-733

Paolo Mauro, Nathan Sussman and Yishay Yafeh

Volume 117, issue 1, 2002

The Regulation of Entry pp. 1-37

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

Relational Contracts and the Theory of the Firm pp. 39-84

George Baker, Robert Gibbons and Kevin J. Murphy

Integration versus Outsourcing in Industry Equilibrium pp. 85-120

Gene M. Grossman and Elhanan Helpman

Ferreting out Tunneling: An Application to Indian Business Groups pp. 121-148

Marianne Bertrand, Paras Mehta and Sendhil Mullainathan

Do Liquidity Constraints and Interest Rates Matter for Consumer Behavior? Evidence from Credit Card Data pp. 149-185

David B. Gross and Nicholas S. Souleles

Monotone Comparative Statics under Uncertainty pp. 187-223

Susan Athey

The Schooling of Southern Blacks: The Roles of Legal Activism and Private Philanthropy, 1910–1960 pp. 225-268

John Donohue, James J. Heckman and Petra Todd

Junior Can't Borrow: A New Perspective on the Equity Premium Puzzle pp. 269-296

George Constantinides, John B. Donaldson and Rajnish Mehra

Technological Acceleration, Skill Transferability, and the Rise in Residual Inequality pp. 297-338

Giovanni L. Violante

Information Technology, Workplace Organization, and the Demand for Skilled Labor: Firm-Level Evidence pp. 339-376

Timothy Bresnahan, Erik Brynjolfsson and Lorin M. Hitt

Volume 116, issue 4, 2001

The Power of Suggestion: Inertia in 401(k) Participation and Savings Behavior pp. 1149-1187

Brigitte Madrian and Dennis F. Shea

All School Finance Equalizations are Not Created Equal pp. 1189-1231

Caroline M. Hoxby

Loss Aversion and Seller Behavior: Evidence from the Housing Market pp. 1233-1260

David Genesove and Christopher Mayer

Is Addiction "Rational"? Theory and Evidence pp. 1261-1303

Jonathan Gruber and Botond Koszegi

Sorting and Long-Run Inequality pp. 1305-1341

Raquel Fernández and Richard Rogerson

Government Versus Private Ownership of Public Goods pp. 1343-1372

Timothy Besley and Maitreesh Ghatak

The Impact of Mass Migration on the Israeli Labor Market pp. 1373-1408

Rachel Friedberg

Why Do Temporary Help Firms Provide Free General Skills Training? pp. 1409-1448

David Autor

Skill-Biased Organizational Change? Evidence from A Panel of British and French Establishments pp. 1449-1492

Eve Caroli and John van Reenen

Compensation Inequality pp. 1493-1525

Brooks Pierce

Volume 116, issue 3, 2001

Educational Production pp. 777-803

Edward Lazear

The Firm as a Dedicated Hierarchy: A Theory of the Origins and Growth of Firms pp. 805-851

Raghuram Rajan and Luigi Zingales

Coase Versus the Coasians pp. 853-899

Edward Glaeser, Simon Johnson and Andrei Shleifer

Are CEOs Rewarded for Luck? The Ones Without Principals Are pp. 901-932

Marianne Bertrand and Sendhil Mullainathan

Elections, Governments, and Parliaments in Proportional Representation Systems pp. 933-967

David P. Baron and Daniel Diermeier

The Impact of Young Workers on the Aggregate Labor Market pp. 969-1007

Robert Shimer

Do Mergers Increase Product Variety? Evidence from Radio Broadcasting pp. 1009-1025

Steven Berry and Joel Waldfogel

Competition among Exchanges pp. 1027-1061

Tano Santos and Jose A. Scheinkman

Welfare, the Earned Income Tax Credit, and the Labor Supply of Single Mothers pp. 1063-1114

Bruce Meyer and Dan Rosenbaum

Short-Run Expectational Coordination: Fixed Versus Flexible Wages pp. 1115-1147

Roger Guesnerie

Volume 116, issue 2, 2001

The Impact of Legalized Abortion on Crime pp. 379-420

John Donohue and Steven Levitt

Welfare and Macroeconomic Interdependence pp. 421-445

Giancarlo Corsetti and Paolo Pesenti

Social Mobility and the Demand for Redistribution: The Poum Hypothesis pp. 447-487

Roland Benabou and Efe Ok

A Model of Financial Crises in Emerging Markets pp. 489-517

Roberto Chang and Andres Velasco

Domestic Policies, National Sovereignty, and International Economic Institutions pp. 519-562

Kyle Bagwell and Robert W. Staiger

Productivity Differences pp. 563-606

Daron Acemoglu and Fabrizio Zilibotti

Moving to Opportunity in Boston: Early Results of a Randomized Mobility Experiment pp. 607-654

Lawrence Katz, Jeffrey Kling and Jeffrey Liebman

Urban Poverty and Juvenile Crime: Evidence from a Randomized Housing-Mobility Experiment pp. 655-679

Jens Ludwig, Greg Duncan and Paul Hirschfield

Peer Effects with Random Assignment: Results for Dartmouth Roommates pp. 681-704

Bruce Sacerdote

Can Falling Supply Explain the Rising Return to College for Younger Men? A Cohort-Based Analysis pp. 705-746

David Card and Thomas Lemieux

A Model of Expertise pp. 747-775

Vijay Krishna and John Morgan

Volume 116, issue 1, 2001

Prospect Theory and Asset Prices pp. 1-53

Nicholas Barberis, Ming Huang and Tano Santos

Psychological Expected Utility Theory and Anticipatory Feelings pp. 55-79

Andrew Caplin and John Leahy

A Cue-Theory of Consumption pp. 81-119

David Laibson

Choice and Procrastination pp. 121-160

Ted O'Donoghue and Matthew Rabin

Status in Markets pp. 161-188

Sheryl Ball, Catherine Eckel, Philip Grossman and William Zame

A Simple Model of Voice pp. 189-227

Abhijit Banerjee and Rohini Somanathan

Institutional Investors and Equity Prices pp. 229-259

Paul Gompers and Andrew Metrick

Boys will be Boys: Gender, Overconfidence, and Common Stock Investment pp. 261-292

Brad Barber and Terrance Odean

Which is the Fair Sex? Gender Differences in Altruism pp. 293-312

James Andreoni and Lise Vesterlund

Employer Learning and Statistical Discrimination pp. 313-350

Joseph Altonji and Charles R. Pierret

Discrimination in a Segmented Society: An Experimental Approach pp. 351-377

Chaim Fershtman and Uri Gneezy