The Quarterly Journal of Economics

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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

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 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