The Quarterly Journal of Economics

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Volume 115, issue 4, 2000

The Razor's Edge: Distortions and Incremental Reform in the People's Republic of China pp. 1091-1135

Alwyn Young

Current Accounts in Debtor and Creditor Countries pp. 1137-1166

Aart Kraay and Jaume Ventura

Why Did the West Extend the Franchise? Democracy, Inequality, and Growth in Historical Perspective pp. 1167-1199

Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson

Creative Destruction and Firm Organization Choice pp. 1201-1237

David Thesmar and Mathias Thoenig

The Effects of Class Size on Student Achievement: New Evidence from Population Variation pp. 1239-1285

Caroline M. Hoxby

Power Couples: Changes in the Locational Choice of the College Educated, 1940–1990 pp. 1287-1315

Dora Costa and Matthew Kahn

Different Paths to Free Trade: The Gains from Regionalism pp. 1317-1341

Caroline Freund

Hospital Ownership and Public Medical Spending pp. 1343-1373

Mark Duggan

What Do We Know about Macroeconomics that Fisher and Wicksell Did Not? pp. 1375-1409

Olivier Blanchard

Walrasian Economics in Retrospect pp. 1411-1439

Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis

The Contributions of the Economics of Information to Twentieth Century Economics pp. 1441-1478

Joseph Stiglitz

Volume 115, issue 3, 2000

Economics and Identity pp. 715-753

George Akerlof and Rachel E. Kranton

An Economic Analysis of a Drug-Selling Gang's Finances pp. 755-789

Steven Levitt and Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh

Pay Enough or Don't Pay at All pp. 791-810

Uri Gneezy and Aldo Rustichini

Measuring Trust pp. 811-846

Edward L. Glaeser, David Laibson, José A. Scheinkman and Christine L. Soutter

Participation in Heterogeneous Communities pp. 847-904

Alberto Alesina and Eliana La Ferrara

Sect, Subsidy, and Sacrifice: An Economist's View of Ultra-Orthodox Jews pp. 905-953

Eli Berman

"Beyond the Melting Pot": Cultural Transmission, Marriage, and the Evolution of Ethnic and Religious Traits pp. 955-988

Alberto Bisin and Thierry Verdier

Reputation Effects and the Limits of Contracting: A Study of the Indian Software Industry pp. 989-1017

Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo

Network Effects and Welfare Cultures pp. 1019-1055

Marianne Bertrand, Erzo Luttmer and Sendhil Mullainathan

Work Environment and Individual Background: Explaining Regional Shirking Differentials in a Large Italian Firm pp. 1057-1090

Andrea Ichino and Giovanni Maggi

Volume 115, issue 2, 2000

Efficient Auctions pp. 341-388

Partha Dasgupta and Eric Maskin

Land Reform, Poverty Reduction, and Growth: Evidence from India pp. 389-430

Timothy Besley and Robin Burgess

Estimating the Labor Market Signaling Value of the GED pp. 431-468

John H. Tyler, Richard Murnane and John B. Willett

Ability-Biased Technological Transition, Wage Inequality, and Economic Growth pp. 469-497

Oded Galor and Omer Moav

Electoral Competition Under the Threat of Political Unrest pp. 499-531

Matthew Ellman and Leonard Wantchekon

The Demand for Monitoring Technologies: The Case of Trucking pp. 533-560

Thomas N. Hubbard

In a World Without Borders: The Impact of Taxes on Internet Commerce pp. 561-576

Austan Goolsbee

Is Hospital Competition Socially Wasteful? pp. 577-615

Daniel P. Kessler and Mark B. McClellan

Are Recessions Good for Your Health? pp. 617-650

Christopher Ruhm

Substitution and Dropout Bias in Social Experiments: A Study of an Influential Social Experiment pp. 651-694

James Heckman, Neil Hohmann, Jeffrey Smith and Michael Khoo

Investment-Cash Flow Sensitivities are Useful: A Comment on Kaplan and Zingales pp. 695-705

Steven Fazzari, R. Glenn Hubbard and Bruce Petersen

Investment-Cash Flow Sensitivities Are Not Valid Measures of Financing Constraints pp. 707-712

Steven Kaplan and Luigi Zingales

Volume 115, issue 1, 2000

What Marshall Didn't Know: On the Twentieth Century's Contributions to Economics pp. 1-44

William Baumol

Causal Parameters and Policy Analysis in Economics: A Twentieth Century Retrospective pp. 45-97

James J. Heckman

Economic Imperialism pp. 99-146

Edward Lazear

Monetary Policy Rules and Macroeconomic Stability: Evidence and Some Theory pp. 147-180

Richard Clarida, Jordi Galí and Mark Gertler

Rational Debate and One-Dimensional Conflict pp. 181-200

David Spector

The Dynamics of Reorganization in Matching Markets: A Laboratory Experiment Motivated by a Natural Experiment pp. 201-235

John Kagel and Alvin Roth

Economic Profitability Versus Ecological Entropy pp. 237-263

Martin Weitzman

The Nonneutrality of Monetary Policy with Large Price or Wage Setters pp. 265-284

David Soskice and Torben Iversen

Resolving Indeterminacy in Dynamic Settings: The Role of Shocks pp. 285-304

David Frankel and Ady Pauzner

Policy Boards and Policy Smoothing pp. 305-339

Christopher Waller

Volume 114, issue 4, 1999

Changing Inequality in Markets for Workplace Amenities pp. 1085-1123

Daniel S. Hamermesh

Ramsey Meets Laibson in the Neoclassical Growth Model pp. 1125-1152

Robert Barro

When Does Privatization Work? The Impact of Private Ownership on Corporate Performance in the Transition Economies pp. 1153-1191

Roman Frydman, Cheryl Gray, Marek Hessel and Andrzej Rapaczynski

The Benefits of Privatization: Evidence from Mexico pp. 1193-1242

Rafael La Porta and Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes

Public Goods and Ethnic Divisions pp. 1243-1284

Alberto Alesina, Reza Baqir and William Easterly

Interfirm Relationships and Informal Credit in Vietnam pp. 1285-1320

John McMillan and Christopher Woodruff

A Theory of Wage and Promotion Dynamics Inside Firms pp. 1321-1358

Robert Gibbons and Michael Waldman

Dualism and Macroeconomic Volatility pp. 1359-1397

Philippe Aghion, Abhijit Banerjee and Thomas Piketty

Fiscal Policy in Good Times and Bad pp. 1399-1436

Roberto Perotti

What Drives Deregulation? Economics and Politics of the Relaxation of Bank Branching Restrictions pp. 1437-1467

Randall S. Kroszner and Philip E. Strahan

Volume 114, issue 3, 1999

Democracies Pay Higher Wages pp. 707-738

Dani Rodrik

Zipf's Law for Cities: An Explanation pp. 739-767

Xavier Gabaix

Incentives for Procrastinators pp. 769-816

Ted O'Donoghue and Matthew Rabin

A Theory of Fairness, Competition, and Cooperation pp. 817-868

Ernst Fehr and Klaus M. Schmidt

Coordinating Regime Switches pp. 869-905

Christophe Chamley

The Impact of Outsourcing and High-Technology Capital on Wages: Estimates For the United States, 1979–1990 pp. 907-940

Robert Feenstra and Gordon Hanson

The Induced Innovation Hypothesis and Energy-Saving Technological Change pp. 941-975

Richard Newell, Adam Jaffe and Robert N. Stavins

Wage Inequality in the United States During the 1980s: Rising Dispersion or Falling Minimum Wage? pp. 977-1023

David S. Lee

Evidence on Growth, Increasing Returns, and the Extent of the Market pp. 1025-1045

Alberto F. Ades and Edward L. Glaeser

School Inputs and Educational Outcomes in South Africa pp. 1047-1084

Anne Case and Angus Deaton

Volume 114, issue 2, 1999

Contracting with Externalities pp. 337-388

Ilya Segal

Career Concerns of Mutual Fund Managers pp. 389-432

Judith Chevalier and Glenn Ellison

Consumption and Portfolio Decisions when Expected Returns are Time Varying pp. 433-495

John Campbell and Luis Viceira

Experimental Estimates of Education Production Functions pp. 497-532

Alan Krueger

Using Maimonides' Rule to Estimate the Effect of Class Size on Scholastic Achievement pp. 533-575

Joshua Angrist and Victor Lavy

Do Better Schools Matter? Parental Valuation of Elementary Education pp. 577-599

Sandra Black

Psychological Factors and Stock Option Exercise pp. 601-627

Chip Heath, Steven Huddart and Mark Lang

Is Bank Supervision Central to Central Banking? pp. 629-653

Joe Peek, Eric S. Rosengren and Geoffrey Tootell

State-Dependent Pricing and the General Equilibrium Dynamics of Money and Output pp. 655-690

Michael Dotsey, Robert G. King and Alexander Wolman

Pricing the Limits to Growth from Minerals Depletion pp. 691-706

Martin Weitzman

Volume 114, issue 1, 1999

Social Norms and Economic Incentives in the Welfare State pp. 1-35

Assar Lindbeck, Sten Nyberg and Jörgen Weibull

First Impressions Matter: A Model of Confirmatory Bias pp. 37-82

Matthew Rabin and Joel L. Schrag

Why do Some Countries Produce So Much More Output Per Worker than Others? pp. 83-116

Robert E. Hall and Charles Jones

Has Work-Sharing Worked in Germany? pp. 117-148

Jennifer Hunt

The Forgotten Rationale for Policy Reform: The Productivity of Investment Projects pp. 149-184

Jonathan Isham and Daniel Kaufmann

Investment and Demand Uncertainty pp. 185-227

Luigi Guiso and Giuseppe Parigi

The Aftermath of Appreciations pp. 229-262

Ilan Goldfajn and Rodrigo Valdés

Abortion Legalization and Child Living Circumstances: Who is the "Marginal Child"? pp. 263-291

Jonathan Gruber, Phillip Levine and Douglas Staiger

Rational Bias in Macroeconomic Forecasts pp. 293-318

David Laster, Paul Bennett and In Sun Geoum

Avoiding Default: The Role of Credit in the Consumption Collapse of 1930 pp. 319-335

Martha Olney