The Quarterly Journal of Economics

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Volume 129, issue 4, 2014

Where is the land of Opportunity? The Geography of Intergenerational Mobility in the United States pp. 1553-1623

Raj Chetty, Nathaniel Hendren, Patrick Kline and Emmanuel Saez

Evidence on Self-Stereotyping and the Contribution of Ideas pp. 1625-1660

Katherine Baldiga Coffman

A Sparsity-Based Model of Bounded Rationality pp. 1661-1710

Xavier Gabaix

Family Welfare Cultures pp. 1711-1752

Gordon Dahl, Andreas Kostøl and Magne Mogstad

A Welfare Criterion For Models With Distorted Beliefs pp. 1753-1797

Markus Brunnermeier, Alp Simsek and Wei Xiong

Trade Adjustment: Worker-Level Evidence pp. 1799-1860

David Autor, David Dorn, Gordon Hanson and Jae Song

Extensive Imitation is Irrational and Harmful pp. 1861-1898

Erik Eyster and Matthew Rabin

A body of literature suggests that ethnic heterogeneity limits economic growth pp. 1899-1946

Jonas Hjort

Propaganda and Conflict: Evidence from the Rwandan Genocide pp. 1947-1994

David Yanagizawa-Drott

Tax me if you can! Optimal Nonlinear Income Tax Between Competing Governments pp. 1995-2030

Etienne Lehmann, Laurent Simula and Alain Trannoy

Volume 129, issue 3, 2014

The Life Cycle of Plants in India and Mexico pp. 1035-1084

Chang-Tai Hsieh and Pete Klenow

Trade and the Topography of the Spatial Economy pp. 1085-1140

Treb Allen and Costas Arkolakis

Active vs. Passive Decisions and Crowd-Out in Retirement Savings Accounts: Evidence from Denmark pp. 1141-1219

Raj Chetty, John Friedman, Søren Leth-Petersen, Torben Nielsen and Tore Olsen

Finance and the Preservation of Wealth pp. 1221-1254

Nicola Gennaioli, Andrei Shleifer and Robert Vishny

Capital is Back: Wealth-Income Ratios in Rich Countries 1700–2010 pp. 1255-1310

Thomas Piketty and Gabriel Zucman

Learning Through Noticing: Theory and Evidence from a Field Experiment pp. 1311-1353

Rema Hanna, Sendhil Mullainathan and Joshua Schwartzstein

Injecting Charter School Best Practices into Traditional Public Schools: Evidence from Field Experiments pp. 1355-1407

Roland G. Fryer, Jr.

Gender, Competitiveness, and Career Choices pp. 1409-1447

Thomas Buser, Muriel Niederle and Hessel Oosterbeek

Axiomatization and Measurement of Quasi-Hyperbolic Discounting pp. 1449-1499

José Luis Montiel Olea and Tomasz Strzalecki

International Trade Puzzles: A Solution Linking Production and Preferences pp. 1501-1552

Justin Caron, Thibault Fally and James Markusen

Volume 129, issue 2, 2014

International Prices and Endogenous Quality pp. 477-527

Robert Feenstra and John Romalis

Currency Unions, Product Introductions, and the Real Exchange Rate pp. 529-595

Alberto Cavallo, Brent Neiman and Roberto Rigobon

Agricultural Decisions after Relaxing Credit and Risk Constraints pp. 597-652

Dean Karlan, Robert Osei, Isaac Osei-Akoto and Christopher Udry

Public Health Insurance, Labor Supply, and Employment Lock pp. 653-696

Craig Garthwaite, Tal Gross and Matthew Notowidigdo

Generating Skilled Self-Employment in Developing Countries: Experimental Evidence from Uganda pp. 697-752

Christopher Blattman, Nathan Fiala and Sebastian Martinez

International Trade and Institutional Change: Medieval Venice’s Response to Globalization pp. 753-821

Diego Puga and Daniel Trefler

Medieval Universities, Legal Institutions, and the Commercial Revolution pp. 823-887

Davide Cantoni and Noam Yuchtman

Inconsistent Regulators: Evidence from Banking pp. 889-938

Sumit Agarwal, David Lucca, Amit Seru and Francesco Trebbi

The Agricultural Productivity Gap pp. 939-993

Douglas Gollin, David Lagakos and Michael Waugh

Regional Favoritism pp. 995-1033

Roland Hodler and Paul Raschky

Volume 129, issue 1, 2014

The Employment Effects of Credit Market Disruptions: Firm-level Evidence from the 2008-9 Financial Crisis pp. 1-59

Gabriel Chodorow-Reich

The Global Decline of the Labor Share pp. 61-103

Brent Neiman

"Last-Place Aversion": Evidence and Redistributive Implications pp. 105-149

Ryan W. Buell, Taly Reich and Michael I. Norton

National Institutions and Subnational Development in Africa pp. 151-213

Elias Papaioannou

Inflation Dynamics and Time-Varying Volatility: New Evidence and an Ss Interpretation pp. 215-258

Joseph Vavra

Optimal money creation in "pure currency" economies: a conjecture pp. 259-274

Neil Wallace

Local Economic Development, Agglomeration Economies, and the Big Push: 100 Years of Evidence from the Tennessee Valley Authority pp. 275-331

Enrico Moretti

Migration and Wage Effects of Taxing Top Earners: Evidence from the Foreigners' Tax Scheme in Denmark pp. 333-378

Henrik Jacobsen Kleven, Camille Landais and Esben Schultz

Valuing the Vote: The Redistribution of Voting Rights and State Funds following the Voting Rights Act of 1965 pp. 379-433

Elizabeth Cascio

School Segregation, Educational Attainment, and Crime: Evidence from the End of Busing in Charlotte-Mecklenburg pp. 435-476

Stephen Billings and Jonah Rockoff

Volume 128, issue 4, 2013

Fungibility and Consumer Choice: Evidence from Commodity Price Shocks pp. 1449-1498

Jesse M. Shapiro

Truth-telling by Third-party Auditors and the Response of Polluting Firms: Experimental Evidence from India pp. 1499-1545

Esther Duflo, Michael Greenstone and Nicholas Ryan

Managerial Miscalibration pp. 1547-1584

Itzhak Ben-David and John R. Graham

Matching with Couples: Stability and Incentives in Large Markets pp. 1585-1632

Parag Pathak and Alvin Roth

Do Political Protests Matter? Evidence from the Tea Party Movement pp. 1633-1685

Andreas Madestam, Daniel Shoag, Stan Veuger and David Yanagizawa-Drott

Household Balance Sheets, Consumption, and the Economic Slump pp. 1687-1726

Atif Mian, Kamalesh Rao and Amir Sufi

Inequality, the Urban-Rural Gap, and Migration pp. 1727-1785

Alwyn Young

The Transitional Costs of Sectoral Reallocation: Evidence From the Clean Air Act and the Workforce pp. 1787-1835

Reed Walker

Do terms-of-trade effects matter for trade agreements? Theory and evidence from WTO Countries pp. 1837-1893

Rodney Ludema and Anna Maria Mayda

External Economies and International Trade Redux: Comment pp. 1895-1905

Andres Rodriguez-Clare

Volume 128, issue 3, 2013

Workplace Heterogeneity and the Rise of West German Wage Inequality pp. 967-1015

David Card, Jörg Heining and Patrick Kline

Marriage Institutions and Sibling Competition: Evidence from South Asia pp. 1017-1072

Tom S. Vogl

How Safe Are Money Market Funds? pp. 1073-1122

Marcin Kacperczyk and Philipp Schnabl

Duration Dependence and Labor Market Conditions: Evidence from a Field Experiment pp. 1123-1167

Kory Kroft, Fabian Lange and Matthew Notowidigdo

Strengthening State Capabilities: The Role of Financial Incentives in the Call to Public Service pp. 1169-1218

Ernesto Dal Bó, Frederico Finan and Martín Rossi

The Economic Impact of Social Ties: Evidence from German Reunification pp. 1219-1271

Konrad Burchardi and Tarek A. Hassan

Rules with Discretion and Local Information pp. 1273-1320

T. Renee Bowen, David Kreps and Andrzej Skrzypacz

The Missing Wealth of Nations: Are Europe and the U.S. net Debtors or net Creditors? pp. 1321-1364

Gabriel Zucman

Speculation and Risk Sharing with New Financial Assets pp. 1365-1396

Alp Simsek

The Emergence of Political Accountability pp. 1397-1448

Chris Bidner and Patrick Francois

Volume 128, issue 2, 2013

On the Origins of Gender Roles: Women and the Plough pp. 469-530

Alberto Alesina, Paola Giuliano and Nathan Nunn

Do Labor Market Policies have Displacement Effects? Evidence from a Clustered Randomized Experiment pp. 531-580

Bruno Crépon, Esther Duflo, Marc Gurgand, Roland Rathelot and Philippe Zamora

The Establishment-Level Behavior of Vacancies and Hiring pp. 581-622

Steven Davis, Jason Faberman and John C. Haltiwanger

Redistributive Taxation in the Roy Model pp. 623-668

Casey Rothschild and Florian Scheuer

Using Notches to Uncover Optimization Frictions and Structural Elasticities: Theory and Evidence from Pakistan pp. 669-723

Henrik J. Kleven and Mazhar Waseem

A Price Theory of Vertical and Lateral Integration pp. 725-770

Patrick Legros and Andrew Newman

A Political Theory of Populism pp. 771-805

Georgy Egorov and Konstantin Sonin

Monopolizing Violence and Consolidating Power pp. 807-859

Robert Powell

Proximity and Investment: Evidence from Plant-Level Data pp. 861-915

Xavier Giroud

Cooperation in Strategic Games Revisited pp. 917-966

Adam Kalai and Ehud Kalai

Volume 128, issue 1, 2013

Does Management Matter? Evidence from India pp. 1-51

Nicholas Bloom, Benn Eifert, Aprajit Mahajan, David McKenzie and John Roberts

A Model of Focusing in Economic Choice pp. 53-104

Botond Koszegi and Adam Szeidl

Human Capital and Regional Development pp. 105-164

Nicola Gennaioli, Rafael La Porta, Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes and Andrei Shleifer

Unconditional Convergence in Manufacturing pp. 165-204

Dani Rodrik

Instantaneous Gratification pp. 205-248

Christopher Harris and David Laibson

Long-Term Effects of Class Size pp. 249-285

Peter Fredriksson, Björn Öckert and Hessel Oosterbeek

Gender Discrimination in Job Ads: Evidence from China pp. 287-336

Peter Kuhn and Kailing Shen

Veiling pp. 337-370

Jean-Paul Carvalho

How should inmates be released from prison? An assessment of parole versus fixed-sentence regimes pp. 371-424

Ilyana Kuziemko

A Revealed Preference Ranking of U.S. Colleges and Universities pp. 425-467

Christopher N. Avery, Mark E. Glickman, Caroline M. Hoxby and Andrew Metrick