The Quarterly Journal of Economics

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Volume 126, issue 4, 2011

How Does Your Kindergarten Classroom Affect Your Earnings? Evidence from Project Star pp. 1593-1660

Raj Chetty, John Friedman, Nathaniel Hilger, Emmanuel Saez, Diane Schanzenbach and Danny Yagan

Self-Enforcing Democracy pp. 1661-1708

James Fearon

Cash or Condition? Evidence from a Cash Transfer Experiment pp. 1709-1753

Sarah Baird, Craig McIntosh and Berk Özler

Financial Incentives and Student Achievement: Evidence from Randomized Trials pp. 1755-1798

Roland G. Fryer

Ideological Segregation Online and Offline pp. 1799-1839

Matthew Gentzkow and Jesse Shapiro

Exports and Financial Shocks pp. 1841-1877

Mary Amiti and David Weinstein

Expectations as Endowments: Evidence on Reference-Dependent Preferences from Exchange and Valuation Experiments pp. 1879-1907

Keith Ericson and Andreas Fuster

Optimal Price Setting With Observation and Menu Costs pp. 1909-1960

Fernando E. Alvarez, Francesco Lippi and Luigi Paciello

Learning by Drilling: Interfirm Learning and Relationship Persistence in the Texas Oilpatch pp. 1961-2004

Ryan Kellogg

The Geographic Concentration of Enterprise in Developing Countries pp. 2005-2061

John S. Felkner and Robert Townsend

Better Schools, Less Crime? pp. 2063-2115

David Deming

Saving Babies? Revisiting the effect of very low birth weight classification pp. 2117-2123

Alan Barreca, Melanie Guldi, Jason Lindo and Glen R. Waddell

The Role of Hospital Heterogeneity in Measuring Marginal Returns to Medical Care: A Reply to Barreca, Guldi, Lindo, and Waddell pp. 2125-2131

Douglas Almond, Joseph J. Doyle, Amanda Kowalski and Heidi Williams

Volume 126, issue 3, 2011

On the Long-Run Evolution of Inheritance: France 1820--2050 pp. 1071-1131

Thomas Piketty

Information Technology and Economic Change: The Impact of The Printing Press pp. 1133-1172

Jeremiah E. Dittmar

Procurement Contracting With Time Incentives: Theory and Evidence pp. 1173-1211

Gregory Lewis and Patrick Bajari

Position Auctions with Consumer Search pp. 1213-1270

Susan Athey and Glenn Ellison

Multiproduct Firms and Trade Liberalization pp. 1271-1318

Andrew Bernard, Stephen Redding and Peter Schott

Intermediated Trade pp. 1319-1374

Pol Antras and Arnaud Costinot

Coups, Corporations, and Classified Information pp. 1375-1409

Arindrajit Dube, Ethan Kaplan and Suresh Naidu

The Logic of Political Violence pp. 1411-1445

Timothy Besley and Torsten Persson

Judicial Ingroup Bias in the Shadow of Terrorism pp. 1447-1484

Moses Shayo and Asaf Zussman

Why Do Mothers Breastfeed Girls Less than Boys? Evidence and Implications for Child Health in India pp. 1485-1538

Seema Jayachandran and Ilyana Kuziemko

Competition and Product Quality in the Supermarket Industry pp. 1539-1591

David A. Matsa

Volume 126, issue 2, 2011

Fear of Fire Sales, Illiquidity Seeking, and Credit Freezes pp. 557-591

Douglas Diamond and Raghuram Rajan

The Potato's Contribution to Population and Urbanization: Evidence From A Historical Experiment pp. 593-650

Nathan Nunn and Nancy Qian

Growth in the Shadow of Expropriation pp. 651-697

Mark Aguiar and Manuel Amador

Accountability and Flexibility in Public Schools: Evidence from Boston's Charters And Pilots pp. 699-748

Atila Abdulkadiroğlu, Joshua Angrist, Susan Dynarski, Thomas J. Kane and Parag Pathak

Adjustment Costs, Firm Responses, and Micro vs. Macro Labor Supply Elasticities: Evidence from Danish Tax Records pp. 749-804

Raj Chetty, John Friedman, Tore Olsen and Luigi Pistaferri

Identity, Morals, and Taboos: Beliefs as Assets pp. 805-855

Roland Benabou and Jean Tirole

Learning Self-Control pp. 857-893

S. Nageeb Ali

Social Structure and Development: A Legacy of the Holocaust in Russia pp. 895-946

Daron Acemoglu, Tarek Hassan and James Robinson

Legislative Bargaining with Reconsideration pp. 947-985

Daniel Diermeier and Pohan Fong

Home Computer Use and the Development of Human Capital pp. 987-1027

Ofer Malamud and Cristian Pop-Eleches

Immigration, Skill Mix, and Capital Skill Complementarity pp. 1029-1069

Ethan Lewis

Volume 126, issue 1, 2011

Identifying Government Spending Shocks: It's all in the Timing pp. 1-50

Valerie Ramey

Macroeconomic Effects From Government Purchases and Taxes pp. 51-102

Robert Barro and Charles J. Redlick

Family Violence and Football: The Effect of Unexpected Emotional Cues on Violent Behavior pp. 103-143

David Card and Gordon Dahl

Spring Cleaning: Rural Water Impacts, Valuation, and Property Rights Institutions pp. 145-205

Michael Kremer, Jessica Leino, Edward Miguel and Alix Peterson Zwane

Comparing open and Sealed Bid Auctions: Evidence from Timber Auctions pp. 207-257

Susan Athey, Jonathan Levin and Enrique Seira

Outside and Inside Liquidity pp. 259-321

Patrick Bolton, Tano Santos and Jose Scheinkman

Financial Contracting Under Imperfect Enforcement pp. 323-371

Tore Ellingsen and Eirik Kristiansen

Depression Babies: Do Macroeconomic Experiences Affect Risk Taking? pp. 373-416

Ulrike Malmendier and Stefan Nagel

Estimating Cross-Country Differences in Product Quality pp. 417-474

Juan Hallak and Peter Schott

The Role of Dispute Settlement Procedures in International Trade Agreements pp. 475-515

Giovanni Maggi and Robert Staiger

The Real Costs of Credit Access: Evidence from the Payday Lending Market pp. 517-555

Brian Melzer

Volume 125, issue 4, 2010

What Comes to Mind pp. 1399-1433

Nicola Gennaioli and Andrei Shleifer

Gaming Performance Fees By Portfolio Managers pp. 1435-1458

Dean P. Foster and H. Peyton Young

Does Terrorism Work? pp. 1459-1510

Eric Gould and Esteban Klor

Political Selection and Persistence of Bad Governments pp. 1511-1575

Daron Acemoglu, Georgy Egorov and Konstantin Sonin

The Developing World is Poorer than We Thought, But No Less Successful in the Fight Against Poverty pp. 1577-1625

Shaohua Chen and Martin Ravallion

Post-1500 Population Flows and The Long-Run Determinants of Economic Growth and Inequality pp. 1627-1682

Louis Putterman and David Weil

Competition and Bias pp. 1683-1725

Harrison Hong and Marcin Kacperczyk

Imported Intermediate Inputs and Domestic Product Growth: Evidence from India pp. 1727-1767

Pinelopi Goldberg, Amit Khandelwal, Nina Pavcnik and Petia Topalova

Stock-Based Compensation and CEO (Dis)Incentives pp. 1769-1820

Efraim Benmelech, Eugene Kandel and Pietro Veronesi

Conflict and Deterrence Under Strategic Risk pp. 1821-1858

Sylvain Chassang and Gerard Padró I Miquel

Racial Discrimination Among NBA Referees pp. 1859-1887

Joseph Price and Justin Wolfers

Volume 125, issue 3, 2010

Estimating Welfare in Insurance Markets Using Variation in Prices pp. 877-921

Liran Einav, Amy Finkelstein and Mark R. Cullen

Measuring Beliefs and Rewards: A Neuroeconomic Approach pp. 923-960

Andrew Caplin, Mark Dean, Paul W. Glimcher and Robb B. Rutledge

Monetary Non-neutrality in a Multisector Menu Cost Model pp. 961-1013

Emi Nakamura and Jon Steinsson

Regulation and Distrust pp. 1015-1049

Philippe Aghion, Yann Algan, Pierre Cahuc and Andrei Shleifer

Improved Access to Foreign Markets Raises Plant-level Productivity…For Some Plants pp. 1051-1099

Alla Lileeva and Daniel Trefler

Sex and Science: How Professor Gender Perpetuates the Gender Gap pp. 1101-1144

Scott Carrell, Marianne Page and James West

Can Exchange Rates Forecast Commodity Prices? pp. 1145-1194

Yu-Chin Chen, Kenneth Rogoff and Barbara Rossi

Counterparty Risk in Financial Contracts: Should the Insured Worry About the Insurer? pp. 1195-1252

James Thompson

The Geographic Determinants of Housing Supply pp. 1253-1296

Albert Saiz

School Choice with Consent pp. 1297-1348

Onur Kesten

Muslim Family Law, Prenuptial Agreements, and the Emergence of Dowry in Bangladesh pp. 1349-1397

Attila Ambrus, Erica Field and Maximo Torero

Volume 125, issue 2, 2010

A Theory of Firm Scope pp. 483-513

Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmstrom

The (Perceived) Returns to Education and the Demand for Schooling pp. 515-548

Robert Jensen

Superstar Extinction pp. 549-589

Pierre Azoulay, Joshua Graff Zivin and Jialan Wang

Estimating Marginal Returns to Medical Care: Evidence from At-risk Newborns pp. 591-634

Douglas Almond, Joseph J. Doyle, Amanda Kowalski and Heidi Williams

Progressive Estate Taxation pp. 635-673

Emmanuel Farhi and Iván Werning

Frequency of Price Adjustment and Pass-Through pp. 675-727

Gita Gopinath and Oleg Itskhoki

Price Stickiness and Customer Antagonism pp. 729-765

Eric T. Anderson and Duncan I. Simester

Barbed Wire: Property Rights and Agricultural Development pp. 767-810

Richard Hornbeck

Trust and the Reference Points for Trustworthiness in Gulf and Western Countries pp. 811-828

Iris Bohnet, Benedikt Herrmann and Richard Zeckhauser

External Economies and International Trade Redux pp. 829-858

Gene M. Grossman and Esteban Rossi-Hansberg

Shrouded Attributes and Information Suppression: Evidence from the Field pp. 859-876

Jennifer Brown, Tanjim Hossain and John Morgan

Volume 125, issue 1, 2010

Free Distribution or Cost-Sharing? Evidence from a Randomized Malaria Prevention Experiment pp. 1-45

Jessica Cohen and Pascaline Dupas

Sophisticated Monetary Policies pp. 47-89

Andrew Atkeson, Varadarajan Chari and Patrick Kehoe

Earnings Inequality and Mobility in the United States: Evidence from Social Security Data Since 1937 pp. 91-128

Wojciech Kopczuk, Emmanuel Saez and Jae Song

The Role of the Structural Transformation in Aggregate Productivity pp. 129-173

Margarida Duarte and Diego Restuccia

Teacher Quality in Educational Production: Tracking, Decay, and Student Achievement pp. 175-214

Jesse Rothstein

The Value of School Facility Investments: Evidence from a Dynamic Regression Discontinuity Design pp. 215-261

Stephanie Riegg Cellini, Fernando Ferreira and Jesse Rothstein

What's Advertising Content Worth? Evidence from a Consumer Credit Marketing Field Experiment pp. 263-306

Marianne Bertrand, Dean Karlan, Sendhil Mullainathan, Eldar Shafir and Jonathan Zinman

Did Securitization Lead to Lax Screening? Evidence from Subprime Loans pp. 307-362

Benjamin Keys, Tanmoy Mukherjee, Amit Seru and Vikrant Vig

Monetary Policy by Committee: Consensus, Chairman Dominance, or Simple Majority? pp. 363-416

Alessandro Riboni and Francisco Ruge-Murcia

Was Postwar Suburbanization "White Flight"? Evidence from the Black Migration pp. 417-443

Leah Boustan

Paying for Progress: Conditional Grants and the Desegregation of Southern Schools pp. 445-482

Elizabeth Cascio, Nora Gordon, Ethan Lewis and Sarah Reber