The Quarterly Journal of Economics

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Volume 123, issue 4, 2008

Returns to Capital in Microenterprises: Evidence from a Field Experiment pp. 1329-1372

Suresh de Mel, David McKenzie and Christopher Woodruff

Information, School Choice, and Academic Achievement: Evidence from Two Experiments pp. 1373-1414

Justine S. Hastings and Jeffrey M. Weinstein

Five Facts about Prices: A Reevaluation of Menu Cost Models pp. 1415-1464

Emi Nakamura and Jón Steinsson

Luther and Suleyman pp. 1465-1494

Murat Iyigun

Cross-Border Returns Differentials pp. 1495-1530

Stephanie E. Curcuru, Tomas Dvorak and Francis Warnock

Does Regionalism Affect Trade Liberalization Toward Nonmembers? pp. 1531-1575

Antoni Estevadeordal, Caroline Freund and Emanuel Ornelas

Impacts of Entry by Counterfeiters pp. 1577-1609

Yi Qian

How Do Incumbents Respond to the Threat of Entry? Evidence from the Major Airlines pp. 1611-1633

Austan Goolsbee and Chad Syverson

Liquidation Values and the Credibility of Financial Contract Renegotiation: Evidence from U.S. Airlines pp. 1635-1677

Efraim Benmelech and Nittai K. Bergman

Competing with the New York Stock Exchange pp. 1679-1719

William O. Brown, J. Harold Mulherin and Marc D. Weidenmier

Volume 123, issue 3, 2008

State-Dependent or Time-Dependent Pricing: Does it Matter for Recent U.S. Inflation? pp. 863-904

Pete Klenow and Oleksiy Kryvtsov

The Scope of Cooperation: Values and Incentives pp. 905-950

Guido Tabellini

Does Hazardous Waste Matter? Evidence from the Housing Market and the Superfund Program pp. 951-1003

Michael Greenstone and Justin Gallagher

Investigating Inflation Persistence Across Monetary Regimes pp. 1005-1060

Luca Benati

Selection, Investment, and Women's Relative Wages Over Time pp. 1061-1110

Casey Mulligan and Yona Rubinstein

The Limits of Equality: Insights from the Israeli Kibbutz pp. 1111-1159

Ran Abramitzky

Parental Guidance and Supervised Learning pp. 1161-1195

Alessandro Lizzeri and Marciano Siniscalchi

Economics and Politics of Alternative Institutional Reforms pp. 1197-1250

Francesco Caselli and Nicola Gennaioli

Missing Women and the Price of Tea in China: The Effect of Sex-Specific Earnings on Sex Imbalance pp. 1251-1285

Nancy Qian

Women's Suffrage, Political Responsiveness, and Child Survival in American History pp. 1287-1327

Grant Miller

Volume 123, issue 2, 2008

Estimating Trade Flows: Trading Partners and Trading Volumes pp. 441-487

Elhanan Helpman, Marc Melitz and Yona Rubinstein

Trade, Quality Upgrading, and Wage Inequality in the Mexican Manufacturing Sector pp. 489-530

Eric Verhoogen

Sticky Borders pp. 531-575

Gita Gopinath and Roberto Rigobon

Coarse Thinking and Persuasion pp. 577-619

Sendhil Mullainathan, Joshua Schwartzstein and Andrei Shleifer

Strategic Firms and Endogenous Consumer Emulation pp. 621-661

Philipp Kircher and Andrew Postlewaite

Dopamine, Reward Prediction Error, and Economics pp. 663-701

Andrew Caplin and Mark Dean

Exposing Corrupt Politicians: The Effects of Brazil's Publicly Released Audits on Electoral Outcomes pp. 703-745

Claudio Ferraz and Frederico Finan

Occupational Choice and the Spirit of Capitalism pp. 747-793

Matthias Doepke and Fabrizio Zilibotti

First Do No Harm? Tort Reform and Birth Outcomes pp. 795-830

Janet Currie and W. Bentley Macleod

The Church Versus the Mall: What Happens When Religion Faces Increased Secular Competition? pp. 831-862

Jonathan Gruber and Daniel M. Hungerman

Volume 123, issue 1, 2008

Contracts as Reference Points pp. 1-48

Oliver Hart and John Moore

Why has CEO Pay Increased So Much? pp. 49-100

Xavier Gabaix and Augustin Landier

Betting on Hitler—The Value of Political Connections in Nazi Germany pp. 101-137

Thomas Ferguson and Hans-Joachim Voth

The Long-term Effects of Africa's Slave Trades pp. 139-176

Nathan Nunn

Tipping and the Dynamics of Segregation pp. 177-218

David Card, Alexandre Mas and Jesse Rothstein

Does Job Testing Harm Minority Workers? Evidence from Retail Establishments pp. 219-277

David Autor and David Scarborough

Preschool Television Viewing and Adolescent Test Scores: Historical Evidence from the Coleman Study pp. 279-323

Matthew Gentzkow and Jesse M. Shapiro

Electoral Rules and Minority Representation in U.S. Cities pp. 325-357

Francesco Trebbi, Philippe Aghion and Alberto Alesina

Systemic Crises and Growth pp. 359-406

Romain Ranciere, Aaron Tornell and Frank Westermann

The Impact of Legalized Abortion on Crime: Comment pp. 407-423

Christopher Foote and Christopher Goetz

Measurement Error, Legalized Abortion, and the Decline in Crime: A Response to Foote and Goetz pp. 425-440

John Donohue and Steven Levitt

Volume 122, issue 4, 2007

Measuring and Explaining Management Practices Across Firms and Countries pp. 1351-1408

Nicholas Bloom and John van Reenen

Socially Optimal Districting: A Theoretical and Empirical Exploration pp. 1409-1471

Stephen Coate and Brian Knight

Electoral Bias and Policy Choice: Theory and Evidence pp. 1473-1510

Timothy Besley and Ian Preston

Cash-on-Hand and Competing Models of Intertemporal Behavior: New Evidence from the Labor Market pp. 1511-1560

David Card, Raj Chetty and Andrea Weber

Entitled to Work: Urban Property Rights and Labor Supply in Peru pp. 1561-1602

Erica Field

What Do Parents Value in Education? An Empirical Investigation of Parents' Revealed Preferences for Teachers pp. 1603-1637

Brian A. Jacob and Lars Lefgren

Obtaining a Driver's License in India: An Experimental Approach to Studying Corruption pp. 1639-1676

Marianne Bertrand, Simeon Djankov, Rema Hanna and Sendhil Mullainathan

Does Social Security Privatization Produce Efficiency Gains? pp. 1677-1719

Shinichi Nishiyama and Kent Smetters

How Does Information Technology Affect Productivity? Plant-Level Comparisons of Product Innovation, Process Improvement, and Worker Skills pp. 1721-1758

Ann Bartel, Casey Ichniowski and Kathryn Shaw

Technology, Information, and the Decentralization of the Firm pp. 1759-1799

Daron Acemoglu, Philippe Aghion, Claire Lelarge, John van Reenen and Fabrizio Zilibotti

Bequest and Tax Planning: Evidence from Estate Tax Returns pp. 1801-1854

Wojciech Kopczuk

Volume 122, issue 3, 2007

The Digital Provide: Information (Technology), Market Performance, and Welfare in the South Indian Fisheries Sector pp. 879-924

Robert Jensen

Optimal Fiscal Policy with Redistribution pp. 925-967

Iván Werning

Measuring Trends in Leisure: The Allocation of Time Over Five Decades pp. 969-1006

Mark Aguiar and Erik Hurst

The Illusion of Sustainability pp. 1007-1065

Michael Kremer and Edward Miguel

Do Women Shy Away From Competition? Do Men Compete Too Much? pp. 1067-1101

Muriel Niederle and Lise Vesterlund

Selection, Growth, and the Size Distribution of Firms pp. 1103-1144

Erzo Luttmer

Reservation Wages and Unemployment Insurance pp. 1145-1185

Robert Shimer and Iván Werning

The Fox News Effect: Media Bias and Voting pp. 1187-1234

Stefano DellaVigna and Ethan Kaplan

Remedying Education: Evidence from Two Randomized Experiments in India pp. 1235-1264

Abhijit Banerjee, Shawn Cole, Esther Duflo and Leigh Linden

Accounting for the Effect Of Health on Economic Growth pp. 1265-1306

David N. Well

Price Discrimination, Copyright Law, and Technological Innovation: Evidence from the Introduction of DVDs pp. 1307-1350

Julie Mortimer

Volume 122, issue 2, 2007

A Measure of Segregation Based on Social Interactions pp. 441-485

Federico Echenique and Roland G. Fryer

Optimal Taxation with Endogenous Insurance Markets pp. 487-534

Mikhail Golosov and Aleh Tsyvinski

The Marginal Product of Capital pp. 535-568

Francesco Caselli and James Feyrer

Relationship-Specificity, Incomplete Contracts, and the Pattern of Trade pp. 569-600

Nathan Nunn

Dams pp. 601-646

Esther Duflo and Rohini Pande

Inside the Family Firm: The Role of Families in Succession Decisions and Performance pp. 647-691

Morten Bennedsen, Kasper Meisner Nielsen, Francisco Perez-Gonzalez and Daniel Wolfenzon

News Droughts, News Floods, and U. S. Disaster Relief pp. 693-728

Thomas Eisensee and David Strömberg

Incentives for Managers and Inequality among Workers: Evidence from a Firm-Level Experiment pp. 729-773

Oriana Bandiera, Iwan Barankay and Imran Rasul

Did Highways Cause Suburbanization? pp. 775-805

Nathaniel Baum-Snow

Partisan Impacts on the Economy: Evidence from Prediction Markets and Close Elections pp. 807-829

Erik Snowberg, Justin Wolfers and Eric Zitzewitz

Consumption Commitments and Risk Preferences pp. 831-877

Raj Chetty and Adam Szeidl

Volume 122, issue 1, 2007

The Aggregate Effects of Health Insurance: Evidence from the Introduction of Medicare pp. 1-37

Amy Finkelstein

The Value of Life and the Rise in Health Spending pp. 39-72

Robert E. Hall and Charles Jones

Disease and Development: Evidence from Hookworm Eradication in the American South pp. 73-117

Hoyt Bleakley

How Large are the Effects from Changes in Family Environment? A Study of Korean American Adoptees pp. 119-157

Bruce Sacerdote

Does Head Start Improve Children's Life Chances? Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design pp. 159-208

Jens Ludwig and Douglas Miller

The Formation of Beliefs: Evidence from the Allocation of Land Titles to Squatters pp. 209-241

Rafael Di Tella, Sebastian Galiant and Ernesto Schargrodsky

Volatility and Development pp. 243-287

Miklós Koren and Silvana Tenreyro

Do Sunk Costs of Exporting Matter for Net Export Dynamics? pp. 289-336

George Alessandria and Horag Choi

On Committees of Experts pp. 337-372

Bauke Visser and Otto H. Swank

Language and the Theory of the Firm pp. 373-407

Jacques Crémer, Luis Garicano and Andrea Prat

From the Cradle to the Labor Market? The Effect of Birth Weight on Adult Outcomes pp. 409-439

Sandra Black, Paul Devereux and Kjell G Salvanes