The Quarterly Journal of Economics

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Volume 124, issue 4, 2009

Misallocation and Manufacturing TFP in China and India pp. 1403-1448

Chang-Tai Hsieh and Pete Klenow

The Consequences of Mortgage Credit Expansion: Evidence from the U.S. Mortgage Default Crisis pp. 1449-1496

Atif Mian and Amir Sufi

Powerful Women: Does Exposure Reduce Bias? pp. 1497-1540

Lori Beaman, Raghabendra Chattopadhyay, Esther Duflo, Rohini Pande and Petia Topalova

Women's Liberation: What's in It for Men? pp. 1541-1591

Matthias Doepke and Michele Tertilt

Superstar CEOs pp. 1593-1638

Ulrike Malmendier and Geoffrey Tate

Optimal Defaults and Active Decisions pp. 1639-1674

Gabriel D. Carroll, James Choi, David Laibson, Brigitte Madrian and Andrew Metrick

Harvests and Business Cycles in Nineteenth-Century America pp. 1675-1727

Joseph H. Davis, Christopher Hanes and Paul Rhode

Chernobyl's Subclinical Legacy: Prenatal Exposure to Radioactive Fallout and School Outcomes in Sweden pp. 1729-1772

Douglas Almond, Lena Edlund and Mårten Palme

How Robust is the Folk Theorem? pp. 1773-1814

Johannes Hörner and Wojciech Olszewski

Directed Altruism and Enforced Reciprocity in Social Networks pp. 1815-1851

Stephen Leider, Markus M. Möbius, Tanya Rosenblat and Quoc-Anh Do

Are Durable Goods Consumers Forward-Looking? Evidence from College Textbooks pp. 1853-1884

Judith Chevalier and Austan Goolsbee

Volume 124, issue 3, 2009

Sluggish Responses of Prices and Inflation to Monetary Shocks in an Inventory Model of Money Demand pp. 911-967

Fernando Alvarez, Andrew Atkeson and Chris Edmond

E-ztax: Tax Salience and Tax Rates pp. 969-1010

Amy Finkelstein

The Bond Market's q pp. 1011-1056

Thomas Philippon

The Power of TV: Cable Television and Women's Status in India pp. 1057-1094

Robert Jensen and Emily Oster

Cultural Biases in Economic Exchange? pp. 1095-1131

Luigi Guiso, Paola Sapienza and Luigi Zingales

Estimating the Impact of The Hajj: Religion and Tolerance in Islam's Global Gathering pp. 1133-1170

David Clingingsmith, Asim Ijaz Khwaja and Michael Kremer

Multinational Firms, FDI Flows, and Imperfect Capital Markets pp. 1171-1219

Pol Antras, Mihir A. Desai and C. Fritz Foley

Price Setting during Low and High Inflation: Evidence from Mexico pp. 1221-1263

Etienne Gagnon

Job Displacement and Mortality: An Analysis Using Administrative Data pp. 1265-1306

Daniel Sullivan and Till von Wachter

Trust and Social Collateral pp. 1307-1361

Dean Karlan, Markus Mobius, Tanya Rosenblat and Adam Szeidl

How Does Parental Leave Affect Fertility and Return to Work? Evidence from Two Natural Experiments pp. 1363-1402

Rafael Lalive and Josef Zweimüller

Volume 124, issue 2, 2009

Conspicuous Consumption and Race pp. 425-467

Kerwin Kofi Charles, Erik Hurst and Nikolai Roussanov

The Diffusion of Development pp. 469-529

Enrico Spolaore and Romain Wacziarg

Was Weber Wrong? A Human Capital Theory of Protestant Economic History pp. 531-596

Sascha Becker and Ludger Woessmann

Does Medicare Save Lives? pp. 597-636

David Card, Carlos Dobkin and Nicole Maestas

Do Higher Prices for New Goods Reflect Quality Growth or Inflation? pp. 637-675

Mark Bils

Does Movie Violence Increase Violent Crime? pp. 677-734

Gordon Dahl and Stefano DellaVigna

Power to the People: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment on Community-Based Monitoring in Uganda pp. 735-769

Martina Björkman and Jakob Svensson

Explaining International Fertility Differences pp. 771-807

Rodolfo Manuelli and Ananth Seshadri

Genetic Variation in Preferences for Giving and Risk Taking pp. 809-842

David Cesarini, Christopher T. Dawes, Magnus Johannesson, Paul Lichtenstein and Björn Wallace

Revisiting the German Wage Structure pp. 843-881

Christian Dustmann, Johannes Ludsteck and Uta Schönberg

The Vulnerability of Auctions to Bidder Collusion pp. 883-910

Robert C. Marshall and Leslie Marx

Volume 124, issue 1, 2009

Performance Pay and Wage Inequality pp. 1-49

Thomas Lemieux, W. Bentley Macleod and Daniel Parent

Beyond Revealed Preference: Choice-Theoretic Foundations for Behavioral Welfare Economics pp. 51-104

B. Douglas Bernheim and Antonio Rangel

Building Criminal Capital behind Bars: Peer Effects in Juvenile Corrections pp. 105-147

Patrick Bayer, Randi Hjalmarsson and David Pozen

Foreign Know-How, Firm Control, and the Income of Developing Countries pp. 149-195

Ariel T. Burstein and Alexander Monge-Naranjo

Learning and Visceral Temptation in Dynamic Saving Experiments pp. 197-231

Alexander Brown, Zhikang Eric Chua and Colin Camerer

Repeated Games with Frequent Signals pp. 233-265

Drew Fudenberg and David Levine

Hold-up, Asset Ownership, and Reference Points pp. 267-300

Oliver Hart

Fight or Flight? Portfolio Rebalancing by Individual Investors pp. 301-348

Laurent Calvet, John Campbell and Paolo Sodini

Life Expectancy and Human Capital Investments: Evidence from Maternal Mortality Declines pp. 349-397

Seema Jayachandran and Adriana Lleras-Muney

Do Political Parties Matter? Evidence from U.S. Cities pp. 399-422

Fernando Ferreira and Joseph Gyourko

Returns to Capital in Microenterprises: Evidence from a Field Experiment pp. 423-423

Suresh de Mel, David McKenzie and Christopher Woodruff

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 Hastings and Jeffrey M. Weinstein

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

Emi Nakamura and Jon 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 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 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