The Quarterly Journal of Economics

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Volume 121, issue 4, 2006

A Model of Reference-Dependent Preferences pp. 1133-1165

Botond Koszegi and Matthew Rabin

Politics and Efficiency of Separating Capital and Ordinary Government Budgets pp. 1167-1210

Marco Bassetto

Did Iraq Cheat the United Nations? Underpricing, Bribes, and the Oil for Food Program pp. 1211-1248

Chang-Tai Hsieh and Enrico Moretti

How Elections Matter: Theory and Evidence from Environmental Policy pp. 1249-1281

John List and Daniel M. Sturm

The Uncertainty Effect: When a Risky Prospect is Valued Less than its Worst Possible Outcome pp. 1283-1309

Uri Gneezy, John List and George Wu

Saving Incentives for Low- and Middle-Income Families: Evidence from a Field Experiment with H&R Block pp. 1311-1346

Esther Duflo, William Gale, Jeffrey Liebman, Peter Orszag and Emmanuel Saez

Fairness Perceptions and Reservation Wages—the Behavioral Effects of Minimum Wage Laws pp. 1347-1381

Armin Falk, Ernst Fehr and Christian Zehnder

Organization and Inequality in a Knowledge Economy pp. 1383-1435

Luis Garicano and Esteban Rossi-Hansberg

The Persistence of Early Childhood Maturity: International Evidence of Long-Run Age Effects pp. 1437-1472

Kelly Bedard and Elizabeth Dhuey

Raising Children to Work Hard: Altruism, Work Norms, and Social Insurance pp. 1473-1503

Assar Lindbeck and Sten Nyberg

Volume 121, issue 3, 2006

Pay, Reference Points, and Police Performance pp. 783-821

Alexandre Mas

Rare Disasters and Asset Markets in the Twentieth Century pp. 823-866

Robert Barro

Why Inflation Rose and Fell: Policy-Makers' Beliefs and U. S. Postwar Stabilization Policy pp. 867-901

Giorgio Primiceri

Coalitional Rationalizability pp. 903-929

Attila Ambrus

Television and Voter Turnout pp. 931-972

Matthew Gentzkow

How Black Candidates Affect Voter Turnout pp. 973-998

Ebonya Washington

The Origins of Intergenerational Associations: Lessons from Swedish Adoption Data pp. 999-1028

Anders Bjorklund, Mikael Lindahl and Erik Plug

Speeding, Terrorism, and Teaching to the Test pp. 1029-1061

Edward Lazear

HIV Breakthroughs and Risky Sexual Behavior pp. 1063-1102

Darius Lakdawalla, Neeraj Sood and Dana Goldman

Menu Costs at Work: Restaurant Prices and the Introduction of the Euro pp. 1103-1131

Bart Hobijn, Federico Ravenna and Andrea Tambalotti

Volume 121, issue 2, 2006

The World Distribution of Income: Falling Poverty and … Convergence, Period pp. 351-397

Xavier Sala-i-Martin

Mandated Disclosure, Stock Returns, and the 1964 Securities Acts Amendments pp. 399-460

Michael Greenstone, Paul Oyer and Annette Vissing-Jorgensen

Institutional Investors and Stock Market Volatility pp. 461-504

Xavier Gabaix, Parameswaran Gopikrishnan, Vasiliki Plerou and H. Eugene Stanley

Shrouded Attributes, Consumer Myopia, and Information Suppression in Competitive Markets pp. 505-540

Xavier Gabaix and David Laibson

Globalization and the Gains From Variety pp. 541-585

Christian Broda and David Weinstein

Causes of Sprawl: A Portrait from Space pp. 587-633

Marcy Burchfield, Henry Overman, Diego Puga and Matthew Turner

Tying Odysseus to the Mast: Evidence From a Commitment Savings Product in the Philippines pp. 635-672

Nava Ashraf, Dean Karlan and Wesley Yin

Gender Differences in Mate Selection: Evidence From a Speed Dating Experiment pp. 673-697

Raymond Fisman, Sheena S. Iyengar, Emir Kamenica and Itamar Simonson

Belief in a Just World and Redistributive Politics pp. 699-746

Roland Benabou and Jean Tirole

Toward an Understanding of the Economics of Charity: Evidence from a Field Experiment pp. 747-782

Craig Landry, Andreas Lange, John List, Michael Price and Nicholas Rupp

Volume 121, issue 1, 2006

The Distortionary Effects of Government Procurement: Evidence from Medicaid Prescription Drug Purchasing pp. 1-30

Mark Duggan and Fiona M. Scott Morton

Offshoring in a Knowledge Economy pp. 31-77

Pol Antras, Luis Garicano and Esteban Rossi-Hansberg

How Do Friendships Form? pp. 79-119

David Marmaros and Bruce Sacerdote

Emotional Agency pp. 121-155

Botond Koszegi

Earnings Manipulation, Pension Assumptions, and Managerial Investment Decisions pp. 157-195

Daniel Bergstresser, Mihir Desai and Joshua Rauh

Do Ads Influence Editors? Advertising and Bias in the Financial Media pp. 197-227

Jonathan Reuter and Eric Zitzewitz

A Theory of Financing Constraints and Firm Dynamics pp. 229-265

Gian Luca Clementi and Hugo A. Hopenhayn

Bargaining in the Shadow of the Law: Divorce Laws and Family Distress pp. 267-288

Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers

More Power to the Pill: The Impact of Contraceptive Freedom on Women's Life Cycle Labor Supply pp. 289-320

Martha Bailey

Do Stronger Intellectual Property Rights Increase International Technology Transfer? Empirical Evidence from U. S. Firm-Level Panel Data pp. 321-349

Lee Branstetter, Raymond Fisman and C. Fritz Foley

Volume 120, issue 4, 2005

A Measure of Media Bias pp. 1191-1237

Tim Groseclose and Jeffrey Milyo

A Protectionist Bias in Majoritarian Politics pp. 1239-1282

Gene M. Grossman and Elhanan Helpman

Strategic Extremism: Why Republicans and Democrats Divide on Religious Values pp. 1283-1330

Edward L. Glaeser, Giacomo Ponzetto and Jesse M. Shapiro

Which Countries Have State Religions? pp. 1331-1370

Robert Barro and Rachel M. McCleary

Do Lenders Favor Politically Connected Firms? Rent Provision in an Emerging Financial Market pp. 1371-1411

Asim Ijaz Khwaja and Atif Mian

The Politics of Bank Failures: Evidence from Emerging Markets pp. 1413-1444

Craig Brown and I. Serdar Dinç

The Extent of the Market and the Supply of Regulation pp. 1445-1473

Casey Mulligan and Andrei Shleifer

Rent Destruction and the Political Viability of Free Trade Agreements pp. 1475-1506

Emanuel Ornelas

The Politics of Public Provision of Education pp. 1507-1534

Gilat Levy

Majority Rules and Incentives pp. 1535-1568

Bård Harstad

Volume 120, issue 3, 2005

Dividend Taxes and Corporate Behavior: Evidence from the 2003 Dividend Tax Cut pp. 791-833

Raj Chetty and Emmanuel Saez

Do Leaders Matter? National Leadership and Growth Since World War II pp. 835-864

Benjamin Jones and Benjamin Olken

International Trade and Macroeconomic Dynamics with Heterogeneous Firms pp. 865-915

Fabio Ghironi and Marc Melitz

Social Preferences and the Response to Incentives: Evidence from Personnel Data pp. 917-962

Oriana Bandiera, Iwan Barankay and Imran Rasul

Neighbors as Negatives: Relative Earnings and Well-Being pp. 963-1002

Erzo Luttmer

Air Pollution and Infant Health: What Can We Learn from California's Recent Experience? pp. 1003-1030

Janet Currie and Matthew Neidell

The Costs of Low Birth Weight pp. 1031-1083

Douglas Almond, Kenneth Y. Chay and David S. Lee

Precautionary Savings and Self-Selection: Evidence from the German Reunification "Experiment" Abstract: We combine particular features of the German civil service with the unique event of German reunification to test the theory of precautionary savings and to quantify the importance of self-selection into occupations due to differences in risk aversion. In the presence of self-selection, failing to control for risk aversion in empirical tests of precautionary savings results in a bias that could lead to a systematic underestimation of the importance of precautionary savings. We exploit the fact that for individuals from the former German Democratic Republic (GDR) German reunification in 1990 caused an exogenous reassignment of income risks. Our findings suggest that self-selection of risk-averse individuals into low-risk occupations is economically important and decreases aggregate precautionary wealth holdings significantly pp. 1085-1120

Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln and Matthias Schündeln

Do Liquidation Values Affect Financial Contracts? Evidence from Commercial Loan Contracts and Zoning Regulation pp. 1121-1154

Efraim Benmelech, Mark J. Garmaise and Tobias J. Moskowitz

Partisan Competition, Growth, and the Franchise pp. 1155-1189

Humberto Llavador and Robert Oxoby

Volume 120, issue 2, 2005

The Gift of the Dying: The Tragedy of AIDS and the Welfare of Future African Generations pp. 423-466

Alwyn Young

Sexually Transmitted Infections, Sexual Behavior, and the HIV/AIDS Epidemic pp. 467-515

Emily Oster

The Shape of Production Functions and the Direction of Technical Change pp. 517-549

Charles Jones

An Economic Analysis of "Acting White" pp. 551-583

David Austen-Smith and Roland G. Fryer

A Model of Add-On Pricing pp. 585-637

Glenn Ellison

Money Illusion in the Stock Market: The Modigliani-Cohn Hypothesis pp. 639-668

Randolph B. Cohen, Christopher Polk and Tuomo Vuolteenaho

The More the Merrier? The Effect of Family Size and Birth Order on Children's Education pp. 669-700

Sandra Black, Paul Devereux and Kjell G Salvanes

Competition and Innovation: an Inverted-U Relationship pp. 701-728

Philippe Aghion, Nicholas Bloom, Richard Blundell, Rachel Griffith and Peter Howitt

Ownership and Control in Outsourcing to China: Estimating the Property-Rights Theory of the Firm pp. 729-761

Robert Feenstra and Gordon Hanson

Owner-Occupied Housing as a Hedge Against Rent Risk pp. 763-789

Todd Sinai and Nicholas S. Souleles

Volume 120, issue 1, 2005

PPP Strikes Back: Aggregation And the Real Exchange Rate pp. 1-43

Jean Imbs, Haroon Mumtaz, Morten Ravn and Helene Rey

The Political Economy of Hatred pp. 45-86

Edward L. Glaeser

Neighborhood Effects on Crime for Female and Male Youth: Evidence from a Randomized Housing Voucher Experiment pp. 87-130

Jeffrey Kling, Jens Ludwig and Lawrence Katz

Profit Sharing and the Role of Professional Partnerships pp. 131-171

Jonathan Levin and Steven Tadelis

The Effect of Financial Development on Convergence: Theory and Evidence pp. 173-222

Philippe Aghion, Peter Howitt and David Mayer-Foulkes

Does Legal Enforcement Affect Financial Transactions? The Contractual Channel in Private Equity pp. 223-246

Josh Lerner and Antoinette Schoar

Why are Most Funds Open-End? Competition and the Limits of Arbitrage pp. 247-272

Jeremy C. Stein

Love and Money: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of Household Sorting and Inequality pp. 273-344

Raquel Fernández, Nezih Guner and John Knowles

Fiscal Shenanigans, Targeted Federal Health Care Funds, and Patient Mortality pp. 345-386

Katherine Baicker and Douglas Staiger

Measuring the Effects of Monetary Policy: A Factor-Augmented Vector Autoregressive (FAVAR) Approach pp. 387-422

Ben Bernanke, Jean Boivin and Piotr Eliasz