The Quarterly Journal of Economics

1886 - 2025

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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 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 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

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 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