Journal of Law and Economics

1969 - 2026

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Volume 69, issue 4, 2026

Demand for Artificial Intelligence in Settlement Negotiations pp. 733 - 754

Joshua S. Gans

The Emergence of Enforcement pp. 755 - 788

Luca Anderlini, Leonardo Felli and Michele Piccione

Contractual Remedies in Mergers pp. 789 - 823

Dhruv Aggarwal, Albert H. Choi and Geeyoung Min

The Effects of Increased Sentencing Severity on Fertility and Family Formation pp. 825 - 851

Siobhan M. O’Keefe

Big Three (Dis)Engagements pp. 853 - 897

Dhruv Aggarwal, Lubomir Litov and Shivaram Rajgopal

Revolutionary Constitutional Compliance pp. 899 - 931

Jamie Bologna Pavlik, Justin T. Callais and Andrew T. Young

The Power of Business Legislation: Evidence from China’s 1904 Company Law pp. 933 - 973

Yang Cai and Jiong Zhu

Volume 69, issue 3, 2026

Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting Reforms around the World: Evidence on Firm Value and Externalities pp. 465 - 516

Aonan Sistine Sun, Kun Tracy Wang, Yue Rio Wu and Nathan Zhenghang Zhu

How Does Private Firm Patenting Affect Antitakeover Provisions in Corporate Charters? Evidence from Initial Public Offerings pp. 517 - 541

Thomas J. Chemmanur, Manish Gupta, Karen Simonyan and Xiang Zheng

Supplier Retaliation and the Illinois Brick Rule pp. 543 - 587

Douglas C. Turner

Mafia Infiltrations in Times of Crisis: Evidence from the COVID-19 Shock pp. 589 - 624

Marco Castelluccio and Lucia Rizzica

Nixing the Judge: Peremptory Challenges of Judges and Strategic Behavior pp. 625 - 647

Eric Helland and Minjae Yun

Predatory Pricing in the Presence of Network Effects: Evidence from the Lab pp. 649 - 691

Ruben van Oosten and Sander Onderstal

Does Social Media Identify the Optimistic Bias of State-Controlled Media? Evidence from China pp. 693 - 731

Yakun Wang, T. J. Wong and Tianyu Zhang

Volume 69, issue 2, 2026

Growing Awareness to Reduce Labor Abuse: An Experimental Test of a Migrant Domestic Workers’ Rights Awareness Campaign pp. 213 - 249

Margaret L. Boittin, Cecilia Hyunjung Mo, Biz Herman, Sarah Rich-Zendel and Soosun You

Recreational Marijuana Laws and Racial Disparities: New Evidence on Arrests and Deaths of Despair pp. 251 - 284

Zachary Fone, Gokhan Kumpas and Joseph J. Sabia

The Impact of the Dodd-Frank Act on Acquisition Activity pp. 285 - 316

Anup Basnet, Magnus Blomkvist, Karl Felixson, Eva Liljeblom and Hitesh Vyas

Contract Remedies and Search Efforts pp. 317 - 359

Roy Baharad

The Rule of Law Predicts Trust in Journalists pp. 361 - 385

Niclas Berggren, Christian Bjørnskov and Alexandra Sandström

AI at the Wheel: The Effectiveness of Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems pp. 387 - 411

Vikram Maheshri, Clifford Winston and Yidi Wu

Does Securities Regulation Matter? Mandatory Disclosure, Excess Stock Volatility, and the US Securities Exchange Act of 1934 pp. 413 - 463

Albert Bo Zhao, Sheng Li and Chenggang Xu

Volume 69, issue 1, 2026

Copyright Policy Options for Generative Artificial Intelligence pp. 1 - 19

Joshua Gans

Blessing from the Sage: Guan Yu Worship and Financial Development in China pp. 21 - 52

Haoyuan Ding, Chang Xue and Yu Zhang

The Economics of Appeals pp. 53 - 79

Keith N. Hylton and Sanghoon Kim

Dual-Edged Benefits of Drug Policing: A Quarter Century’s Lesson from a Heroin Drought pp. 81 - 106

Sergey Alexeev and Don Weatherburn

The Leverage of Terrorists on Democratic Regimes: Evidence from Natural Experiments in Sub-Saharan Africa pp. 107 - 150

Jiafu An, Shiqi Guo and Ruoran Zhao

Good Cop, Bad Cop: Delegating Interrogations pp. 151 - 173

Alessandro Ispano and Péter Vida

Growth of Firms under Injunction Risk pp. 175 - 211

Fred Bereskin, Po-Hsuan Hsu and Huijun Wang

Volume 68, issue 4, 2025

Racial Diversity and Affirmative Action in American Law Schools pp. 711 - 754

Richard R. W. Brooks, Kyle Rozema and Sarath Sanga

Intimate Partner Violence and Income: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from the Earned Income Tax Credit pp. 755 - 804

Resul Cesur, Núria Rodríguez-Planas, Jennifer Roff and David Simon

The “Blurred Lines” of Copyright Infringement pp. 805 - 843

Alberto Galasso

Impacts of the Jones Act on US Petroleum Markets pp. 845 - 869

Ryan Kellogg and Richard L. Sweeney

Managing the Workload of the Proxy Season pp. 871 - 900

Paul Calluzzo and Simi Kedia

The Effects of Privatization on Firm Productivity in China pp. 901 - 931

Zhangkai Huang, Jinyu Liu, Guangrong Ma and Lixin Xu

Workplace Litigiousness and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from a Workers’ Compensation Reform pp. 933 - 956

Maximiliano Lauletta and Damián Vergara

Debt Contract Enforcement and Product Innovation: Evidence from a Legal Reform in India pp. 957 - 987

Tanya Jain, Rahul Singh and Chetan Subramanian

Volume 68, issue 3, 2025

How Important Are User-Generated Data for Search Result Quality? pp. 499 - 518

Tobias Klein, Madina Kurmangaliyeva, Jens Prüfer and Patricia Prufer

Seeing Through Color Blindness: Social Networks as a Mechanism for Discrimination pp. 519 - 560

Chika O. Okafor

How Court Mitigation of Jail Overcrowding Affects Homicides pp. 561 - 584

Richard T. Boylan

Effects of Pay Transparency Legislation on Female Employment and Capital Investment Reallocation: A Difference-in-Discontinuities Design pp. 585 - 626

Raffi E. García

The Value Implications of Mandatory Clawback Provisions pp. 627 - 670

Tor-Erik Bakke, Hamed Mahmudi and Aazam Virani

Downward Wage Rigidity and Corporate Investment pp. 671 - 710

DuckKi Cho

Volume 68, issue 2, 2025

The Value of Political Geography: Evidence from the Redistricting of Firms pp. 241 - 267

Joaquín Artés, Nicolas Motz, Brian Kelleher Richter and Jeffrey F. Timmons

The Impact of Foreign Investors’ Challenges to Domestic Regulations pp. 269 - 309

Mark Maffett, Mario Milone and Weijia Rao

The Deterrent Effect of Targeted and Salient Police Enforcement: Evidence from Bans on Checkpoints for Driving under the Influence pp. 311 - 360

Kyutaro Matsuzawa

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: The Impact of Jurors’ Political Affiliations on Trials: Evidence from North Carolina pp. 361 - 386

Alessandra Foresta

Freedom of Expression and Stock Price Crash Risk: Evidence from a Natural Experiment pp. 387 - 430

Zhihong Chen, Qingyuan Li and Yongbo Li

Conflicting Incentives in the Management of 529 Plans pp. 431 - 458

Justin Balthrop and Gjergji Cici

Career Incentives, Tournament Competition, and Performance Manipulation: Evidence from Chinese Cities pp. 459 - 498

Gang Xu, Lixin Xu, Ruichao Si and Ruiting Wang

Volume 68, issue 1, 2025

Fractional versus Full-Work Licensing: The Case of Performance Rights Organizations pp. 1 - 21

Jin-Hyuk Kim

Conditional Control: The Consequences of Expanding Creditors’ Right to Initiate Bankruptcy pp. 23 - 62

Assaf Hamdani, Yevgeny Mugerman, Ruth Rooz, Nadav Steinberg and Yishay Yafeh

Collusion, Price Discrimination, and Retailer Bond pp. 63 - 102

Heiko Gerlach

Risk Assessment as Policy in Immigration Detention Decisions pp. 103 - 119

David K. Hausman

Merger Control in Retail Markets with National Pricing pp. 121 - 182

Tommy Gabrielsen, Bjørn Olav Johansen and Odd Rune Straume

The Impact of Smoking Bans in Bars on Alcohol Consumption and Smoking pp. 183 - 214

Anne Burton

The Complicated Simple Economics of Vertical Mergers pp. 215 - 239

Martino De Stefano and Michael Salinger