Journal of Law and Economics

1969 - 2025

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Meet the Oligarchs: Business Legitimacy and Taxation at the Top pp. 651 - 674: Rafael Di Tella, Juan Dubra and Alejandro Lagomarsino
Who Benefits from Bans on Employers’ Credit Checks? pp. 675 - 703: Leora Friedberg, Richard M. Hynes and Nathaniel Pattison
Coordinated Effects in Merger Review pp. 705 - 744: Simon Loertscher and Leslie M. Marx
The Impacts of the Lifeline Subsidy on High-Speed Internet Access pp. 745 - 782: Samara Mendez, Gabor Molnar and Scott Savage
The Unintended Effects of Ban-the-Box Laws on Crime pp. 783 - 820: Joseph J. Sabia, Thanh Tam Nguyen, Taylor Mackay and Dhaval Dave
The Deterrence Effect of Whistleblowing pp. 821 - 855: Niels Johannesen and Tim B.M. Stolper
The Aggregate Cost of Crime in the United States pp. 857 - 885: David Anderson

Platform Competition, Vertical Differentiation, and Price Coherence pp. 439 - 477: Heiko Gerlach and Junqian Li
Jobs for Justice(s): Corruption in the Supreme Court of India pp. 479 - 511: Madhav S. Aney, Shubhankar Dam and Giovanni Ko
The Effect of Own-Gender Jurors on Conviction Rates pp. 513 - 537: Mark Hoekstra and Brittany Street
Did the Independence of Judges Reduce Legal Development in England, 1600–1800? pp. 539 - 565: Peter Murrell
Does Media Coverage Cause Meritorious Shareholder Litigation? Evidence from the Stock Option Backdating Scandal pp. 567 - 601: Dain Donelson, Antonis Kartapanis and Christopher G. Yust
Governments’ Late Payments and Firms’ Survival: Evidence from the European Union pp. 603 - 627: Maurizio Conti, Leandro Elia, Antonella Ferrara and Massimiliano Ferraresi
Intended and Unintended Effects of Banning Menthol Cigarettes pp. 629 - 650: Christopher S. Carpenter and Hai V. Nguyen

Do Legal Origins Predict Legal Substance? pp. 207 - 231: Anu Bradford, Yun-chien Chang, Adam Chilton and Nuno Garoupa
The Effects of Land Redistribution: Evidence from the French Revolution pp. 233 - 267: Theresa Finley, Raphael Franck and Noel D. Johnson
Racial Bias and In-Group Bias in Virtual Reality Courtrooms pp. 269 - 300: Samantha Bielen, Wim Marneffe and Naci Mocan
How Do Inventors Respond to Financial Incentives? Evidence from Unanticipated Court Decisions on Employees’ Inventions in Japan pp. 301 - 339: Koichiro Onishi, Hideo Owan and Sadao Nagaoka
Overzealous Rule Makers pp. 341 - 365: Stefano Barbieri and Kai Konrad
Post-Initial-Public-Offering Takeovers of Firms Controlled by Private Equity: Is There Evidence of a Liquidity Conflict? pp. 367 - 402: Myron B. Slovin, Marie E. Sushka and Qi Dong
Do Courts Matter for Firm Value? Evidence from the US Court System pp. 403 - 438: Stefano Colonnello and Christoph Herpfer

Occupational Licensing and Immigrants pp. 1 - 28: Hugh Cassidy and Tennecia Dacass
Marriage Equality Laws and Youth Mental Health pp. 29 - 51: D. Mark Anderson, Kyutaro Matsuzawa and Joseph J. Sabia
Noncompete Agreements in the US Labor Force pp. 53 - 84: Evan P. Starr, J.J. Prescott and Norman D. Bishara
Ban-the-Box Measures Help High-Crime Neighborhoods pp. 85 - 105: Daniel Shoag and Stan Veuger
Can Shareholder Proposals Hurt Shareholders? Evidence from Securities and Exchange Commission No-Action-Letter Decisions pp. 107 - 152: John Matsusaka, Oguzhan Ozbas and Irene Yi
China’s Anticorruption Campaign and Entrepreneurship pp. 153 - 180: Dongmin Kong and Ni Qin
Culture and Compliance: Evidence from the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme pp. 181 - 205: Ara Jo

Litigation Risk and Debt Contracting: Evidence from a Natural Experiment pp. 595 - 630: Zhihong Chen, Ningzhong Li and Jianghua Shen
Does Vertical Integration Spur Investment? Casting Actors to Discover Stars during the Hollywood Studio Era pp. 631 - 666: F. Andrew Hanssen and Alexander Raskovich
Does Market Power Encourage or Discourage Investment? Evidence from the Hospital Market pp. 667 - 698: Elena Patel and Nathan Seegert
The Effects of Time in Prison and Time on Parole on Recidivism pp. 699 - 727: Mariyana Zapryanova
Platform, Anonymity, and Illegal Actors: Evidence of Whac-a-Mole Enforcement from Airbnb pp. 729 - 761: Jian Jia and Liad Wagman
Dynamic Vertical Foreclosure pp. 763 - 812: Chiara Fumagalli and Massimo Motta
Do Appraisal Challenges Benefit Target Shareholders through Narrowing Arbitrage Spread? pp. 813 - 816: Gaurav Jetley and Yuxiao Huang
Do Appraisal Challenges Benefit Target Shareholders through Narrowing Arbitrage Spread? A Reply pp. 817 - 820: Audra Boone, Brian Broughman and Antonio J. Macias

Creditors’ Rights and Strategic Default: Evidence from India pp. 411 - 447: Prasanna Tantri
The Effects of Stolen-Goods Markets on Crime: Pawnshops, Property Theft, and the Gold Rush of the 2000s pp. 449 - 472: Rocco d’Este
Loyalty Shares with Tenure Voting: Does the Default Rule Matter? Evidence from the Loi Florange Experiment pp. 473 - 499: Marco Becht, Yuliya Kamisarenka and Anete Pajuste
Financial Reporting Frequency and Corporate Innovation pp. 501 - 530: Renhui Fu, Arthur Kraft, Xuan Tian, Huai Zhang and Luo Zuo
Industry Concentration and Information Technology pp. 531 - 555: James Bessen
Asset Exemptions and Consumer Bankruptcies: Evidence from Individual Filings pp. 557 - 594: Nathaniel Pattison and Richard M. Hynes

The Distribution of Surplus in the US Pharmaceutical Industry: Evidence from Paragraph iv Patent-Litigation Decisions pp. 203 - 238: Ruben Jacobo-Rubio, John Turner and Jonathan W. Williams
Affirmative Action and Racial Segregation pp. 239 - 267: Peter Hinrichs
Race and Bankruptcy: Explaining Racial Disparities in Consumer Bankruptcy pp. 269 - 295: Edward R. Morrison, Belisa Pang and Antoine Uettwiller
The Persistence of the Criminal Justice Gender Gap: Evidence from 200 Years of Judicial Decisions pp. 297 - 339: Anna Bindler and Randi Hjalmarsson
What Can DNA Exonerations Tell Us about Racial Differences in Wrongful-Conviction Rates? pp. 341 - 366: David Bjerk and Eric Helland
The Changing Landscape of Auditors’ Liability pp. 367 - 410: Colleen Honigsberg, Shivaram Rajgopal and Suraj Srinivasan

Network Effects in Corporate Governance pp. 1 - 41: Sarath Sanga
Do Public-Private-Partnership-Enabling Laws Increase Private Investment in Transportation Infrastructure? pp. 43 - 70: Daniel Albalate, Germà Bel and R. Richard Geddes
Optimal Law Enforcement with Ordered Leniency pp. 71 - 111: Claudia Landeo and Kathryn E. Spier
Vertical Information Restraints: Pro- and Anticompetitive Impacts of Minimum-Advertised-Price Restrictions pp. 111 - 148: John Asker and Heski Bar-Isaac
Prison as a Criminal School: Peer Effects and Criminal Learning behind Bars pp. 149 - 180: Anna Damm and Cédric Gorinas
Younger Federal District Court Judges Favor Presidential Power pp. 181 - 202: Tom Campbell and Nathaniel Wilcox