Journal of Law and Economics

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Volume 61, issue 4, 2018

Can Lax Corporate Law Increase Shareholder Value? Evidence from Nevada pp. 555 - 605

Ofer Eldar

Borrowers' Distress and Debt Relief: Evidence from a Natural Experiment pp. 607 - 635

Saptarshi Mukherjee, Krishnamurthy Subramanian and Prasanna Tantri

Third-Party Litigation Funding with Informative Signals: Equilibrium Characterization and the Effects of Admissibility pp. 637 - 675

Ronen Avraham and Abraham L. Wickelgren

Shareholder Protection and the Cost of Capital pp. 677 - 710

Joel F. Houston, Chen Lin and Wensi Xie

Bounded Rationality and the Choice of Jury Selection Procedures pp. 711 - 738

Martin Van der Linden

Enforcement Spillovers: Lessons from Strategic Interactions in Regulation and Product Markets pp. 739 - 769

Mary Evans, Scott M. Gilpatric and Jay Shimshack

Volume 61, issue 3, 2018

The Effect of Medical Marijuana Laws on Labor Market Outcomes pp. 361 - 396

Joseph J. Sabia and Thanh Tam Nguyen

The Regulation of Language pp. 397 - 425

Yehonatan Givati

Takings of Land by Self-Interested Governments: Economic Analysis of Eminent Domain pp. 427 - 459

Hans-Bernd Schäfer and Ram Singh

The Impact of Medical Cannabis Legalization on Prescription Medication Use and Costs under Medicare Part D pp. 461 - 487

Ashley C. Bradford and W. David Bradford

Child-Access-Prevention Laws, Youths' Gun Carrying, and School Shootings pp. 489 - 524

D. Mark Anderson and Joseph J. Sabia

How to Protect Entitlements: An Experiment pp. 525 - 553

Oren Bar-Gill and Christoph Engel

Volume 61, issue 2, 2018

Race, Gender, and Juries: Evidence from North Carolina pp. 189 - 214

Francis X. Flanagan

Vertical Most-Favored-Nation Restraints and Credit Card No-Surcharge Rules pp. 215 - 251

Dennis Carlton and Ralph Winter

Plague, Politics, and Pogroms: The Black Death, the Rule of Law, and the Persecution of Jews in the Holy Roman Empire pp. 253 - 277

Theresa Finley and Mark Koyama

Health Insurance Expansions and Providers' Behavior: Evidence from Substance-Use- Disorder Treatment Providers pp. 279 - 310

Johanna Maclean, Ioana Popovici and Elisheva R. Stern

The People's Perspective on Libertarian-Paternalistic Policies pp. 311 - 333

Ayala Arad and Ariel Rubinstein

Property Rights Restrictions and Housing Prices pp. 335 - 360

Kwan Ok Lee and Joseph Ooi

Volume 61, issue 1, 2018

Once Bitten, Twice Shy? The Lasting Impact of Enforcement on Tax Compliance pp. 1 - 35

Jason DeBacker, Bradley Heim, Anh Tran and Alexander Yuskavage

The Role of Courts in Technology Policy pp. 37 - 61

Sepehr Shahshahani

Does Voluntary Self-Regulation Provide Regulatory Relief? A Lesson from the Responsible Care Program in the United States pp. 63 - 96

Huan Li and Neha Khanna

Employment Protection Laws and Privatization pp. 97 - 123

Krishnamurthy Subramanian and William Megginson

The Reduced Form of Litigation Models and the Plaintiff's Win Rate pp. 125 - 157

Jonah B. Gelbach

A Tale of Repetition: Lessons from Florida Restaurant Inspections pp. 159 - 188

Ginger Zhe Jin and Jungmin Lee

Volume 60, issue 4, 2017

The Politics of Selecting the Bench from the Bar: The Legal Profession and Partisan Incentives to Introduce Ideology into Judicial Selection pp. 559 - 595

Adam Bonica and Maya Sen

An Investigation of Pooled Purchasing as a Source of Value Creation in Diversifying Acquisitions pp. 597 - 636

Daniel Greene, Omesh Kini and Jaideep Shenoy

Banks' Interventions and Firms' Innovation: Evidence from Debt Covenant Violations pp. 637 - 671

Yuqi Gu, Connie X. Mao and Xuan Tian

How Does Legal Enforceability Affect Consumer Lending? Evidence from a Natural Experiment pp. 673 - 712

Colleen Honigsberg, Robert J. Jackson and Richard Squire

Rights without Resources: The Impact of Constitutional Social Rights on Social Spending pp. 713 - 748

Adam Chilton and Mila Versteeg

Insider Trading and Innovation pp. 749 - 800

Ross Levine, Chen Lin and Lai Wei

Volume 60, issue 3, 2017

Tort Reform and Innovation pp. 385 - 412

Alberto Galasso and Hong Luo

Valuing the Right to Sue: An Empirical Examination of Nonprofit Agency Costs pp. 413 - 440

Brian Galle

Stock Trades of Securities and Exchange Commission Employees pp. 441 - 477

Shivaram Rajgopal and Roger White

Electoral Cycles among US Courts of Appeals Judges pp. 479 - 496

Carlos Berdejó and Daniel Chen

Speeding, Punishment, and Recidivism: Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design pp. 497 - 528

Markus Gehrsitz

The Unintended Impact of Pretrial Detention on Case Outcomes: Evidence from New York City Arraignments pp. 529 - 557

Emily Leslie and Nolan Pope

Volume 60, issue 2, 2017

Judges, Juveniles, and In-Group Bias pp. 209 - 239

Briggs Depew, Ozkan Eren and Naci Mocan

Whistle-Blowers on the Board? The Role of Independent Directors in Cartel Prosecutions pp. 241 - 268

Murillo Campello, Daniel Ferres and Gaizka Ormazabal

The Deterrent Effect of the Securities and Exchange Commission's Enforcement Intensity on Illegal Insider Trading: Evidence from Run-up before News Events pp. 269 - 307

Diane Del Guercio, Elizabeth R. Odders-White and Mark J. Ready

Can Restricting Property Use Be Value Enhancing? Evidence from Short-Term Rental Regulation pp. 309 - 334

Jin-Hyuk Kim, Tin Cheuk Leung and Liad Wagman

The Economics of the Right to Be Forgotten pp. 335 - 360

Byung-Cheol Kim and Jin Yeub Kim

Less Cash, Less Crime: Evidence from the Electronic Benefit Transfer Program pp. 361 - 383

Richard Wright, Erdal Tekin, Volkan Topalli, Chandler McClellan, Timothy Dickinson and Richard Rosenfeld

Volume 60, issue 1, 2017

Taxing Consumption and the Take-up of Public Assistance: The Case of Cigarette Taxes and Food Stamps pp. 1 - 27

Kyle Rozema and Nicolas Ziebarth

Complementary Monopolies and Bargaining pp. 29 - 74

Daniel Spulber

The Effect of Prohibiting Deal Protection in Mergers and Acquisitions: Evidence from the United Kingdom pp. 75 - 113

Fernán Restrepo and Guhan Subramanian

Cleaning in the Shadow of the Law? Bargaining, Marital Investment, and the Impact of Divorce Law on Husbands' Intrahousehold Work pp. 115 - 134

Jennifer Roff

Institutions' and Firms' Adjustments: Measuring the Impact of Courts' Delays on Job Flows and Productivity pp. 135 - 172

Giuseppina Gianfreda and Giovanna Vallanti

Political Bias in Corporate News: The Role of Conglomeration Reform in China pp. 173 - 207

Joseph D. Piotroski, T. J. Wong and Tianyu Zhang

Volume 59, issue 4, 2016

Unintended Consequences of Sanctions for Human Rights: Conflict Minerals and Infant Mortality pp. 731 - 774

Dominic Parker, Jeremy Foltz and David Elsea

Enforcement of Anticollusion Laws against Domestic and Foreign Firms pp. 775 - 803

Pierre Cremieux and Edward Snyder

Hit Where It Hurts: Cartel Policing Using Targeted Sales and Supply Embargoes pp. 805 - 846

Ajay Bhaskarabhatla, Chirantan Chatterjee and Bas Karreman

Executive Lawyers: Gatekeepers or Strategic Officers? pp. 847 - 888

Adair Morse, Wei Wang and Serena Wu

The Short- and Long-Run Effects of Private Law Enforcement: Evidence from University Police pp. 889 - 912

Paul Heaton, Priscillia Hunt, John MacDonald and Jessica Saunders

Market Responses to Court Rulings: Evidence from Antiquities Auctions pp. 913 - 944

Silvia Beltrametti and James Marrone

Volume 59, issue 3, 2016

Why Wait to Settle? An Experimental Test of the Asymmetric-Information Hypothesis pp. 497 - 525

Sean Sullivan

Adversarial Decision Making: Choosing between Models Constructed by Interested Parties pp. 527 - 548

Luke Froeb, Bernhard Ganglmair and Steven Tschantz

Paradise Lost or Fantasy Island? Voluntary Payments by American Publishers to Authors Not Protected by Copyright pp. 549 - 567

Stan Liebowitz

The Filibuster as a War of Attrition pp. 569 - 595

Douglas Dion, Frederick J. Boehmke, William MacMillan and Charles R. Shipan

Does International Commercial Arbitration Promote Foreign Direct Investment? pp. 597 - 627

Andrew Myburgh and Jordi Paniagua

Better at Home than in Prison? The Effects of Electronic Monitoring on Recidivism in France pp. 629 - 667

Anaïs Henneguelle, Benjamin Monnery and Annie Kensey

Slave Escape, Prices, and the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 pp. 669 - 695

Conor Lennon

Appraisal: Shareholder Remedy or Litigation Arbitrage? pp. 697 - 729

Wei Jiang, Tao Li, Danqing Mei and Randall Thomas

Volume 59, issue 2, 2016

Relaxing Occupational Licensing Requirements: Analyzing Wages and Prices for a Medical Service pp. 261 - 291

Morris M. Kleiner, Allison Marier, Kyoung Park and Coady Wing

Why Don't People Trust Experts? pp. 293 - 311

Nathaniel G. Hilger

Endogenous Property Rights pp. 313 - 358

Carmine Guerriero

On the Merits of Antitrust Liability in Regulated Industries pp. 359 - 392

Arup Bose, Debashis Pal and David Sappington

An Economic Analysis of Arbitration versus Litigation for Contractual Disputes pp. 393 - 410

Abraham L. Wickelgren

Can Private Copyright Protection Be Effective? Evidence from Book Publishing pp. 411 - 440

Imke Reimers

Power to the People: Does Ownership Type Influence Electricity Service? pp. 441 - 476

Richard T. Boylan

Bargaining in the Absence of Property Rights: An Experiment pp. 477 - 495

Oren Bar-Gill and Christoph Engel

Volume 59, issue 1, 2016

The Business of American Democracy: Citizens United, Independent Spending, and Elections pp. 1 - 43

Tilman Klumpp, Hugo M. Mialon and Michael A. Williams

The Optimal Scope of the Royalty Base in Patent Licensing pp. 45 - 73

Gerard Llobet and Jorge Padilla

Designing Corporate Bailouts pp. 75 - 104

Antonio E. Bernardo, Eric L. Talley and Ivo Welch

The Effects of Platform Most-Favored-Nation Clauses on Competition and Entry pp. 105 - 134

Andre Boik and Kenneth Corts

Corruption in Russia pp. 135 - 171

Günther Schulze, Bambang Suharnoko Sjahrir and Nikita Zakharov

Reducing False Guilty Pleas and Wrongful Convictions through Exoneree Compensation pp. 173 - 189

Murat C. Mungan and Jonathan Klick

Economic Development and the Demographics of Criminals in Victorian England pp. 191 - 223

Chris Vickers and Nicolas Ziebarth

Consumer Borrowing after Payday Loan Bans pp. 225 - 259

Neil Bhutta, Jacob Goldin and Tatiana Homonoff