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Volume 62, issue 4, 2019

The Role of Ideology in Judicial Evaluations of Experts pp. 579 - 611

Eric Helland

The Impacts of Telematics on Competition and Consumer Behavior in Insurance pp. 613 - 632

Imke Reimers and Benjamin Shiller

The Impact of Court-Ordered District Elections on City Finances pp. 633 - 661

Richard T. Boylan

Are Foreigners Treated Equally under the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement? pp. 663 - 685

Gaétan de Rassenfosse, Paul Jensen, T’Mir Julius, Alfons Palangkaraya and Elizabeth Webster

Promises, Expectations, and Social Cooperation pp. 687 - 712

Dorothee Mischkowski, Rebecca Stone and Alexander Stremitzer

Do Right-to-Work Laws Work? Evidence on Individuals’ Well-Being and Economic Sentiment pp. 713 - 745

Christos Makridis

Volume 62, issue 3, 2019

Measuring the Gains from Labor Specialization pp. 403 - 426

Decio Coviello, Andrea Ichino and Nicola Persico

Should I Stay or Should I Go? The Gender Gap for Securities and Exchange Commission Attorneys pp. 427 - 456

Stephen J. Choi, Mitu Gulati and A. C. Pritchard

Hunting Unicorns? Experimental Evidence on Exclusionary Pricing Policies pp. 457 - 484

Aaron Edlin, Catherine Roux, Armin Schmutzler and Christian Thöni

Do Payday Loans Cause Bankruptcy? pp. 485 - 519

Paige Marta Skiba and Jeremy Tobacman

Debtor Protection and Business Dynamism pp. 521 - 549

Geraldo Cerqueiro, María Penas and Robert Seamans

Debt-Equity Conflict and the Incidence of Secured Credit pp. 551 - 578

Barry E. Adler and Vedran Capkun

Volume 62, issue 2, 2019

Shareholder Wealth Effects of Border Adjustment Taxation pp. 215 - 249

Fabio B. Gaertner, Jeffrey Hoopes and Edward L. Maydew

Establishing Economic Property Rights by Giving Away an Empire pp. 251 - 280

Douglas W. Allen

Merger Negotiations in the Shadow of Judicial Appraisal pp. 281 - 319

Audra Boone, Brian Broughman and Antonio J. Macias

Conflicts of Interest on Committees of Experts: The Case of Food and Drug Administration Drug Advisory Committees pp. 321 - 346

James C. Cooper and Joseph Golec

Deterrence and the Optimal Use of Prison, Parole, and Probation pp. 347 - 371

A. Mitchell Polinsky and Paul N. Riskind

Do State Laws Protecting Older Workers from Discrimination Reduce Age Discrimination in Hiring? Evidence from a Field Experiment pp. 373 - 402

David Neumark, Ian Burn, Patrick Button and Nanneh Chehras

Volume 62, issue 1, 2019

With a Little Help from My Friends: The Effects of Good Samaritan and Naloxone Access Laws on Opioid-Related Deaths pp. 1 - 27

Daniel I. Rees, Joseph J. Sabia, Laura M. Argys, Dhaval Dave and Joshua Latshaw

Trade Openness and Antitrust Law pp. 29 - 65

Anu Bradford and Adam S. Chilton

Collective Action by Contract: Prior Appropriation and the Development of Irrigation in the Western United States pp. 67 - 115

Bryan Leonard and Gary D. Libecap

I Promise to Pay pp. 117 - 149

Joshua Mitts

Personal Bankruptcy, Asset Risk, and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Tenancy-by-the-Entirety Laws pp. 151 - 179

Jeffrey Traczynski

The Impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act on the Dual-Class Voting Premium pp. 181 - 214

Feng Gao and Ivy Xiying Zhang

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