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Volume 58, issue 4, 2015

Political Connectedness and Court Outcomes: Evidence from Chinese Corporate Lawsuits

Haitian Lu, Hongbo Pan and Chenying Zhang

Intrinsic Motivation in Public Service: Theory and Evidence from State Supreme Courts

Elliott Ash and W. Bentley Macleod

Do 'Cheeseburger Bills' Work? Effects of Tort Reform for Fast Food

Christopher Carpenter and Daniel Tello-Trillo

The Role of D&O Insurance in Securities Fraud Class Action Settlements

Dain Donelson, Justin Hopkins and Christopher Yust

Evaluating Mergers in the Presence of Dynamic Competition Using Impacts on Rivals

Darren Filson, Saman Olfati and Fatos Radoniqi

Non-Profit Status and Relational Sanctions: Commitment to Quality through Repeat Interactions and Organizational Choice

Albert H. Choi

Banking Deregulation, Local Credit Supply, and Small Business Growth

Prasad Krishnamurthy

On the Distributive Costs of Drug-Related Homicides

Nicolas Ajzenman, Sebastian Galiani and Enrique Seira

Volume 58, issue 3, 2015

Predicting Merger Outcomes: The Accuracy of Stock Market Event Studies, Market Structure Characteristics, and Agency Decisions

John Kwoka and Chengyan Gu

How Does Corporate Political Activity Allowed by Citizens United v. FEC Affect Shareholder Wealth?

Thomas Stratmann and J.W. Verret

Mergers after cartels: How markets react to cartel breakdown

Stephen Davies, Peter Ormosi and Martin Graffenberger

What Explains Sovereign Debt Litigation?

Julian Schumacher, Christoph Trebesch and Henrik Enderlein

When Punishment Doesn't Pay: "Cold Glow" and Decisions to Punish

Aurelie Ouss and Alexander Peysakhovich

Selection, Staging and Sequencing in the Recent Chinese Privatization

Jun Du and Xiaoxuan Liu

Institutionally Constrained Technology Adoption: Resolving the Longbow Puzzle

Douglas W. Allen and Peter Leeson

'Can you Hear Me Now?' Exit, Voice and Loyalty Under Increasing Competition

Thomas Beard, Jeffrey T. Macher and John Mayo

Volume 58, issue 2, 2015

Antitrust, Transaction Costs, and Merger Simulation with Nonlinear Pricing pp. 269 - 289

Dennis Carlton and Bryan Keating

Legal Enforcement and Corporate Behavior: An Analysis of Tax Aggressiveness after an Audit pp. 291 - 324

Jason DeBacker, Bradley Heim, Anh Tran and Alexander Yuskavage

What Are We Meeting For? The Consequences of Private Meetings with Investors pp. 325 - 355

David Solomon and Eugene Soltes

The Role of Lawyer-Legislators in Shaping the Law: Evidence from Voting on Tort Reforms pp. 357 - 384

Ulrich Matter and Alois Stutzer

Peremptory Challenges and Jury Selection pp. 385 - 416

Francis Flanagan

When Can We Expect a Corporate Leniency Program to Result in Fewer Cartels? pp. 417 - 449

Joseph E. Harrington and Myong-Hun Chang

A "de Soto Effect" in Industry? Evidence from the Russian Federation pp. 451 - 480

Alexei Karas, William Pyle and Koen Schoors

Do Medical Marijuana Laws Increase Hard-Drug Use? pp. 481 - 517

Yu-Wei Chu

Volume 58, issue 1, 2015

Licensure and Worker Quality: A Comparison of Alternative Routes to Teaching pp. 1 - 35

Tim Sass

Labor Protection Laws and Bank Loan Contracting pp. 37 - 74

Azizjon Alimov

The Impact of Corruption on Consumer Markets: Evidence from the Allocation of Second-Generation Wireless Spectrum in India pp. 75 - 109

Sandip Sukhtankar

"Gallantry in Action": Evidence of Advantageous Selection in a Voluntary Army pp. 111 - 138

Javier Birchenall and Thomas G. Koch

Appellate Lawmaking in a Judicial Hierarchy pp. 139 - 172

Adam B. Badawi and Scott Baker

Outsourcing Shareholder Voting to Proxy Advisory Firms pp. 173 - 204

David F. Larcker, Allan L. McCall and Gaizka Ormazabal

Does Incarceration Length Affect Labor Market Outcomes? pp. 205 - 234

Rasmus Landersø

Deployments, Combat Exposure, and Crime pp. 235 - 267

D. Mark Anderson and Daniel I. Rees

Volume 57, issue S3, 2014

Bork's Strategy and the Influence of the Chicago School on Modern Antitrust Law pp. S1 - S17

George L. Priest

Consumer Welfare and the Legacy of Robert Bork pp. S19 - S32

Kenneth Heyer

How Do Cartels Use Vertical Restraints? Reflections on Bork's The Antitrust Paradox pp. S33 - S50

Margaret Levenstein and Valerie Suslow

The Evolution of U.S. Cartel Enforcement pp. S51 - S65

Vivek Ghosal and D. Daniel Sokol

Did Robert Bork Understate the Competitive Impact of Mergers? Evidence from Consummated Mergers pp. S67 - S100

Orley Ashenfelter, Daniel Hosken and Matthew Weinberg

Industrial Concentration under the Rule of Reason pp. S101 - S120

Sam Peltzman

Robert Bork's Contributions to Antitrust Perspectives on Tying Behavior pp. S121 - S144

Dennis Carlton and Michael Waldman

The Evolving Law and Economics of Resale Price Maintenance pp. S161 - S179

Benjamin Klein

Antitrust Predation and The Antitrust Paradox pp. S181 - S200

Kenneth Elzinga and David Mills

"Antitrust's Least Glorious Hour": The Robinson-Patman Act pp. S201 - S215

Roger Blair and Christina DePasquale

Volume 57, issue 4, 2014

Delaware Law as Lingua Franca: Theory and Evidence pp. 865 - 895

Brian Broughman, Jesse M. Fried and Darian Ibrahim

Deregulation, Misallocation, and Size: Evidence from India pp. 897 - 936

Laura Alfaro and Anusha Chari

Does Immigration Enforcement Reduce Crime? Evidence from Secure Communities pp. 937 - 973

Thomas J. Miles and Adam B. Cox

Tax Shelters or Efficient Tax Planning? A Theory of the Firm Perspective on the Economic Substance Doctrine pp. 975 - 1000

T. Christopher Borek, Angelo Frattarelli and Oliver Hart

The Role of Age in Jury Selection and Trial Outcomes pp. 1001 - 1030

Shamena Anwar, Patrick Bayer and Randi Hjalmarsson

State Contract Law and Debt Contracts pp. 1031 - 1061

Colleen Honigsberg, Sharon Katz and Gil Sadka

Wall Street, Capitol Hill, and K Street: Political Influence and Financial Regulation pp. 1063 - 1084

Deniz Igan and Prachi Mishra

How Do Case Law and Statute Differ? Lessons from the Evolution of Mortgage Law pp. 1085 - 1122

Andra Ghent

Volume 57, issue 3, 2014

Insider Trading in Supervised Industries pp. 529 - 559

David Reeb, Yuzhao Zhang and Wanli Zhao

The Distribution of Legal Traditions around the World: A Contribution to the Legal-Origins Theory pp. 561 - 628

Daniel Oto-Peralías and Diego Romero-Ávila

Valuation of Patented Product Features pp. 629 - 663

Greg M. Allenby, Jeff Brazell, John R. Howell and Peter Rossi

The Role and Growth of New-Car Leasing: Theory and Evidence pp. 665 - 698

Justin P. Johnson, Henry Schneider and Michael Waldman

Trial and Settlement: A Study of High-Low Agreements pp. 699 - 746

J.J. Prescott, Kathryn E. Spier and Albert Yoon

Litigation Risk and Agency Costs: Evidence from Nevada Corporate Law pp. 747 - 780

Dain Donelson and Christopher G. Yust

Rational Inattention and Energy Efficiency pp. 781 - 820

James Sallee

Institutional Quality, Culture, and Norms of Cooperation: Evidence from Behavioral Field Experiments pp. 821 - 863

Alessandra Cassar, Giovanna d'Adda and Pauline Grosjean

Volume 57, issue 2, 2014

Direct Estimation of Hidden Earnings: Evidence from Russian Administrative Data pp. 281 - 319

Serguey Braguinsky, Sergey Mityakov and Andrey Liscovich

Doing Their Duty: An Empirical Analysis of the Unintended Effect of Tarasoff v. Regents on Homicidal Activity pp. 321 - 348

Griffin Edwards

Transnational Trafficking, Law Enforcement, and Victim Protection: A Middleman Trafficker's Perspective pp. 349 - 386

Randall Akee, Arnab Basu, Arjun Bedi and Nancy Chau

Renegotiation Design: Evidence from National Football League Roster Bonuses pp. 387 - 430

Gregor Matvos

Voting Rights, Shareholdings, and Leverage at Nineteenth-Century U.S. Banks pp. 431 - 458

Howard Bodenhorn

Access to Justice and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Brazil's Special Civil Tribunals pp. 459 - 499

Guilherme Lichand and Rodrigo Soares

Medical Malpractice Reform, the Supply of Physicians, and Adverse Selection pp. 501 - 527

Ethan Lieber

Volume 57, issue 1, 2014

Malpractice Law, Physicians' Financial Incentives, and Medical Treatment: How Do They Interact? pp. 1 - 29

Ity Shurtz

Policy Divergence and Voter Polarization in a Structural Model of Elections pp. 31 - 76

Stefan Krasa and Mattias K Polborn

Taxes, Lawyers, and the Decline of Witch Trials in France pp. 77 - 112

Noel Johnson and Mark Koyama

Strategic Judicial Preference Revelation pp. 113 - 137

Alvaro Bustos and Tonja Jacobi

Bankruptcy Law and the Cost of Credit: The Impact of Cramdown on Mortgage Interest Rates pp. 139 - 158

Joshua Goodman and Adam Levitin

Do Physicians Possess Market Power? pp. 159 - 193

Abe Dunn and Adam Shapiro

Incidence of Strict Quality Standards: Protection of Consumers or Windfall for Professionals? pp. 195 - 224

Daiji Kawaguchi, Tetsushi Murao and Ryo Kambayashi

State Foreclosure Laws and the Incidence of Mortgage Default pp. 225 - 280

Cem Demiroglu, Evan Dudley and Christopher James