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Volume 55, issue 4, 2012

Copyright Protection, Technological Change, and the Quality of New Products: Evidence from Recorded Music since Napster pp. 715 - 740

Joel Waldfogel

Where Are Limited Liability Companies Formed? An Empirical Analysis pp. 741 - 791

Jens Dammann and Matthias Schündeln

Holdout: Existence, Information, and Contingent Contracting pp. 793 - 814

Sean M. Collins and R. Isaac

Management of Knowledge Workers pp. 815 - 838

Hans Hvide and Eirik Kristiansen

Human Capital Accumulation and the Expansion of Women's Economic Rights pp. 839 - 867

Rick Geddes, Dean Lueck and Sharon Tennyson

High-Tech Entrepreneurship pp. 869 - 900

Serguey Braguinsky, Steven Klepper and Atsushi Ohyama

Why the Police Have an Effect on Violent Crime After All: Evidence from the British Crime Survey pp. 901 - 924

Ben Vollaard and Joseph Hamed

Economic Liberalization and Violent Crime pp. 925 - 948

Kislaya Prasad

Volume 55, issue 3, 2012

A Sex Difference in Risk Taking and Promotions in Hierarchies: Evidence from Females in Legislatures pp. 477 - 502

Dino Falaschetti

Lines in the Sand: Price Dispersion across Iraq's Intranational Borders before, during, and after the Surge pp. 503 - 538

Stephen Blomberg and Rozlyn C. Engel

Intellectual Property Protection and Technology Licensing: The Case of Developing Countries pp. 539 - 564

Sunil Kanwar

The Effect of Punishment Severity on Plea Bargaining pp. 565 - 591

Richard T. Boylan

Product Liability and Moral Hazard: Evidence from General Aviation pp. 593 - 630

Eric A. Helland and Alexander Tabarrok

Judicial Biases in Ottoman Istanbul: Islamic Justice and Its Compatibility with Modern Economic Life pp. 631 - 666

Timur Kuran and Scott Lustig

Welfare Effects of Criminal Politicians: A Discontinuity-Based Approach pp. 667 - 690

Matthieu Chemin

Ordeals pp. 691 - 714

Peter Leeson

Volume 55, issue 2, 2012

Do Majority-Black Districts Limit Blacks' Representation? The Case of the 1990 Redistricting pp. 251 - 274

Ebonya Washington

How Much Crime Reduction Does the Marginal Prisoner Buy? pp. 275 - 310

Rucker Johnson and Steven Raphael

Judicial Errors and Crime Deterrence: Theory and Experimental Evidence pp. 311 - 338

Matteo Rizzolli and Luca Stanca

Law, Economics, and Culture: Theory of Mandated Benefits and Evidence from Maternity Leave Policies pp. 339 - 364

Yehonatan Givati and Ugo antonio Troiano

Market Regulation and Firm Performance: The Case of Smoking Bans in the United Kingdom pp. 365 - 391

Jerome Adda, Samuel Berlinski and Stephen Machin

Short Criminals: Stature and Crime in Early America pp. 393 - 419

Howard Bodenhorn, Carolyn Moehling and Gregory Price

What Do Revolving-Door Laws Do? pp. 421 - 436

Marc Law and Cheryl X. Long

Intergenerational Effects of Welfare Reform on Educational Attainment pp. 437 - 476

Amalia Miller and Lei Zhang

Volume 55, issue 1, 2012

Delivering Bad News: Market Responses to Negligence pp. 1 - 25

David Dranove, Subramaniam Ramanarayanan and Yasutora Watanabe

The Competitive Impact of Hypermarket Retailers on Gasoline Prices pp. 27 - 41

Paul R. Zimmerman

Innovation without Patents: Evidence from World's Fairs pp. 43 - 74

Petra Moser

The Equity and Efficiency of Two-Part Tariffs in U.S. Natural Gas Markets pp. 75 - 128

Severin Borenstein and Lucas Davis

Transparency and Corruption: Evidence from India pp. 129 - 149

Leonid Peisakhin

Does Intellectual Property Restrict Output? An Analysis of Pharmaceutical Markets pp. 151 - 187

Darius Lakdawalla and Tomas Philipson

Regulation and Investment in Network Industries: Evidence from European Telecoms pp. 189 - 216

Michal Grajek and Lars-Hendrik Röller

The Early Decision Option in College Admission and Its Impact on Student Diversity pp. 217 - 249

Heather Antecol and Janet Smith

Volume 54, issue S4, 2011

The Coase Centennial pp. S1 - S6

Richard A. Epstein

R. H. Coase and the Neoclassical Model of the Economic System pp. S7 - S13

Harold Demsetz

Ronald Coase and the Methodology of Economics pp. S15 - S29

Sam Peltzman

Keynes and Coase pp. S31 - S40

Richard Posner

Inside the Coasean Firm: Why Variations in Competence and Taste Matter pp. S41 - S62

Richard A. Epstein

The Enduring Power of Coase pp. S63 - S76

Elizabeth Hoffman and Matthew L. Spitzer

Making Coasean Property More Coasean pp. S77 - S104

Thomas W. Merrill and Henry E. Smith

The Secret of Growth Is Financing Secrets: Corporate Law and Growth Economics pp. S105 - S123

Robert Cooter and Hans-Bernd Schäfer

Radio Spectrum and the Disruptive Clarity of Ronald Coase pp. S125 - S165

Thomas W. Hazlett, David Porter and Vernon Smith

Using Spectrum Auctions to Enhance Competition in Wireless Services pp. S167 - S188

Peter Cramton, Evan Kwerel, Gregory Rosston and Andrzej Skrzypacz

Coase and the New Zealand Spectrum Reforms pp. S189 - S205

Charles L. Jackson

Why the Entry Regulation of Mobile Phone Manufacturing in China Collapsed: The Impact of Technological Innovation pp. S207 - S228

Zhimin Liao and Xiaofang Chen

Regulation and the Nature of the Firm: The Case of U.S. Regional Airlines pp. S229 - S248

Michael Levine

Corrective Taxation versus Liability as a Solution to the Problem of Harmful Externalities pp. S249 - S266

Steven Shavell

The Effect of Allowance Allocations on Cap-and-Trade System Performance pp. S267 - S294

Robert Hahn and Robert Stavins

Large-Scale Institutional Changes: Land Demarcation in the British Empire pp. S295 - S327

Gary D. Libecap, Dean Lueck and Trevor O'Grady

Land Property Rights and Resource Allocation pp. S329 - S345

Sebastian Galiani and Ernesto Schargrodsky

Let the Buyer or Seller Beware: Measuring Lemons in the Housing Market under Different Doctrines of Law Governing Transactions and Information pp. S347 - S365

K. W. Chau and Lennon H. T. Choy

Ronald Coase's First Amendment pp. S367 - S382

Geoffrey R. Stone

Measuring Coase's Influence pp. S383 - S401

William Landes and Sonia Lahr-Pastor

Volume 54, issue 4, 2011

Estimating Preferences of Circuit Judges: A Model of Consensus Voting pp. 781 - 809

Joshua B. Fischman

Sex Work and Infection: What's Law Enforcement Got to Do with It? pp. 811 - 840

Paul Gertler and Manisha Shah

Strong Steam, Weak Patents, or the Myth of Watt's Innovation-Blocking Monopoly, Exploded pp. 841 - 861

George Selgin and John Turner

More Tickets, Fewer Accidents: How Cash-Strapped Towns Make for Safer Roads pp. 863 - 888

Michael Makowsky and Thomas Stratmann

Religious Participation versus Shopping: What Makes People Happier? pp. 889 - 906

Danny Cohen-Zada and William Sander

Donorcycles: Motorcycle Helmet Laws and the Supply of Organ Donors pp. 907 - 935

Stacy Dickert-Conlin, Todd Elder and Brian Moore

Conflicts, Interest Groups, and Politics in Structural Reforms pp. 937 - 952

Avi Ben-Bassat

The Community Reinvestment Act and Mortgage Lending to Lower Income Borrowers and Neighborhoods pp. 953 - 983

Neil Bhutta

Volume 54, issue 3, 2011

Measuring the Compactness of Political Districting Plans pp. 493 - 535

Roland G. Fryer and Richard Holden

Securing Private Property: Formal versus Informal Institutions pp. 537 - 572

Claudia R. Williamson and Carrie B. Kerekes

The Effects of Political Connections and State Ownership on Corporate Litigation in China pp. 573 - 607

Michael Firth, Oliver Rui and Wenfeng Wu

Coming Clean and Cleaning Up: Does Voluntary Self-Reporting Indicate Effective Self-Policing? pp. 609 - 649

Michael Toffel and Jodi L. Short

Management Quality and Antitakeover Provisions pp. 651 - 692

Thomas Chemmanur, Imants Paeglis and Karen Simonyan

Who's the Fairest in the Land? Analysis of Judge and Jury Death Penalty Decisions pp. 693 - 722

Radha Iyengar

Mutual Fund Exit and Mutual Fund Fees pp. 723 - 749

Philip C. English, Ilhan Demiralp and William P. Dukes

Divorce Rates and Bankruptcy Exemption Levels in the United States pp. 751 - 779

Jeffrey Traczynski

Volume 54, issue 2, 2011

Property Rights and Parliament in Industrializing Britain pp. 241 - 274

Dan Bogart and G Gary Richardson

Long-Run Effects of Mergers: The Case of U.S. Western Railroads pp. 275 - 304

Clifford Winston, Vikram Maheshri and Scott M. Dennis

Intended and Unintended Consequences of Youth Bicycle Helmet Laws pp. 305 - 324

Christopher S. Carpenter and Mark Stehr

Risk-Based Pricing and Risk-Reducing Effort: Does the Private Insurance Market Reduce Environmental Accidents? pp. 325 - 363

Haitao Yin, Howard Kunreuther and Matthew W. White

Long-Term Effects of Minimum Legal Drinking Age Laws on Adult Alcohol Use and Driving Fatalities pp. 325 - 363

Robert Kaestner and Benjamin Yarnoff

Ownership Dynamics after Partial Privatization: Evidence from China pp. 389 - 429

Nancy Huyghebaert and Qi Quan

Do Patents Matter for Commercialization? pp. 431 - 453

Elizabeth Webster and Paul Jensen

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do: Determinants of Cartel Duration pp. 455 - 492

Margaret Levenstein and Valerie Suslow

Volume 54, issue 1, 2011

Is Antitrust Too Complicated for Generalist Judges? The Impact of Economic Complexity and Judicial Training on Appeals pp. 1 - 24

Michael Baye and Joshua D. Wright

Regulator Heterogeneity and Endogenous Efforts to Close the Information Asymmetry Gap pp. 25 - 54

Jeffrey T. Macher, John Mayo and Jack A. Nickerson

Eat, Drink, Firms, Government: An Investigation of Corruption from the Entertainment and Travel Costs of Chinese Firms pp. 55 - 78

Hongbin Cai, Hanming Fang and Lixin Xu

An Evaluation of Interpol's Cooperative-Based Counterterrorism Linkages pp. 79 - 110

Todd Sandler, Daniel Arce and Walter Enders

Cointegrating Institutions: The Time-Series Properties of Country Institutional Measures pp. 111 - 134

Russell Sobel and Christopher Coyne

Combating Corruption: On the Interplay between Institutional Quality and Social Trust pp. 135 - 159

Christian Bjørnskov

Do Sex Offender Registration and Notification Laws Affect Criminal Behavior? pp. 161 - 206

J.J. Prescott and Jonah E. Rockoff

Sex Offender Registries: Fear without Function? pp. 207 - 239

Amanda Agan