Journal of Political Economy

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Volume 116, issue 6, 2008

The Profits of Power: Land Rights and Agricultural Investment in Ghana pp. 981-1022

Markus Goldstein and Christopher Udry

Strategic Ambiguity and Arms Proliferation pp. 1023-1057

Sandeep Baliga and Tomas Sjöström

The Demographic Transition and the Sexual Division of Labor pp. 1058-1104

Rodrigo R. Soares and Bruno L. S. Falcão

Debt Enforcement around the World pp. 1105-1149

Simeon Djankov, Oliver Hart, Caralee McLiesh and Andrei Shleifer

Place of Work and Place of Residence: Informal Hiring Networks and Labor Market Outcomes pp. 1150-1196

Patrick Bayer, Stephen Ross and Giorgio Topa

Erratum: Moral Hazard versus Liquidity and Optimal Unemployment Insurance pp. 1197-1197

Raj Chetty

Volume 116, issue 5, 2008

Prejudice and Wages: An Empirical Assessment of Becker's The Economics of Discrimination pp. 773-809

Kerwin Kofi Charles and Jonathan Guryan

An Economic Index of Riskiness pp. 810-836

Robert Aumann and Roberto Serrano

Input and Technology Choices in Regulated Industries: Evidence from the Health Care Sector pp. 837-880

Daron Acemoglu and Amy Finkelstein

Early Marriage, Age of Menarche, and Female Schooling Attainment in Bangladesh pp. 881-930

Erica Field and Attila Ambrus

Intertemporal Cost Allocation and Investment Decisions pp. 931-950

William P. Rogerson

The Small World of Investing: Board Connections and Mutual Fund Returns pp. 951-979

Lauren Cohen, Andrea Frazzini and Christopher Malloy

Purification of a Mixed Strategy Equilibrium pp. BackCover-BackCover

Anonymous

Volume 116, issue 4, 2008

The Depressing Effect of Agricultural Institutions on the Prewar Japanese Economy pp. 573-632

Fumio Hayashi and Edward Prescott

Measuring Illegal Activity and the Effects of Regulatory Innovation: Tax Evasion and the Dyeing of Untaxed Diesel pp. 633-666

Justin Marion and Erich Muehlegger

Inefficient Unemployment Dynamics under Asymmetric Information pp. 667-708

Veronica Guerrieri

Universal Child Care, Maternal Labor Supply, and Family Well-Being pp. 709-745

Michael Baker, Jonathan Gruber and Kevin Milligan

Child Protection and Adult Crime: Using Investigator Assignment to Estimate Causal Effects of Foster Care pp. 746-770

Joseph J. Doyle

Protectionism through Prostitution pp. BackCover-BackCover

Charles C. Mann

Volume 116, issue 3, 2008

The Effect of Low-Skilled Immigration on U.S. Prices: Evidence from CPI Data pp. 381-422

Patricia Cortes

Spatial Competition with Heterogeneous Firms pp. 423-466

Jonathan Vogel

Capital Deepening and Nonbalanced Economic Growth pp. 467-498

Daron Acemoglu and Veronica Guerrieri

Stature and Status: Height, Ability, and Labor Market Outcomes pp. 499-532

Anne Case and Christina Paxson

A Phillips Curve with an Ss Foundation pp. 533-572

Mark Gertler and John Leahy

The Distortionary Effects of Regulation and Rent Seeking pp. BackCover-BackCover

Anonymous

Volume 116, issue 2, 2008

Moral Hazard versus Liquidity and Optimal Unemployment Insurance pp. 173-234

Raj Chetty

Structural Transformation and the Deterioration of European Labor Market Outcomes pp. 235-259

Richard Rogerson

Consumption Strikes Back? Measuring Long-Run Risk pp. 260-302

Lars Peter Hansen, John C. Heaton and Nan Li

Sources of Advantageous Selection: Evidence from the Medigap Insurance Market pp. 303-350

Hanming Fang, Michael Keane and Dan Silverman

Vote Buying: General Elections pp. 351-380

Eddie Dekel, Matthew Jackson and Asher Wolinsky

Sam Spade and Self-Interest pp. BackCover-BackCover

Anonymous

Volume 116, issue 1, 2008

Voter Influence and Big Policy Change: The Positive Political Economy of the New Deal pp. 1-37

Robert Fleck

The Effect of Driving Restrictions on Air Quality in Mexico City pp. 38-81

Lucas Davis

On the Optimality of the Friedman Rule with Heterogeneous Agents and Nonlinear Income Taxation pp. 82-112

Carlos Eugênio da Costa and Iván Werning

Birth Control and Female Empowerment: An Equilibrium Analysis pp. 113-140

Pierre Chiappori and Sonia Oreffice

Optimal Fiscal and Monetary Policy: Equivalence Results pp. 141-170

Isabel Correia, Juan Pablo Nicolini and Pedro Teles

Signaling in the Qin Dynasty pp. BackCover-BackCover

Anonymous

Volume 115, issue 6, 2007

Structuring and Restructuring Sovereign Debt: The Role of a Bankruptcy Regime pp. 901-924

Patrick Bolton and Olivier Jeanne

Disease and Development: The Effect of Life Expectancy on Economic Growth pp. 925-985

Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson

The Reaction of Consumer Spending and Debt to Tax Rebates-Evidence from Consumer Credit Data pp. 986-1019

Sumit Agarwal, Chunlin Liu and Nicholas S. Souleles

Corruption, Norms, and Legal Enforcement: Evidence from Diplomatic Parking Tickets pp. 1020-1048

Raymond Fisman and Edward Miguel

An-arrgh-chy: The Law and Economics of Pirate Organization pp. 1049-1094

Peter Leeson

Effect of Punishment on Crime on the Intensive Margin-Pirate of the China Seas in the Middle Ages pp. BackCover-BackCover

Anonymous

Volume 115, issue 5, 2007

Down or Out: Assessing the Welfare Costs of Household Investment Mistakes pp. 707-747

Laurent Calvet, John Campbell and Paolo Sodini

A Theory of Partially Directed Search pp. 748-769

Guido Menzio

A Model of Job and Worker Flows pp. 770-819

Nobuhiro Kiyotaki and Ricardo Lagos

Chutes or Ladders? A Longitudinal Analysis of Immigrant Earnings pp. 820-867

Darren Lubotsky

Sorting It Out: International Trade with Heterogeneous Workers pp. 868-892

Franziska Ohnsorge and Daniel Trefler

Comment on "Bertrand and Walras Equilibria under Moral Hazard" pp. 893-900

Piero Gottardi and Belén Jerez

Thomas Hardy on "Crowding Out" pp. BackCover-BackCover

Editors

Volume 115, issue 4, 2007

Intergenerational Risk Sharing in the Spirit of Arrow, Debreu, and Rawls, with Applications to Social Security Design pp. 523-547

Laurence Ball and N. Gregory Mankiw

Immigration and Prices pp. 548-587

Saul Lach

A Unified Framework for Measuring Preferences for Schools and Neighborhoods pp. 588-638

Patrick Bayer, Fernando Ferreira and Robert McMillan

On the Segmentation of Markets pp. 639-664

Nicolas Jacquet and Serene Tan

International Financial Adjustment pp. 665-703

Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas and Helene Rey

Erratum: "The Accident Externality from Driving" pp. 704-705

Aaron Edlin and Pinar Karaca-Mandic

Cicero on the Ethics of Information Asymmetry pp. Back Cover-Back Cover

Editors

Volume 115, issue 3, 2007

Inequality and Social Discounting pp. 365-402

Emmanuel Farhi and Iván Werning

Equilibrium Default Cycles pp. 403-446

Natalia Kovrijnykh and Balázs Szentes

Private Profits and Public Health: Does Advertising of Smoking Cessation Products Encourage Smokers to Quit? pp. 447-481

Rosemary Avery, Donald Kenkel, Dean R. Lillard and Alan Mathios

On the Interpretation of Giving in Dictator Games pp. 482-493

John List

Moral Rules, the Moral Sentiments, and Behavior: Toward a Theory of an Optimal Moral System pp. 494-514

Louis Kaplow and Steven Shavell

Crime on the Court: A Correction pp. 515-519

Kevin P. Hutchinson and Andrew Yates

Crime on the Court, Another Look: Reply to Hutchinson and Yates pp. 520-521

Robert McCormick and Robert Tollison

Volume 115, issue 2, 2007

Voltaire on Labor Markets and Monetary Policy pp. 170-170

Vicky Longawa

Menu Costs and Phillips Curves pp. 171-199

Mikhail Golosov and Robert Lucas

Monitoring Corruption: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Indonesia pp. 200-249

Benjamin Olken

Cementing Relationships: Vertical Integration, Foreclosure, Productivity, and Prices pp. 250-301

Ali Hortaçsu and Chad Syverson

Evolutionary Efficiency and Happiness pp. 302-337

Luis Rayo and Gary Becker

Contests for Status pp. 338-363

Benny Moldovanu, Aner Sela and Xianwen Shi

Volume 115, issue 1, 2007

The Effect of File Sharing on Record Sales: An Empirical Analysis pp. 1-42

Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Koleman Strumpf

The Evolution of Common Law pp. 43-68

Nicola Gennaioli and Andrei Shleifer

Emerging Market Business Cycles: The Cycle Is the Trend pp. 69-102

Mark Aguiar and Gita Gopinath

Productivity Spillovers in Health Care: Evidence from the Treatment of Heart Attacks pp. 103-140

Amitabh Chandra and Douglas O. Staiger

Why Does Household Investment Lead Business Investment over the Business Cycle? pp. 141-168

Jonas Fisher