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2015, Volume 31, Issue 4
- 782-807 The "Reformation of Administrative Law" Revisited
by Daniel B. Rodriguez & Barry R. Weingast - 808-842 Interpreting Circuit Court Voting Patterns: A Social Interactions Framework
by Joshua B. Fischman - 843-875 A Model of Judicial Influence on Congressional Policy Making: Grove City College v. Bell
by Brian A. Marks
2015, Volume 31, Issue 3
- 431-471 Bias in Open Peer-Review: Evidence from the English Superior Courts
by Jordi Blanes i Vidal & Clare Leaver - 472-498 A Common-Space Measure of State Supreme Court Ideology
by Adam Bonica & Michael J. Woodruff - 499-533 Corruption and Ideology in Autocracies
by James R. Hollyer & Leonard Wantchekon - 534-567 Power, Composition, and Decision Making: The Behavioral Consequences of Institutional Reform on Brazil’s Supremo Tribunal Federal
by Scott W. Desposato & Matthew C. Ingram & Osmar P. Lannes - 568-598 Firms’ Qualifications and Subcontracting in Public Procurement: An Empirical Investigation
by Luigi Moretti & Paola Valbonesi - 599-628 Sustaining Group Reputation
by Erik O. Kimbrough & Jared Rubin - 629-661 Contracting among Founders
by Thomas Hellmann & Veikko Thiele
2015, Volume 31, Issue 2
- 213-241 The Political Economy of Occupational Licensing Associations
by Nicola Persico - 242-261 The Empirical Content of Pay-for-Performance
by Canice Prendergast - 262-286 Team-Based Incentives in Problem-Solving Organizations
by Jin-Hyuk Kim & Nick Vikander - 287-319 On the Interaction of Deterrence and Emotions
by Menusch Khadjavi - 320-346 The Constraining, Liberating, and Informational Effects of Nonbinding Law
by Justin Fox & Matthew C. Stephenson - 347-382 Power to the People? An Experimental Analysis of Bottom-Up Accountability of Third-Party Institutions
by Stefania Ottone & Ferruccio Ponzano & Luca Zarri - 383-430 Do Black Mayors Improve Black Relative to White Employment Outcomes? Evidence from Large US Cities
by John V.C. Nye & Ilia Rainer & Thomas Stratmann
2015, Volume 31, Issue 1
- 1-29 Corruption in Chinese Privatizations
by Raymond Fisman & Yongxiang Wang - 30-60 Client-Based Entrepreneurship
by James E. Rauch & Joel Watson - 61-92 The Impact of State Supreme Court Decisions on Public School Finance
by Sarah A. Hill & D. Roderick Kiewiet - 93-126 Party Capability versus Court Preference: Why Do the "Haves" Come Out Ahead?—An Empirical Lesson from the Taiwan Supreme Court
by Kong-Pin Chen & Kuo-Chang Huang & Chang-Ching Lin - 127-159 Citizens United, Independent Expenditures, and Agency Costs: Reexamining the Political Economy of State Antitakeover Statutes
by Timothy Werner & John J. Coleman - 160-186 Procurement with Unenforceable Contract Time and the Law of Liquidated Damages
by Cesare Dosi & Michele Moretto - 187-212 Bonding Through Investments: Evidence from Franchising
by Giorgo Sertsios
2014, Volume 30, Issue suppl_1
- 1-12 Introduction
by Philippe Aghion & Mathias Dewatripont & Patrick Legros & Luigi Zingales - 13-36 Incomplete Contracts and Firm Boundaries: New Directions
by Wouter Dessein - 37-63 Incomplete Contracts and the Internal Organization of Firms
by Phillipe Aghion & Nicholas Bloom & John Van Reenen - 64-81 Corporate Finance, Incomplete Contracts, and Corporate Control
by Patrick Bolton - 82-117 Contracts, Ownership, and Industrial Organization: Past and Future
by Patrick Legros & Andrew F. Newman - 118-175 Grossman–Hart (1986) Goes Global: Incomplete Contracts, Property Rights, and the International Organization of Production
by Pol Antràs
2014, Volume 30, Issue 4
- 649-682 A Theory of Rule Development
by Glenn Ellison & Richard Holden - 683-708 Relationship Building: Conflict and Project Choice over Time
by Marina Halac - 709-733 Delegation of Decisions About Change in Organizations: The Roles of Competition, Trade, Uncertainty, and Scale
by Kieron J. Meagher & Andrew Wait - 734-766 Should Consumers be Permitted to Waive Products Liability? Product Safety, Private Contracts, and Adverse Selection
by Albert H. Choi & Kathryn E. Spier - 767-803 Adversarial and Inquisitorial Procedures with Information Acquisition
by Chulyoung Kim - 804-832 Explicit Evidence of an Implicit Contract
by Andrew T. Young & Daniel Levy - 833-867 Exclusionary Contracts
by Ran Jing & Ralph A. Winter
2014, Volume 30, Issue 3
- 437-462 Leaders: Privilege, Sacrifice, Opportunity, and Personnel Economics in the American Civil War
by Dora L. Costa - 463-492 The Impact of Group Contract and Governance Structure on Performance—Evidence from College Classrooms
by Zeynep K. Hansen & Hideo Owan & Jie Pan & Shinya Sugawara - 493-532 The Pricing Effects of Securities Class Action Lawsuits and Litigation Insurance
by Judson Caskey - 533-557 Refusal to Deal, Intellectual Property Rights, and Antitrust
by Yongmin Chen - 558-586 Intended and Unintended Consequences of Prison Reform
by Richard T. Boylan & Naci Mocan - 587-622 Why Do Countries Adopt Constitutional Review?
by Tom Ginsburg & Mila Versteeg - 623-648 Encouraging Compliance: Bonuses Versus Fines in Inspection Games
by Daniele Nosenzo & Theo Offerman & Martin Sefton & Ailko van der Veen
2014, Volume 30, Issue 2
- 217-243 Electronic Discovery and the Adoption of Information Technology
by Amalia R. Miller & Catherine E. Tucker - 244-274 Information and the Disposition of Medical Malpractice Claims: A Competing Risks Analysis
by Paul Fenn & Neil Rickman - 275-305 An Empirical Study of Mutual Fund Excessive Fee Litigation: Do the Merits Matter?
by Quinn Curtis & John Morley - 306-338 Enforcement and Public Corruption: Evidence from the American States
by James E. Alt & David Dreyer Lassen - 339-370 Learning by Mimicking and Modifying: A Model of Policy Knowledge Diffusion with Evidence from Legal Implementation
by David M. Glick - 371-400 Cumulative Harm and Resilient Liability Rules for Product Markets
by Andrew F. Daughety & Jennifer F. Reinganum - 401-436 Mergers, Agency Costs, and Social Welfare
by Jean-Etienne de Bettignies & Thomas W. Ross
2014, Volume 30, Issue 1
- 1-38 The Value of Corporate Governance for Bank Finance in an Emerging Economy: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
by Simon Quinn - 39-71 Voting For The President: The Supreme Court During War
by William G. Howell & Faisal Z. Ahmed - 72-103 Agency and Compensation: Evidence from the Hotel Industry
by Matthew Freedman & Renáta Kosová - 104-137 An Evaluation of Cross-National Measures of Judicial Independence
by Julio Ríos-Figueroa & Jeffrey K. Staton - 138-164 Televised Attacks and the Incumbency Advantage in State Supreme Courts
by Melinda Gann Hall - 165-192 Technological Change and the Make-or-Buy Decision
by Ann P. Bartel & Saul Lach & Nachum Sicherman - 193-216 "God Damn": The Law and Economics of Monastic Malediction
by Peter T. Leeson
December 2013, Volume 29, Issue 6
- 1183-1183 Editor's Note
by Pablo T. Spiller - 1184-1216 How the Senate and the President Affect the Timing of Power-sharing Rule Changes in the US House
by Gisela Sin & Arthur Lupia - 1217-1252 Institutions and Organizational Structure: The Case of State-Owned Corporate Pyramids
by Joseph P. H. Fan & T. J. Wong & Tianyu Zhang - 1253-1278 How Tort Reform Affects Insurance Markets
by Martin F. Grace & J. Tyler Leverty - 1279-1316 Performance Feedback with Career Concerns
by Stephen E. Hansen - 1317-1343 Do Freedom of Information Laws Decrease Corruption?
by Samia Costa - 1344-1383 Investor Protection and the Value of Shares: Evidence from Statutory Rules Governing Variations of Shareholders' Class Rights in an Emerging Market
by Alexander Muravyev - 1384-1420 Time for Blood: The Effect of Paid Leave Legislation on Altruistic Behavior
by Nicola Lacetera & Mario Macis
October 2013, Volume 29, Issue 5
- 957-991 Voting in the Bicameral Congress: Large Majorities as a Signal of Quality
by Matias Iaryczower & Gabriel Katz & Sebastian Saiegh - 992-1022 Evidence from Two Large Field Experiments that Peer Comparison Feedback Can Reduce Residential Energy Usage
by Ian Ayres & Sophie Raseman & Alice Shih - 1023-1055 Hold Up Under Costly Litigation and Imperfect Courts of Law
by Manuel Willington - 1056-1084 Corporate Governance, Enforcement, and Firm Value: Evidence from India
by Dhammika Dharmapala & Vikramaditya Khanna - 1085-1113 Signaling, Learning, and Screening Prior to Trial: Informational Implications of Preliminary Injunctions
by Thomas D. Jeitschko & Byung-Cheol Kim - 1114-1144 The Deterrence Effects of US Merger Policy Instruments
by Joseph A. Clougherty & Jo Seldeslachts - 1145-1181 International Trade and Institutional Change
by Andrei A. Levchenko
August 2013, Volume 29, Issue 4
- 735-764 Judicial Institutions and Firms' External Finance: Evidence from Russia
by Julia Shvets - 765-798 The Effect of Regulatory Uncertainty on Investment: Evidence from Renewable Energy Generation
by Kira R. Fabrizio - 799-834 Contract Adaptation under Legal Constraints
by Giorgio Zanarone - 835-870 Contract Enforcement: A Political Economy Model of Legal Development
by Fali Huang - 871-897 Access, Veto, and Ownership in the Theory of the Firm
by Roland Bel - 898-929 Litigating Toward Settlement
by Christina L. Boyd & David A. Hoffman - 930-955 Legal Liability when Individuals Have Moral Concerns
by Bruno Deffains & Claude Fluet
June 2013, Volume 29, Issue 3
- 485-512 Vertical Relationships, Hostages, and Supplier Performance: Evidence from the Japanese Automotive Industry
by Christina L. Ahmadjian & Joanne E. Oxley - 513-534 Judging under Political Pressure: An Empirical Analysis of Constitutional Review Voting in the Spanish Constitutional Court
by Nuno Garoupa & Fernando Gomez-Pomar & Veronica Grembi - 535-568 Corporate Securities Fraud: Insights from a New Empirical Framework
by Tracy Yue Wang - 569-607 Organizational Design and Environmental Volatility
by Heikki Rantakari - 608-637 Self-Policing Statutes: Do They Reduce Pollution and Save Regulatory Costs?
by Santiago Guerrero & Robert Innes - 638-680 Left, Right, and Center: Strategic Information Acquisition and Diversity in Judicial Panels
by Matthew Spitzer & Eric Talley - 681-710 The Interplay of Formal and Relational Contracts: Evidence from Movies
by Ricard Gil - 711-733 Occasionally Libertarian: Experimental Evidence of Self-Serving Omission Bias
by Andrew T. Hayashi
April 2013, Volume 29, Issue 2
- 239-277 Self-Enforcing Agreements and Relational Contracting: Evidence from California Highway Procurement
by Ricard Gil & Justin Marion - 278-302 Self-Enforcing Constitutions: With an Application to Democratic Stability In America's First Century
by Sonia Mittal & Barry R. Weingast - 303-331 Judicial Review as a Constraint on Tyranny of the Majority
by Robert K. Fleck & F. Andrew Hanssen - 332-354 Sheltering Corporate Assets from Political Extraction
by Lorenzo Caprio & Mara Faccio & John J. McConnell - 355-384 Can Celebrity Endorsements Affect Political Outcomes? Evidence from the 2008 US Democratic Presidential Primary
by Craig Garthwaite & Timothy J. Moore - 385-413 Contract Form and Technology Adoption in a Network Industry
by Silke J. Forbes & Mara Lederman - 414-460 Confirmation Bias in the United States Supreme Court Judicial Database
by Anna Harvey & Michael J. Woodruff - 461-483 Value Destruction in the New Era of Chapter 11
by Barry E. Adler & Vedran Capkun & Lawrence A. Weiss
February 2013, Volume 29, Issue 1
- 2-34 A Model of Operational Slack: The Short-Run, Medium-Run, and Long-Run Consequences of Limited Attention Capacity
by Peter Iliev & Ivo Welch - 35-59 Subjective Performance Evaluations, Collusion, and Organizational Design
by Veikko Thiele - 60-77 Contract Enforceability and the Evolution of Social Capital
by Ken Jackson - 78-114 Social Interactions and the Content of Legal Opinions
by Jordi Blanes i Vidal & Clare Leaver - 115-144 Why Are Criminals Less Educated than Non-Criminals? Evidence from a Cohort of Young Australian Twins
by Dinand Webbink & Pierre Koning & Sunčica Vujić & Nicholas G. Martin - 145-177 Issue-Specific Political Uncertainty and Policy Insulation in US Federal Agencies
by Stéphane Lavertu - 178-209 Elections, Ideology, or Opposition? Assessing Competing Explanations of Judicial Spending in the Mexican States
by Matthew C. Ingram - 210-238 Party Activists, Campaign Funding, and the Quality of Government
by John Maloney & Andrew C. Pickering
October 2012, Volume 28, Issue 4
- 617-656 The Ecological and Civil Mainsprings of Property: An Experimental Economic History of Whalers' Rules of Capture
by Bart J. Wilson & Taylor Jaworski & Karl E. Schurter & Andrew Smyth - 657-686 The Impact of Tort Reform on Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Premiums
by Ronen Avraham & Leemore S. Dafny & Max M. Schanzenbach - 687-716 Errors in Judicial Decisions: Experimental Results
by Joep Sonnemans & Frans van Dijk - 717-733 Breach Remedies, Performance Excuses, and Investment Incentives
by Urs Schweizer - 734-753 Divorce Property Division Laws and the Decision to Marry or Cohabit
by Hayley Fisher - 754-782 Star Wars: Exclusive Talent and Collusive Outcomes in Labor Markets
by Arijit Mukherjee & Luís Vasconcelos - 783-817 Federal Institutions and the Democratic Transition: Learning from South Africa
by Robert P. Inman & Daniel L. Rubinfeld - 818-849 Negative Vote Buying and the Secret Ballot
by John Morgan & Felix Várdy - 850-881 The Supreme Court's Impact on Securities Class Actions: An Empirical Assessment of Tellabs
by Stephen J. Choi & A. C. Pritchard
August 2012, Volume 28, Issue 3
- 381-406 Opportunistic Termination
by Alexander Stremitzer - 407-446 Allies and Adversaries: Appointees and Policymaking Under Separation of Powers
by Patrick L. Warren - 447-459 An Experimental Test of the Deterrence Hypothesis
by Hannah Schildberg-Hörisch & Christina Strassmair - 460-485 Does Court Speed Shape Economic Activity? Evidence from a Court Reform in India
by Matthieu Chemin - 486-517 On the Optimality of Multi-tier Hierarchies: Coordination versus Motivation
by Chongwoo Choe & Shingo Ishiguro - 518-549 What Do Federal District Judges Want? An Analysis of Publications, Citations, and Reversals
by Stephen J. Choi & Mitu Gulati & Eric A. Posner - 550-568 The Interaction of Implicit and Explicit Contracts in Construction and Procurement Contracting
by Kenneth S. Corts - 569-587 Combining Top-Down and Bottom-Up Accountability: Evidence from a Bribery Experiment
by Danila Serra - 588-616 Who Sits at the Table in the House of Labor? Rank-and-File Citizenship and the Unraveling of Confederal Organizations
by John S. Ahlquist
2012, Volume 28, Issue 2
- 185-185 Editor's Note
by Pablo T. Spiller - 186-210 Rehabilitated or Not: An Informational Theory of Parole Decisions
by Dan Bernhardt & Steeve Mongrain & Joanne Roberts - 211-234 Judicial Independence and Retention Elections
by Brandice Canes-Wrone & Tom S. Clark & Jee-Kwang Park - 235-264 Firm Dynamics and Labor Market Consequences
by Hodaka Morita - 265-285 Self-Assessment of Takings Compensation: An Empirical Study
by Yun-chien Chang - 286-312 US Supreme Court Agenda Setting and the Role of Litigant Status
by Ryan C. Black & Christina L. Boyd - 313-336 Stare Decisis: Rhetoric and Substance
by Patricio A. Fernandez & Giacomo A. M. Ponzetto - 337-359 Standard Breach Remedies, Quality Thresholds, and Cooperative Investments
by Alexander Stremitzer - 360-379 Mandatory Versus Voluntary Disclosure of Product Risks
by A. Mitchell Polinsky & Steven Shavell
2012, Volume 28, Issue 1
- 1-31 Juvenile Delinquency and Conformism
by Eleonora Patacchini & Yves Zenou - 32-44 Privatization and Leverage
by Christian At & Pierre-Henri Morand - 45-76 Exclusivity, Contingent Control Rights, and the Design of Internet Portal Alliances
by Daniel W. Elfenbein & Josh Lerner - 77-102 Private Information and the Option to Not Sue: A Reevaluation of Contract Remedies
by Ronen Avraham & Zhiyong Liu - 103-126 The Signaling Power of Sanctions in Social Dilemmas
by Joel van der Weele - 127-162 Information Asymmetries and Regulatory Decision Costs: An Analysis of U.S. Electric Utility Rate Changes 1980--2000
by Adam R. Fremeth & Guy L. F. Holburn - 163-182 Information Acquisition and the Exclusion of Evidence in Trials
by Benjamin Lester & Nicola Persico & Ludo Visschers
2011, Volume 27, Issue 3
- 453-484 Dynamic Contract Breach
by Fan Zhang - 485-514 Financing Direct Democracy: Revisiting the Research on Campaign Spending and Citizen Initiatives
by John M. de Figueiredo & Chang Ho Ji & Thad Kousser - 515-539 Product Safety, Buybacks, and the Post-Sale Duty to Warn
by Kathryn E. Spier - 540-567 The Evolution of Criminal Law and Police during the Pre-modern Era
by Douglas W. Allen & Yoram Barzel - 568-603 The Economics of Scientific Misconduct
by Nicola Lacetera & Lorenzo Zirulia - 604-654 Public Utility Ownership in 19th-Century America: The "Aberrant" Case of Water
by Scott E. Masten - 655-688 Aligning Ambition and Incentives
by Alexander K. Koch & Eloïc Peyrache
2011, Volume 27, Issue 2
- 219-244 Airing Your Dirty Laundry: Vertical Integration, Reputational Capital, and Social Networks
by Ricard Gil & Wesley R. Hartmann - 245-271 Organizational Capacity
by Michael M. Ting - 272-300 Is the World Flat? Country- and Firm-Level Determinants of Law Compliance
by Alberto Chong & Mark Gradstein - 301-323 Determinants of Nationalization in the Oil Sector: A Theory and Evidence from Panel Data
by Sergei Guriev & Anton Kolotilin & Konstantin Sonin - 324-349 Even if it is not Bribery: The Case for Campaign Finance Reform
by Brendan Daley & Erik Snowberg - 350-375 Screening in Courts: On the Joint Use of Negligence and Causation Standards
by Eberhard Feess & Gerd Muehlheusser & Ansgar Wohlschlegel - 376-425 Ties that Truly Bind: Noncompetition Agreements, Executive Compensation, and Firm Investment
by Mark J. Garmaise - 426-452 Legislative Pivots, Presidential Powers, and Policy Stability
by Brian F. Crisp & Scott W. Desposato & Kristin Kanthak
2011, Volume 27, Issue 1
- 2-31 Organized Business, Political Competition, and Property Rights: Evidence from the Russian Federation
by William Pyle - 32-78 A Theory of "Crying Wolf" : The Economics of Money Laundering Enforcement
by Előd Takáts - 79-112 The Incorporation Choices of Privately Held Corporations
by Jens Dammann & Matthias Schündeln - 113-136 Product Recall and Liability
by Xinyu Hua - 137-158 An Economic Analysis of Trade-Secret Protection in Buyer-Seller Relationships
by Stefan Bechtold & Felix Höffler - 159-179 Promotions, Dismissals, and Employee Selection: Theory and Evidence
by Anders Frederiksen & Előd Takáts - 180-218 Vertical Integration and Information Technology Investment in the Insurance Industry
by Chris Forman & Anne Gron
2010, Volume 26, Issue 3
- 427-459 Disobedience and Authority
by Ján Zábojník - 460-492 Population-Based Liability Determination, Mass Torts, and the Incentives for Suit, Settlement, and Trial
by Jennifer F. Reinganum - 493-514 What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Corruption?
by Facundo Sepúlveda - 515-545 Early Entrant Protection in Approval Regulation: Theory and Evidence from FDA Drug Review
by Evan James Zucker - 546-568 Gaming the Liver Transplant Market
by Jason Snyder - 569-591 Noneconomic Damage Caps and Medical Malpractice Claim Frequency: A Policy Endogeneity Approach
by Christine Piette Durrance - 592-608 Optimal Standards of Negligence When One Party Is Uninformed of the Standards
by Henrik Lando
2010, Volume 26, Issue 2
- 183-211 Putting the "Con" into Constitutions: The Economics of Prison Gangs
by David Skarbek - 212-242 Party Organization and Electoral Competition
by Nicolas Sahuguet - 243-264 An Institutional Explanation for the Stickiness of Federal Grants
by Justin H. Phillips - 265-289 The Social Desirability of Punishment Avoidance
by Avraham D. Tabbach - 290-336 Professionals or Politicians: The Uncertain Empirical Case for an Elected Rather than Appointed Judiciary
by Eric A. Posner - 337-364 Double-Sided Moral Hazard, Efficiency Wages, and Litigation
by Matthias Kräkel - 365-384 Carrots, Sticks, and the Multiplication Effect
by Gerrit De Geest - 385-426 Disagreement and the Allocation of Control
by Eric Van den Steen
April 2010, Volume 26, Issue 1
- 1-1 Announcement
by Rhodri Jackson - 1-29 Growing Pains: The School Consolidation Movement and Student Outcomes
by Martin R. West - 30-53 Should Firms be Allowed to Indemnify Their Employees for Sanctions?
by Christopher M. Snyder - 54-91 Competition, Monopoly, and Aftermarkets
by Michael Waldman - 92-114 A Right to Silence for Civil Defendants?
by Abraham L. Wickelgren - 115-143 Incentive Contracts with Enforcement Costs
by Katherine Doornik - 144-157 Chilling, Settlement, and the Accuracy of the Legal Process
by Ezra Friedman & Abraham L. Wickelgren - 158-181 Opportunism in Organizations
by Kouroche Vafaï
October 2009, Volume 25, Issue 2
- 285-285 Editor's Note
by Ian Ayres - 286-310 Coming to the Nuisance: Revisiting Spur in a Model of Location Choice
by Robert Innes - 311-338 Chinatown Revisited: Owens Valley and Los Angeles--Bargaining Costs and Fairness Perceptions of the First Major Water Rights Exchange
by Gary D. Libecap - 339-371 Specialization, Firms, and Markets: The Division of Labor within and between Law Firms
by Thomas N. Hubbard - 372-399 Auctions Versus Negotiations in Procurement: An Empirical Analysis
by Steven Tadelis - 400-441 Uncertainty, Pay for Performance, and Asymmetric Information
by Felipe Balmaceda - 442-471 Corruption, Extortion, and the Boundaries of the Law
by Nicolas Melissas - 472-498 Political Compromise and Bureaucratic Structure: The Political Origins of the Federal Reserve System
by Andrew C. Sobel - 499-517 The Distributional Consequences of Diversity-Enhancing University Admissions Rules
by Erik Eyster - 518-534 Why Have Robberies Become Less Frequent but More Violent?
by Rajiv Sethi - 535-578 Where Is Credit Due? Legal Institutions, Connections, and the Efficiency of Bank Lending in Vietnam
by Markus Taussig - 579-610 Revenue Sharing Distortions and Vertical Integration in the Movie Industry
by Ricard Gil
May 2009, Volume 25, Issue 1
- 1-1 Editor's Note
by Ian Ayres - 2-30 Matching Bankruptcy Laws to Legal Environments
by Hayong Yun - 31-54 Sustaining Cooperation with Joint Ventures
by Thomas W. Ross