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Wealth Redistribution and The Social Costs of Crime and Law Enforcement, Avraham D. Tabbach (May 14, 2008)

Politicians and Financial Supervision outside the Central Bank:Why Do They Do it?, Donato Masciandaro (May 14, 2008)

Compensating Against Corruption, Abraham Bell and Gideon Parchomovsky (May 14, 2008)

Business Taxes and International Competitiveness, Michael S. Knoll (May 14, 2008)

Political Economy at Any Speed: Determinants of Traffic Citations, Thomas Stratmann and Michael Makowsky (May 14, 2008)

Exclusionary Rules Convict the Innocent, Dhammika Dharmapala, Nuno Garoupa, and Richard H. McAdams (May 14, 2008)

Corruption, Extortion, and the Boundaries of the Law, Svetlana Andrianova and Nicolas Melissas (May 14, 2008)

An Eliot Effect? Prosecutorial Discretion in Mutual Fund Settlement Negotiations, 2003-7, Eric W. Zitzewitz (May 14, 2008)

International Tribunals: A Rational Choice Anlysis, Andrew T. Guzman (May 14, 2008)

RPM as an Exclusionary Practice, Ittai Paldor (May 14, 2008)

Credible Discovery, Settlement, and Negative Expected Value Suits, Warren F. Schwartz Professor and Abraham L. Wickelgren (May 14, 2008)

THE EFFECT OF JUDICIAL IDEOLOGY IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CASES, Matthew J. Sag, Tonja Jacobi, and Maxim Sytch (May 14, 2008)

The Economics of Activity Levels in Tort Liability and Regulation, Nuno Garoupa and Thomas S. Ulen (May 14, 2008)

Egalitarianism, Cultural Distance, and FDI: A New Approach, Jordan I. Siegel, Amir N. Licht, and Shalom H. Schwartz (May 14, 2008)

The Demarcation of Land, Dean Lueck and Gary D. Libecap (May 14, 2008)

Gender and the Legal Profession: The Michigan Alumni Data Set 1967-2000, Kenneth G. Dau-Schmidt (May 14, 2008)

Does Forbidding Sexual Harassment Exacerbate Gender Inequality?, Daniel L. Chen (May 14, 2008)

Naked Exclusion: An Experimental Study of Contracts with Externalities, Claudia M. Landeo and Kathryn Spier (May 14, 2008)

Risk Taking and Gender in Hierarchies, Suzanne Scotchmer (May 14, 2008)

Social Perception and Affirmative Action: A Game-Theoretic Analysis, Yoon-Ho A. Lee (May 14, 2008)

Dangers of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act: Much Ado About Nothing?, Steve P. Calandrillo (May 14, 2008)

Contract Design and the Structure of Contractual Intent, Jody S. Kraus and Robert E. Scott (May 14, 2008)

CHANGING THE PARADIGM OF STOCK OWNERSHIP: FROM CONCENTRATED TOWARDS DISPERSED OWNERSHIP? EVIDENCE FROM BRAZIL AND CONSEQUENCES FOR EMERGING COUNTRIES, Erica Gorga (May 12, 2008)

Law, Agency Costs and Project Finance, Krishnamurthy V. Subramanian, Frederick Tung, and Xue (Sue) Wang (May 12, 2008)

Concentrating on Governance, Dalida Kadyrzhanova and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf (May 12, 2008)

The Incorporation Choices of Privately Held Corporations, Jens C. Dammann and Matthias Schündeln (May 12, 2008)

The Effect of Corporate Taxes on Investment and Entrepreneurship, Simeon Djankov, Tim Ganser, Caralee McLiesh, Rita Ramalho, and Andrei Shleifer (May 12, 2008)

Welfare Payments and Crime, Fritz Foley (May 12, 2008)

Signaling a Lemon: The Decision not to Cross-List and High Private Benefits of Control, Michal Barzuza and David C. Smith (May 12, 2008)

The Correlation Between Cross-Listing Premia, US Stock Prices, and Volume of US Trading: A Challenge to Law-Based Theories of Cross-Listing, Kate Litvak (May 12, 2008)

Judge Specific Differences in Chapter 11 and Firm Outcomes, Tom Chang and Antoinette Schoar (May 12, 2008)

Is Investor Protection the SEC's Top Priority? Evidence from Enforcement against Broker-Dealers, Stavros Gadinis (May 12, 2008)

The Transatlantic Divergence in Legal Thought: American Law and Economics vs. German Doctrinalism, Kristoffel R. Grechenig and Martin Gelter (May 12, 2008)

Criminal Prosecution and HIV-related Risky Behavior, Adeline Delavande, Dana P. Goldman, and Neeraj Sood (May 12, 2008)

Democracy or Disruption: An empirical analysis of majority elections, Jie Cai, Jacqueline L. Garner, and Ralph A. Walkling (May 12, 2008)

Should Courts Ignore Ex-post Information When Determining Contract Damages?, Ronen Avraham and Zhiyong Liu (May 12, 2008)

Optimal Political Control of the Bureaucracy, Matthew C. Stephenson (May 12, 2008)

Do Judges Vary in Their Treatment of Race?, David S. Abrams, Marianne Bertrand, and Sendhil Mullainathan (May 12, 2008)

Solving the executive compensation problem through shareholder votes? Evidence from the U.K., Fabrizio Ferri, Sid Balachandran, and David Maber (May 12, 2008)

Who’'s the Fairest in the Land? Comparing Judge and Jury Decisions in Capital Cases, Radha Iyengar (May 12, 2008)

Bequest Puzzles in Economics: A Legal Perspective, Max M. Schanzenbach and Robert H. Sitkoff (May 12, 2008)

The Age of Reason: Financial Decisions Over the Lifecycle, Sumit Agarwal, John Driscoll, Xavier Gabaix, and David Laibson (May 12, 2008)

Do Small Governments Make Bad Neighbors, Ezra Friedman (May 12, 2008)

Privatization, Free Riding, and Industry-Expanding Lobbying, Alexander Volokh (May 12, 2008)

Reviewing the Sentencing Guidelines: Judicial Politics, Empirical Evidence, and Reform, Max M. Schanzenbach and Emerson Tiller (May 12, 2008)

WHAT IS SO SPECIAL ABOUT SPECIAL INTEREST POLITICS?, Donald Wittman (May 12, 2008)

Superstars or Superlemons? Top Executive Pay and Corporate Acquisitions, Antonio Falaato (May 12, 2008)

Inequality, Redistribution and Population, Filipe R. Campante and Quoc-Anh Do (May 12, 2008)

Independent Directors and Board Control in Venture Finance, Brian Broughman (May 12, 2008)

Linking International Issues, Vincy Fon (May 12, 2008)

Paradox of Declining Female Happiness, Betsey A. Stevenson and Justin Wolfers (May 12, 2008)

Secrecy, Settlements & Medical Malpractice Litigation, Eric Helland and Gia Lee (May 12, 2008)

Product Liability and Moral Hazard: Evidence from General Aviation, Eric Helland (May 12, 2008)

Uncertain Breach of Contract and Efficient Preliminary Remedies, Richard R.W. Brooks and Warrren Schwartz (May 12, 2008)

A New Look at Patent Quality, Ronald Mann (May 12, 2008)

Do Financial Incentives Affect Fertility?, Alma Cohen Dr., Rajeev Dehejia, and Dmitri Romanov (May 12, 2008)

All-Unit Discounts and Competing Entrants, Eberhard Feess and Ansgar Wohlschlegel (May 12, 2008)

Does Delaware Entrench Managers?, Adam C. Pritchard and Murali Jagannathan (May 12, 2008)

Attorney as Arbitrators, Adam C. Pritchard, Stephen Choi, and Jill E. Fisch (May 12, 2008)

Professionals or Politicians: The Uncertain Empirical Case for an Elected Rather than Appointed Judiciary, Eric A. Posner (May 12, 2008)

Does Political Bias in the Judiciary Matter?: Implications of Judicial Bias Studies for Legal and Constitutional Reform, Eric A. Posner (May 12, 2008)

Consumers Win-back as Exclusionary Conduct. Some Insights for Antitrust Law, Antonio Nicita (May 12, 2008)

The Effects of Expanding Women's Rights, Rick Geddes, Dean Lueck, and Sharon Tennyson (May 9, 2008)

BARGAINING IN THE SHADOW OF THE LAWSUIT: A SOCIAL NORMS THEORY OF INCOMPLETE CONTRACTING, Claire A. Hill (May 9, 2008)

Inferring Beliefs about Potential Trial Outcomes Using Jury Verdicts in Civil Litigation, SETH A. SEABURY (May 9, 2008)

Immigration Restriction as Redistributive Taxation: Working Women and the Costs of Protectionism in the Labor Market, Howard F. Chang (May 8, 2008)

MERCHANTS, KINGS, AND THE CODIFICATION OF COMMERCIAL LAW, EMILY KADENS (May 7, 2008)

Global Network Finance, Katharina Pistor (May 7, 2008)

An Empirical Analysis of Drug Patent Settlements Between Rivals, C. Scott Hemphill (May 7, 2008)

Are Investors' Gains and Losses from Securities Fraud Equal Over Time? Some Preliminary Evidence, Alicia Davis Evans (May 7, 2008)

Liability for Insufficient Risks, Ehud Guttel and David Gilo (May 7, 2008)

"Currency Manipulation" in World Trade, Alan O. Sykes (May 7, 2008)

Allocation Rules and the Stability of Mass Tort Class Actions, Joshua C. Teitelbaum (May 7, 2008)

Risk Equity: A New Proposal, Matthew D. Adler (May 7, 2008)

The Effects of the Right to Silence on the Innocent’s Decision to Remain Silent, Shmuel Leshem (May 7, 2008)

Ownership Structure and Enforcement Incentives at Self-regulatory Financial Exchanges, David Reiffen and Michel A. Robe (May 7, 2008)

Insurance and Tort: Coordination Systems and Imperfect Liability Rules, Fernando Gomez and Jose Penalva (May 7, 2008)

Vicarious Liability for Bad Corporate Governance: Are We Wrong About 10b-5?, James C. Spindler (May 7, 2008)

Reputation Nation: Law in an Era of Ubiquitous Personal Information, Lior J. Strahilevitz (May 7, 2008)

Integrating an Agreement to Induce Information Disclosure, Albert H. Choi (May 7, 2008)

Beauty, Personal Characteristics and Trust in Credit Markets, Enrichetta Ravina (May 7, 2008)

The Effect of Lawyers' Career Concerns in Litigation, Rosa Ferrer (May 7, 2008)

Tolerance and HIV, Andrew M. Francis and Hugo M. Mialon (May 7, 2008)

Liability for Lapses: First or Second Order Negligence?, Robert D. Cooter and Ariel Porat (May 7, 2008)

The Emergence of Intellectual Property Norms in Stand-Up Comedy, Dotan Oliar and Christopher Sprigman (May 6, 2008)

Contracting Over Malpractice Liability, Jennifer Arlen (May 6, 2008)

Bankruptcy Resolution and the Restoration of Priority of Claims, Vedran Capkun and lawrence a. weiss (May 6, 2008)

Talent and Expertise under Universal Health Insurance: The Case of Cosmetic Surgery in Japan, J. Mark Ramseyer (May 6, 2008)

The Homeownership Experience of Households in Bankruptcy, Wenli Li and Sarah Carroll (May 6, 2008)

The Fashion Lottery: Cooperative Innovation in Stochastic Markets, Jonathan Barnett, Gilles Grolleau, and Sana El Harbi (May 6, 2008)

The Law, Economics and Psychology of Subprime Mortgage Contracts, Oren Bar-Gill (May 6, 2008)

Hold-up, Asset Ownership, and Reference Points, OLIVER HART (May 6, 2008)

Progressivity and Potential Income: Measuring the Effect of Changing Work Patterns on Income Tax Progressivity, Chris William Sanchirico (May 6, 2008)

Private Enforcement of Corporate Law: An Empirical Comparison of the US and UK, John Armour, Bernard S. Black, Brian R. Cheffins, and Richard Nolan (May 6, 2008)

Expanding Restitution: Liability for Unrequested Benefits, Ariel Porat (May 6, 2008)

Contracts as Reference Points - Experimental Evidence, Christian Zehnder, OLIVER HART, and Ernst Fehr (May 5, 2008)

Strategic Statutory Interpretation by Administrative Agencies, Yehonatan Givati (May 5, 2008)

Legal Status and Effects on Children, Margaret F. Brinig and Steven L. Nock (May 5, 2008)

Federal Grants, State Decisions, Brian D. Galle (May 3, 2008)

Consumer Harm Acts? An Economic Analysis of Private Actions under State Consumer Protection Acts, Henry N. Butler and Jason S. Johnston (April 29, 2008)

Illusory Losses, Cass R. Sunstein (April 29, 2008)

By-Product Lobbying: Was Stigler Right?, Paul Pecorino (April 22, 2008)

Regulation of Consumer Finance as Development Policy, Adam K. Feibelman (April 22, 2008)

Trade Skirmishes and Safeguards: A Theory of the WTO Dispute Settlement Process, Mostafa Beshkar (April 21, 2008)

The Role of Decision Rights in Incomplete Contracts: Lessons from Automobile Franchising, Giorgio Zanarone (April 21, 2008)

Going Private But Staying Public: Reexamining the Effect of Sarbanes-Oxley on Firms’ Going-Private Decisions, Robert P. Bartlett III (April 21, 2008)

"Population-Based Liability Determination, Mass Torts, and the Incentives for Suit, Settlement, and Trial, Andrew F. Daughety and Jennifer F. Reinganum (April 21, 2008)

Seeking Rents in the Shadow of Coase, Francesco Parisi (April 8, 2008)

Mortgage Market Sensitivity to Bankruptcy Modification, Adam J. Levitin and Joshua Goodman (April 2, 2008)

UNCERTAINTY, RELIANCE, PRELIMINARY NEGOTIATIONS AND THE HOLD UP PROBLEM, Juliet P. Kostritsky (April 2, 2008)

Allocation and Uncertainty: Strategic Responses to Environmental Grandfathering, Jonathan R. Nash (April 2, 2008)

'Law and Finance' Revisited, Holger Spamann (April 1, 2008)

The Timing of Regulation, Jacob E. Gersen and Anne Josesph O'Connell (April 1, 2008)

Gender Bias in the Enforcement of Traffic Laws: Evidence based on a new empirical test, Brian Rowe (April 1, 2008)

The Choice in the Lawmaking Process: Legal Transplants vs. Indigenous Law, Peter Grajzl and Valentina Dimitrova-Grajzl (April 1, 2008)

The Effect of APR Violations on the Seniority and Timing of Debt Issuance, RONALD SVERDLOVE, S. Abraham ABRAHAM Ravid, and Arturo Bris (April 1, 2008)

The Patent Quality Control Process: Can We Afford An (Rationally) Ignorant Patent Offices?, Jing-Yuan CHIOU (April 1, 2008)

The Evolution of a Legal Rule, Anthony Niblett, Richard A. Posner, and Andrei Shleifer (April 1, 2008)

What Do Bureaucrats Want? Estimating Regulator Preferences at the FCC*, Adam Candeub and Keith S. Brown (April 1, 2008)

The International Law of Economic Migration, Joel P. Trachtman (April 1, 2008)

An Empirical Investigation into Appellate Structure and the Perceived Quality of Appellate Review, Jonathan R. Nash and Rafael I. Pardo (April 1, 2008)

A Positive Theory of Eminent Domain, Eric Kades (April 1, 2008)

Should We Pay Federal Circuit Judges More?, Scott A. Baker (April 1, 2008)

OUTSOURCING AND INSOURCING CRIME: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF GLOBALIZED CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, Tomer Broude and Doron Teichman (April 1, 2008)

Reconsidering Patent Licensing In the Aftermath of MedImmune, Liza S. Vertinsky (April 1, 2008)

Securities Regulation in Low-tier Listing Venues: The rise of the Alternative Investment Market, Jose M. Mendoza (April 1, 2008)

Political Rights and the Cost of Debt, Yaxuan Qi, Lukas Roth, and John K. Wald (April 1, 2008)

Legal Barriers to Innovation: The Growing Economic Cost of Professional Control over Corporate Legal Markets, Gillian K. Hadfield (April 1, 2008)

Enforceability of Labor Law: Evidence from a Labor Court in Mexico, David S. Kaplan and Joyce Sadka (April 1, 2008)

Insurance and Tort: Coordination Systems and Imperfect Liability Rules, Fernando Gomez and Jose Penalva (April 1, 2008)

COMPLEXITY AND THE COGNITIVE LOAD OF R&D ALLIANCE CONTRACTS:, john hagedoorn and Geerte Hesen (April 1, 2008)

Determinants Of Delay In Litigation: Evidence and Theory, Jun Zhou Drs. (April 1, 2008)

Homeownership 2.0, Lee Anne Fennell (April 1, 2008)

Corporate Reorganization and Professional Fees, Stephen J. Lubben (April 1, 2008)