American Economic Review

Vol. 96 No. 1 March 2006

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Abstract

Author

Free Markets and Fettered Consumers

Daniel McFadden

(pp. 5-29)

Money in a Theory of Banking

Douglas W. Diamond and Raghuram G. Rajan

(pp. 30-53)

Were There Regime Switches in U.S. Monetary Policy?

Christopher A. Sims and Tao Zha

(pp. 54-81)

Odious Debt

Seema Jayachandran and Michael Kremer

(pp. 82-92)

Advertising Content

Simon P. Anderson and Régis Renault

(pp. 93-113)

Managing Growth to Achieve Efficient Coordination in Large Groups

Roberto A. Weber

(pp. 114-126)

An Alternative Test of Racial Prejudice in Motor Vehicle Searches: Theory and Evidence

Shamena Anwar and Hanming Fang

(pp. 127-151)

Estimating Average and Local Average Treatment Effects of Education when Compulsory Schooling Laws Really Matter

Philip Oreopoulos

(pp. 152-175)

The Long-Term Impact of Military Service on Health: Evidence from World War II and Korean War Veterans

Kelly Bedard and Olivier Deschênes

(pp. 176-194)

The Evolution of Managerial Expertise: How Corporate Culture Can Run Amok

Dan Bernhardt, Eric Hughson and Edward Kutsoati

(pp. 195-221)

Why Beauty Matters

Markus M. Mobius and Tanya S. Rosenblat

(pp. 222-235)

Wealth Concentration in a Developing Economy: Paris and France, 1807-1994

Thomas Piketty, Gilles Postel-Vinay and Jean-Laurent Rosenthal

(pp. 236-256)

Inequality, Lobbying, and Resource Allocation

Joan Esteban and Debraj Ray

(pp. 257-279)

Putting Risk in Its Proper Place

Louis Eeckhoudt and Harris Schlesinger

(pp. 280-289)

Economic Conditions Early in Life and Individual Mortality

Gerard J. van den Berg, Maarten Lindeboom and France Portrait

(pp. 290-302)

Can Rational Expectations Sticky-Price Models Explain Inflation Dynamics?

Jeremy Rudd and Karl Whelan

(pp. 303-320)

On the Workings of a Cartel: Evidence from the Norwegian Cement Industry

Lars-Hendrik Röller and Frode Steen

(pp. 321-338)

Benefit-Cost in a Benevolent Society

Theodore C. Bergstrom

(pp. 339-351)

Do Technological Improvements in the Manufacturing Sector Raise or Lower Employment?

Yongsung Chang and Jay H. Hong

(pp. 352-368)

Politically Connected Firms

Mara Faccio

(pp. 369-386)

Persistent Distortionary Policies with Asymmetric Information

Matthew F. Mitchell and Andrea Moro

(pp. 387-393)

National Treatment in the GATT

Henrik Horn

(pp. 394-404)

Do Labor Issues Matter in the Determination of U.S. Trade Policy? An Empirical Reevaluation

Xenia Matschke and Shane M. Sherlund

(pp. 405-421)

Information Gathering, Transaction Costs, and the Property Rights Approach

Patrick W. Schmitz

(pp. 422-434)

The New York Times and the Market for Local Newspapers

Lisa M. George and Joel Waldfogel

(pp. 435-447)

Social Value of Public Information: Comment: Morris and Shin (2002) Is Actually Pro-Transparency, Not Con

Lars E. O. Svensson

(pp. 448-452)

Social Value of Public Information: Morris and Shin (2002) Is Actually Pro-Transparency, Not Con: Reply

Stephen Morris, Hyun Song Shin and Hui Tong

(pp. 453-455)

International Protection of Intellectual Property: Corrigendum

Gene M. Grossman and Edwin L.-C. Lai

(p. 456)