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CONTENTS FOR VOLUME CXXIiil Authors Page ABRAMITZKY, RAN. The Limits of Equality: Insights from the Israeli Kibbutz .... 1111 Autor, Davip H., AND Davip SCARBOROUGH. Does Job Testing Harm Minority Workers? Evidence from Retail Establishments . ; 219 3ENATI, Luca. Investigating Inflation Persistence across Moneta ary Regimes 1005 BENMELECH, EFRAIM, AND NITTAI K. BERGMAN. Liquidation Values and the Credibility of Financial Contract Renegotiation: Evidence from U.S Airlines a ve BROWN, WILLIAM O. JR., J. HAROL D MULHERIN, AND Marc D. WEIDENMIER Competing with the New York Stock Exchange ; —— CAPLIN, ANDREW, AND MARK DEAN. Dopamine, Reward Prediction Error, and Economics Carb, Davib, ALEXANDRE MAS, AND JESS! ROTHSTEIN. Tipping and the Dyn: amics of Segregation CASELLI, FRANCESCO, AND NICOLA GENNAIOLI. Economics ‘and Politics of Alterna- tive Institutional Reforms . CURCURU, STEPHANIE E., TOMAS DvORAK, AND FRANCIS E. Ww ARNOCK. Cross- -Border Returns Differentials .. CURRIE, JANET, AND W. BENTLEY Ma AC L EOD F irst Do No Harm? Tort Reform and Birth Outcomes DE MEL, SURESH, DAviD MCKENZIE, AND CHRISTOPHER WoopRUFF. Returns to Capital in Microenterprises: Evidence from a Field Experiment DOEPKE, MATTHIAS, AND FABRIZIO ZILIBOTTI —or Choice and the Spirit of Capitalism eer DONOHUE, JOHN J. III, AND STEVEN D LEVITT. Measure »ment Error, Legalized Abortion, and the Decline in Crime: A Response to Foote and Goetz ....... ESTEVADEORDAL, ANTONI, CAROLINE FREUND, AND EMANUEL ORNELAS. Does Region- alism Affect Trade Liberalization toward Nonmembers? FERGUSON, THOMAS, AND HANS-JOACHIM VOTH. Betting on Hitler—The Va lue of Political Connections in Nazi Germany nage FERRAZ, CLAUDIO, AND FREDERICO FINAN. Exposing Corrupt Politicians: The Effects of Brazil’s Publicly Released Audits on Electoral Outcomes FOOTE, CHRISTOPHER L., AND CHRISTOPHER F. Goetz. The Impact of Legalize d Abortion on Crime: Comment GABAIX, XAVIER, AND AUGUSTIN LANDIER. Why H: is Cc EO Pay Increased So Much? GENTZKOW, MATTHEW, AND JESSE M. SHAPIRO. Preschool Television Viewing and Adolescent Test Scores: Historical Evidence from the Coleman Study GOOLSBEE, AUSTAN, AND CHAD SYVERSON. How Do Incumbents Respond to the Threat of Entry? Evidence from the Major Airlines . GOPINATH, GITA, AND ROBERTO RIGOBON. Sticky Borders .... GREENSTONE, MICHAEL, AND JUSTIN GALLAGHER. Does Hazardous Waste Matter? Evidence from the Housing Market and the Superfund Program GRUBER, JONATHAN, AND DANIEL M. HUNGERMAN. The Church versus the Mall: What Happens When Religion Faces Increased Secular Competition? HART, OLIVER, AND JOHN Moore. Contracts as Reference Points HASTINGS, JUSTINE S., AND JEFFREY M. WEINSTEIN. Information, School Choice, and Academic Achievement: Evidence from Two Experiments HELPMAN, ELHANAN, MARC MELITZ, AND YONA RUBINSTEIN. Estimating Trade Flows: Trading Partners and Trading Volumes CONTENTS FOR VOLUME CXXIII IyYIGUN, Murat. Luther and Suleyman KIRCHER, PHILIPP, AND ANDREW POSTLEWAITE. Strategic Firms and Endogenous Consumer Emulation Sar KLENOW, PETER J., AND OLEKSIY KRyvTsov. State-Dependent or Time-Dependent Pricing: Does It Matter for Recent U.S. Inflation? LIZZERI, ALESSANDRO, AND MARCIANO SINISCALCHI. Parental Guidance and Supe vised Learning . MILLER, GRANT. Women’s Suffrage, Political Responsiveness, and Child Surv in American History MULLAINATHAN, SENDHIL, JOSHUA SCHWARTZSTEIN, AND A? Thinking and Persuasion MULLIGAN, CASEY B., AND YONA RUBINSTEIN. Selection, Investment, and Wome! Relative Wages over Time ; NAKAMURA, EMI, AND JON STEINSSON. Five Facts about Prices: A Reevaluatior Menu Cost Models NUNN, NATHAN. The Long-Term Effects of Africa’s Slave Trades QIAN, NANCY. Missing Women and the Price of Tea in China: The Eff specific Earnings on Sex Imbalance QIAN, YI. Impacts of Entry by Counterfeiters RANCIERE, ROMAIN, AARON TORNELL, AND FRANK WESTERMANN. Systemic and Growth ; ; TABELLINI, GUIDO. The Scope of Cooperation: Values and Incentives TREBBI, FRANCESCO, PHILIPPE AGHION, AND A ro ALESINA. Electoral Rules Minority Representation in U.S. Cities VERHOOGEN, Eric A. Trade, Quality Upgrading, and Wage Inequality Mexican Manufacturing Sector Betting on Hitler—The Value of Political Connections in Nazi Germany. Thoma Ferguson and Hans-Joachim Voth Coarse Thinking and Persuasion. Sendhil Mullainathan, Joshua Schwartzsteir and Andrei Shleifer .... Competing with the New York Stock Exchange. William O. Brown, Jr., J. Harold Mulherin, and Marc D. Weidenmier Contracts as Reference Points. Oliver Hart and John Moore Cross-Border Returns Differentials. Stephanie E. Curcuru, Tomas Dvorak, and Francis E. Warnock ........ ; Does Hazardous Waste Matter? Evidence from the Housing Market and the Superfund Program. Michael Greenstone and Justin Gallagher DoJoeb Tsesti ng Harm Minority Workers? Evidence from Retail Establishments David H. Autor and David Scarborough Does Regionalism Affect Trade Liberalization toward Nonmembers? Antoni Estevadeordal, Caroline Freund, and Emanuel Ornelas Dopamine, Reward Prediction Error, and Economics. Andrew Caplin and Mark Dean ee ; ‘ Economics and Politics of Alternative Institutional Reforms. Francesco Caselli and Nicola Gennaioli : Electoral Rules and Minority Representation in U.S. Cities. Francesco Trebbi, Philippe Aghion, and Alberto Alesina CONTENTS FOR VOLUME CXXIll Estimating Trade Flows: Trading Partners and Trading Volumes. Elhanan Helpman, Marc Melitz, and Yona Rubinstein Exposing Corrupt Politicians: The Effects of Brazil’s Publicly Released Audits on Electoral Outcomes. Claudio Ferraz and Frederico Finan First Do No Harm? Tort Reform and Birth Outcomes. Janet Currie and W. Bentley MacLeod Five Facts about Prices: A Reevaluation of Menu Cost Models. Emi Nakamura and Jon Steinsson How Do Incumbents Respond to the Threat of Entry? Evidence from the Major Airlines. Austan Goolsbee and Chad Syverson Impacts of Entry by Counterfeiters. Yi Qian Information, School Choice, and Academic Achievement: Evidence from Two Experiments. Justine S. Hastings and Jeffrey M. Weinstein Investigating Inflation Persistence across Monetary Regimes. Luca Benati Liquidation Values and the Credibility of Financial Contract Renegotiation Evidence from U.S. Airlines. Efraim Benmelech and Nittai K. Bergman Luther and Suleyman. Murat lyigur Measurement Error, Legalized Abortion, and the Decline in Crime: A Response to Foote and Goetz. John J. Donohue II and Steven D. Levitt Missing Women and the Priocfe Te a in China: The Effecto f Sex-Specific Earnings on Sex Imbalance. Nancy Qian Occupational Choice and the Spirit of Capitalism. Matthias Doepke and Fabrizio Zilibotti Parental Guidance and Supervised Learning. Alessandro Lizzeri and Marciano Siniscalch Preschool Television Viewing and Ado ent T Scores: Historical Evidence from the Coleman Study. Matthew ntzkow and Jesse M. Shapiro Returns to Capital in Microenterprises: Evidence from a Field Experiment Suresh de Mel, David McKenzie, and Christopher Woodruff Selection, Investment, and Women’s Relative Wages over Time Mulligan and Yona Rubinsteir State-Dependent or Time-Dependent Pricing: Does It Matter for Rece Inflation? Peter J. Klenow and Oleksiy Kryvtsov Sticky Borders. Gita Govinath and Roberto Rigobon Strategic Firms and Endogenous Consumer Emulation. Philipp Kircher and Andrew Postlewaite Systemic Crises and Growth. Romain Ranciére, Aaron Tornell, and Frank Westermann The Church versus the Mall: What Happens When Religion Faces Increased Secular Competition? Jonathan Gruber and Daniel M. Hungerman The Impact of Legalized Abortioonn Crime: Comment. ChristopherL . Foote and Christopher F. Goetz The Limits of Equality: Insights from the Israeli Kibbutz. Ran Abramitzky The Long-Term Effects of Africa’s Slave Trades. Nathan Nunn The Scope of Cooperation: Values and Incentives. Guido Tabellini Tippianndg t he Dynamicso f Segregation. David Card, AlexaMans, danrd Jees se Rothstein Trade, Quality Upgrading, and Wage Inequality in the Mexican Manufacturing Sector. Eric A. Verhoogen Why Has CEO Pay Increased So Much?. Xavier Gabaix and Augustin Landier Women’s Suffrage, Political Responsiveness, and Child Survival in American History. Grant Miller The Quarterly Journal of Economics gratefully acknowledges the help of the people listed below who refereed two or more papers between August 1, 2007, and July 31, 2008. Abraham, Katharine vaplin, Andrew Gabaix, Xavier Agarwal, Sumit ‘ard, David Gagnon, Etienne Aguiar, Mark Yaselli, Francesco Gelbach, Jonah B Aizer, Anna shandra, Amitabh relber. Alex Alesina, Alberto *haney, Eric rennaioli, Nicola Almond, Douglas ‘harles, Kerwin Kofi rentzkow, Matthew Amador, Manuelo ‘harness, Gary rilchrist, Simon Ananat, Elizabeth shetty, Raj meezy, Uri Anderson, Simon P *hiang, Hanley roldin, Claudia Anderson, Siwan ‘hoi, James rOlOSOV Mikhail Angeletos, Georgs Soate, Stephen rottschalk, Peter Antras, Pol Yoleman, Wilbur John Gourio, Francois Arrunada, Benito Yomin, Diego raff Zivin, Joshua Ashraf, Nava Cutler, David Graham, Bryan Asker, John Currie, Janet Green, Richard Atkeson, Andrew Dafny, Leemore S Grogger, Jeffrey Autor, David H Dehejia, Rajeev Gruber, Jonathan Bailey, Martha DellaVigna, Stefano Guryan, Jonathan 3aker, Malcolm P. De Loeckner, Jan Gyourko, Joseph 3andiera, Oriana Dickens, William Hallock, Kevin 3arankay, Iwan 7 Dobkin, Carlos Hanna, Rema Nadeem 3aum-Snow, Nathaniel Doepke, Matthias Hanson, Gordon 3eaman, Lori Donohue, John Hart, Oliver Benjamin, Daniel Doyle, Joseph John Helpman, Elhanan Benmelech, Efraim Duggan, Mark G Ho, Katharine Berman, Eli Dynarski, Susan Hojman, Daniel Beshears, John Easterly, William Holden, Richard Bertrand, Marianne Ebenstein, Avraham Hubbard, Thomas Besley, Timothy J Yehuda Hungerman, Daniel M Bettinger, Eric Einav, Liran Hunt, Jennifer 3isin, Alberto Ellison, Glenn Hurst, Erik 3jorklund, Andres Elsby, Michael Ireland, Peter N Bleakley, Hoyt Farhi, Emmanuel lyengar, Radha Bloom, Nick Feenstra, Robert Iyer Lakshmi Bobonis, Gustavo J Fehr, Ernst Ivieun, Murat Bound, John Ferreira, Fernando Jackson, C Kirabo Broda, Christian Vendrame! Jacob, Brian A Brown, Jeffrey Feyer, James D Jayachandran, Seema Boustan, Leah Platt Finan, Frederico Jones, Ben Burgess, Ro bin Finkelstein, Amy Jones, Charles I Burstein, Ariel Tomas Fisman, Raymond J. Kamenica, Emir Camerer, Colin F Foote, Christopher L Karlan, Dean Campante, Filipe Fox, Jeremy T. Kaufman, Alexander Campbell, John Y Friedman, John Kearney, Melissa Cantoni, Davide Fuhrer, Jeffrey C Schettini Vili Kessler, Daniel Miller, Grant Scholz, John K Kessler Judd Miller, Amalia Rebecca Schott, Peter K Khwaja, Asim Ijaz Milligan, Kevin Schotter, Andrew R Klenow, Pete Miron, Jeffrey Scott-Clayton, Judith Kline, Patrick Mitchell, Joshua Seshadri, Ananth Kling, Jeffrey Muendler, Marc-Andreas Shapiro, Jesse M Kopezuk, Wojciech Mullainathan, Sendhil Shasrty, Gauri Kramarz, Francis Munshi, Kaivan Kartini Kranton, Rachel Nakamura, Emi Shleifer, Andrei Kremer, Michael Norberg, Karen Sinai, Ted (Edward) Kubik, Jeffrey Nunn, Nathan Singhal, Monica Kuhn, Peter O'Donoghue, Ted Skinner, Jonathan Kuziemko, Ilyana Edward Small, Ken zakdawalla, Darius Olken, Benjamin A Steinsson, Jon I alive, Rafael Oreopoulos, Philip Stevens, Anne Huff I ane, PhilipR Oster, Emily Stevenson, Betsey Lange, Fabian Oswald, Andrew J Strahan, Phillip I a Porta, Rafael Over, Paul Stronberg, David Lavy, Victor Padro i Miquel, Gerard Szeidl, Adam Lee, David S Page, Marianne Tenreyro, Silvana Lee, Jong-Wha Pande Rohini Thornton, Rebecca Lefgren, Lars Parent, Daniel Trefler, Daniel Lehrer, Steven Paserman, M. Daniele Turner, Sarah E Leigh, Andrew Perri, Fabrizio Urquiola, Miguel S Levin, Jonathan Pischke Steve Van Ours, Jan C Levine, David K Pop-Eleches, Cristian Van Wincoop, Eric Levine, Phillip Porter, Robert H Verdelhan, Adrien Lewis, Ethan Price, James Verhoogen, Eric List, John A Primiceri, Giorgio E Jacob, L Lleras-Muney, Adriana Ranciere, Romain Visser, jauke Lubotsky, Darren Raphael, Steven Voth, Hans-Joachim Ludwig, Jens O Rasul, Imran Waldfogel, Joel Luttmer, ErzoG . J Redding, Stephen Waldman, Michael Macleod, William Reis, Ricardo Washington, Ebonya Bentley Reyes, Jessica Wolpaw Weber, Andrea Malamud, Ofer Rigobon, Roberto Weil, David Nathan Malmendier, Ulrike Robinson, James Alan Weinberg, Bruce Manning, Willard G Rockoff, Jonah Williams, Heidi Margo, Robert Rogoff, Kenneth Wolfers, Justin Mas, Alexandre Romer, David H Woodruff, Christopher McBride, Michael Rossi-Hansberg, Esteban Yang, Dean McKenzie, David Rothstein, Jesse Yared, Pierre Meara, Ellen Royer, Heather Yermack, David Mian, Atif Ruhm, Christopher J. Young, Alwyn Michaels, Guy Sacerdote, Bruce Zapojnik, Jan Miguel, Edward Saiz, Albert Zeckhauser, Richard Milesi-Ferretti, Gian Saks, Raven E. Zhang, Lu Maria Schazenbach, Diane Zitzewitz, Eric Miller, Doug Schoenberg, Uta Zinman, Jonathan a” e e e “