University of Chicago Press: Journal of Political Economy: Table of ContentsTable of Contents for Journal of Political Economy. List of articles from both the latest and ahead of print issues.Measuring Illegal Activity and the Effects of Regulatory Innovation: Tax Evasion and the Dyeing of Untaxed Diesel- August 29, 2008 Journal of Political Economy, Volume 116, Issue 4, Page 633-666, August 2008. This article examines tax evasion in the diesel fuel market. Diesel fuel used for onroad purposes is taxed, while other uses are untaxed, creating an incentive for firms and individuals to evade onroad diesel taxes by purchasing untaxed diesel fuel and then using it for onroad use. We examine the effects of a federal regulatory innovation in October 1993, the addition of red dye to untaxed diesel fuel at the...http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/591805?ai=t6&af=R Inefficient Unemployment Dynamics under Asymmetric Information- August 29, 2008 Journal of Political Economy, Volume 116, Issue 4, Page 667-708, August 2008. I explore the efficiency properties of a competitive search model with matchspecific private information and limited commitment on the workers side. In a static setting the competitive search equilibrium is constrained efficient, whereas in a dynamic setting it is constrained inefficient whenever the initial unemployment rate is different from its steadystate level. Inefficiency arises because the workers...http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/591910?ai=t6&af=R Protectionism through Prostitution- August 29, 2008 Journal of Political Economy, Volume 116, Issue 4, Page Back Cover, August 2008.http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/592823?ai=t6&af=R Child Protection and Adult Crime: Using Investigator Assignment to Estimate Causal Effects of Foster Care- August 29, 2008 Journal of Political Economy, Volume 116, Issue 4, Page 746-770, August 2008. This paper uses the randomization of families to child protection investigators to estimate causal effects of foster care on adult crime. The analysis uses a new data set that links criminal justice data to child protection data in Illinois, and I find that investigators affect foster care placement. Children on the margin of placement are found to be two to three times more likely to enter the criminal justice..http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/590216?ai=t6&af=R The Depressing Effect of Agricultural Institutions on the Prewar Japanese Economy- August 29, 2008 Journal of Political Economy, Volume 116, Issue 4, Page 573-632, August 2008. Why didnt the Japanese miracle take place before World War II The culprit we identify is a barrier that kept prewar agricultural employment constant. Using a standard neoclassical twosector growth model, we show that the barrierinduced sectoral distortion and an ensuring lack of capital accumulation account well for the depressed output level. Without the barrier, Japans prewar GNP per worker would have been at..http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/591804?ai=t6&af=R JPE Data on Time to First Decision, 20032008- August 29, 2008 Journal of Political Economy, Volume 116, Issue 4, Page 771, August 2008. Distribution of JPE Editorial Lags between Receipt and First Decisionhttp://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/592827?ai=t6&af=R Universal Child Care, Maternal Labor Supply, and Family WellBeing- August 29, 2008 Journal of Political Economy, Volume 116, Issue 4, Page 709-745, August 2008. We analyze the introduction of highly subsidized, universally accessible child care in Quebec, addressing the impact on child care utilization, maternal labor supply, and family wellbeing. We find strong evidence of a shift into new child care use, although some crowding out of existing arrangements is evident. Maternal labor supply increases significantly. Finally, the evidence suggests that children are worse..http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/591908?ai=t6&af=R Journal of Political Economy: acknowledges the assistance of- August 29, 2008 Journal of Political Economy, Volume 116, Issue 4, Page In Back Cover, August 2008.http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/592822?ai=t6&af=R |