Journal of Law & Economics

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Law & Economics is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
The Complicated Simple Economics of Vertical Mergers51
Does Uber Benefit Travelers by Price Discrimination?48
Front Matter45
Exclusion of Extreme Jurors and Minority Representation: The Effect of Jury Selection Procedures42
How Court Mitigation of Jail Overcrowding Affects Homicides39
Price Benchmark Regulation of Multiproduct Firms: An Application to the Rail Industry16
Multidimensionality of Landownership among Men and Women in Sub-Saharan Africa15
Liquidity Effects of Litigation Risk: Evidence from a Legal Shock14
Creditors’ Rights, Threat of Liquidation, and the Labor and Capital Choices of Firms11
Does Strengthening the Property Rights of Employee-Inventors Spur Innovation? Empirical Evidence on Freedom-to-Create Laws Passed by US States10
Rule Breaking, Honesty, and Migration10
Corporate Ownership and Antitrust Violations10
Hidden Wealth and Automatic Information Sharing9
The Politics of Mandatory Corporate Philanthropy8
Merger Control in Retail Markets with National Pricing8
Risk Assessment as Policy in Immigration Detention Decisions8
Is Direct Democracy Good or Bad for Corporations and Unions?8
Does Government Play Favorites? Evidence from Opportunity Zones8
How Important Are User-Generated Data for Search Result Quality?8
A Retrospective Analysis of the AT&T/Time Warner Merger8
The Unintended Effects of Ban-the-Box Laws on Crime8
The Effects of Government Licensing on E-commerce: Evidence from Alibaba7
Downward Wage Rigidity and Corporate Investment7
The Deterrent Effect of Targeted and Salient Police Enforcement: Evidence from Bans on Checkpoints for Driving under the Influence6
Coordinated Effects in Merger Review6
Unemployment, Immigration, and Populism6
Car Seats as Contraception6
Fee-Shifting Bylaws: An Empirical Analysis6
Certificates of Public Advantage and Hospital Mergers6
The Impacts of the Lifeline Subsidy on High-Speed Internet Access6
Front Matter6
Loans to Chapter 11 Firms: Contract Design, Repayment Risk, and Pricing6
Comparative Effects of Recreational and Medical Marijuana Laws on Drug Use among Adults and Adolescents6
Advertising Costs and Product Prices5
Dynamic Decision-Making under Rolling Admissions: Evidence from US Law School Applications5
Professional Discipline and the Labor Market: Evidence from Lawyers5
Sovereign Debt and Moral Hazard: The Role of Collective Action and Contractual Uncertainty5
Price-Parity Clauses for Hotel Room Booking: Empirical Evidence from Regulatory Change5
The Differential Impact of Legal Origins on Firm Productivity5
Front Matter5
Detecting Edgeworth Cycles5
Do Private Prisons Affect Criminal Sentencing?5
Economic Sanctions and Trade Flows in the Neighborhood5
Antitrust in the Information Economy: Digital Platform Mergers5
The Value of Political Geography: Evidence from the Redistricting of Firms5
Partisan Gerrymandering and Turnout4
Patent Validity and Litigation: Evidence from US Inter Partes Review4
Does Paying with Cards Reduce Crime at Stores? Evidence from a Targeted Cash Ban in Uruguay4
The Effects of Deregulating Retail Operating Hours: Empirical Evidence from Italy4
Political Connections and the Effectiveness of US State Government Resource Allocation4
Conditional Control: The Consequences of Expanding Creditors’ Right to Initiate Bankruptcy4
Crime and (a Preference for) Punishment: The Effects of Drug Policy Reform on Policing Activity3
The Impact of Foreign Investors’ Challenges to Domestic Regulations3
Meet the Oligarchs: Business Legitimacy and Taxation at the Top3
Do Socially Responsible Firms Walk the Talk?3
Organizations with Power-Hungry Agents3
The Capital Market Effects of Introducing Private Rights of Action in Securities Regulation: Evidence from the United Kingdom3
Why Did Firms Practice Segregation? Evidence from Movie Theaters during Jim Crow3
Introduction3
The Effect of Bankruptcy Exemptions on Consumer Credit3
Food Aid Cargo Preference: Impacts on the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Emergency Food Aid Programs3
Collectivist Cultures and the Emergence of Family Firms3
Conflicting Incentives in the Management of 529 Plans3
Is Banning Corporate Contributions Enough? The Dynamics of Incomplete Campaign Finance Reform3
Front Matter3
Does Amazon Exercise Its Market Power? Evidence from Toys“R”Us3
Do Companies Care about Judicial Ideology? Evidence from Air Pollution2
The Effects of Naloxone Access Laws on Opioid Abuse, Mortality, and Crime2
Who Benefits from Bans on Employers’ Credit Checks?2
Cover-Ups2
Do Prostitution Laws Affect Rape Rates? Evidence from Europe2
Vertical Disintegration: The Effect of Refiners’ Exit from Gasoline Retailing on Retail Gasoline Pricing2
Front Matter2
Pride and Prejudice: Same-Sex Marriage Legalization Announcements and Hate Crimes2
The Industrial Organization of the Mafia2
Did the Dependent Coverage Mandate Reduce Crime?2
Front Matter2
Inequality in the Provision of Police Services: Evidence from Residential Burglary Investigations2
Front Matter2
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