Rand Journal of Economics

Papers
(The median citation count of Rand Journal of Economics is 1. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Full Discretion is Inevitable81
Disclosure and pricing of attributes61
Estimating Complementarity With Large Choice Sets: An Application to Mergers35
Robust contracts in common agency29
Influencing search27
A Dynamic Model of Predation27
Mergers and market power: evidence from rivals' responses in European markets22
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Rx‐to‐OTC Switch, Market Exclusivity, and Consumer Welfare: A Study of the US Anti‐Ulcer Drug Markets19
Endogenous Outside Option and Data Privacy18
Steering via algorithmic recommendations16
Physician workload and treatment choice: the case of primary care16
Network Competition in the Airline Industry: An Empirical Framework16
What Causes Geographic Variation in Drug Prescribing? Evidence from Physician Migration15
The effect of privacy regulation on the data industry: empirical evidence from GDPR15
The timing and location of entry in growing markets: subgame perfection at work13
Welfare Effects of Trade Associations: The Case of the Chilean Salmon Export Industry11
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Consumer Search, Firm Heterogeneity, and Platform Design10
Issue Information10
Bundling and nonlinear pricing in telecommunications9
Subcontracting requirements and the cost of government procurement8
Promoting a reputation for quality8
The Buyer Power Effect of Retail Mergers: An Empirical Model of Bargaining with Equilibrium of Fear8
Buyer's Hidden Search With Continuous Intensity: The Seller‐Optimal Mechanism and a Perverse Effect8
Equilibrium uniqueness in entry games with private information8
Price Setting on a Network8
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Endogenous Prices in Markets with Reputational Concerns7
Fossil Fuels and Renewable Energy: Mix or Match?7
Strategic communication in committees with expressive payoffs7
Reserve Price Signaling With Public Information: Evidence From Online Auto Auctions6
Match Quality, Search, and the Internet Market for Used Books6
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Output Quality, Productivity, and Demand: Evidence from the Chinese Steel Industry6
Voluntary disclosure of verifiable information with general preferences and information endowment uncertainty6
Manipulative Disclosure5
Market Effects of Brand Search Advertising5
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Search and Competition in Expert Markets4
Issue Information4
Contingent Prizes in Dynamic Contests4
Inflated Recommendations4
Search with learning in the retail gasoline market3
The wrong kind of information3
Issue Information3
The Incidence of Coarse Certification: Evidence From the ENERGY STAR Program3
Information Disclosure in Preemption Races: Blessing or (Winner's) Curse?3
Does competition increase pass‐through?3
Horizontal Mergers and Incremental Innovation3
One size fits all? The value of standardized retail chains3
Product Development with Lurking Patentees3
Food and fraud: On the Codfather and harvest mislabeling3
Strategic Influencers and the Shaping of Beliefs3
Stochastic contracts and subjective evaluations3
Who fares better in teamwork?2
An aggregative approach to pricing equilibrium among multi‐product firms with nested demand2
Cost Coordination2
Issue Information2
Storage games2
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Asymmetric Platform Oligopoly2
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Is Resale Needed in Markets with Refunds? Evidence from College Football Ticket Sales2
Issue Information2
Does consumer demand pull scientifically novel drug innovation?2
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Hybrid platform model: monopolistic competition and a dominant firm2
Data‐enabled learning, network effects, and competitive advantage2
Consumer‐Minded Informational Intermediary and Welfare Losses2
Measuring Substitution Patterns in the Attention Economy: An Experimental Approach2
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Physicians as Persuaders: Evidence from Hospitals in China2
Estimating industry conduct using promotion data2
Market transparency and consumer search—Evidence from the German retail gasoline market2
Issue Information2
On the Ratchet Effect with Product Market Competition1
Peer Learning, Enforcement, and Reputation1
Willingness to fight on: Environmental quality in dynamic contests1
Optimal Job Design and Information Elicitation1
Pay‐for‐delay with settlement externalities1
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The Competitive Effects of Mergers with Cournot Competition1
Advantageous selection with intermediaries: a study of GSE‐securitized mortgage loans1
Price Discrimination With Manipulable Observables1
Content‐Hosting Platforms: Discovery, Membership, Or Both?1
On excessive entry in Bayes‐Cournot oligopoly1
Efficient resolution of partnership disputes1
Stable Price Dispersion under Heterogeneous Buyer Consideration1
Nonlinear Pricing in Oligopoly: How Brand Preferences Shape Market Outcomes1
Optimal Refund Mechanism With Consumer Learning1
Why Is Exclusivity in Broadcasting Rights Prevalent and Why Does Simple Regulation Fail?1
The Rise of For‐Profit Higher Education: A General Equilibrium Analysis1
Data and Competition: A Simple Framework1
On advance payments in tenders with budget constrained contractors1
Why “Energy Price Brakes” Encourage Moral Hazard, Raise Energy Prices, and Reinforce Energy Savings1
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