Welcome to the RAND Journal of Economics

The purpose of the RAND Journal of Economics, formerly the Bell Journal of Economics, is to support and encourage research in the behavior of regulated industries, the economic analysis of organizations, and more generally, applied microeconomics. Both theoretical and empirical manuscripts in economics and law are encouraged.

The RAND Journal of Economics is published quarterly by The RAND Corporation, in conjunction with Wiley-Blackwell Publishing.

Current Issue

Spring 2013 Volume 44, Issue 1, Pages 1-167

In This Issue

• Mixed strategies in discriminatory divisible-good auctions

  Edward J. Anderson, Pär Holmberg and Andrew B. Philpott

• Unobserved investment, endogenous quality, and trade

  Benjamin E. Hermalin

• Public-private partnerships versus traditional procurement: Innovation incentives and information gathering

  Eva I. Hoppe and Patrick W. Schmitz

• Does retailer power lead to exclusion?

  Patrick Rey and Michael D. Whinston

• Search, bargaining, and signalling in the market for legal services

  Andrew F. Daughety and Jennifer F. Reinganum

• Stairway to heaven or highway to hell: Liquidity, sweat equity, and the uncertain path to ownership

  R. Vijay Krishna, Giuseppe Lopomo and Curtis R. Taylor

• Targeted advertising and advertising avoidance

  Justin P. Johnson

• Internal control system, earnings quality, and the dynamics of financial reporting

  Iván Marinovic

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