Front Matter
(pp. i–vii)
American Economic Review
ISSN 0002-8282 (Print) | ISSN 1944-7981 (Online)
Vol. 102, No. 4, June 2012
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Statistical Modeling of Monetary Policy and Its Effects
(pp. 1187–1205)
Targeting the Poor: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Indonesia
(pp. 1206–40)
Incentives Work: Getting Teachers to Come to School
(pp. 1241–78)
Selective Trials: A Principal-Agent Approach to Randomized Controlled Experiments
(pp. 1279–1309)
Ethnicity and Conflict: An Empirical Study
(pp. 1310–42)
Information, Animal Spirits, and the Meaning of Innovations in Consumer Confidence
(pp. 1343–77)
Why Does Trend Growth Affect Equilibrium Employment? A New Explanation of an Old Puzzle
(pp. 1378–1413)
Understanding Bank Runs: The Importance of Depositor-Bank Relationships and Networks
(pp. 1414–45)
Dynamics and Stability of Constitutions, Coalitions, and Clubs
(pp. 1446–76)
The Enduring Impact of the American Dust Bowl: Short- and Long-Run Adjustments to Environmental Catastrophe
(pp. 1477–1507)
The Origins of Ethnolinguistic Diversity
(pp. 1508–39)
Competitive Pressure and the Adoption of Complementary Innovations
(pp. 1540–70)
Evaluating Microfoundations for Aggregate Price Rigidities: Evidence from Matched Firm-Level Data on Product Prices and Unit Labor Cost
(pp. 1571–95)
On the Timing and Pricing of Dividends
(pp. 1596–1618)
The Finnish Great Depression: From Russia with Love
(pp. 1619–44)
The Currency of Reciprocity: Gift Exchange in the Workplace
(pp. 1644–62)
Risk Aversion and the Labor Margin in Dynamic Equilibrium Models
(pp. 1663–91)
Credit Spreads and Business Cycle Fluctuations
(pp. 1692–1720)
Do Matching Frictions Explain Unemployment? Not in Bad Times
(pp. 1721–50)
Taxes, Cigarette Consumption, and Smoking Intensity: Comment
(pp. 1751–63)
Independent Auditor's Report
(pp. 1764–1772)