Front Matter
(pp. i–vi)
American Economic Journal:
Applied Economics
ISSN 1945-7782 (Print) | ISSN 1945-7790 (Online)
Vol. 11, No. 1, January 2019
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Are Credit Markets Still Local? Evidence from Bank Branch Closings
(pp. 1–32)
The Causal Effect of Competition on Prices and Quality: Evidence from a Field Experiment
(pp. 33–56)
Understanding the Average Impact of Microcredit Expansions: A Bayesian Hierarchical Analysis of Seven Randomized Experiments
(pp. 57–91)
Job Search Periods for Welfare Applicants: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment
(pp. 92–125)
Partners in Crime
(pp. 126–50)
The Effect of Pollution on Worker Productivity: Evidence from Call Center Workers in China
(pp. 151–72)
Severe Air Pollution and Labor Productivity: Evidence from Industrial Towns in China
(pp. 173–201)
Labor Drops: Experimental Evidence on the Return to Additional Labor in Microenterprises
(pp. 202–35)
The Welfare Effects of Nudges: A Case Study of Energy Use Social Comparisons
(pp. 236–76)
Financial Incentives as Signals: Experimental Evidence from the Recruitment of Village Promoters in Uganda
(pp. 277–317)
Early Childhood Education by Television: Lessons from Sesame Street
(pp. 318–50)