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0.39 Lucian Arye Bebchuk Alma Cohen, Firms’ Decisions Where to Incorporate, Journal of Law and Economics, 2003.
0.33 Catherine A. Palomba Neil A. Palomba, Right-to-Work Laws: A Suggested Economic Rationale, Journal of Law and Economics, 1971.
0.32 Charles R. Plott, Occupational Self-Regulation: A Case Study of the Oklahoma Dry Cleaners, Journal of Law and Economics, 1965.
0.27 Paul G. Mahoney, The Origins of the Blue‐Sky Laws: A Test of Competing Hypotheses, Journal of Law and Economics, 2003.
0.22 William J. Moore Robert J. Newman R. William Thomas, Determinants of the Passage of Right-to-Work Laws: An Alternative Interpretation, Journal of Law and Economics, 1974.
0.20 Richard M. Hynes Anup Malani Eric A. Posner, The Political Economy of Property Exemption Laws, Journal of Law and Economics, 2004.
0.20 John O. Tollefson Joseph A. Pichler, A Comment on Right-to-Work Laws: A Suggested Economic Rationale, Journal of Law and Economics, 1974.
0.19 Price V. Fishback Shawn Everett Kantor, The Adoption of Workers' Compensation in the United States 1900–1930. Journal of Law and Economics, 1998,
0.17 Rajeev Dehejia Adriana Lleras‐Muney, Financial Development and Pathways of Growth: State Branching and Deposit Insurance Laws in the United States 1900–1940. Journal of Law and Economics, 2007,
0.17 Thomas B. Marvell, The Impact of Banning Juvenile Gun Possession, Journal of Law and Economics, 2001.
0.17 George J. Stigler Claire Friedland, What Can Regulators Regulate? The Case of Electricity, Journal of Law and Economics, 1962.
0.16 Adriana Lleras‐Muney, Were Compulsory Attendance and Child Labor Laws Effective? An Analysis from 1915 to 1939. Journal of Law and Economics, 2002,
0.16 Terry L. Anderson Dominic P. Parker, Sovereignty Credible Commitments and Economic Prosperity on American Indian Reservations, Journal of Law and Economics, 2008.
0.15 Barry D. Baysinger Henry N. Butler, The Role of Corporate Law in the Theory of the Firm, Journal of Law and Economics, 1985.
0.15 Zeynep K. Hansen Marc T. Law, The Political Economy of Truth‐in‐Advertising Regulation during the Progressive Era, Journal of Law and Economics, 2008.
0.15 Marc T. Law Cheryl X. Long, What Do Revolving-Door Laws Do?, Journal of Law and Economics, 2012.