Front Matter
Editorial Staff

Ownership and Performance in Competitive Environments: A Comparison of the Performance of Private, Mixed, and State-Owned Enterprises
Anthony E. Boardman and Aidan R. Vining

Regulation and the Theory of Legislative Choice: The Interstate Commerce Act of 1887
Thomas W. Gilligan, William J. Marshall, and Barry R. Weingast

Railroad Deregulation, Innovation, and Competition: Effects of the Staggers Act on Grain Transportation
James M. Mac Donald

The Effect of Fuel Economy Standards on Automobile Safety
Robert W. Crandall and John D. Graham

The Rationality of Ideology
William R. Dougan and Michael C. Munger

Medicaid Drug Formulary Restrictions
David Dranove

Advertising in Consumer Goods Industries: Durability, Economies of Scale, and Heterogeneity
Lacy Glenn Thomas

A Dutch Auction Information Exchange
Christopher D. Hall

On the Incentives of Judges to Enforce Legislative Wealth Transfers
Gary M. Anderson, William F. Shughart II, and Robert D. Tollison