Front Matter
Editorial Staff

Are Drivers of Air-Bag-Equipped Cars More Aggressive? A Test of the Offsetting Behavior Hypothesis
Steven Peterson, George Hoffer, and Edward Millner

Automobile Air Bags in the 1990s: Market Failure or Market Efficiency?
Fred Mannering and Clifford Winston

Fashion, Styling, and the Within-Season Decline in Automobile Prices
B. Peter Pashigian, Brian Bowen, and Eric Gould

Legislative Organization of Fiscal Policy
W. Mark Crain and Timothy J. Muris

Economics and Politics: The Case of Sugar Tariff Reform
Sara Fisher Ellison and Wallace P. Mullin

The Voting Rights Act, District Elections, and the Success of Black Candidates in Municipal Elections
Tim R. Sass and Stephen L. Mehay

The Rule of First Possession and the Design of the Law
Dean Lueck

Nonprofit Hospital Mergers and the Exercise of Market Power
William J. Lynk

Patenting in the Shadow of Competitors
Josh Lerner

Shareholder Liability Regimes, Principal-Agent Relationships, and Banking Industry Performance
Lewis T. Evans and Neil C. Quigley

Cooperation in Prices and Capacities: Trade Associations in Brewing after Repeal
A. M. McGahan