Does an increase in the quantity of legal rules influence the overall quality of the formal institution to which they belong? In this article, we draw upon a longitudinal analysis of the People's Republic of China's Enterprise Bankruptcy Law in order to answer this question. We aim to examine...

We examine whether and when star scientist collaborations produce indirect peer effects. We theorize that a star's social status causes a collaboration to act as a prism; it reduces quality uncertainty, leading to increased recognition of coauthors' ideas. We identify two moderators of prisms,...