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American Economic Journal Economic Policy A journal of the American Economic Association November 2017 VOLUME 9, NUMBER 4 Articles Consumption Responses to Temporary Tax Incentives: Evidence from State Sales Tax Holidays Sumit Agarwal, Nathan Marwell, and Leslie McGranahan . 1 Street Prostitution Zones and Crime Paul Bisschop, Stephen Kastoryano, and Bas van der Klaauw . 28 Trade Agreements and Enforcement: Evidence from WTO Dispute Settlement Chad P. Bown and Kara M. Reynolds . 64 Trade Shocks and the Provision of Local Public Goods Leo Feler and Mine Z. Senses . 101 Causal Spousal Health Spillover Effects and Implications for Program Evaluation Jason Fletcher and Ryne Marksteiner . 144 Payment Size, Negative