http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jue.2014.10.004 0094-1190/ 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. q We thank Emek Basker, Nick Kuminoff, Lars Lefgren, Chris Parmeter and Arden Pope and seminar participants at Brigham Young University, the summer meetings of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, and the meetings of theWeimer/Seldin School for Advanced Studies, as well a...

?Effraenatam?, the brain-child of Pope Sixtus V [7], was released as a papal bull in the year 1588. Papal bulls are formal declarations issued by the pope of the Roman Catholic Church [8] and are named for their authenticating leaden seals (bullas). This particular document became famous for its official forbiddance of all procured abortions. ?Effraenatam,? meaning ?without restraint,? is often...

?Effraenatam?, the brain-child of Pope Sixtus V [7], was released as a papal bull in the year 1588. Papal bulls are formal declarations issued by the pope of the Roman Catholic Church [8] and are named for their authenticating leaden seals (bullas). This particular document became famous for its official forbiddance of all procured abortions. ?Effraenatam,? meaning ?without restraint,? is often...