Journal of Economic Literature

1969 - 2025

Current editor(s): Steven Durlauf

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Field Experiments pp. 1009-1055: Glenn Harrison and John List
Job Information Networks, Neighborhood Effects, and Inequality pp. 1056-1093: Yannis Ioannides and Linda Loury
Financial Crises: Review of Eichengreen and Tirole pp. 1094-1097: Stanley Fischer
Review of The New Financial Order by Shiller pp. 1098-1101: Stephen Ross
The Unity of Auction Theory: Milgrom's Masterclass pp. 1102-1115: Eric Maskin

Trade Costs pp. 691-751: James Anderson and Eric van Wincoop
International Technology Diffusion pp. 752-782: Wolfgang Keller
Rational Exuberance pp. 783-804: Stephen F. Le Roy
Review of Mokyr's Gifts of Athena pp. 805-810: Hal Varian
Celebrating Ned pp. 811-821: Axel Leijonhufvud
The Years of Emerging Market Crises: A Review of Feldstein pp. 822-837: John Williamson

Modeling Knowledge in Economic Analysis pp. 367-403: Larry Samuelson
Success and Failure of Reform: Insights from the Transition of Agriculture pp. 404-456: Scott Rozelle and Johan Swinnen
Economic Insights from Internet Auctions pp. 457-486: Patrick Bajari and Ali Hortacsu
Whose Line Is It? Plagiarism in Economics pp. 487-493: Gary Hoover
On The Politics of Property Rights by Haber, Razo, and Maurer pp. 494-500: Robert Bates

Trade, Growth, and the Environment pp. 7-71: Brian Copeland and M. Scott Taylor
Trade Liberalization and Poverty: The Evidence So Far pp. 72-115: L. Winters, Neil McCulloch and Andy McKay
Empirical Studies of Financial Innovation: Lots of Talk, Little Action? pp. 116-144: W Frame and Lawrence White
The Chinese Saving Puzzle and the Life-Cycle Hypothesis pp. 145-170: Franco Modigliani and Shi Cao

Understanding the Soft Budget Constraint pp. 1095-1136: János Kornai, Eric Maskin and Gérard Roland
The Economic Design of Sporting Contests pp. 1137-1187: Stefan Szymanski
Which Is the Fairest One of All? A Positive Analysis of Justice Theories pp. 1188-1239: James Konow
Sraffa, Wittgenstein, and Gramsci pp. 1240-1255: Amartya Sen
Meltzer's History of the Federal Reserve pp. 1256-1271: David Laidler

Auctions and the Price of Art pp. 763-787: Orley Ashenfelter and Kathryn Graddy
Forecasting Output and Inflation: The Role of Asset Prices pp. 788-829: James Stock and Mark Watson
Price Regulation of Access to Telecommunications Networks pp. 830-862: Ingo Vogelsang
The Marketization of New Zealand Schools: Assessing Fiske and Ladd pp. 863-884: Alan Woodfield and Philip Gunby
Globalization and the Politics of International Finance: The Stiglitz Verdict pp. 885-899: Kaushik Basu

The Rise of the Regulatory State pp. 401-425: Edward Glaeser and Andrei Shleifer
What Is Wrong with Taylor Rules? Using Judgment in Monetary Policy through Targeting Rules pp. 426-477: Lars Svensson
Forecasting Volatility in Financial Markets: A Review pp. 478-539: Ser-Huang Poon and Clive Granger
Review of Drug War Heresies by MacCoun and Reuter pp. 540-544: Steven Levitt
On Networks and Markets by Rauch and Casella, eds pp. 545-565: Ezra W. Zuckerman
Review of Hoshi and Kashyap's Corporate Financing and Governance in Japan pp. 566-574: Juro Teranishi

Political Institutions and Policy Choices: Evidence from the United States pp. 7-73: Timothy Besley and Anne Case
The Gains from Pension Reform pp. 74-112: Assar Lindbeck and Mats Persson
Health, Inequality, and Economic Development pp. 113-158: Angus Deaton
Measurement Error in the Consumer Price Index: Where Do We Stand? pp. 159-201: David E. Lebow and Jeremy B. Rudd
Review of The Ordinary Business of Life by Backhouse pp. 202-206: Samuel Brittan

Evaluating Welfare Reform in the United States pp. 1105-1166: Rebecca Blank
Identity and Schooling: Some Lessons for the Economics of Education pp. 1167-1201: George Akerlof and Rachel Kranton
Anatomy of The Anatomy of Racial Inequality pp. 1202-1214: Steven Raphael
Review of Shleifer's Inefficient Markets pp. 1215-1220: Jeffrey Zwiebel
Review of Grossman and Helpman's Special Interest Politics pp. 1221-1229: David P. Baron

Enterprise Restructuring in Transition: A Quantitative Survey pp. 739-792: Simeon Djankov and Peter Murrell
Growth in Transition: What We Know, What We Don't, and What We Should pp. 793-836: Nauro Campos and Fabrizio Coricelli
Modern Hyper- and High Inflations pp. 837-880: Stanley Fischer, Ratna Sahay and Carlos Vegh
Equality, Efficiency, and Market Fundamentals: The Dynamics of International Medical-Care Reform pp. 881-906: David Cutler
Review of Easterly's The Elusive Quest for Growth pp. 907-918: Romain Wacziarg

Time Discounting and Time Preference: A Critical Review pp. 351-401: Shane Frederick, George Loewenstein and Ted O'Donoghue
What Can Economists Learn from Happiness Research? pp. 402-435: Bruno Frey and Alois Stutzer
Schools and Skills in Developing Countries: Education Policies and Socioeconomic Outcomes pp. 436-482: Paul Glewwe
Who Talks to Whom? Intra- and Interdisciplinary Communication of Economics Journals pp. 483-509: Rik Pieters and Hans Baumgartner
States and Power in Africa by Jeffrey I. Herbst: A Review Essay pp. 510-519: James Robinson

Technical Change, Inequality, and the Labor Market pp. 7-72: Daron Acemoglu
Delegated Monitors, Large and Small: Germany's Banking System, 1800–1914 pp. 73-124: Timothy Guinnane
Looking Inside the Labor Market: A Review Article pp. 125-138: Peter Howitt
Can We Trust Social Capital? pp. 139-154: Joel Sobel
Review of Skidelsky's John Maynard Keynes: Fighting for Britain pp. 155-162: James DeLong