Journal of Economic Perspectives

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Volume 18, issue 4, 2004

The Economic Future of Europe pp. 3-26

Olivier Blanchard

The European Union: A Politically Incorrect View pp. 27-48

Alberto Alesina and Roberto Perotti

Why are European Countries Diverging in their Unemployment Experience? pp. 49-68

Gilles Saint-Paul

How to Subvert Democracy: Montesinos in Peru pp. 69-92

John McMillan and Pablo Zoido

The Muddles over Outsourcing pp. 93-114

Jagdish Bhagwati and Arvind Panagariya

Oil and the Macroeconomy Since the 1970s pp. 115-134

Robert Barsky and Lutz Kilian

The Purchasing Power Parity Debate pp. 135-158

Alan Taylor and Mark Taylor

On the (Ir)Relevance of Distribution and Labor Supply Distortion to Government Policy pp. 159-175

Louis Kaplow

Urban Sprawl pp. 177-200

Thomas Nechyba and Randall Walsh

Policy Watch: Challenges for Terrorism Risk Insurance in the United States pp. 201-214

Howard Kunreuther and Erwann Michel-Kerjan

Recommendations for Further Reading pp. 215-222

Bernard Saffran

Volume 18, issue 3, 2004

The Capital Asset Pricing Model pp. 3-24

André F. Perold

The Capital Asset Pricing Model: Theory and Evidence pp. 25-46

Eugene Fama and Kenneth French

Economic Policy and Prospects in Iraq pp. 47-70

Christopher Foote, William Block, Keith Crane and Simon Gray

Why the Middle East is Economically Underdeveloped: Historical Mechanisms of Institutional Stagnation pp. 71-90

Timur Kuran

Development, Growth and Policy Reform in the Middle East and North Africa since 1950 pp. 91-115

Tarik M. Yousef

Media, Education and Anti-Americanism in the Muslim World pp. 117-133

Matthew Gentzkow and Jesse Shapiro

Where Ricardo and Mill Rebut and Confirm Arguments of Mainstream Economists Supporting Globalization pp. 135-146

Paul Samuelson

Are We Consuming Too Much? pp. 147-172

Kenneth Arrow, Partha Dasgupta, Lawrence Goulder, Gretchen Daily, Paul Ehrlich, Geoffrey Heal, Simon Levin, Karl‑Göran Mäler, Stephen Schneider, David Starrett and Brian Walker

Should We Fear Derivatives? pp. 173-192

René Stulz

Women in Economics: Moving Up or Falling Off the Academic Career Ladder? pp. 193-214

Donna Ginther and Shulamit Kahn

Recommendations for Further Reading pp. 215-222

Bernard Saffran

Activist Antitrust? Comments pp. 223-224

Mikhail Kouliavtsev

Does Antitrust Policy Improve Consumer Welfare? Assessing the Evidence: Comments pp. 224-225

Gregory Werden

Does Antitrust Policy Improve Consumer Welfare? Assessing the Evidence: Response pp. 225-226

Robert W. Crandall and Clifford Winston

Volume 18, issue 2, 2004

Distinguished Lecture on Economics in Government: Lessons from Past Productivity Booms pp. 3-28

Roger W. Ferguson and William Wascher

Consumer Confidence and Consumer Spending pp. 29-50

Sydney Ludvigson

How Should We Measure Consumer Confidence? pp. 51-66

Jeff Dominitz and Charles Manski

Latin America's Growth and Equity Frustrations During Structural Reforms pp. 67-88

Jose Antonio Ocampo

Latin America since the 1990s: Rising from the Sickbed? pp. 89-106

Arminio Fraga

Prediction Markets pp. 107-126

Justin Wolfers and Eric Zitzewitz

Historical Presidential Betting Markets pp. 127-141

Paul Rhode and Koleman S. Strumpf

Making a Name: Women's Surnames at Marriage and Beyond pp. 143-160

Claudia Goldin and Maria Shim

Manager-Investor Conflicts in Mutual Funds pp. 161-182

Paul G. Mahoney

Asbestos and the Future of Mass Torts pp. 183-204

Michelle J. White

State Budget Deficit Dynamics and the California Debacle pp. 205-226

Steven Sheffrin

Prospects in the Academic Labor Market for Economists pp. 227-238

Ronald Ehrenberg

Policy Watch: Trade Adjustment Assistance pp. 239-255

Katherine Baicker and M. Rehavi

Retrospectives: How Joan Robinson and B. L. Hallward Named Monopsony pp. 257-261

Robert Thornton

Recommendations for Further Reading pp. 263-270

Bernard Saffran

Volume 18, issue 1, 2004

Japan's Financial Crisis and Economic Stagnation pp. 3-26

Takeo Hoshi and Anil Kashyap

Competition in Japan pp. 27-50

Michael E. Porter and Mariko Sakakibara

Do Democracies Have Different Public Policies than Nondemocracies? pp. 51-74

Casey Mulligan, Ricard Gil and Xavier Sala-i-Martin

Constitutions and Economic Policy pp. 75-98

Torsten Persson and Guido Tabellini

Rational Choice Theory and the Paradox of Not Voting pp. 99-112

Timothy J. Feddersen

Legislative Organization pp. 113-128

Keith Krehbiel

Choosing the Federal Reserve Chair: Lessons from History pp. 129-162

Christina Romer and David Romer

Understanding Why Crime Fell in the 1990s: Four Factors that Explain the Decline and Six that Do Not pp. 163-190

Steven Levitt

Is Housing Unaffordable? Why Isn't It More Affordable? pp. 191-214

John Quigley and Steven Raphael

Witchcraft, Weather and Economic Growth in Renaissance Europe pp. 215-228

Emily Oster

Retrospectives: Gender in Classical Economics pp. 229-240

Robert Dimand, Evelyn Forget and Chris Nyland

Recommendations for Further Reading pp. 241-248

Bernard Saffran