Journal of Economic Perspectives

1987 - 2025

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Volume 17, issue 4, 2003

Does Antitrust Policy Improve Consumer Welfare? Assessing the Evidence pp. 3-26

Robert W. Crandall and Clifford Winston

The Case for Antitrust Enforcement pp. 27-50

Jonathan B. Baker

The Unholy Trinity of Financial Contagion pp. 51-74

Graciela Kaminsky, Carmen Reinhart and Carlos Vegh

Restructuring Sovereign Debt pp. 75-98

Barry Eichengreen

The Mirage of Exchange Rate Regimes for Emerging Market Countries pp. 99-118

Guillermo Calvo and Frederic Mishkin

Education, Poverty and Terrorism: Is There a Causal Connection? pp. 119-144

Alan Krueger and Jitka Maleckova

Escaping from a Liquidity Trap and Deflation: The Foolproof Way and Others pp. 145-166

Lars Svensson

The Demographic Transition: Three Centuries of Fundamental Change pp. 167-190

Ronald Lee

Anomalies: The Law of One Price in Financial Markets pp. 191-202

Owen Lamont and Richard Thaler

Policy Watch: The Economics of Fuel Economy Standards pp. 203-217

Paul R. Portney, Ian Parry, Howard K. Gruenspecht and Winston Harrington

Recommendations for Further Reading pp. 219-226

Bernard Saffran

Comments pp. 227-235

Luigi L. Pasinetti, Franklin M. Fisher, Jesus Felipe, Robert L. Greenfield, Avi Cohen, William Kaempfer, Anton D. Lowenberg, Lance E. Davis and Stanley Engerman

Volume 17, issue 3, 2003

Halving Global Poverty pp. 3-22

Timothy Besley and Robin Burgess

Can Foreign Aid Buy Growth? pp. 23-48

William Easterly

The Trouble with Stock Options pp. 49-70

Brian J. Hall and Kevin J. Murphy

Executive Compensation as an Agency Problem pp. 71-92

Lucian Bebchuk and Jesse M. Fried

Why Have Americans Become More Obese? pp. 93-118

David Cutler, Edward Glaeser and Jesse Shapiro

The Negative Income Tax and the Evolution of U.S. Welfare Policy pp. 119-140

Robert Moffitt

The Economics and Law of Sexual Harassment in the Workplace pp. 141-157

Kaushik Basu

In Honor of Matthew Rabin: Winner of the John Bates Clark Medal pp. 159-176

Colin Camerer and Richard Thaler

Retrospectives: Who Invented Instrumental Variable Regression? pp. 177-194

James Stock and Francesco Trebbi

Recommendations for Further Reading pp. 195-202

Bernard Saffran

Volume 17, issue 2, 2003

The Fall of Enron pp. 3-26

Paul M. Healy and Krishna G. Palepu

Corporate Earnings: Facts and Fiction pp. 27-50

Baruch Lev

Corporate Conflicts of Interest pp. 51-72

Joel S. Demski

Contracts Between Art and Commerce pp. 73-83

Richard E. Caves

Some Economics of Ticket Resale pp. 85-97

Pascal Courty

Awards, Success and Aesthetic Quality in the Arts pp. 99-111

Victor Ginsburgh

Indirect Liability for Copyright Infringement: Napster and Beyond pp. 113-124

William Landes and Douglas Lichtman

Health Care Costs: On the Rise Again pp. 125-148

Sherry Glied

Perspectives from the President's Commission on Social Security Reform pp. 149-172

John F. Cogan and Olivia Mitchell

Policy Watch: The Expanding Reach of the Individual Alternative Minimum Tax pp. 173-186

Leonard E. Burman, William Gale and Jeffrey Rohaly

History Lessons: Sanctions - Neither War nor Peace pp. 187-197

Lance Davis and Stanley Engerman

Recommendations for Further Reading pp. 199-206

Bernard Saffran

Volume 17, issue 1, 2003

The Consumer Price Index: Conceptual Issues and Practical Suggestions pp. 3-22

Charles L. Schultze

Sources of Bias and Solutions to Bias in the Consumer Price Index pp. 23-44

Jerry Hausman

Toward a Cost-of-Living Index: Progress and Prospects pp. 45-58

Katharine Abraham

The Efficient Market Hypothesis and Its Critics pp. 59-82

Burton G. Malkiel

From Efficient Markets Theory to Behavioral Finance pp. 83-104

Robert Shiller

Why is There so Little Money in U.S. Politics? pp. 105-130

Stephen Ansolabehere, John M. de Figueiredo and James Snyder

Durable Goods Theory for Real World Markets pp. 131-154

Michael Waldman

Beyond Incentive Pay: Insiders' Estimates of the Value of Complementary Human Resource Management Practices pp. 155-180

Casey Ichniowski and Kathryn Shaw

An Interview with Edmond Malinvaud pp. 181-198

Alan Krueger

Retrospectives: Whatever Happened to the Cambridge Capital Theory Controversies? pp. 199-214

Avi Cohen

Recommendations for Further Reading pp. 215-222

Bernard Saffran

Econometrics and Software: Comments pp. 223-224

B McCullough and Hrishikesh Vinod

Instrumental Variables: Comments pp. 224-226

Adolf Buse

The Environmental Kuznets Curve: Comments pp. 226-227

Dean Baker

Volume 16, issue 4, 2002

School Vouchers: A Critical View pp. 3-24

Helen Ladd

How Vouchers Could Change the Market for Education pp. 25-44

Derek Neal

Pharmaceuticals in U.S. Health Care: Determinants of Quantity and Price pp. 45-66

Ernst R. Berndt

Pharmaceuticals and the Developing World pp. 67-90

Michael Kremer

The Promise and Pitfalls of Using Imprecise School Accountability Measures pp. 91-114

Thomas J. Kane and Doug Staiger

The NAIRU in Theory and Practice pp. 115-136

Laurence Ball and N. Gregory Mankiw

Trends in Aggregate Concentration in the United States pp. 137-160

Lawrence White

Productivity Growth in World Agriculture: Sources and Constraints pp. 161-184

Vernon Ruttan

Decentralization of Governance and Development pp. 185-205

Pranab Bardhan

Retrospectives: Economists and the Fed: Beginnings pp. 207-218

Perry Mehrling

Recommendations for Further Reading pp. 219-226

Bernard Saffran

Pricing and Cost of Electronics Journals: Comment pp. 227-230

Joop Dirkmaat

Pricing and Cost of Electronics Journals: Comment pp. 230-232

Robert E. Kohn

Pricing and Cost of Electronics Journals: Response pp. 232-238

Ted Bergstrom

Volume 16, issue 3, 2002

The Inheritance of Inequality pp. 3-30

Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis

Intergenerational Inequality: A Sociological Perspective pp. 31-44

Robert Erikson and John H. Goldthorpe

Economic Interpretations of Intergenerational Correlations pp. 45-58

Nathan Grawe and Casey Mulligan

Cross-Country Differences in Intergenerational Earnings Mobility pp. 59-66

Gary Solon

Economic Reforms in India Since 1991: Has Gradualism Worked? pp. 67-88

Montek Ahluwalia

Is India's Economic Growth Leaving the Poor Behind? pp. 89-108

Gaurav Datt and Martin Ravallion

Economic History and Modern India: Redefining the Link pp. 109-130

Tirthankar Roy

Perspectives on the U.S. Current Account Deficit and Sustainability pp. 131-152

Catherine Mann

The Central Role of Entrepreneurs in Transition Economies pp. 153-170

John McMillan and Christopher Woodruff

The Theory of the Firm as Governance Structure: From Choice to Contract pp. 171-195

Oliver Williamson

Retrospectives: The Origins of Neoclassical Microeconomics pp. 197-215

Robert Ekelund and Robert Hebert

Recommendations for Further Reading pp. 217-224

Bernard Saffran

Wheat from Chaff: Meta-Analysis as Quantitative Literature Review: Comment pp. 225-226

Robert Goldfarb and Herman Stekler

Wheat from Chaff: Meta-Analysis as Quantitative Literature Review: Reply pp. 226-227

David Neumark

Wheat from Chaff: Meta-Analysis as Quantitative Literature Review: Response pp. 227-229

T. Stanley

Volume 16, issue 2, 2002

Distinguished Lecture on Economics in Government: The New Economy: Post Mortem or Second Wind? pp. 3-22

Martin Neil Baily

Evolutionary Theorizing in Economics pp. 23-46

Richard Nelson and Sidney Winter

Evolution and Game Theory pp. 47-66

Larry Samuelson

Evolution of Social Behavior: Individual and Group Selection pp. 67-88

Ted Bergstrom

Evolution and Human Nature pp. 89-106

Arthur Robson

The Role of Economics in Climate Change Policy pp. 107-129

Warwick McKibbin and Peter Wilcoxen

The Economics of Patents: Lessons from Recent U.S. Patent Reform pp. 131-154

Nancy Gallini

Oligopsony and Monopsonistic Competition in Labor Markets pp. 155-174

Alan Manning and Ted To

Deposit Insurance Around the Globe: Where Does It Work? pp. 175-195

Asli Demirguc-Kunt and Edward Kane

Retrospectives: Captains of Industry pp. 197-206

Robert Dixon

Policy Watch: The Federal Employees Health Benefits Plan pp. 207-217

Roger Feldman, Kenneth E. Thorpe and Bradley Gray

Recommendations for Further Reading pp. 219-226

Bernard Saffran

Defending Expected Utility Theory: Comment pp. 227-229

Richard Watt

Response [Anomalies: Risk Aversion] pp. 229-230

Matthew Rabin and Richard Thaler

Volume 16, issue 1, 2002

Transition Economies: Performance and Challenges pp. 3-28

Jan Svejnar

The Political Economy of Transition pp. 29-50

Gérard Roland

Institutional Determinants of Labor Reallocation in Transition pp. 51-76

Tito Boeri and Katherine Terrell

The Great Divide and Beyond: Financial Architecture in Transition pp. 77-100

Erik Berglof and Patrick Bolton

Competition and Corporate Governance in Transition pp. 101-124

Saul Estrin

Environmental Policy Since Earth Day I: What Have We Gained? pp. 125-146

A. Myrick Freeman

Confronting the Environmental Kuznets Curve pp. 147-168

Susmita Dasgupta, Benoit Laplante, Hua Wang and David Wheeler

What Really Matters in Auction Design pp. 169-189

Paul Klemperer

The Trouble With Electricity Markets: Understanding California's Restructuring Disaster pp. 191-211

Severin Borenstein

Policy Watch: U.S. Disability Policy in a Changing Environment pp. 213-224

Richard Burkhauser and Mary Daly

Data Watch: Research Data from Transition Economies pp. 225-240

Randall Filer and Jan Hanousek

Recommendations for Further Reading pp. 241-248

Bernard Saffran