Journal of Economic Perspectives

1987 - 2025

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Volume 5, issue 4, 1991

Symposium on Economic Transition in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe pp. 3-9

Peter Murrell

The Classical Soviet-Type Economy: Nature of the System and Implications for Reform pp. 11-27

Richard E. Ericson

The USSR before the Fall: How Poor and Why pp. 29-44

Abram Bergson

The Lessons of Limited Market-Oriented Reform pp. 45-58

Thomas A. Wolf

Can Neoclassical Economics Underpin the Reform of Centrally Planned Economies? pp. 59-76

Peter Murrell

Legality and Market Reform in Soviet-Type Economies pp. 77-89

John M. Litwack

The Process of Socialist Economic Transformation pp. 91-105

Stanley Fischer and Alan Gelb

Financial Control in the Transition from Classical Socialism to a Market Economy pp. 107-122

Ronald McKinnon

Microeconomic Issues in the Transition to a Market Economy pp. 123-138

Jan Svejnar

Credit Markets, Credibility, and Economic Transformation pp. 139-148

Guillermo Calvo and Jacob A. Frenkel

Agriculture and the Transition to the Market pp. 149-161

Karen Brooks

The Introduction of Markets in a Hypercentralized Economy: The Case of Romania pp. 163-170

Avner Ben-Ner and J. Michael Montias

The Economic Transition of Czechoslovakia from Plan to Market pp. 171-177

Josef Brada

On the First Year of German Monetary, Economic and Social Union pp. 179-186

Irwin Collier

Yugoslavia: The Case of Self-Managing Market Socialism pp. 187-194

Saul Estrin

Hungary: In Transition to a Market Economy pp. 195-201

Paul Hare

The Rise and Decay of the Socialist Economy in Bulgaria pp. 203-209

Marvin Jackson

Poland under "Solidarity" Rule pp. 211-217

Stanislaw Wellisz

Policy Watch: U.S. Economic Policy toward the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe pp. 219-227

Susan M. Collins

Retrospectives: Lange and von Mises, Large-Scale Enterprises, and the Economic Case for Socialism pp. 229-236

Joseph Persky

Recommendations for Further Reading pp. 237-243

Bernard Saffran

Correspondence pp. 245-246

Philip Musgrove

Volume 5, issue 3, 1991

Symposium on the Economics of Liability pp. 3-10

Carl Shapiro

Economic Theories of Legal Liability pp. 11-30

Robert D. Cooter

The Modern Expansion of Tort Liability: Its Sources, Its Effects, and Its Reform pp. 31-50

George L. Priest

Liability for Medical Malpractice pp. 51-69

Patricia Danzon

Product and Occupational Liability pp. 71-91

W Viscusi

The Limitations of Legal Institutions for Addressing Environmental Risks pp. 93-113

Peter S. Menell

The Liability Insurance Market pp. 115-136

Ralph Winter

Melioration: A Theory of Distributed Choice pp. 137-156

Richard J. Herrnstein and Drazen Prelec

Economic Literacy or Economic Ideology? pp. 157-165

Julie Nelson and Steven Sheffrin

A Flawed Ideological Critique pp. 167-173

William B. Walstad

Nobel Laureate: Trygve Haavelmo pp. 175-192

Karl Ove Moene and Asbjorn Rodseth

Policy Watch: Antitrust Goes to College pp. 193-202

Steven C. Salop and Lawrence White

Retrospectives: Animal Spirits pp. 203-210

Roger Koppl

Recommendations for Further Reading pp. 211-216

Bernard Saffran

Correspondence: Human Resources in South Korea pp. 217-218

Semoon Chang

Volume 5, issue 2, 1991

Distinguished Lecture on Economics in Government: Strengthening the Economy by Rethinking the Role of Federal and State Governments pp. 3-14

Alice Rivlin

Symposium on Organizations and Economics pp. 15-24

Joseph Stiglitz

Organizations and Markets pp. 25-44

Herbert Simon

Incentives in Principal-Agent Relationships pp. 45-66

David Sappington

Fallibility in Human Organizations and Political Systems pp. 67-88

Raaj Sah

Labor Economics and the Psychology of Organizations pp. 89-110

Edward Lazear

Economic Perspectives on Privatization pp. 111-132

John Vickers and George Yarrow

Do Individual Retirement Accounts Increase Savings? pp. 133-148

Jane Gravelle

Historical Research on International Lending and Debt pp. 149-169

Barry Eichengreen

Are Economists Different, and If So, Why? pp. 171-177

John R. Carter and Michael D. Irons

Nobel Laureate: The Many Other Allais Paradoxes pp. 179-199

Bertrand R. Munier

Retrospectives: Challenges to Free Trade pp. 201-208

Douglas Irwin

Recommendations for Further Reading pp. 209-214

Bernard Saffran

Correspondent: Keynes as a Noise Trader pp. 215-217

Robert Piron

Volume 5, issue 1, 1991

An Introduction to the Law and Economics of Intellectual Property pp. 3-27

Stanley Besen and Leo J. Raskind

Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: Cumulative Research and the Patent Law pp. 29-41

Suzanne Scotchmer

A Patent System for Both Diffusion and Exclusion pp. 43-60

Janusz A. Ordover

Some Economics of Trade Secret Law pp. 61-72

David Friedman, William M. Landes and Richard Posner

Taking Stock: A Critical Assessment of Recent Research on Inventories pp. 73-96

Alan Blinder and Louis Maccini

Institutions pp. 97-112

Douglass North

Efficient Transportation Infrastructure Policy pp. 113-127

Clifford Winston

Is Probability Theory Relevant for Uncertainty? A Post Keynesian Perspective pp. 129-143

Paul Davidson

The When, the How and the Why of Mathematical Expression in the History of Economic Analysis pp. 145-157

Philip Mirowski

Grade Inflation and Course Choice pp. 159-170

Richard Sabot and John Wakeman-Linn

Distinguished Fellow: An Appreciation of Guy Orcutt pp. 171-179

Harold W. Watts

Policy Watch: Cutting Capital Gains Taxes pp. 181-192

Gerald E. Auten and Joseph Cordes

Anomalies: The Endowment Effect, Loss Aversion, and Status Quo Bias pp. 193-206

Daniel Kahneman, Jack Knetsch and Richard Thaler

Recommendations for Further Reading pp. 207-211

Bernard Saffran

The Long-term Decline in Real Interest Rates: Comment pp. 213-15

Gregory Clark

Response [Great and Almost-Great Magnitudes for Economists] pp. 215-16

Julian L Simon