Journal of Economic Perspectives

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Volume 25, issue 4, 2011

Neuroeconomic Foundations of Economic Choice--Recent Advances pp. 3-30

Ernst Fehr and Antonio Rangel

It's about Space, It's about Time, Neuroeconomics and the Brain Sublime pp. 31-56

Marieke van Rooij and Guy Van Orden

Molecular Genetics and Economics pp. 57-82

Jonathan P. Beauchamp, David Cesarini, Magnus Johannesson, Matthijs J. H. M. van der Loos, Philipp Koellinger, Patrick Groenen, James H. Fowler, J. Niels Rosenquist, Roy Thurik and Nicholas A. Christakis

Genes, Eyeglasses, and Social Policy pp. 83-94

Charles Manski

The Composition and Drawdown of Wealth in Retirement pp. 95-118

James Poterba, Steven Venti and David Wise

Insuring Long-Term Care in the United States pp. 119-42

Jeffrey Brown and Amy Finkelstein

Annuitization Puzzles pp. 143-64

Shlomo Benartzi, Alessandro Previtero and Richard Thaler

The Case for a Progressive Tax: From Basic Research to Policy Recommendations pp. 165-90

Peter Diamond and Emmanuel Saez

When and Why Incentives (Don't) Work to Modify Behavior pp. 191-210

Uri Gneezy, Stephan Meier and Pedro Rey-Biel

Retrospectives: X-Efficiency pp. 211-22

Michael Perelman

Recommendations for Further Reading pp. 223-30

Timothy Taylor

Volume 25, issue 3, 2011

Why Economists Should Conduct Field Experiments and 14 Tips for Pulling One Off pp. 3-16

John List

Mechanism Experiments and Policy Evaluations pp. 17-38

Jens Ludwig, Jeffrey Kling and Sendhil Mullainathan

The Role of Theory in Field Experiments pp. 39-62

David Card, Stefano DellaVigna and Ulrike Malmendier

Field Experiments with Firms pp. 63-82

Oriana Bandiera, Iwan Barankay and Imran Rasul

Economics and Emigration: Trillion-Dollar Bills on the Sidewalk? pp. 83-106

Michael Clemens

Eight Questions about Brain Drain pp. 107-28

John Gibson and David McKenzie

Migrant Remittances pp. 129-52

Dean Yang

Killing Me Softly: The Fetal Origins Hypothesis pp. 153-72

Douglas Almond and Janet Currie

Internal Migration in the United States pp. 173-96

Raven Molloy, Christopher Smith and Abigail Wozniak

Esther Duflo: 2010 John Bates Clark Medalist pp. 197-216

Christopher Udry

Retrospectives: Hume on Money, Commerce, and the Science of Economics pp. 217-30

Margaret Schabas and Carl Wennerlind

Recommendations for Further Reading pp. 231-38

Timothy Taylor

Volume 25, issue 2, 2011

The (Paper)Work of Medicine: Understanding International Medical Costs pp. 3-25

David M. Cutler and Dan P. Ly

The Pragmatist's Guide to Comparative Effectiveness Research pp. 27-46

Amitabh Chandra, Anupam Jena and Jonathan S. Skinner

Patient Cost-Sharing and Healthcare Spending Growth pp. 47-68

Katherine Baicker and Dana Goldman

Reforming Payments to Healthcare Providers: The Key to Slowing Healthcare Cost Growth While Improving Quality? pp. 69-92

Mark McClellan

Evaluating the Medical Malpractice System and Options for Reform pp. 93-110

Daniel P. Kessler

Offshoring Bias in U.S. Manufacturing pp. 111-32

Susan Houseman, Christopher Kurz, Paul Lengermann and Benjamin Mandel

The Minimum Legal Drinking Age and Public Health pp. 133-56

Christopher Carpenter and Carlos Dobkin

The Market for Charitable Giving pp. 157-80

John List

Incomplete Contracts and the Theory of the Firm: What Have We Learned over the Past 25 Years? pp. 181-97

Philippe Aghion and Richard Holden

Retrospectives: Lionel W. McKenzie and the Proof of the Existence of a Competitive Equilibrium pp. 199-215

E. Roy Weintraub

Recommendations for Further Reading pp. 217-24

Timothy Taylor

Volume 25, issue 1, 2011

A Macroprudential Approach to Financial Regulation pp. 3-28

Samuel Hanson, Anil Kashyap and Jeremy Stein

Fire Sales in Finance and Macroeconomics pp. 29-48

Andrei Shleifer and Robert Vishny

Over the Cliff: From the Subprime to the Global Financial Crisis pp. 49-70

Frederic Mishkin

A Year of Living Dangerously: The Management of the Financial Crisis in 2008 pp. 71-90

Vincent Reinhart

Consumer Financial Protection pp. 91-114

John Campbell, Howell E. Jackson, Brigitte Madrian and Peter Tufano

Selection in Insurance Markets: Theory and Empirics in Pictures pp. 115-38

Liran Einav and Amy Finkelstein

Who Pays for Obesity? pp. 139-58

Jay Bhattacharya and Neeraj Sood

Priceless: The Nonpecuniary Benefits of Schooling pp. 159-84

Philip Oreopoulos and Kjell G Salvanes

Lessons from the Kibbutz on the Equality-Incentives Trade-Off pp. 185-208

Ran Abramitzky

Behavior under Extreme Conditions: The Titanic Disaster pp. 209-22

Bruno Frey, David A. Savage and Benno Torgler

Retrospectives: The Phillips Curve: A Rushed Job? pp. 223-38

Allan Sleeman

Recommendations for Further Reading pp. 239-46

Timothy Taylor

Volume 24, issue 4, 2010

Why Does the Economy Fall to Pieces after a Financial Crisis? pp. 3-20

Robert Hall

Financial Intermediation and Macroeconomic Analysis pp. 21-44

Michael Woodford

The Economic Crisis from a Neoclassical Perspective pp. 45-66

Lee Ohanian

Natural Expectations and Macroeconomic Fluctuations pp. 67-84

Andreas Fuster, David Laibson and Brock Mendel

Macroeconomics after the Crisis: Time to Deal with the Pretense-of-Knowledge Syndrome pp. 85-102

Ricardo Caballero

Treasure Islands pp. 103-26

James Hines

Shopping for Anonymous Shell Companies: An Audit Study of Anonymity and Crime in the International Financial System pp. 127-40

J. C. Sharman

Activist Fiscal Policy pp. 141-64

Alan Auerbach, William Gale and Benjamin H. Harris

Catastrophe Economics: The National Flood Insurance Program pp. 165-86

Erwann Michel-Kerjan

The Job Market for New Economists: A Market Design Perspective pp. 187-206

Peter Coles, John Cawley, Phillip Levine, Muriel Niederle, Alvin Roth and John Siegfried

Retrospectives: An Early Supply-Side-Demand-Side Controversy: Petty, Law, Cantillon pp. 207-17

John Berdell

Recommendations for Further Reading pp. 219-26

Timothy Taylor

Volume 24, issue 3, 2010

Understanding the Mechanisms of Economic Development pp. 3-16

Angus Deaton

Theory, General Equilibrium, and Political Economy in Development Economics pp. 17-32

Daron Acemoglu

Diagnostics before Prescription pp. 33-44

Dani Rodrik

Uneven Growth: A Framework for Research in Development Economics pp. 45-60

Debraj Ray

Giving Credit Where It Is Due pp. 61-80

Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo

Microeconomic Approaches to Development: Schooling, Learning, and Growth pp. 81-96

Mark Rosenzweig

Searching for Effective Teachers with Imperfect Information pp. 97-118

Doug Staiger and Jonah E. Rockoff

Aiming for Efficiency Rather Than Proficiency pp. 119-32

Derek Neal

The Quality and Distribution of Teachers under the No Child Left Behind Act pp. 133-50

Eric Hanushek and Steven Rivkin

Teachers' Views on No Child Left Behind: Support for the Principles, Concerns about the Practices pp. 151-66

Richard Murnane and John P. Papay

Measurement Matters: Perspectives on Education Policy from an Economist and School Board Member pp. 167-82

Kevin Lang

Emmanuel Saez: 2009 John Bates Clark Medalist pp. 183-206

B. Douglas Bernheim

Mobile Phones and Economic Development in Africa pp. 207-32

Jenny C. Aker and Isaac Mbiti

Markets: State Franchise Laws, Dealer Terminations, and the Auto Crisis pp. 233-50

Francine Lafontaine and Fiona Scott Morton

Recommendations for Further Reading pp. 251-58

Timothy Taylor

Volume 24, issue 2, 2010

The Credibility Revolution in Empirical Economics: How Better Research Design Is Taking the Con out of Econometrics pp. 3-30

Joshua Angrist and Jorn-Steffen Pischke

Tantalus on the Road to Asymptopia pp. 31-46

Edward Leamer

A Structural Perspective on the Experimentalist School pp. 47-58

Michael Keane

But Economics Is Not an Experimental Science pp. 59-68

Christopher Sims

Taking the Dogma out of Econometrics: Structural Modeling and Credible Inference pp. 69-82

Aviv Nevo and Michael Whinston

The Other Transformation in Econometric Practice: Robust Tools for Inference pp. 83-94

James H. Stock

Geographic Variation in the Gender Differences in Test Scores pp. 95-108

Devin Pope and Justin R. Sydnor

The Gender Gap in Secondary School Mathematics at High Achievement Levels: Evidence from the American Mathematics Competitions pp. 109-28

Glenn Ellison and Ashley Swanson

Explaining the Gender Gap in Math Test Scores: The Role of Competition pp. 129-44

Muriel Niederle and Lise Vesterlund

Empirical Industrial Organization: A Progress Report pp. 145-62

Liran Einav and Jonathan Levin

The Columbian Exchange: A History of Disease, Food, and Ideas pp. 163-88

Nathan Nunn and Nancy Qian

Corporate Audits and How to Fix Them pp. 189-210

Joshua Ronen

Markets: The Credit Rating Agencies pp. 211-26

Lawrence White

Recommendations for Further Reading pp. 227-34

Timothy Taylor

Volume 24, issue 1, 2010

How Debt Markets Have Malfunctioned in the Crisis pp. 3-28

Arvind Krishnamurthy

When Safe Proved Risky: Commercial Paper during the Financial Crisis of 2007-2009 pp. 29-50

Marcin Kacperczyk and Philipp Schnabl

The Failure Mechanics of Dealer Banks pp. 51-72

Darrell Duffie

Credit Default Swaps and the Credit Crisis pp. 73-92

René Stulz

Did Fair-Value Accounting Contribute to the Financial Crisis? pp. 93-118

Christian Laux and Christian Leuz

Mental Retirement pp. 119-38

Susann Rohwedder and Robert Willis

How Longer Work Lives Ease the Crunch of Population Aging pp. 139-60

Nicole Maestas and Julie Zissimopoulos

What the Stock Market Decline Means for the Financial Security and Retirement Choices of the Near-Retirement Population pp. 161-82

Alan Gustman, Thomas L. Steinmeier and Nahid Tabatabai

Economic Theory and the World of Practice: A Celebration of the ( S, s ) Model pp. 183-202

Andrew Caplin and John Leahy

Why Do Management Practices Differ across Firms and Countries? pp. 203-24

Nicholas Bloom and John van Reenen

Retrospectives: Engel Curves pp. 225-40

Andreas Chai and Alessio Moneta

Recommendations for Further Reading pp. 241-48

Timothy Taylor