Journal of Economic Perspectives

1987 - 2025

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Volume 21, issue 4, 2007

The Case for Forecast Targeting as a Monetary Policy Strategy pp. 3-24

Michael Woodford

Macroeconomic Modeling for Monetary Policy Evaluation pp. 25-46

Jordi Galí and Mark Gertler

How the World Achieved Consensus on Monetary Policy pp. 47-68

Marvin Goodfriend

The Evolution of Central Bank Governance around the World pp. 69-90

Christopher Crowe and Ellen Meade

Personnel Economics: The Economist's View of Human Resources pp. 91-114

Edward Lazear and Kathryn Shaw

Human Resources from an Organizational Behavior Perspective: Some Paradoxes Explained pp. 115-134

Jeffrey Pfeffer

Paying Respect pp. 135-150

Tore Ellingsen and Magnus Johannesson

The Economics of Dowry and Brideprice pp. 151-174

Siwan Anderson

Bankruptcy Reform and Credit Cards pp. 175-200

Michelle J. White

Markets: Preserving Funeral Markets with Ready-to-Embalm Laws pp. 201-216

David E. Harrington

Retrospectives: Léon Walras and the Nobel Peace Prize pp. 217-228

Agnar Sandmo

Recommendations for Further Reading pp. 229-236

Timothy Taylor

Volume 21, issue 3, 2007

Introducing Incentives in the Market for Live and Cadaveric Organ Donations pp. 3-24

Gary Becker and Julio Elias

Producing Organ Donors pp. 25-36

David H. Howard

Repugnance as a Constraint on Markets pp. 37-58

Alvin Roth

Are You Sure You're Saving Enough for Retirement? pp. 59-80

Jonathan Skinner

Heuristics and Biases in Retirement Savings Behavior pp. 81-104

Shlomo Benartzi and Richard Thaler

Firms in International Trade pp. 105-130

Andrew Bernard, J. Jensen, Stephen Redding and Peter Schott

Transportation Costs and International Trade in the Second Era of Globalization pp. 131-154

David Hummels

Does Antitrust Need to be Modernized? pp. 155-176

Dennis Carlton

The Causes and Consequences of Wal-Mart's Growth pp. 177-198

Emek Basker

Natural Disasters, Economic Development, and Humanitarian Aid pp. 199-222

David Strömberg

Human Capital and the Productivity of Suicide Bombers pp. 223-238

Efraim Benmelech and Claude Berrebi

Recommendations for Further Reading pp. 239-246

Timothy Taylor

Volume 21, issue 2, 2007

The American Family and Family Economics pp. 3-26

Shelly Lundberg and Robert Pollak

Marriage and Divorce: Changes and their Driving Forces pp. 27-52

Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers

The Economics of Lesbian and Gay Families pp. 53-70

Dan Black, Seth G. Sanders and Lowell Taylor

Guess Who's Been Coming to Dinner? Trends in Interracial Marriage over the 20th Century pp. 71-90

Roland G. Fryer

Biological Basics and the Economics of the Family pp. 91-108

Donald Cox

Disagreement and the Stock Market pp. 109-128

Harrison Hong and Jeremy Stein

Investor Sentiment in the Stock Market pp. 129-152

Malcolm Baker and Jeffrey Wurgler

What Do Laboratory Experiments Measuring Social Preferences Reveal About the Real World? pp. 153-174

Steven Levitt and John List

Hedge Funds: Past, Present, and Future pp. 175-194

René Stulz

How Wages Change: Micro Evidence from the International Wage Flexibility Project pp. 195-214

William T. Dickens, Lorenz Goette, Erica Groshen, Steinar Holden, Julian Messina, Mark Schweitzer, Jarkko Turunen and Melanie E. Ward

Retrospectives: Edgeworth's Hedonimeter and the Quest to Measure Utility pp. 215-226

David Colander

Markets: Gift Cards pp. 227-238

Jennifer Pate

Recommendations for Further Reading pp. 239-246

Timothy Taylor

Volume 21, issue 1, 2007

How Progressive is the U.S. Federal Tax System? A Historical and International Perspective pp. 3-24

Thomas Piketty and Emmanuel Saez

Cheating Ourselves: The Economics of Tax Evasion pp. 25-48

Joel Slemrod

Taxing Consumption and Other Sins pp. 49-68

James Hines

Tax Reform Unraveling pp. 69-90

Michael J. Graetz

The Goals and Promise of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act pp. 91-116

John C. Coates Iv

Corporate Governance Reforms in Continental Europe pp. 117-140

Luca Enriques and Paolo Volpin

The Economic Lives of the Poor pp. 141-168

Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo

Payday Lending pp. 169-190

Michael A. Stegman

Daron Acemoglu: 2005 John Bates Clark Medalist pp. 191-208

Robert Shimer

Markets: Cartel Behavior and Amateurism in College Sports pp. 209-226

Lawrence Kahn

Retrospectives: From Usury to Interest pp. 227-236

Joseph Persky

Recommendations for Further Reading pp. 237-244

Timothy Taylor

Volume 20, issue 4, 2006

Modern Macroeconomics in Practice: How Theory Is Shaping Policy pp. 3-28

Varadarajan Chari and Patrick Kehoe

The Macroeconomist as Scientist and Engineer pp. 29-46

N. Gregory Mankiw

The Real Effects of European Monetary Union pp. 47-66

Philip Lane

The European Central Bank, the Euro, and Global Financial Markets pp. 67-88

Kathryn Dominguez

Interview with Robert A. Mundell pp. 89-110

Howard R. Vane and Chris Mulhearn

Avoiding Invalid Instruments and Coping with Weak Instruments pp. 111-132

Michael Murray

The Homecoming of American College Women: The Reversal of the College Gender Gap pp. 133-156

Claudia Goldin, Lawrence Katz and Ilyana Kuziemko

The London Congestion Charge pp. 157-176

Jonathan Leape

How Richard Nixon Pressured Arthur Burns: Evidence from the Nixon Tapes pp. 177-188

Burton Abrams

What Has Mattered to Economics Since 1970 pp. 189-202

E. Han Kim, Adair Morse and Luigi Zingales

Markets: The U.S. Lodging Industry pp. 203-218

Arturs Kalnins

Policy Watch: Examining the Justification for Residential Recycling pp. 219-232

Thomas Kinnaman

Recommendations for Further Reading pp. 233-240

Timothy Taylor

Volume 20, issue 3, 2006

The Flow Approach to Labor Markets: New Data Sources and Micro-Macro Links pp. 3-26

Steven Davis, Jason Faberman and John Haltiwanger

Changes in Labor Force Participation in the United States pp. 27-46

Chinhui Juhn and Simon Potter

Unemployment Insurance: Strengthening the Relationship between Theory and Policy pp. 47-70

Walter Nicholson and Karen Needels

The Growth in the Social Security Disability Rolls: A Fiscal Crisis Unfolding pp. 71-96

David Autor and Mark Duggan

The Determinants of Mortality pp. 97-120

David Cutler, Angus Deaton and Adriana Lleras-Muney

The Economics of HIV/AIDS in Low-Income Countries: The Case for Prevention pp. 121-142

David Canning

Initial Labor Market Conditions and Long-Term Outcomes for Economists pp. 143-160

Paul Oyer

Does the Academic Labor Market Initially Allocate New Graduates Efficiently? pp. 161-172

Valerie Smeets, Frédéric Warzynski and Tom Coupé

An Economic Evaluation of the Moneyball Hypothesis pp. 173-186

Jahn K. Hakes and Raymond Sauer

Retrospectives: The Coining of "Privatization" and Germany's National Socialist Party pp. 187-194

Germà Bel

Markets: Continuity and Change in the International Diamond Market pp. 195-208

Debora L. Spar

Recommendations for Further Reading pp. 209-216

Timothy Taylor

Volume 20, issue 2, 2006

Why Europe and the West? Why Not China? pp. 3-22

David S. Landes

Does Culture Affect Economic Outcomes? pp. 23-48

Luigi Guiso, Paola Sapienza and Luigi Zingales

Religion and Economy pp. 49-72

Rachel M. McCleary and Robert Barro

The Role of Family in Family Firms pp. 73-96

Marianne Bertrand and Antoinette Schoar

Purple America pp. 97-118

Stephen Ansolabehere, Jonathan Rodden and James Snyder

Myths and Realities of American Political Geography pp. 119-144

Edward L. Glaeser and Bryce Ward

People Flows in Globalization pp. 145-170

Richard Freeman

Price Changes in the Euro Area and the United States: Some Facts from Individual Consumer Price Data pp. 171-192

Emmanuel Dhyne, Luis Alvarez, Hervé Le Bihan, Giovanni Veronese, Daniel Dias, Johannes Hoffmann, Nicole Jonker, Patrick Lunnemann, Fabio Rumler and Jouko Vilmunen

Assassinations: Evaluating the Effectiveness of an Israeli Counterterrorism Policy Using Stock Market Data pp. 193-206

Asaf Zussman and Noam Zussman

Markets: The Fulton Fish Market pp. 207-220

Kathryn Graddy

History Lessons: The Birth of Impersonal Exchange: The Community Responsibility System and Impartial Justice pp. 221-236

Avner Greif

Recommendations for Further Reading pp. 237-244

Timothy Taylor

Volume 20, issue 1, 2006

Developments in the Measurement of Subjective Well-Being pp. 3-24

Daniel Kahneman and Alan Krueger

Some Uses of Happiness Data in Economics pp. 25-46

Rafael Di Tella and Robert MacCulloch

Poverty in America: Trends and Explanations pp. 47-68

Hilary Hoynes, Marianne Page and Ann Stevens

Poor People in Rich Nations: The United States in Comparative Perspective pp. 69-90

Timothy Smeeding

Missing in Action: Teacher and Health Worker Absence in Developing Countries pp. 91-116

Nazmul Chaudhury, Jeffrey Hammer, Michael Kremer, Karthik Muralidharan and Frederic Rogers

Addressing Absence pp. 117-132

Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo

The Economy of the Early Roman Empire pp. 133-151

Peter Temin

Electronic Trading in Stock Markets pp. 153-174

Hans Stoll

What's in a Surname? The Effects of Surname Initials on Academic Success pp. 175-187

Liran Einav and Leeat Yariv

Markets: Beer in Germany and the United States pp. 189-205

William Adams

Policy Watch: Debt Relief pp. 207-220

Serkan Arslanalp and Peter Henry

Anomalies: Utility Maximization and Experienced Utility pp. 221-234

Daniel Kahneman and Richard Thaler

Recommendations for Further Reading pp. 235-242

Timothy Taylor