American Journal of Economics and Sociology

1941 - 2025

Current editor(s): Laurence S. Moss

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Volume 65, issue 5, 2006

Big Business and Community Welfare pp. 1001-1023

Thomas A. Lyson

Special Interest Protectionism and the Antebellum Woolen Textile Industry pp. 1025-1058

Grant D. Forsyth

The Moral Economy of Parallel Currencies pp. 1059-1083

Mark S. Peacock

Does Going Greek Impair Undergraduate Academic Performance? pp. 1085-1110

Farley Grubb

Max Weber and Economic Sociology pp. 1111-1124

Stephen D. Parsons

The Dynamics of German Industry: Germany's Path Toward the New Economy and the American Challenge – Werner Abelshauser pp. 1125-1128

Kent Jones

Volume 65, issue 4, 2006

The Violent and the Weak pp. 863-889

Roland Kirstein and Stefan Voigt

Cooperation and Conflict pp. 891-907

Peter Leeson

Estimates of the Deterrent Effect of Alternative Execution Methods in the United States: 1978–2000 pp. 909-941

Paul Zimmerman

Contributing Factors to the Spread of Sexually Transmitted Diseases pp. 943-961

Rand Ressler, Melissa S. Waters and John Keith Watson

Addict Death pp. 963-969

Samuel Cameron and Alan Collins

Evaluating Economic Justifications for Alcohol Restrictions pp. 971-990

Edward Stringham and Ilkay Pulan

Determinants of Youth Suicide pp. 991-996

Richard Cebula and Tatyana V. Zelenskaya

Volume 65, issue 3, 2006

Newspaper Ideological Bias or “Statist Quo”? pp. 473-495

William L. Anderson and Jacquelynne W. McLellan

A Comparative Political Economy Approach to Farming Interest Groups in Australia and the United States pp. 497-524

R. Sean Alley and John Marangos

Valuing Nature pp. 525-557

Robert Nelson

The Role of Ethnicity and Language in Contingent Valuation Analysis pp. 559-586

John Loomis, Lindsey Ellingson, Armando Gonzalez‐Caban and Andrew Seidl

The Resource Economics of Grover Pease Osborne pp. 587-603

Gerald F. Vaughn

Escaping the Resource Curse and the Dutch Disease? pp. 605-640

Erling Røed Larsen

Heavy Constraints on a “Weightless World”? pp. 641-691

Jonathan Perraton

Nonrenewable Exhaustible Resources and Property Taxation pp. 693-699

C. Lowell Harriss

Lessons for Economic Reform Based on Pennsylvania’s Experiences with the Two‐Tiered Property Tax pp. 701-731

Robert Andrew Peters

A Simple General Test for Tax Bias pp. 733-749

Mason Gaffney

Financing Transit Systems Through Value Capture pp. 751-786

Jeffery J. Smith and Thomas A. Gihring

The Complex Taxonomy of the Factors pp. 787-802

Fred Foldvary

Heterogeneity and Time pp. 803-825

Malte Faber and Ralph Winkler

Reconciling Gray and Hotelling pp. 827-856

Richard J. Brazee and L. Martin Cloutier

Volume 65, issue 2, 2006

Does Political Democracy Enhance Human Development in Developing Countries? pp. 233-268

Ming‐Chang Tsai

The Role of Information and Influence in Social Networks pp. 269-293

Michael Davern and David S. Hachen

Social Networks and the Emergence of the New Entrepreneurial Ventures in Russia: 1987–2000 pp. 295-312

Nathalia Rogers

Immigration, Labor Market Mobility, and the Earnings of Native‐Born Workers pp. 313-345

Roberto Pedace

Employers’ Flexibility and Employment Volatility pp. 347-382

Jeffrey B. Wenger and Arne L. Kalleberg

Beyond Market‐Oriented Readings of Paid Informal Work pp. 383-406

Colin Williams

Risk Determinants of Suicide Attempts Among Adolescents pp. 407-434

José Alberto Molina and Rosa Duarte

Why Do Some Schools Group by Ability? pp. 435-462

Peter G. VanderHart

A Note on Walter Block’s Defending the Undefendable pp. 463-467

Robert P. Murphy

Financial Derivatives and the Globalization of Risk pp. 467-469

John E. Marthinsen

Confessions of an Economic Hit Man pp. 469-472

D. W. MacKenzie

Volume 65, issue 1, 2006

Introduction pp. xiii-xxviii

Laurence S. Moss and Andrew Savchenko

Power pp. 59-63

Robert Holton

A Comment on Talcott Parsons at Brown University pp. 65-69

Giuseppe Sciortino

On Teasing Out Sociology from Economics pp. 71-74

Richard Swedberg

Parsonian Economic Sociology pp. 75-107

Milan Zafirovski

Pareto, Parsons, and the Boundary Between Economics and Sociology pp. 109-126

Paul Dalziel and Jane Higgins

Economics, Sociology, and the “Professional Complex” pp. 127-160

John Holmwood

Interpenetration Versus Embeddedness pp. 161-188

Jens Beckert

The Global System of Finance pp. 189-218

Alexandra Hessling and Hanno Pahl

Volume 64, issue 5, 2005

Foreword pp. ix-x

Laurence S. Moss

Autobiographical Sketch of Philip Denny Day (1924– ) pp. 111-114

Philip Denny Day

Volume 64, issue 4, 2005

Leonhard Miksch (1901–1950) pp. 973-998

Nils Goldschmidt and Arnold Berndt

A Socio‐Dynamic Understanding of Markets pp. 999-1023

Anders Liljenberg

Social Circumstances and Rationality pp. 1025-1047

Amos Witztum

Wicksell's Unaminity Rule pp. 1049-1071

Marianne Johnson

Future‐Oriented Gang Members? pp. 1073-1083

Yair Listokin

Consumer Inertia pp. 1085-1089

Harry I. Greenfield

Who's Afraid of the WTO? pp. 1091-1093

Gerald F. Vaughn

Faking It pp. 1093-1095

Laurence S. Moss

S‐21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine pp. 1096-1101

Laurence S. Moss

Volume 64, issue 3, 2005

Enron, Herding, and the Deterrent Effect of Disclosure of Improprieties pp. 743-756

Stephen M. Renas and Richard Cebula

Protecting Family and Race pp. 757-791

Thomas Leonard

Breed Out the Unfit and Breed In the Fit pp. 793-826

Annie L. Cot

Economists and the Shadow of “The Other” Before 1914 pp. 827-850

Robert Dimand

From Cardinal to Ordinal Utility Theory pp. 851-879

Sandra J. Peart and David Levy

Comments on Four Papers on Economics and Human Heterogeneity pp. 881-886

Malcolm Rutherford

Finding Deficiency pp. 887-900

Mark M. Smith

How to be a Value‐Free Advocate of Laissez Faire pp. 901-918

J. Patrick Gunning

Value Freedom, Laissez Faire, Mises, and Rothbard pp. 919-938

Walter Block

Did Mises Err? Was He a Utilitarian? pp. 939-960

J. Patrick Gunning

Volume 64, issue 2, 2005

National Values and Economic Growth pp. 451-483

Frederic L. Pryor

Notional Defined Contribution Accounts pp. 485-506

John B. Williamson and Matthew Williams

Uncertainty, Conventional Behavior, and Economic Sociology pp. 507-532

Jörg Bibow, Paul Lewis and Jochen Runde

The Effectiveness of Legislation Controlling Gun Usage pp. 533-547

Ik‐Whan G. Kwon and Daniel W. Baack

The Economics of Anti‐Begging Regulations pp. 549-577

Patricia K. Smith

The Influence of Country of Birth and Other Variables on the Earnings of Immigrants pp. 579-607

Eugenio Vargas

What If Immigrants Had Not Migrated? pp. 609-636

Seong Woo Lee, Dowell Myers, Seong‐Kyu Ha and Hae Ran Shin

The Dynamics of Ethnic Fragmentation pp. 637-662

Tade Okediji

A Dynamic Approach to Population Change in Central Cities and Their Suburbs, 1980–1990 pp. 663-681

Joong‐Hwan Oh

Henry George in Australia pp. 683-713

John Pullen

George Reisman on National Income Accounting pp. 715-717

James C. W. Ahiakpor

Reply to Ahiakpor pp. 719-721

George Reisman

Mill Versus Liberty pp. 723-734

A. M. C. Waterman

Volume 64, issue 1, 2005

Foreword pp. 1-2

George W. Fisher

Celebrating Irving Fisher: The Legacy of a Great Economist pp. 3-18

Robert Dimand and John Geanakoplos

Irving Fisher (1867–1947) pp. 19-42

James Tobin

Irving Fisher of Yale pp. 43-55

William Barber

How to Compute Equilibrium Prices in 1891 pp. 57-83

William C. Brainard and Herbert Scarf

Comment on William C. Brainard and Herbert E. Scarf's “How to Compute Equilibrium Prices in 1891” pp. 85-87

Donald Brown and Felix Kubler

Comment on William C. Brainard and Herbert E. Scarf's “How to Compute Equilibrium Prices in 1891” pp. 89-92

K. R. Sreenivasan

Controlling the Price Level pp. 93-112

Robert Hall

Comment on Robert Hall's “Controlling the Price Level” pp. 113-116

James Tobin

Stable Prices, Money, and the Cost of Living pp. 117-124

Martin Shubik

Econometric Analysis of Fisher's Equation pp. 125-168

Peter Phillips

Comments on “Econometric Analysis of Fisher's Equation” by Peter C. B. Phillips pp. 169-184

John Rust

Fisher, Keynes, and the Corridor of Stability pp. 185-199

Robert Dimand

Fisher's Introductory Text pp. 201-205

James Tobin

Fisher's The Nature of Capital and Income pp. 207-214

James Tobin

Irving Fisher's Spendings (Consumption) Tax in Retrospect pp. 215-235

John B. Shoven and John Whalley

Comments on John B. Shoven and John Whalley’s, “Irving Fisher's Spendings (Consumption) Tax in Retrospect” pp. 237-243

Alan Auerbach

Comments on John B. Shoven and John Whalley, “Irving Fisher's Spendings (Consumption) Tax in Retrospect” pp. 245-256

Michael J. Graetz

The Ideal Inflation‐Indexed Bond and Irving Fisher's Impatience Theory of Interest with Overlapping Generations pp. 257-306

John Geanakoplos

Comments on John Geanakoplos's “The Ideal Inflation‐Indexed Bond and Irving Fisher's Impatience Theory of Interest with Overlapping Generations” pp. 307-310

Robert Shiller

Index Number Theory Using Differences Rather Than Ratios pp. 311-360

Walter Diewert

Comment on W. Erwin Diewert’s, “Index Number Theory Using Differences Rather Than Ratios” pp. 361-366

Matthew Shapiro

Irving Fisher and the Contribution of Improved Longevity to Living Standards pp. 367-392

William Nordhaus

Comments on William D. Nordhaus’s, “Irving Fisher and the Contribution of Improved Longevity to Living Standards” pp. 393-397

Robert Dimand

Comments on William D. Nordhaus, “Irving Fisher and the Contribution of Improved Longevity to Living Standards” pp. 399-405

T. Srinivasan

Health, Government, and Irving Fisher pp. 407-425

Victor Fuchs

Does “Health Promotion” Really Promote Health? pp. 427-434

Alvan R. Feinstein

Irving Fisher, Victor Fuchs, and the Health‐Government Tangle pp. 435-443

Richard Zeckhauser