Journal of Public Economics

1972 - 2025

Current editor(s): R. Boadway and J. Poterba

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Public Finance Theory - Then and Now pp. 311-317: Peter Diamond
The transformation of public economics research: 1970-2000 pp. 319-326: Martin Feldstein
Public economics yesterday, today and tomorrow pp. 327-334: Jean-Jacques Laffont
Towards a dynamic public economics pp. 335-339: Nicholas Stern
New perspectives on public finance: recent achievements and future challenges pp. 341-360: Joseph Stiglitz

School choice through relocation: evidence from the Washington, D.C. area pp. 155-189: Lisa Barrow
Fragmented fiscal policy pp. 191-222: Roberto Perotti and Yianos Kontopoulos
Analyzing firm location decisions: is public intervention justified? pp. 223-242: Raymond Owens and Pierre-Daniel Sarte
Migration-proof Tiebout equilibrium: existence and asymptotic efficiency pp. 243-262: John Conley and Hideo Konishi
Regional redistribution and stabilization by the center in Canada, France, the UK and the US:: A reassessment and new tests pp. 263-286: Jacques Melitz and Frederic Zumer
Regional income redistribution and risk sharing: how does Italy compare in Europe? pp. 287-306: Jorg Decressin

Sharing the national cake in post reform New Zealand: income inequality trends in terms of income sources pp. 1-27: Nripesh Podder and Srikanta Chatterjee
Inducing human capital formation: migration as a substitute for subsidies pp. 29-46: Oded Stark and Yong Wang
Taking prices seriously in the measurement of inequality pp. 47-69: Krishna Pendakur
Economic theory of spatial cost of living indices with application to Thailand pp. 71-97: Nanak Kakwani and Robert J. Hill
Progressivity comparisons pp. 99-122: Valentino Dardanoni and Peter J. Lambert
Regional poverty targeting in China pp. 123-153: Albert Park, Sangui Wang and Guobao Wu

The impact of parental income on early schooling transitions: A re-examination using data over three generations pp. 301-332: Eric Maurin
Comparing the efficiency of alternative policies for reducing traffic congestion pp. 333-362: Ian Parry
Taxing average emissions to overcome the shutdown problem pp. 363-384: Matti Liski
Imperfect observability of emissions and second-best emission and output taxes pp. 385-407: Helmuth Cremer and Firouz Gahvari
Combining price and quantity controls to mitigate global climate change pp. 409-434: William Pizer
Prices versus quantities with incomplete enforcement pp. 435-454: Juan-Pablo Montero

Discounting an uncertain future pp. 149-166: Christian Gollier
Tax burden and migration: a political economy theory and evidence pp. 167-190: Assaf Razin, Efraim Sadka and Phillip Swagel
Delegation effects in representative democracies: do they foster extremism? pp. 191-205: Didier Laussel
Who trusts others? pp. 207-234: Alberto Alesina and Eliana La Ferrara
Inequality and group participation: theory and evidence from rural Tanzania pp. 235-273: Eliana La Ferrara
Social ties in a public good experiment pp. 275-299: Frans van Dijk, Joep Sonnemans and Frans van Winden

Do R&D tax credits work? Evidence from a panel of countries 1979-1997 pp. 1-31: Nicholas Bloom, Rachel Griffith and John van Reenen
The effect of tax-based savings incentives on the self-employed pp. 33-52: Laura Power and Mark Rider
Optimal labour taxation and search pp. 53-97: Jan Boone and Lans Bovenberg
Consumer response to the Reagan tax cuts pp. 99-120: Nicholas S. Souleles
Participation and investment decisions in a retirement plan: the influence of colleagues' choices pp. 121-148: Esther Duflo and Emmanuel Saez

The effect of tax subsidies to employer-provided supplementary health insurance: evidence from Canada pp. 305-339: Amy Finkelstein
Rotten parents pp. 341-356: Jean-Marie Baland and James Robinson
Delays in claiming social security benefits pp. 357-385: Courtney Coile, Peter Diamond, Jonathan Gruber and Alain Jousten
Working time regulation in a search economy with worker moral hazard pp. 387-425: Guillaume Rocheteau
Exogenous targeting instruments as a solution to group moral hazards pp. 427-456: John Spraggon

ISPE Special Issue Introduction pp. 151-151: David Cutler and Maurice Marchand
Setting health plan premiums to ensure efficient quality in health care: minimum variance optimal risk adjustment pp. 153-173: Jacob Glazer and Thomas G. McGuire
Malpractice law and health care reform: optimal liability policy in an era of managed care pp. 175-197: Daniel Kessler and Mark McClellan
Quality and outside capacity in the provision of health services pp. 199-218: Dieter Bos and Gianni De Fraja
Cost sharing in health service provision: an empirical assessment of cost savings pp. 219-249: Martin Chalkley and James Malcomson
Equilibrium in competitive insurance markets with ex ante adverse selection and ex post moral hazard pp. 251-278: William Jack
Financial crisis, health outcomes and ageing: Mexico in the 1980s and 1990s pp. 279-303: David Cutler, Felicia Knaul, Rafael Lozano, Oscar Mendez and Beatriz Zurita

The elasticity of taxable income: evidence and implications pp. 1-32: Jon Gruber and Emmanuel Saez
Flat rate taxes and inequality measurement pp. 33-46: James Davies and Michael Hoy
The determinants of capital gains tax compliance: evidence from the RJR Nabisco leveraged buyout pp. 47-74: Wayne R. Landsman, Douglas A. Shackelford and Robert J. Yetman
Taxing family size and subsidizing child-specific commodities? pp. 75-90: Alessandro Cigno and Anna Pettini
The optimal elasticity of taxable income pp. 91-112: Joel Slemrod and Wojciech Kopczuk
Education, distributive justice, and adverse selection pp. 113-150: Marc Fleurbaey, Robert Gary-Bobo and Denis Maguain