Journal of Public Economics

1972 - 2025

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

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Fiscal effects of foreign aid in a federal system of governance: The case of India pp. 307-330: Vinaya Swaroop, Shikha Jha and Andrew Sunil Rajkumar
Politics, growth, and inequality in rural China: does it pay to join the Party? pp. 331-356: Jonathan Morduch and Terry Sicular
Privatisation and market structure in a transition economy pp. 357-382: John Bennett and James Maw
Endogenous markups and the effects of income taxation:: Theory and evidence from OECD countries pp. 383-406: Yangru Wu and Junxi Zhang

Does parents' money matter? pp. 155-184: John Shea
College tuition and household savings and consumption pp. 185-207: Nicholas Souleles
The effect of educational attainment on welfare dependence: Evidence from Canada pp. 209-232: Garry Barrett
Compulsory savings in the welfare state pp. 233-239: Stefan Homburg
The effects of new public projects to expand urban rail transit pp. 241-263: Nathaniel Baum-Snow and Matthew Kahn
Pure public goods and income redistribution in a federation with decentralized leadership and imperfect labor mobility pp. 265-284: Arthur Caplan, Richard Cornes and Emilson Silva
A Tiebout/tax-competition model pp. 285-306: Jan Brueckner

Consumption vs. income taxes when private human capital investments are imperfectly observable pp. 1-28: James Davies, Jinli Zeng and Jie Zhang
The compliance costs of collecting direct tax in the UK:: An analysis of PAYE and National Insurance pp. 29-44: John Hudson and Michael Godwin
Can waste improve welfare? pp. 45-79: Alessandra Pelloni and Robert Waldmann
Endogenous authoritarian property rights pp. 81-95: Jimmy Teng
Urban unemployment, agglomeration and transportation policies pp. 97-133: Yves Zenou
Should unemployment benefits decrease with the unemployment spell? pp. 135-153: Pierre Cahuc and Etienne Lehmann

Does voluntary participation undermine the Coase Theorem? pp. 309-335: Avinash Dixit and Mancur Olson
Incentives to provide local public goods: fiscal federalism, Russian style pp. 337-368: Ekaterina Zhuravskaya
Tax rights in transition economies: a tragedy of the commons? pp. 369-397: Daniel Berkowitz and Wei Li
The causes of corruption: a cross-national study pp. 399-457: Daniel Treisman
Dodging the grabbing hand: the determinants of unofficial activity in 69 countries pp. 459-493: Eric Friedman, Simon Johnson, Daniel Kaufmann and Pablo Zoido-Lobaton
Why do firms hide? Bribes and unofficial activity after communism pp. 495-520: Simon Johnson, Daniel Kaufmann, John McMillan and Christopher Woodruff
The tyranny of inequality pp. 521-558: Raghuram Rajan and Luigi Zingales
Political ownership pp. 559-581: Morten Bennedsen

When do distortionary taxes reduce the optimal supply of public goods? pp. 151-180: Thomas Gaube
Creating countervailing incentives through the choice of instruments pp. 181-202: Philippe Bontems and Jean-Marc Bourgeon
Polling mechanisms and the demand revelation problem pp. 203-238: Robert Gary-Bobo and Touria Jaaidane
Implementation of balanced linear cost share equilibrium solution in Nash and strong Nash equilibria pp. 239-261: Guoqiang Tian
Death and dignity: Terminal illness and the market for non-treatment pp. 263-294: Margaret M. Byrne and Peter Thompson
Credibility may require discretion, not rules pp. 295-306: Tyler Cowen, Amihai Glazer and Katarina Zajc

Welfare and optimum dynamic taxation of consumption and income pp. 1-39: Wilbur John ColemanII
Supermajority voting requirements for tax increases: evidence from the states pp. 41-67: Brian Knight
Capitalization of capital gains taxes: evidence from stock price reactions to the 1997 rate reduction pp. 69-85: Mark H. Lang and Douglas Shackelford
Who wants to redistribute?: The tunnel effect in 1990s Russia pp. 87-104: Martin Ravallion and Michael Lokshin
Debts and deficits with fragmented fiscal policymaking pp. 105-125: Andres Velasco
Optimal two-part tariffs in a model of discrete choice pp. 127-150: Bruno De Borger

Editorial pp. 313-313: A. Author
Political uncertainty and the earmarking of environmental taxes pp. 315-340: Craig Brett and Michael Keen
Political sustainability and the design of social insurance pp. 341-364: Georges Casamatta, Helmuth Cremer and Pierre Pestieau
Why are tax expenditures for giving embodied in fiscal constitutions? pp. 365-387: Kimberley Scharf
The political feasibility of pension reform options: the case of Switzerland pp. 389-416: Monika Bütler
Tax price effects on attitudes to hypothecated tax increases pp. 417-438: John Hall and Ian Preston
Earmarked taxation: welfare versus political support pp. 439-462: Dieter Bos
Why poor countries rely mostly on redistribution in-kind pp. 463-481: P. Bearse, Gerhard Glomm and Eckhard Janeba
What is benefit taxation? pp. 483-492: James Hines
Tax structure in a federation pp. 493-506: Timothy Goodspeed

Cash welfare as a consumption smoothing mechanism for divorced mothers pp. 157-182: Jonathan Gruber
Immigration control and the welfare state pp. 183-207: Gordon Myers and Yorgos Y. Papageorgiou
Tax preferences for fringe benefits and workers' eligibility for employer health insurance pp. 209-227: Anne Royalty
Scientific progress and irreversibility: an economic interpretation of the 'Precautionary Principle' pp. 229-253: Christian Gollier, Bruno Jullien and Nicolas Treich
Determinants of donations in private nonprofit markets pp. 255-272: Cagla Okten and Burton A. Weisbrod
Optimal design of a phase-in emissions trading program pp. 273-291: Juan-Pablo Montero
Public pensions, unemployment insurance, and growth pp. 293-311: Giacomo Corneo and Marko Marquardt

Polarized platforms and moderate policies with checks and balances pp. 1-20: Alberto Alesina and Howard Rosenthal
Majority-rule bargaining and the under provision of public investment goods pp. 21-47: William Leblanc, James Snyder and Micky Tripathi
Bureaucratic structure and bureaucratic performance in less developed countries pp. 49-71: James Rauch and Peter B. Evans
Financial pressure and the behaviour of public enterprises under soft and hard budget constraints: evidence from Italian panel data pp. 73-98: Elisabetta Bertero and Laura Rondi
Are public housing projects good for kids? pp. 99-124: Janet Currie and Aaron Yelowitz
Coveting thy neighbor's manufacturing: the dilemma of state income apportionment pp. 125-143: Austan Goolsbee and Edward L. Maydew
Taxation with little administration pp. 145-156: K. L. Glen Ueng and C. C. Yang