Journal of Public Economics

1972 - 2025

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

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Does monetary unification lead to excessive debt accumulation? pp. 299-325: Roel Beetsma and Lans Bovenberg
Education finance reform and investment in human capital: lessons from California pp. 327-350: Raquel Fernández and Richard Rogerson
More equal but less mobile?: Education financing and intergenerational mobility in Italy and in the US pp. 351-393: Daniele Checchi, Andrea Ichino and Aldo Rustichini
Corruption, extortion and evasion pp. 395-430: Jean Hindriks, Michael Keen and Abhinay Muthoo
Economies of scale and self-financing rules with non-competitive factor markets pp. 431-450: Kenneth A. Small

Fiscal policy and growth: evidence from OECD countries pp. 171-190: Richard Kneller, Michael Bleaney and Norman Gemmell
The consequences of labour mobility for redistribution: tax vs. transfer competition pp. 215-234: Jean Hindriks
Does Head Start help hispanic children? pp. 235-262: Janet Currie and Duncan Thomas
Growth, learning and redistributive policies pp. 263-297: Vincenzo Quadrini

The productivity of schools and other local public goods producers pp. 1-30: Caroline M. Hoxby
NIMBY taxes matter: the case of state hazardous waste disposal taxes pp. 31-51: Arik Levinson
How responsive is business capital formation to its user cost?: An exploration with micro data pp. 53-80: Bob Chirinko, Steven Fazzari and Andrew P. Meyer
Did Steve Forbes scare the US municipal bond market? pp. 81-96: Joel Slemrod and Timothy Greimel
On the determinants of fiscal centralization: Theory and evidence pp. 97-139: Ugo Panizza
Migration and pension with international capital mobility pp. 141-150: Assaf Razin and Efraim Sadka

Living standards and incentives in transition: the implications of UI exhaustion in Hungary pp. 297-319: John Micklewright and Gyula Nagy
Inter vivos transfers and intended bequests pp. 321-351: Kathleen McGarry
Incomplete contracting and price regulation pp. 353-371: Dieter Bos
Joint provision of public goods: the consolidation of school districts pp. 373-393: David Brasington
Ricardian equivalence: long-run Leviathan pp. 395-421: Kent Smetters
Optimal redistributive capital taxation in a neoclassical growth model pp. 423-453: Kevin Lansing

Do personal taxes affect corporate financing decisions? pp. 147-185: John R. Graham
On the taxation of trade within and between households pp. 241-263: Patricia Apps and Ray Rees
The expected consumer's surplus as a welfare measure pp. 265-288: Johan Stennek
Enforcement leverage when penalties are restricted: a reconsideration under asymmetric information pp. 289-295: Mark Raymond

Agency and the design of welfare systems pp. 1-30: Robin Boadway, Nicolas Marceau and Motohiro Sato
The political economy of publicly provided private goods pp. 31-54: Sören Blomquist and Vidar Christiansen
Employment turnover and the public allocation of unemployment insurance pp. 55-83: John Hassler and Jose V. Rodriguez Mora
Public policies, regional inequalities and growth pp. 85-105: Philippe Martin
The optimal linear taxation of employment and self-employment incomes pp. 107-123: Simon Parker
How work effort responds to wage taxation: An experimental test of a zero top marginal tax rate pp. 125-134: M. A. Sillamaa
On the difference between the compensating and equivalent variations due to a change in an exogenously determined commodity pp. 135-145: Roger Latham

The cost-effectiveness of alternative instruments for environmental protection in a second-best setting pp. 329-360: Lawrence H. Goulder, Ian Parry, Roberton Williams and Dallas Burtraw
Regulatory dealing - revisiting the Harrington paradox pp. 361-378: Anthony Heyes and Neil Rickman
Remediation and self-reporting in optimal law enforcement pp. 379-393: Robert Innes
Elite schools, high tech jobs and economic welfare pp. 395-419: Giorgio Brunello and Tsuneo Ishikawa
Comparing tax expenditures and direct subsidies: the role of legislative committee structure pp. 421-454: Dhammika Dharmapala
Voluntary revelation of the demand for public goods using a provision point mechanism pp. 455-470: Daniel Rondeau, William D. Schulze and Gregory Poe
Optimal taxation and fiscal constitution pp. 471-485: Mark Gradstein
The political economy of public employment programs pp. 487-504: Peter Fredriksson

The demand for private health insurance: do waiting lists matter? pp. 155-181: Timothy Besley, John Hall and Ian Preston
If we knew ability, how would we tax individuals? pp. 183-211: Erik Plug, Bernard van Praag and Joop Hartog
Modeling charitable contributions of time and money pp. 213-242: Brian Duncan
Implementing tax coordination pp. 243-268: Amrita Dhillon, Carlo Perroni and Kimberley A. Scharf
An empirical study of matching grants: the 'cap on CAP' pp. 269-288: Michael Baker, A. Payne and Michael Smart
State alcohol policies, teen drinking and traffic fatalities pp. 289-315: Thomas Dee
The impact of changes in common property resource management on intrahousehold allocation pp. 317-324: Philip Maggs and John Hoddinott

Inter-regional insurance pp. 1-37: Ben Lockwood
A house of her own: old age assistance and the living arrangements of older nonmarried women pp. 39-59: Dora Costa
Taxation of rent-seeking activities pp. 61-72: Amihai Glazer and Kai Konrad
Redistributive effect, progressivity and differential tax treatment: Personal income taxes in twelve OECD countries pp. 73-98: Adam Wagstaff, Eddy Van Doorslaer, Hattem van der Burg, Samuel Calonge, Terkel Christiansen, Guido Citoni, Ulf-G. Gerdtham, Michael Gerfin, Lorna Gross and Unto Hakinnen
The welfare effects of lotto: evidence from the UK pp. 99-120: Lisa Farrell and Ian Walker
The effect of group size on public good provision in a repeated game setting pp. 121-134: Paul Pecorino
Can higher cigarette taxes improve birth outcomes? pp. 135-154: William Evans and Jeanne S. Ringel