Journal of Public Economics

1972 - 2025

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

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Information processing and jury decisionmaking pp. 245-278: Alvin K. Klevorick, Michael Rothschild and Christopher Winship
The effects of grants-in-aid on state and local expenditures: The case of AFDC pp. 279-305: Robert Moffitt
Optimal compensation for potential fatality pp. 307-332: Clive Fraser
Patterns of power: bargaining and incentives in two-person games pp. 333-349: Graciela Chichilnisky and Geoffrey Heal
On the optimal income taxation: Some further numerical results pp. 351-366: Matti Tuomala
The theory of public goods: non-nash behaviour pp. 367-379: Richard Cornes and Todd Sandler
Mixed clubs: Further observations pp. 381-389: Todd Sandler and John Tschirhart
Resource constraint, replicability and mixed clubs: A reply pp. 391-397: E. Berglas and D. Pines

Introduction pp. 1-2: Martin Feldstein
Unemployment benefit, duration and incentives in Britain: How robust is the evidence? pp. 3-26: Anthony Atkinson, J. Gomulka, John Micklewright and N. Rau
Taxes, firm financial policy and the cost of capital: An empirical analysis pp. 27-57: Alan Auerbach
Statistical models for zero expenditures in household budgets pp. 59-80: Angus Deaton and Margaret Irish
Individual retirement and savings behavior pp. 81-114: Peter Diamond and Jerry Hausman
Pension wealth and household savings: Tests of robustness pp. 115-139: Louis Dicks-Mireaux and Mervyn King
Unemployment insurance and reservation wages pp. 141-167: Martin Feldstein and James Poterba
Estimating consumption from expenditure data pp. 169-181: John Kay, Michael Keen and C. N. Morris
The influence of pensions on job mobility pp. 183-206: Barry McCormick and Gordon Hughes
Moving and housing expenditure: Transaction costs and disequilibrium pp. 207-243: Steven Venti and David Wise

Cost-benefit analysis and project evaluation: A comparison of alternative approaches pp. 265-302: Walter Diewert
Government debt and private leverage: An extension of the Miller theorem pp. 303-325: Robert L. McDonald
Optimal subsidies to declining industries: Efficiency and equity considerations pp. 327-345: Harry Flam, Torsten Persson and Lars Svensson
The flypaper effect and other anomalies pp. 347-361: Bruce W. Hamilton
Surplus may measure waste pp. 363-374: Yuval Shilony
Taxation, inflation, and the terms of trade pp. 375-386: Liam P. Ebrill and Uri M. Possen
Revealed preferences between public expenditures and taxation cuts: Public sector choice pp. 387-399: G. C. Hockley and G. Harbour

Dividend taxes, corporate investment, and `Q' pp. 135-167: James Poterba and Lawrence Summers
The effect of income taxation on the labor supply of married men in Sweden pp. 169-197: Sören Blomquist
Complexity in regulation pp. 199-214: Richard E. Quandt
Rules, rule intermediaries and the complexity and stability of regulation pp. 215-226: J. R. Kearl
The optimal rate of decline of an inefficient industry pp. 227-242: Bruce A. Forster and Ray Rees
Cost-axiomatic regulatory pricing pp. 243-256: Dieter Bos and Georg Tillmann
Price ceilings in competitive markets with variable quality pp. 257-264: Neil Raymon

A computational general equilibrium model with endogenous unemployment: An analysis of the 1980 fiscal reform in Mexico pp. 1-26: Timothy Kehoe and Jaime Serra-Puche
Optimal shadow prices and discount rates for budget-constrained public firms pp. 27-48: Kare P. Hagen
Moral hazard, adverse selection, and the optimal provision of social insurance pp. 49-71: Michael Whinston
The distribution of abilities and the progressive income tax pp. 73-88: Mats Persson
Measuring the costs of children: An alternative approach pp. 89-102: Ranjan Ray
Dealing with envy pp. 103-112: Chal Sussangkarn and Steven Goldman
Imperfect information, markets and public provision of education pp. 113-121: Paul Grout
On the validation of cost push: A comment pp. 123-125: Simon Wren-Lewis
A note on progression, penalty schemes and tax evasion pp. 127-133: Erkki Koskela

Leif Johansen's contribution to public economics pp. 317-324: Agnar Sandmo
Layoffs, wages and unemployment insurance pp. 325-357: Kenneth Burdett and Bryce Hool
Social choice and telling the truth pp. 359-375: John Craven
Random wastes, imperfect monitoring and environmental quality standards pp. 377-387: Brian Beavis and Martin Walker
A model of the political process with party loyalty pp. 389-396: Thomas von Ungern-Sternberg
Wealth effects, treasury bill financing, and stability pp. 397-403: David Currie and Shaziye Gazioglou

Stockholder tax rates and firm attributes pp. 107-127: Alan Auerbach
The effective tax rate and the pretax rate of return pp. 129-158: Martin Feldstein, Louis Dicks-Mireaux and James Poterba
Taxation and risk taking in general equilibrium models with free entry pp. 159-181: Richard E. Kihlstrom and Jean-Jacques Laffont
Welfare analysis of tax reforms using household data pp. 183-214: Mervyn A. King
Capital gains taxation in an economy with an `Austrian sector' pp. 215-256: Dan Kovenock and Michael Rothschild
Some aspects of the taxation of capital gains pp. 257-294: Joseph Stiglitz
Sector differentiated capital taxation with imperfect competition and inter-industry flows pp. 295-316: Robert Willig

Individual attributes and self-selection of higher education: College attendance versus college completion pp. 1-32: Steven Venti and David Wise
An empirical approach to distributive justice pp. 33-52: Erik Schokkaert and Leo Lagrou
Portfolio choice, consumption and welfare when rates of return are related to prices of consumer goods pp. 53-77: Aba Schwartz and David Pines
Social security and savings plans in overlapping-generations models pp. 79-92: John Burbidge
Inflation, taxes and housing: A theoretical analysis pp. 93-104: James Kau and Donald Keenan