Journal of Public Economics

1972 - 2025

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

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Volume 11, issue 3, 1979

Social security and consumer spending in an international cross section pp. 275-289

Robert Barro and Glenn M. MacDonald

Share valuation and corporate equity policy pp. 291-305

Alan Auerbach

Optimal taxation in a spatial economy with transport costs pp. 307-334

Richard Arnott

Deriving public sector preferences pp. 335-352

Arthur T. Denzau and Robert Parks

A sample of observations on comparative prices in public and private enterprises pp. 353-368

Richard Funkhouser and Paul W. MacAvoy

A voting paradox of fiscal federalism pp. 369-382

Dieter Bos

Taxes on capital in a specific factor model with international capital mobility pp. 383-393

Melvyn B. Krauss

Reply to Dr. Radian pp. 395-396

Y. Ben-Porath and M. Bruno

Volume 11, issue 2, 1979

Price changes and optimum taxation in a many-consumer economy pp. 143-157

Avinash Dixit

Options in income support for the aged: A critique of the two-tier approach pp. 159-177

Jack Habib and Robert Lerman

Approximating the efficiency gain of tax reforms pp. 179-195

Jerry Green and Eytan Sheshinski

Computing optimal tax equilibria pp. 197-212

Richard G. Harris and James MacKinnon

Uniform domestic tax rates, trade distortions and economic integration pp. 213-221

John Whalley

Property values, local public expenditure and economic efficiency pp. 223-245

Jan Brueckner

Measuring the benefits of environmental and public policy changes in cities: Short-term and long-term considerations pp. 247-260

Michelle J. White

On the differences between the political economy of introducing and implementing tax reforms -- Israel 1975-1978 pp. 261-271

Alex Radian

Inequality and progressive taxation: An example pp. 273-274

Michael Allingham

Volume 11, issue 1, 1979

Housing decisions and the U.S. income tax: An econometric analysis pp. 1-23

Harvey Rosen

Incentives and incomplete information pp. 25-45

Claude d'Aspremont and Louis-André Gérard-Varet

Governmental behavior in response to compensation requirements pp. 47-58

Joseph Cordes and Burton A. Weisbrod

The long run consequences of monetary and fiscal policies when the government's budget is not balanced pp. 59-79

Gary Smith

Envy, wealth, and class hierarchies pp. 81-91

Allan Feldman and David Weiman

Depreciation and interest deductions and the effect of the corporation income tax on investment pp. 93-105

Robin Boadway and Neil Bruce

Risk aversion, uncertain demand and the effects of a regulatory constraint pp. 107-121

R. Chapman and Leonard Waverman

Corporate taxation, retained earnings, and capital formation pp. 123-134

Kul Bhatia

The clearance rate as a measure of criminal justice system effectiveness pp. 135-142

Philip J Cook

Volume 10, issue 3, 1978

The ISPE conference on social insurance: An introduction pp. 275-276

Martin Feldstein

Do private pensions increase national savings? pp. 277-293

Martin Feldstein

A model of social insurance with variable retirement pp. 295-336

Peter Diamond and James Mirrlees

A model of social security and retirement decisions pp. 337-360

Eytan Sheshinski

The effect of social security on early retirement pp. 361-377

Michael J. Boskin and Michael D. Hurd

Some aspects of optimal unemployment insurance pp. 379-402

Martin Neil Baily

Aspects of optimal unemployment insurance: Search, leisure, savings and capital market imperfections pp. 403-425

J. S. Flemming

Product differentiation and performance in insurance markets pp. 427-447

A. Spence

Volume 10, issue 2, 1978

Optimal tax perturbations pp. 139-177

Walter Diewert

Professor Friedman, meet Lady Rhys-Williams: NIT vs. CIT pp. 179-216

Jonathan R. Kesselman and Irwin Garfinkel

Implicit social preferences in the Norwegian system of indirect taxation pp. 217-245

Vidar Christiansen and Eilev Jansen

Individual decisions and group decisions: The fundamental differences pp. 247-267

Jean-Marie Blin and Mark A. Satterthwaite

Electricity economics-essays and case studies: R. Turvey and D. Anderson pp. 269-273

Stephen Littlechild

Volume 10, issue 1, 1978

Capital taxation in a dynamic general equilibrium setting pp. 1-24

Ann F. Friedlaender and Adolf F. Vandendorpe

A method for estimating the effect of a subsidy on the receiver's resource constraint: with an application to U.S. local governments 1964-1971 pp. 25-44

Martin McGuire

Capital gains, discriminatory taxes, and the choice between renting and owning a house pp. 45-55

Yoram Weiss

Voting by veto pp. 57-75

Dennis Mueller

Private good clubs and the core pp. 77-95

John R. Sorenson, John Tschirhart and Andrew B. Whinston

Peer group effects and educational production functions pp. 97-106

Vernon Henderson, Peter Mieszkowski and Yvon Sauvageau

A simulation study of income tax evasion pp. 107-116

Nehemiah Friedland, Shlomo Maital and Aryeh Rutenberg

The testing and sorting functions of higher education pp. 117-122

Kenneth Burdett

Risk and decentralization in the theory of economic policy pp. 123-131

M. A. Grove

Unbalanced productivity growth and the growth of public services: A comment pp. 133-135

V. Kerry Smith

Volume 9, issue 3, 1978

Tax incidence in a two good model pp. 283-299

Peter Diamond

Tax instruments as constraints on the disposition of public revenues pp. 301-318

Geoffrey Brennan and James Buchanan

When is a tax neutral? pp. 319-339

Lawrence J. Lau

An integrated fares policy for transport in London pp. 341-355

Stephen Glaister and Davis Lewis

Optimal growth and distribution policies pp. 357-372

Pierre Pestieau and Uri M. Possen

Public goods and joint supply pp. 373-382

Bryan Ellickson

The optimal income tax: Some comparative statics results pp. 383-393

Elhanan Helpman and Efraim Sadka

Competition and the optimal control of externalities pp. 395-403

Stuart Mestelman

On minimax regret and welfare economics pp. 405-410

Paul Grout

Volume 9, issue 2, 1978

Some effects of taxation and collective goods in postwar America: A tentative appraisal pp. 115-137

Louis Gevers and Stef Proost

Power and taxes in a multi-commodity economy (updated) pp. 139-161

Robert Aumann and Mordecai Kurz

Dynamic processes for public goods: An institution-oriented survey pp. 163-201

Henry Tulkens

Politico-economic models and cycles pp. 203-220

Bruno Frey

State expenditure from a Marxist perspective pp. 221-238

Duncan Foley

Voters, bureaucrats and legislators: A rational choice perspective on the growth of bureaucracy pp. 239-254

Morris P. Fiorina and Roger Noll

Institutional approaches to public expenditure: Empirical evidence from Swiss municipalities pp. 255-280

Werner W. Pommerehne

Volume 9, issue 1, 1978

The labor supply curve under income maintenance programs pp. 1-16

Giora Hanoch and Marjorie Honig

The effects of the capital gains tax on the selling and switching of common stock pp. 17-36

Martin Feldstein and Shlomo Yitzhaki

Stabilization rules and the benefits from price stabilization pp. 37-57

Stephen J Turnovsky

Equalization of true gift and estate tax rates pp. 59-71

James Adams

Controllability and the theory of economic policy: A critical view pp. 73-81

Lars Nyberg and Staffan Viotti

Optimal price discrimination pp. 83-89

John M. Hartwick

Trying to value a life pp. 91-100

John Broome

A note on aggregate production with consumption externalities pp. 101-105

Efrain Sadka

Amenities and property values in a model of an urban area: A comment pp. 107-110

Steven Cobb, Anthony Barkume and Perry Shapiro

Amenities and property values in a model of an urban area: A reply pp. 111-112

A. Mitchell Polinsky and Steven Shavell