Journal of Public Economics

1972 - 2025

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

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Volume 6, issue 4, 1976

Optimal tax theory: A synthesis pp. 327-358

James Mirrlees

The incentives for correct revelation of preferences and the number of consumers pp. 359-374

John Roberts

Partial equilibrium approach to the free-rider problem pp. 375-394

Jerry Green, Elon Kohlberg and Jean-Jacques Laffont

Equality, complementarity and the incidence of public expenditures pp. 395-407

Michael Bruno

Distribution of tastes and skills and the provision of local public goods pp. 409-423

Eitan Berglas

Public investment criteria, insurance markets, and income taxes pp. 425-445

Richard Schmalensee

Public goods, taxation, and the distribution of income over time pp. 447-463

Winston C. Bush and Robert J. Mackay

Volume 6, issue 3, 1976

Social choice and welfare economics under representative government pp. 171-190

Abram Bergson

A new approach to the demand for public goods pp. 191-204

Robert Strauss and G. David Hughes

Differential incidence in the presence of initial distorting taxes pp. 205-229

Adolf L. Vandendorpe and Ann F. Friedlaender

A model of local government expenditure and tax capitalization pp. 231-242

Mark V. Pauly

Uncertainty and optimal stabilization policy pp. 243-253

Franklin R. Shupp

Tax effects on job search, training, and work effort pp. 255-272

Jonathan R. Kesselman

The determination of government expenditure for short-term forecasting and policy simulation models pp. 273-293

Jeffrey M. Davis

A graphic representation of the Nash and Lindahl equilibria in an economy with a public good pp. 295-307

Leif Danziger

A `missing link' in the social rate of discount literature pp. 309-312

Robert Goldfarb

A note on the fair division of pollution rights pp. 313-317

Luigi M. Tomasini

The property tax and alternative local taxes: Larry D. Schroeder and David L. Sjoquist (Praeger, New York, 1975) pp. 319-321

Richard Arnott

The economics of the natural gas shortage (1960-1980): P.W. MacAvoy and R.S. Pindyck (North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1975) pp. xii+260, $31.25 pp. 321-323

Leonard Waverman

Volume 6, issue 1-2, 1976

International seminar in public economics pp. 1-1

R. A. Musgrave

ET, OT and SBT pp. 3-16

Richard A. Musgrave

Taxation in fiscal exchange pp. 17-29

James Buchanan

Taxation in fiscal exchange: A comment pp. 31-35

Bruno Frey

Optimal taxation: An introduction to the literature pp. 37-54

Agnar Sandmo

The design of tax structure: Direct versus indirect taxation pp. 55-75

Anthony Atkinson and Joseph Stiglitz

On the theory of tax reform pp. 77-104

Martin Feldstein

A methodology for evaluating tax reform proposals pp. 105-121

Harvey Rosen

On the specification of models of optimum income taxation pp. 123-162

Nicholas Stern

A reappraisal of the corporation income tax pp. 163-169

J. S. Flemming

Volume 5, issue 3-4, 1976

Effluent charges and licenses under uncertainty pp. 193-208

Marc J. Roberts and A. Spence

Deterministic and stochastic policy decisions: Some one-period simulation results pp. 209-224

Richard M. Young

Economic forecasting and contracyclical stabilization policy pp. 225-236

Herman Stekler

Congressional delays in U.S. fiscal policymaking: Simulating the effects pp. 237-247

Paul R. Portney

Two problems in the theory of fairness pp. 249-260

Hal Varian

Social contract theory and ordinal distributive equity pp. 261-268

Elisha A. Pazner and David Schmeidler

Voting equilibria with market-based assessments pp. 269-284

Noel M. Edelson

Egalitarianism of earnings and income taxes pp. 285-301

Jonathan R. Kesselman

The corporation tax pp. 303-311

Joseph Stiglitz

Collective factors of production under uncertainty pp. 313-324

Jean-Jacques Laffont

A self-managed fiscal system and the allocation function of fiscal policy pp. 325-336

Marko Kranjec

Taxation in a two-period temporal model of consumption and portfolio allocation pp. 337-352

Syed Ahsan

Reflections on `social costs and benefits and the transfer pricing problem' pp. 353-359

Theodore Groves and Martin Loeb

Democratic exploitation of a replenishable resource pp. 361-371

Philip A. Neher

Some uses of the expenditure function in public finance: A comment pp. 373-379

William G. Moss

Smuggling and optimal commercial policy pp. 381-384

Murray Kemp

A note on the `crowding out' of private expenditures by bond-financed increases in government spending pp. 385-387

William M. Scarth

Innovation and regulation: A comment pp. 389-391

J. Lesourne

Innovation and regulation: A reply pp. 393-394

Elizabeth Bailey

Volume 5, issue 1-2, 1976

Tax incentives and charitable contributions in the United States: A microeconometric analysis pp. 1-26

Martin Feldstein and Charles Clotfelter

Estate taxation and charitable bequests pp. 27-56

Michael J. Boskin

Taxes, family grants and redistribution pp. 57-79

Michael Bruno and Jack Habib

The welfare costs of nonoptimal airport utilization pp. 81-102

James D. Likens

Transport pricing policies and efficient urban growth pp. 103-117

Stephen Glaister

Amenities and property values in a model of an urban area pp. 119-129

A. Mitchell Polinsky and Steven Shavell

Regulation of externalities pp. 131-138

Ted Bergstrom

Distributive justice and optimal taxation of wages and interest in a growing economy pp. 139-160

Janusz A. Ordover

On the measurement of the degree of progression pp. 161-168

Ulf Jakobsson

The median voter rule and the theory of political choice pp. 169-177

William S. Comanor

Transfers and Pareto optimality pp. 179-182

George Daly and J. Giertz

Does fiscal policy matter?: A correction pp. 183-184

Alan Blinder and Robert Solow

The private government of public money: Hugh Heclo and Aaron Wildavsky (Macmillan, London, 1974) pp. 185-187

Alan Williams

The theory of environmental policy: W.J. Baumol and W.E. Oates (Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1975) pp. xii+272, [UK pound]8.25 pp. 187-189

David M Newbery