Journal of Public Economics

1972 - 2025

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

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Optimal use of forecasts in economic policy decisions: An empirical test pp. 297-318: Tor Hersoug and Leif Johansen
Vasectomy bonuses and completed family size in India pp. 319-334: Anil Markandya and N. J. Rau
A many-person Ramsey tax rule pp. 335-342: Peter Diamond
A general equilibrium model of the incidence of corporation income tax under uncertainty pp. 343-360: Raveendra N. Batra
Towards an ability tax pp. 361-376: M. G. Allingham
Consumer mobility and community tax bases: The financing of local public goods pp. 377-384: William C. Wheaton

Incentives and public inputs pp. 211-226: Theodore Groves and Martin Loeb
Inflation and the comprehensive tax base pp. 227-244: Peter Diamond
Stability analysis of an effluent charge and the `polluters pay' principle pp. 245-269: Henry Tulkens and Francoise Schoumaker
Taxation, corporate financial policy, and the cost of capital: A comment pp. 271-279: Mervyn A. King
Corporate taxation and the optimal investment decisions of firms pp. 281-287: A. Asimakopulos and John Burbidge
Detrimental externalities, nonconvexities and technical change pp. 289-295: V. Kerry Smith

Welfare effects of tax and price changes pp. 103-123: Avinash Dixit
General equilibrium incidence analysis: The Harberger model after ten years pp. 125-161: Charles McLure
Individual welfare, majority voting, and the properties of a linear income tax pp. 163-185: Thomas Romer
The economics of corruption pp. 187-203: Susan Rose-Ackerman
Optimal policy choice under uncertainty pp. 205-209: Geoffrey Brennan and Thomas McGuire

Efficiency aspects of the differential tax treatment of market and household economic activity pp. 1-25: Michael J. Boskin
Optimal commodity taxation in a two-class economy pp. 27-33: J. A. Mirrless
Pricing policy of a U.S. telephone company pp. 35-56: Stephen Littlechild and J. J. Rousseau
A model of the impact of transportation investment on land rents pp. 57-74: Malcolm Getz
The incidence of profits taxes in a neo-classical growth model pp. 75-85: Ronald Grieson
The introduction of an old-age pension in a growing economy: A first approach pp. 87-100: Bernard van Praag and Guy Poeth

International seminar on public economics pp. 302-302: R. A. Musgrave
The measurement of urban travel demand pp. 303-328: Daniel McFadden
Experimental approach to the determination of the demand for public goods pp. 329-348: Mordecai Kurz
The demand for education in public and private school systems pp. 349-385: Joseph Stiglitz
Informational bases of alternative welfare approaches: Aggregation and income distribution pp. 387-403: Amartya Sen
On some alternative criteria for justice between generations pp. 405-423: Partha Dasgupta
Experimental approach to the determination of the demand for public goods: A comment pp. 425-429: David M Newbery
Experimental approach to the determination of the demand for public goods: A reply pp. 431-432: Mordecai Kurz

Optimal pollution control and trade in collective goods pp. 203-216: Estelle James
Optimal taxation and discount rate for public investment in a growth setting pp. 217-235: Pierre Pestieau
Incentive effects of alternative negative income tax plans pp. 237-249: Samuel Rea
The economics of accidental oil pollution by tankers in coastal waters pp. 251-268: Paul Burrows, Charles Rowley and David Owen
The impact of block grants on local expenditures and property tax rates pp. 269-284: Robert P. Strauss
Innovation and regulation pp. 285-295: Elizabeth Bailey
C.T. Sandford, J.R.M. Willis and D.J. Ironside, An accessions tax pp. 297-299: Gerald R. Jantscher

Public goods, efficiency, and regional fiscal equalization pp. 99-112: Frank Flatters, Vernon Henderson and Peter Mieszkowski
The `tax on wage increases': A theoretical analysis pp. 113-132: Yehuda Kotowitz and Richard Portes
The allocation of resources to education in less developed countries pp. 133-143: Gary Fields
Income taxation and educational subsidy pp. 145-158: Koichi Hamada
Optimal policies for income redistribution pp. 159-169: Neil D. Sosnow
Government investment decisions and institutional constraints on income redistribution pp. 171-180: Robert Goldfarb and Geoffrey Woglom
Note on an extension of the Ramsey inverse elasticity of demand pricing or taxation formula pp. 181-184: E. E. Zajac
Taxation and investment incentives in a vintage investment model: Comment pp. 185-194: M. T. Sumner
Taxation and investment incentives in a vintage investment model: Reply pp. 195-199: M. A. King
Income tax evasion: A theoretical analysis pp. 201-202: Shlomo Yitzhaki

Editorial pp. 1-1: Anthony Atkinson
Some uses of the expenditure function in public finance pp. 3-21: Peter Diamond and Daniel McFadden
The Lindahl solution for economies with public goods pp. 23-42: John Roberts
Policy analysis with a disaggregated economic-demographic model pp. 43-70: Robin Barlow and Gordon W. Davies
Social costs and benefits and the transfer pricing problem pp. 71-82: Joshua Ronen
Guaranteed jobs in a growth model pp. 83-90: John Conlisk
The economics of nationalised industries: M.G. Webb, (Thomas Nelson ans Son, 1973) pp. 91-92: John Craven
Regional growth theory: Harry W. Richardson, (MacMillan, London, 1973) pp. 93-94: J. Vanderkamp
Justice et equite: Serge-Christophe Kolm, (Editions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, 1972) pp. 95-97: C. J. Bliss