The Quarterly Journal of Economics

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Volume 91, issue 4, 1977

Correcting the Ricardo Error Spotted in Harry Johnson's Maiden Paper pp. 519-530

Paul A. Samuelson

Two-Stage Expenditure Minimization and some Welfare Applications pp. 531-554

Peter J. Lloyd

Some Long-Run Implications of Border Tax Adjustments for Factor Taxes pp. 555-578

Robert H. Floyd

On The Profitability of Speculation pp. 579-597

Oliver D. Hart

Intertemporal Competitive Equilibrium: An Empirical Study of Speculation pp. 599-624

Ross Miller, Charles Plott and Vernon L. Smith

The Effects of Pollution Taxation on the Pattern of Resource Allocation: The Downstream Diffusion Case pp. 625-638

Eithan Hochman, David Pines and David Zilberman

Optimal Public Sector Pricing Taking the Distributional Aspect into Consideration pp. 639-650

Knud Munk

The Complementarity of Public and Private Capital and the Optimal Rate of Return to Government Investment pp. 651-662

Seiritsu Ogura and Gary Yohe

Savings in Isolation and Under A Collective Decision Rule pp. 663-666

Stanislaw Wellisz

Interfirm Profitability Differences: Comment pp. 667-675

R. E. Caves, B. T. Gale and M. E. Porter

Interfirm Profitability Differences: Reply pp. 677-680

Richard B. Mancke

Volume 91, issue 3, 1977

Mr. Ricardo and the Moderns pp. 351-369

John Hicks and Samuel Hollander

The Normative Bias of the Walrasian Model: Walras Versus Gossen pp. 371-387

William Jaffé

The Death of the Phillips Curve Reconsidered pp. 389-418

Roger E. Brinner

Private Markets in Public Goods (or Qualities) pp. 419-430

Richard D. Auster

An Interindustry Analysis of Bargaining Outcomes: Preliminary Evidence from Two-Digit Industries pp. 431-452

Thomas A. Kochan and Richard N. Block

The Theory of Capital Utilization in Labor-Managed Enterprises pp. 453-467

Roger Betancourt and C. K. Clague

Nontraded Goods and Macroeconomic Policy Under a Fixed Exchange Rate pp. 469-480

Elhanan Helpman

Economies of Scale in Multi-Output Production pp. 481-493

John C. Panzar and Robert Willig

The Isolation Paradox pp. 495-504

Richard Lecomber

Strategy in Point Voting: A Note pp. 505-507

Charles R. Laine

Strategy in Point Voting: Comment pp. 509

Dennis C. Mueller

A Simple Criterion for Equal Value Composition of Capital pp. 511-512

Wilfried Parys

An Elementary Proof of the Existence of a Competitive Equilibrium with Weak Gross Substitutes pp. 513-516

Joseph Greenberg

Correction pp. 517

Bent Hansen

Volume 91, issue 2, 1977

Optimum Population in Rural Areas: Empirical Evidence from the Franc Zone pp. 177-193

J. Dirck Stryker

Productivity Change and Labor Absorption in Japanese Cotton Spinning 1891–1935 pp. 195-219

Gary R. Saxonhouse

Social and Private Rates of Return from Industrial Innovations pp. 221-240

Edwin Mansfield, John Rapoport, Anthony Romeo, Samuel Wagner and George Beardsley

From Entry Barriers to Mobility Barriers: Conjectural Decisions and Contrived Deterrence to New Competition pp. 241-261

R. E. Caves and M. E. Porter

Limited Search and the Technology Choices of Multinational Firms in Brazil pp. 263-287

Samuel A. Morley and Gordon W. Smith

On Some Unresolved Questions in Capital Theory: An Application of Samuelson's Correspondence Principle pp. 289-314

Edwin Burmeister and Ngo Long

Revenue Sharing in Multiperson Public Choice Models pp. 315-326

Shmuel Nitzan

Transactions Demand for Money and the Quantity Theory pp. 327-335

Syed Ahmad

More on Rawlsian Optimal Income Taxation: A Complementary Note on E. S. Phelps's "Taxation of Wage Income for Economic Justice" pp. 337-344

Seiritsu Ogura

The Economic Theory of Fertility Decline: Comment pp. 345-347

William E. Cullison

Economic Theory of Fertility: Reply to Cullison pp. 349-350

Harvey Leibenstein

Volume 91, issue 1, 1977

Multidimensional Egalitarianisms pp. 1-13

Serge-Christophe Kolm

Institutional Structure and Program Choices in Television Markets pp. 15-37

Jack H. Beebe

Search Theory and Duration Data: A Theory of Sorts pp. 39-57

Stephen W. Salant

Allocative Efficiency: The Role of Human Capital pp. 59-79

Wallace E. Huffman

Some Costs and Benefits of Markets: An Empirical Study pp. 81-102

Frederic L. Pryor

Television Programming, Monopolistic Competition, and Welfare pp. 103-126

A. Spence and Bruce Owen

The Role of Habits and Stocks in Consumer Expenditure pp. 127-142

Benjamin Sexauer

The Demand for Insurance and Protection: The Case of Irreplaceable Commodities pp. 143-156

Philip J Cook and Daniel A. Graham

On the Relations between Rates of Return, Risk, and Market Structure pp. 157-163

Daryl N. Winn

F. W. Taussig's Economic Theory of Population pp. 165-170

Warren C. Robinson

Discount Rate Changes and Announcement Effects pp. 171-176

Raymond E. Lombra and Raymond G. Torto

Volume 90, issue 4, 1976

Some Effects of Taxes on Inflation pp. 523-539

John Pitchford and Stephen J Turnovsky

Integrating Equity and Efficiency in Applied Welfare Economics pp. 541-556

Robin Boadway

A Model of Location and Industrial Efficiency with Free Entry pp. 557-574

J. M. A. Gee

Appropriate Technology, X-Inefficiency, and a Competitive Environment: Some Evidence from Pakistan pp. 575-589

Lawrence J. White

Symposium: The Economics of Information: Informational Aspects of Market Structure: An Introduction pp. 591-597

A. Spence

The Economics of Caste and of the Rat Race and Other Woeful Tales pp. 599-617

George Akerlof

Self-Selection and Turnover in the Labor Market pp. 619-627

Joanne Salop and Steven Salop

Equilibrium in Competitive Insurance Markets: An Essay on the Economics of Imperfect Information pp. 629-649

Michael Rothschild and Joseph Stiglitz

Imperfect Information, Uncertainty, and Credit Rationing pp. 651-666

Dwight M. Jaffee and Thomas Russell

Hirshleifer on Speculation pp. 667-675

Stephen W. Salant

What is Speculation? pp. 677-687

George Feiger

Reply to Comments on "Speculation and Equilibrium: Information, Risk, and Markets" pp. 689-696

J. Hirshleifer

Volume 90, issue 3, 1976

The Dual Roles of the Government Budget and the Balance of Payments in the Movement from Short-Run to Long-Run Equilibrium pp. 345-367

William Branson

The Aggregative Structure of Keynes's General Theory pp. 369-387

Richard T. Froyen

The Supply of Urban Housing pp. 389-405

Barton A. Smith

Futures Markets, Supply Response, and Price Stability pp. 407-423

Anne E. Peck

Alfred Marshall: Victorian Relevance for Modern Economics pp. 425-443

Theodore Levitt

1913 Russian National Income—Some Insights into Russian Economic Development pp. 445-459

Paul R. Gregory

Risk-Efficient Monopoly Pricing for the Multiproduct Firm pp. 461-474

Robert A. Meyer

Commodity Bundling and the Burden of Monopoly pp. 475-498

William Adams and Janet L. Yellen

Do Bad Products Drive Out Good? pp. 499-502

Geoffrey Heal

Reply to Professor Heal pp. 503

George Akerlof

Kendrick's "Forward Integration Method" and the Dynamic Leontief Multisectoral Model pp. 505-507

R. G. Kreijger and H. Neudecker

Demand Analysis and Why the Poor May Pay More pp. 509-513

P. G. Reinhardt

The Multiplier Concept and Monetary Restraint: A Comment pp. 515-517

Charles F. Peake

The Multiplier Concept and Monetary Restraint: A Response pp. 518-520

Jack Vernon

Volume 90, issue 2, 1976

An Aggregate Dynamic Model of Short-Run Price and Output Behavior pp. 177-196

Louis J. Maccini

The Unequalizing Spiral: A First Growth Model for Belindia pp. 197-218

Lance Taylor and Edmar Bacha

Industrial Structure, Urbanization, and the Growth Strategy of Socialist Countries pp. 219-244

Gur Ofer

On the Degree of Rivalry for Maximum Innovative Activity pp. 245-260

Morton I. Kamien and Nancy L. Schwartz

Social Institutions, Imperfect Information, and the Distribution of Income pp. 261-284

David Starrett

Do Sex Preferences Really Matter? pp. 285-307

Yoram Ben-Porath and Finis Welch

The Weighting Problem in Testing the Linkage Hypothesis pp. 308-312

Prem S. Laumas

Some Further Results on the Linkage Hypothesis pp. 313-318

Michel Boucher

A Balanced-Growth Version of the Linkage Hypothesis: A Comment pp. 319-322

James Riedel

The Measurement of Hirschmanian Linkages pp. 323-333

Leroy P. Jones

In Defense of a Test of the Linkage Hypothesis pp. 334-343

Pan A. Yotopoulos and Jeffrey Nugent

Volume 90, issue 1, 1976

Caring for the Real Problems pp. 1-7

Richard A. Musgrave

Tribute pp. 8

Johx H. Williams

Some Reminiscences pp. 9-13

Gottfried Haberler

Alvin Hansen and the Fiscal Policy Seminar pp. 14-23

Walter S. Salant

Alvin Hansen as a Creative Economic Theorist pp. 24-31

Paul A. Samuelson

Hansen and Public Policy pp. 32-37

James Tobin

On Probabilistic Models of Consumer Search for Information pp. 38-50

Joseph L. Gastwirth

Competition in Salaries, Credentials, and Signaling Prerequisites for Jobs pp. 51-74

A. Spence

Options and Efficiency pp. 75-89

Stephen Ross

Technical Change in an Evolutionary Model pp. 90-118

Richard Nelson, Sidney Winter and Herbert L. Schuette

Internal Migration and Economic Development in Brazil pp. 119-137

Lorene Yap

Income Taxation and Capital Accumulation pp. 138-149

Eytan Sheshinski

Stock Market Optimality: Comment pp. 150-155

Stephen LeRoy

On the Welfare Significance of National Product in a Dynamic Economy pp. 156-162

Martin Weitzman

Unbounded Utility Functions in Expected Utility Theory pp. 163-168

Peter C. Fishburn

Effective Protection by Transportation Costs and Tariffs: A Comparison of Magnitudes pp. 169-176

Joseph Finger and A. J. Yeats