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Volume 28, issue 2, 1984

My Life Philosophy pp. 5-8

Jan Tinbergen

Discrete Choices in Continuous Time as a Dynamic Programming Problem pp. 9-17

Wim Vijverberg

An Economic Analysis of Changes in the Relative Shape of the Interstate Size Distribution of Family Income during the 1960's pp. 18-25

Stephen Nord

Industrial Concentration and Price Stability: An Empirical Analysis pp. 26-35

David M. Dudley

The Role of Market Power Measures in the Search for an Antitrust Case pp. 36-40

Richard P. Rozek

Analytical Comparisons of Internal, External and Differential Indices of Income Inequality between Black and White for 1964–1977 pp. 41-47

Byung Sung Lee

Price Distortions in Brazilian Agriculture: An Application of Duality Theory and Flexible Functional Forms pp. 48-59

Decio Zylbersztajn

Profitable Destabilizing Speculation as Intertemporal Price Discrimination pp. 60-63

David Feldman and Edward Tower

The Economics of Incorporation: An Empirical Study of Lakeland, TN pp. 64-68

Susan M. Fisher and Thomas L. Williams

Racial Discrimination in Professional Basketball: A Retort pp. 69-70

Robert G. Mogull

Treatment and Comparison Groups in an Evaluation of Vocational Rehabilitation: Comparability, Costs and other Issues pp. 71-73

Valerie Englander

Reply to Englander's Comments pp. 74-75

Laura Nowak

The Path to a “Sane Societyâ€, a Note pp. 76-80

Jennifer Ann Black

The Ethics of Suboptimal Resource Allocation in Academe: A Note pp. 81-83

Uriel Spiegel and Joseph Templeman

Aggregate Supply Once More: A Rejoinder pp. 84-86

Thomas P. Reinwald

A Note on the Improper Derivation of Marginal Revenue in Kinky Oligopoly Models pp. 87-88

Waldo John Lombardi

The Improper Derivation of Marginal Revenue in Kinky Oligopoly Models: A Reply pp. 89-89

William L. Casey and Surendra K. Kaushik

Book Review: Haciendas and Economic Development, Guadalajara, Mexico at Independence pp. 90-91

Lynn Poritz

Book Review: US Foreign Economic Strategy for the Eighties pp. 91-92

Michele Tina Berkowitz

Book Review: America's Hidden Success: A Reassessment of Twenty Years of Public Policy pp. 92-92

Carol A. Reina

Volume 28, issue 1, 1984

On My Attitudes: Sociopolitical and Methodological pp. 5-9

William Baumol

Comparative Results in Pollution Control pp. 10-17

Gary Yohe

Economic Incentives and Safety Regulation: An Analytical Framework pp. 18-24

Hal Sider

Comments pp. 25-26

Jeffrey Rubin

The Human Wealth of American Men pp. 27-33

A. E. Fareed and G. D. Riggs

Market Structure and Corporate Accounting Strategy pp. 34-43

James R. Martin

What Do Regulated Firms Maximize? pp. 44-48

Philip Fanara and David M. Sweet

Competitive Implicit Interest Payments in Commercial Banking pp. 49-56

Ronald Leaf

The Black-White Income Differential over Time: Past Trends and Future Prospects pp. 57-62

Marc Gordon

Marital Dissolution: An Economic Analysis pp. 63-68

Kevin A. Hunter

The Construction of International Currency Cocktails-An Argument for the Use of the Markowitz Portfolio Model pp. 69-73

R. Stafford Johnson and Richard A. Zuber

Study on the Demand for New Automobiles: 1947–1979 pp. 74-79

Gary Paul Biehn

A Reason for Ranking Recent Articles: The Case of Macromonetary Articles pp. 80-85

James M. Rock

Book Review: International Economics pp. 86-86

Cho Kin Leung

Book Review: Japan's Wasted Workers pp. 86-87

Suzanne L. Keough

Book Review: The Political Economy of Aging pp. 87-88

Gloria Williams

Chapter Roll pp. 89-96

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Volume 27, issue 2, 1983

Editorial Note pp. 3-3

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My Life Philosophy pp. 5-12

Paul Samuelson

R&D, Innovation and Environmental Regulation: The Case of Copper pp. 13-20

Robert S. Lurie

On the Determinants of Public Education Expenditures pp. 21-28

Stephen Nord

Demand for Medical Services by Deprived Urban Youth in North and South America pp. 29-33

John P. Walter and William H. Leahy

On the Stability of Commodity Cartels pp. 34-36

Frederick I. Johnson

The Incidence of Household-Based Taxes: Evidence from the Consumer Expenditure Survey pp. 37-41

Steven M. Rock

The Theory of Risk Aversion and Liquidity Preference: A Geometric Exposition pp. 42-49

Gabriel Hawawini

An Empirical Test of the Effect of Social Security on Fertility in the United States pp. 50-57

Steve Swidler

Inflation and the Rationality of Investing in Projects with Negative Net Present Values pp. 58-66

Michael G. Angel and Thomas O. Nitsch

Implications of Production Functions: Yugoslav Economic Growth—1952–1974 pp. 67-73

Sherman R. Sullivan

The Effect of Deregulating Crude Oil Prices on the Pump Price of Gasoline: A Comment pp. 74-76

Paul Nelson

A Note on the Stability Requirements in Disequilibrium States pp. 77-79

Emad Zikry

On the Long-Run Effects of Manuscript Submission Fees: A Comment pp. 80-81

Pat Joyce and Tom Merz

On the Long-Run Effects of Manuscript Submission Fees-Reply to Joyce and Merz pp. 82-82

James Koch and Richard Cebula

Control of Inflation in a Small, Open Economy: A Comment pp. 83-85

Michael Howard

The Economist as a Consultant: A Note pp. 86-88

R. P. Mendels

Book Review: The Dragon and the Bear: China and Russia in the Eighties pp. 89-91

Daniel R. Hall

Book Review: World Steel in the 1980's: A Case of Survival pp. 89-89

Daniel R. Hall

Book Review: Finance and Development: The Role of International Commercial Banks in the Third World pp. 91-92

Sandra L. Snow

Volume 27, issue 1, 1983

Leverage, Risk-Adjusted Discount Rate and Industry Equilibrium pp. 5-12

Nitzan Weiss

Taxation of Capital Gains and the Behavior of Stock Prices over the Dividend Cycle pp. 13-22

Dan Palmon and Uzi Yaari

“A Cost Effectiveness Evaluation of the Federal/State Vocational Rehabilitation Program—Using a Comparison Group†pp. 23-29

Laura Nowak

The Periodic Table of the Neoclassical Paradigm pp. 30-36

Thomas E. Holland

Leisure-Income Indifference Curves and the Laffer Curve pp. 37-39

Edward Shapiro

The Demand for Money in a Developing Money Market: The Evidence from Trinidad and Tobago pp. 40-46

Michael Howard

A Mathematician's Brief Excursion into Economic History—The Concept of ARC Elasticity of Demand pp. 47-53

John E. Morrill

Product Liability: Who Should Bear the Burden? pp. 54-57

Deborah E. Eisman

Economics as a Science: Some Theoretical Aspects pp. 58-60

O. T. Brookins

Student Housing and Discrimination: An Empirical Approach pp. 61-68

Thomas A. Gray

A Further Note on the Aggregate Supply Function pp. 69-70

W. Robert Brazelton

A Syllabus for Macrodynamics pp. 71-78

Michael Darby

Macroeconomic Theory: Income Determination pp. 79-86

William Branson

Book Review: Community and Capital in Conflict: Plant Closings and Job Loss pp. 87-87

Linda E. Friedman

Book Review: Our Overloaded Economy: Inflation, Unemployment, and the Crises in American Capitalism pp. 87-89

John L. Bungum

Chapter Roll pp. 90-96

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