Front Matter
(pp. i–vi)
American Economic Review
ISSN 0002-8282 (Print) | ISSN 1944-7981 (Online)
Vol. 89, No. 1, March 1999
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Catching Up with the Economy
(pp. 1–21)
The Voracity Effect
(pp. 22–46)
Endogenous Technological Change and Wage Inequality
(pp. 47–77)
Technological Revolutions
(pp. 78–102)
Doing It Now or Later
(pp. 103–124)
Cooperative Investments and the Value of Contracting
(pp. 125–147)
Rules of Thumb versus Dynamic Programming
(pp. 148–174)
The Generalized War of Attrition
(pp. 175–189)
The Role of Multilateral Institutions in International Trade Cooperation
(pp. 190–214)
An Economic Theory of GATT
(pp. 215–248)
Technology, Employment, and the Business Cycle: Do Technology Shocks Explain Aggregate Fluctuations?
(pp. 249–271)
Scale Economies and Industry Agglomeration Externalities: A Dynamic Cost Function Approach
(pp. 272–290)
Can Affirmative Action Be Cost Effective? An Experimental Examination of Price-Preference Auctions
(pp. 291–305)
Overconfidence and Excess Entry: An Experimental Approach
(pp. 306–318)
The Winner's Curse and Public Information in Common Value Auctions: Comment
(pp. 319–324)
The Winner's Curse and Public Information in Common Value Auctions: Reply
(pp. 325–334)
Social Distance and Other-Regarding Behavior in Dictator Games: Comment
(pp. 335–339)
Social Distance and Other-Regarding Behavior in Dictator Games: Reply
(pp. 340–341)
Optimal Inflation Targets, "Conservative" Central Banks, and Linear Inflation Contracts: Comment
(pp. 342–347)