Journal of Economic Perspectives

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Principles or Introductory Course

Some JEP articles recommended for classroom use

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Perhaps surprisingly, a number of faculty members recommended certain JEP articles as working well for their introductory courses, sometimes as useful reading for starting a classroom conversation on the first day or two of class, sometimes appearing later in the course."

Prendergast, Canice. 2017. “How Food Banks Use Markets to Feed the Poor.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 31 (4): 145–62. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.31.4.145

Oates, Wallace E., and Robert M. Schwab. 2015. “The Window Tax: A Case Study in Excess Burden.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 29 (1): 163–80. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.29.1.163

Dragusanu, Raluca, Daniele Giovannucci, and Nathan Nunn. 2014. “The Economics of Fair Trade.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 28 (3): 217–36. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.28.3.217

Slonim, Robert, Carmen Wang, and Ellen Garbarino. 2014. “The Market for Blood.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 28 (2): 177–96. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.28.2.177

Bernanke, Ben S. 2013. “A Century of US Central Banking: Goals, Frameworks, Accountability.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 27 (4): 3–16. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.27.4.3

Sandel, Michael J. 2013. “Market Reasoning as Moral Reasoning: Why Economists Should Re-engage with Political Philosophy.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 27 (4): 121–40. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.27.4.121

Mankiw, N. Gregory. 2013. “Defending the One Percent.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 27 (3): 21–34. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/JEP.27.3.21

Auerbach, Alan J., William G. Gale, and Benjamin H. Harris. 2010. “Activist Fiscal Policy.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 24 (4): 141–64. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.24.4.141

Moore, Tyler, Richard Clayton, and Ross Anderson. 2009. “The Economics of Online Crime.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 23 (3): 3–20. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.23.3.3

Backhouse, Roger E., and Steven G. Medema. 2009. “Retrospectives: On the Definition of Economics.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 23 (1): 221–33. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.23.1.221

Leape, Jonathan. 2006. “The London Congestion Charge.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 20 (4): 157–76. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.20.4.157

Einav, Liran, and Leeat Yariv. 2006. “What’s in a Surname? The Effects of Surname Initials on Academic Success.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 20 (1): 175–87. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/089533006776526085

Siegel, Jeremy J., and Richard H. Thaler. 1997. “Anomalies: The Equity Premium Puzzle.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 11 (1): 191–200. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.11.1.191

Romer, David. 1993. “Do Students Go to Class? Should They?” Journal of Economic Perspectives 7 (3): 167–74. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.7.3.167