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Journal of Economic Perspectives
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Computational Experiments in Macroeconomics
The Computational Experiment: An Econometric Tool
by Finn E. Kydland and Edward C. Prescott
(pp. 69–85)
The Empirical Foundations of Calibration
by Lars Peter Hansen and James J. Heckman
(pp. 87–104)
Macroeconomics and Methodology
by Christopher A. Sims
(pp. 105–120)
The Monetary Transmission Mechanism
Symposium on the Monetary Transmission Mechanism
by Frederic S. Mishkin
(pp. 3–10)
The Monetary Transmission Mechanism: An Empirical Framework
by John B. Taylor
(pp. 11–26)
Inside the Black Box: The Credit Channel of Monetary Policy Transmission
by Ben S. Bernanke and Mark Gertler
(pp. 27–48)
Monetary, Credit and (Other) Transmission Processes: A Monetarist Perspective
by Allan H. Meltzer
(pp. 49–72)
The Mirage of Fixed Exchange Rates
by Maurice Obstfeld and Kenneth Rogoff
(pp. 73–96)
Might Environmental Regulation Promote Growth?
Toward a New Conception of the Environment-Competitiveness Relationship
by Michael E. Porter and Claas van der Linde
(pp. 97–118)
Tightening Environmental Standards: The Benefit-Cost or the No-Cost Paradigm?
by Karen Palmer, Wallace E. Oates, and Paul R. Portney
(pp. 119–132)
Income Inequality and Trade
Are Your Wages Set in Beijing?
by Richard B. Freeman
(pp. 15–32)
Income Inequality and Trade: How to Think, What to Conclude
by J. David Richardson
(pp. 33–55)
How Trade Hurt Unskilled Workers
by Adrian Wood
(pp. 57–80)
Consumption Smoothing in Developing Countries
Symposium on Consumption Smoothing in Developing Countries
by Anne Case
(pp. 81–82)
Consumption Insurance: An Evaluation of Risk-Bearing Systems in Low-Income Economies
by Robert M. Townsend
(pp. 83–102)
Income Smoothing and Consumption Smoothing
by Jonathan Morduch
(pp. 103–114)
Nonmarket Institutions for Credit and Risk Sharing in Low-Income Countries
by Timothy Besley
(pp. 115–127)
Immigration
The Economic Benefits from Immigration
by George J. Borjas
(pp. 3–22)
The Impact of Immigrants on Host Country Wages, Employment and Growth
by Rachel M. Friedberg and Jennifer Hunt
(pp. 23–44)
Tackling the European Migration Problems
by Klaus F. Zimmermann
(pp. 45–62)
Social Experiments
The Case for Randomized Field Trials in Economic and Policy Research
by Gary Burtless
(pp. 63–84)
Assessing the Case for Social Experiments
by James J. Heckman and Jeffrey A. Smith
(pp. 85–110)
Economics of Voting
An Introduction to Vote-Counting Schemes
by Jonathan Levin and Barry Nalebuff
(pp. 3–26)
The Single Transferable Vote
by Nicolaus Tideman
(pp. 27–38)
Approval Voting
by Robert J. Weber
(pp. 39–49)
Optimal Voting Rules
by Peyton Young
(pp. 51–64)
Using District Magnitude to Regulate Political Party Competition
by Douglas W. Rae
(pp. 65–75)
Analysis of Democratic Institutions: Structure, Conduct and Performance
by Roger B. Myerson
(pp. 77–89)
How to Judge Voting Schemes
by Amartya Sen
(pp. 91–98)
Contingent Valuation
The Contingent Valuation Debate: Why Economists Should Care
by Paul R. Portney
(pp. 3–17)
Valuing the Environment through Contingent Valuation
by W. Michael Hanemann
(pp. 19–43)
Contingent Valuation: Is Some Number Better than No Number?
by Peter A. Diamond and Jerry A. Hausman
(pp. 45–64)
Defense Procurement
Economic Incentives and the Defense Procurement Process
by William P. Rogerson
(pp. 65–90)
Competition Policy, Rivalries, and Defense Industry Consolidation
by William E. Kovacic and Dennis E. Smallwood
(pp. 91–110)
Health Care Reform
Symposium on Health Care Reform
by Joseph P. Newhouse
(pp. 3–12)
A Guide to Health Care Reform
by David M. Cutler
(pp. 13–30)
Issues Every Plan to Reform Health Care Financing Must Confront
by Henry J. Aaron
(pp. 31–44)
Universal Health Insurance in the Clinton Plan: Coverage as a Tax-Financed Public Good
by Mark V. Pauly
(pp. 45–54)
Public Finance Principles and National Health Care Reform
by Richard Zeckhauser
(pp. 55–60)
Two Improvements on the Clinton Framework
by Peter A. Diamond
(pp. 61–66)
A Skeptic's View of Global Budget Caps
by James M. Poterba
(pp. 67–74)
Internet
Economic FAQs About the Internet
by Jeffrey K. MacKie-Mason and Hal Varian
(pp. 75–96)
Computer Network Resources for Economists
by William L. Goffe
(pp. 97–120)
China
Completing China's Move to the Market
by Dwight H. Perkins
(pp. 23–46)
Enterprise Reform in Chinese Industry
by Gary H. Jefferson and Thomas G. Rawski
(pp. 47–70)
China's Macroeconomic Performance and Management during Transition
by Shahid Yusuf
(pp. 71–92)
Network Externalities
Systems Competition and Network Effects
by Michael L. Katz and Carl Shapiro
(pp. 93–115)
Choosing How to Compete: Strategies and Tactics in Standardization
by Stanley M. Besen and Joseph Farrell
(pp. 117–131)
Network Externality: An Uncommon Tragedy
by S. J. Liebowitz and Stephen E. Margolis
(pp. 133–150)
New Growth Theory
The Origins of Endogenous Growth
by Paul M. Romer
(pp. 3–22)
Endogenous Innovation in the Theory of Growth
by Gene M. Grossman and Elhanan Helpman
(pp. 23–44)
Perspectives on Growth Theory
by Robert M. Solow
(pp. 45–54)
Endogenous Growth Theory: Intellectual Appeal and Empirical Shortcomings
by Howard Pack
(pp. 55–72)
Generational Accounting
Generational Accounting: A Meaningful Way to Evaluate Fiscal Policy
by Alan J. Auerbach, Jagadeesh Gokhale, and Laurence J. Kotlikoff
(pp. 73–94)
Should Generational Accounts Replace Public Budgets and Deficits?
by Robert Haveman
(pp. 95–111)
Symposium
Symposium on Global Climate Change
by Richard Schmalensee
(pp. 3–10)
Reflections on the Economics of Climate Change
by William D. Nordhaus
(pp. 11–25)
Costs of Reducing Global Carbon Emissions
by John P. Weyant
(pp. 27–46)
Global Warming Policy: A Public Finance Perspective
by James M. Poterba
(pp. 47–63)
Global Environmental Risks
by Graciela Chichilnisky and Geoffrey Heal
(pp. 65–86)
Symposium on Management of Local Commons
by Pranab Bardhan
(pp. 87–92)
Coping with Asymmetries in the Commons: Self-Governing Irrigation Systems Can Work
by Elinor Ostrom and Roy Gardner
(pp. 93–112)
Managing Local Commons: Theoretical Issues in Incentive Design
by Paul Seabright
(pp. 113–134)
Is Japan's Trade Regime Different?
Japan's Different Trade Regime: An Analysis with Particular Reference to Seiretsu
by Robert Z. Lawrence
(pp. 3–19)
What Does Japanese Trade Structure Tell Us about Japanese Trade Policy?
by Gary R. Saxonhouse
(pp. 21–43)
Democracy and Development
Symposium on Democracy and Development
by Pranab Bardhan
(pp. 45–49)
Political Regimes and Economic Growth
by Adam Przeworski and Fernando Limongi
(pp. 51–69)
The Impact of Economic Development on Democracy
by Evelyne Huber, Dietrich Rueschemeyer, and John D. Stephens
(pp. 71–86)