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Journal of Economic Perspectives

Vol. 22, No. 1, Winter 2008


Symposium: Productivity



A Retrospective Look at the U.S. Productivity Growth Resurgence (pp. 3-24)
Dale W. Jorgenson, Mun S. Ho and Kevin J. Stiroh
Free Article

The Productivity Gap between Europe and the United States: Trends and Causes (pp. 25-44)
Bart van Ark, Mary O'Mahoney and Marcel P. Timmer
Free Article

Accounting for Growth: Comparing China and India (pp. 45-66)
Barry Bosworth and Susan M. Collins
Free Article

Symposium: Regulatory Economics



Has Economic Analysis Improved Regulatory Decisions? (pp. 67-84)
Robert W. Hahn and Paul C. Tetlock
Free Article

Is the Food And Drug Administration Safe And Effective? (pp. 85-102)
Tomas J. Philipson and Eric Sun
Free Article

Optimal Abolition of FCC Spectrum Allocation (pp. 103-128)
Thomas W. Hazlett
Free Article

Articles



Biological Measures of the Standard of Living (pp. 129-152)
Richard H. Steckel

Sluggish Institutions in a Dynamic World: Can Unions and Industrial Competition Coexist? (pp. 153-176)
Barry T. Hirsch

Guaranteed Trouble: The Economic Effects of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (pp. 177-198)
Jeffrey R. Brown

Dispelling Some Misconceptions about Agricultural Trade Liberalization (pp. 199-216)
Stephen Tokarick

Features



Markets: Ready-Mixed Concrete (pp. 217-234)
Chad Syverson

Recommendations for Further Reading (pp. 235-242)
Timothy Taylor

Comments: Robert Solow, Murray Wiedenbaum, V. V. Chari, and Patrick J. Kehoe (pp. 243-250)

Notes (pp. 251-252)