Journal of Economic Perspectives

Vol. 18 No. 2 Spring 2004

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Lecture

Distinguished Lecture on Economics in Government: Lessons from Past Productivity Booms

Roger W. Ferguson and William L. Wascher

(pp. 3-28)

Symposium: Consumer Confidence

Consumer Confidence and Consumer Spending

Sydney C. Ludvigson

(pp. 29-50)

How Should We Measure Consumer Confidence?

Jeff Dominitz and Charles F. Manski

(pp. 51-66)

Symposium: Latin America's Growth Record

Latin America's Growth and Equity Frustrations During Structural Reforms

José Antonio Ocampo

(pp. 67-88)

Latin America since the 1990s: Rising from the Sickbed?

Arminio Fraga

(pp. 89-106)

Symposium: Event Markets

Prediction Markets

Justin Wolfers and Eric Zitzewitz

(pp. 107-126)

Historical Presidential Betting Markets

Paul W. Rhode and Koleman S. Strumpf

(pp. 127-141)

Articles

Making a Name: Women's Surnames at Marriage and Beyond

Claudia Goldin and Maria Shim

(pp. 143-160)

Manager-Investor Conflicts in Mutual Funds

Paul G. Mahoney

(pp. 161-182)

Asbestos and the Future of Mass Torts

Michelle J. White

(pp. 183-204)

State Budget Deficit Dynamics and the California Debacle

Steven M. Sheffrin

(pp. 205-226)

Prospects in the Academic Labor Market for Economists

Ronald G. Ehrenberg

(pp. 227-238)

Features

Policy Watch: Trade Adjustment Assistance

Katherine Baicker and Marit M. Rehavi

(pp. 239-255)

Retrospectives: How Joan Robinson and B. L. Hallward Named Monopsony

Robert J. Thornton

(pp. 257-261)

Recommendations for Further Reading

Bernard Saffran

(pp. 263-270)

Comments (pp. 271-276)

Notes (pp. 277-280)