Journal of Economic Perspectives

Vol. 18 No. 4 Fall 2004

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Title

Abstract

Author

Symposium: The Transformation of Europe

The Economic Future of Europe

Olivier Blanchard

(pp. 3-26)

The European Union: A Politically Incorrect View

Alberto Alesina and Roberto Perotti

(pp. 27-48)

Why are European Countries Diverging in their Unemployment Experience?

Gilles Saint-Paul

(pp. 49-68)

Articles

How to Subvert Democracy: Montesinos in Peru

John Mcmillan and Pablo Zoido

(pp. 69-92)

The Muddles over Outsourcing

Jagdish Bhagwati, Arvind Panagariya and T.N. Srinivasan

(pp. 93-114)

Oil and the Macroeconomy Since the 1970s

Robert B. Barsky and Lutz Kilian

(pp. 115-134)

The Purchasing Power Parity Debate

Alan M. Taylor and Mark P. Taylor

(pp. 135-158)

On the (Ir)Relevance of Distribution and Labor Supply Distortion to Government Policy

Louis Kaplow

(pp. 159-175)

Urban Sprawl

Thomas J. Nechyba and Randall P. Walsh

(pp. 177-200)

Features

Policy Watch: Challenges for Terrorism Risk Insurance in the United States

Howard Kunreuther and Erwann Michel-Kerjan

(pp. 201-214)

Recommendations for Further Reading

Bernard Saffran

(pp. 215-222)

Notes

(pp. 223-228)