Journal of Economic Perspectives

Vol. 14 No. 3 Summer 2000

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Title

Abstract

Author

Front Matter

(pp. 1-2)

Symposium: Fiscal Policy

The Political Economy of the Budget Surplus in the United States

Alberto Alesina

(pp. 3-19)

Reassessing Discretionary Fiscal Policy

John B. Taylor

(pp. 21-36)

The Significance of Federal Taxes as Automatic Stabilizers

Alan J. Auerbach and Daniel R. Feenberg

(pp. 37-56)

Should America Save for Its Old Age? Fiscal Policy, Population Aging, and National Saving

Douglas W. Elmendorf and Louise M. Sheiner

(pp. 57-74)

Symposium: Sports Economics

The Sports Business as a Labor Market Laboratory

Lawrence M. Kahn

(pp. 75-94)

Articles: Sports Economics

The Economics of Sports Facilities and Their Communities

John J. Siegfried and Andrew Zimbalist

(pp. 95-114)

Articles

Economic Analysis of Social Interactions

Charles F. Manski

(pp. 115-136)

Collective Action and the Evolution of Social Norms

Elinor Ostrom

(pp. 137-158)

Fairness and Retaliation: The Economics of Reciprocity

Ernst Fehr and Simon Gächter

(pp. 159-181)

Vickrey Auctions in Practice: From Nineteenth-Century Philately to Twenty-First-Century E-Commerce

David Lucking-Reiley

(pp. 183-192)

In Honor of Kevin M. Murphy: Winner of the John Bates Clark Medal

Finis Welch

(pp. 193-204)

Features

The Tyranny of Budget Forecasts

J. D. Foster and James C. Miller

(pp. 205-215)

Institutions, Factor Endowments, and Paths of Development in the New World

Kenneth L. Sokoloff and Stanley L. Engerman

(pp. 217-232)

Recommendations for Further Reading

Bernard Saffran

(pp. 233-240)

Correction: Governance and Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa

Benno J. Ndulu and Stephen A. O'Connell

(pp. 241-242)

Notes

(pp. 243-246)