Journal of Economic Perspectives

Vol. 11 No. 1 Winter 1997

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Title

Abstract

Author

Front Matter (pp. 1-2)

Symposium: The Natural Rate of Unemployment

Reflections on the Natural Rate Hypothesis

Joseph Stiglitz

(pp. 3-10)

The Time-Varying NAIRU and Its Implications for Economic Policy

Robert J. Gordon

(pp. 11-32)

The NAIRU, Unemployment and Monetary Policy

Douglas Staiger, James H. Stock and Mark W. Watson

(pp. 33-49)

What We Know and Do Not Know about the Natural Rate of Unemployment

Olivier Blanchard and Lawrence F. Katz

(pp. 51-72)

Theory Ahead of Language in the Economics of Unemployment

Richard Rogerson

(pp. 73-92)

Time to Ditch the NAIRU

James K. Galbraith

(pp. 93-108)

Articles

Explaining Bargaining Impasse: The Role of Self-Serving Biases

Linda Babcock and George Loewenstein

(pp. 109-126)

An Introduction to Applicable Game Theory

Robert Gibbons

(pp. 127-149)

Capacity Utilization

Carol Corrado and Joe Mattey

(pp. 151-167)

Features

Policy Watch: The 1996 Welfare Reform

Rebecca M. Blank

(pp. 169-177)

Retrospectives: Classical Family Values: Ending the Poor Laws as They Knew Them

Joseph Persky

(pp. 179-189)

Anomalies: The Equity Premium Puzzle

Jeremy J. Siegel and Richard H. Thaler

(pp. 191-200)

Recommendations for Further Reading (pp. 201-208)

Correspondence (pp. 209-212)

Notes (pp. 213-218)