Journal of Economic Perspectives

Vol. 12 No. 4 Fall 1998

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Front Matter (pp. i-vi)

Symposium: Globalization in Perspective

Symposium on Globalization in Perspective: An Introduction

by Dani Rodrik

(pp. 3-8)

The Global Capital Market: Benefactor or Menace?

by Maurice Obstfeld

(pp. 9-30)

Integration of Trade and Disintegration of Production in the Global Economy

by Robert C. Feenstra

(pp. 31-50)

Globalization, Labor Markets and Policy Backlash in the Past

by Jeffrey G. Williamson

(pp. 51-72)

Symposium: The Firm and its Boundaries

The Boundaries of the Firm Revisited

by Bengt Holmstrom and John Roberts

(pp. 73-94)

Corporate Finance, the Theory of the Firm, and Organizations

by Patrick Bolton and David S. Scharfstein

(pp. 95-114)

Incentives in Organizations

by Robert Gibbons

(pp. 115-132)

State versus Private Ownership

by Andrei Shleifer

(pp. 133-150)

Articles

The Historical Background of the Communist Manifesto

by George R. Boyer

(pp. 151-174)

Reflections on 25 Years of CSWEP (pp. 175-176)

CSWEP: 25 Years at a Time

by Robin L. Bartlett

(pp. 177-183)

Two Cheers for CSWEP?

by Barbara R. Bergmann

(pp. 185-189)

The Reasons for CSWEP

by Carolyn Shaw Bell

(pp. 191-195)

A Comment on CSWEP

by Milton Friedman

(pp. 197-199)

Features

Policy Watch: Government Analysis of the Benefits and Costs of Regulation

by Robert W. Hahn

(pp. 201-210)

Was the Monetarist Tradition Invented?

by George S. Tavlas

(pp. 211-222)

Recommendations for Further Reading (pp. 223-230)

Correspondence (pp. 231-238)

Notes (pp. 239-242)

Index by Author to Volume 12 (pp. 243-245)