Journal of Economic Perspectives

Vol. 3 No. 2 Spring 1989

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Title

Abstract

Author

Front Matter (pp. i-vi)

Distinguished Lecture on Economics in Government: Central Banking and Systemic Risks in Capital Markets

by Andrew F. Brimmer

(pp. 3-16)

Symposium: Budget Deficit

Symposium on the Budget Deficit

by Janet L. Yellen

(pp. 17-21)

Budget Deficits and National Saving: Are Politicians Exogenous?

by Edward M. Gramlich

(pp. 23-35)

The Ricardian Approach to Budget Deficits

by Robert J. Barro

(pp. 37-54)

A Neoclassical Perspective on Budget Deficits

by B. Douglas Bernheim

(pp. 55-72)

Budget Deficits: Rhetoric and Reality

by Robert Eisner

(pp. 73-93)

Articles

Economic Prescriptions for Environmental Problems: How the Patient Followed the Doctor's Orders

by Robert W. Hahn

(pp. 95-114)

Economic Methodology in a Nutshell

by Daniel M. Hausman

(pp. 115-127)

The Corporate Bankruptcy Decision

by Michelle J. White

(pp. 129-151)

Distinguished Fellow: Reflections of Thomas Schelling

by Richard Zeckhauser

(pp. 153-164)

Features

Puzzles: Love and Spaghetti, the Opportunity Cost of Virtue

by Ted Bergstrom

(pp. 165-173)

Recommendations for Further Reading

by Bernard Saffran

(pp. 175-179)

Anomalies: Interindustry Wage Differentials

by Richard H. Thaler

(pp. 181-193)

Correspondence

by Peter J. Boettke

(pp. 195-198)

Notes (pp. 199-205)