Journal of Economic Perspectives

Vol. 5 No. 1 Winter 1991

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Title

Abstract

Author

Front Matter (pp. 1-2)

Symposium: Intellectual Property

An Introduction to the Law and Economics of Intellectual Property

Stanley M. Besen and Leo J. Raskind

(pp. 3-27)

Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: Cumulative Research and the Patent Law

Suzanne Scotchmer

(pp. 29-41)

A Patent System for Both Diffusion and Exclusion

Janusz A. Ordover

(pp. 43-60)

Some Economics of Trade Secret Law

David D. Friedman, William M. Landes and Richard A. Posner

(pp. 61-72)

Articles

Taking Stock: A Critical Assessment of Recent Research on Inventories

Alan S. Blinder and Louis J. Maccini

(pp. 73-96)

Institutions

Douglass C. North

(pp. 97-112)

Efficient Transportation Infrastructure Policy

Clifford Winston

(pp. 113-127)

Is Probability Theory Relevant for Uncertainty? A Post Keynesian Perspective

Paul Davidson

(pp. 129-143)

The When, the How and the Why of Mathematical Expression in the History of Economic Analysis

Philip Mirowski

(pp. 145-157)

Grade Inflation and Course Choice

Richard Sabot and John Wakeman-Linn

(pp. 159-170)

Distinguished Fellow: An Appreciation of Guy Orcutt

Harold W. Watts

(pp. 171-179)

Features

Policy Watch: Cutting Capital Gains Taxes

Gerald E. Auten and Joseph J. Cordes

(pp. 181-192)

Anomalies: The Endowment Effect, Loss Aversion, and Status Quo Bias

Daniel Kahneman, Jack L. Knetsch and Richard H. Thaler

(pp. 193-206)

Recommendations for Further Reading

Bernard Saffran

(pp. 207-211)

Correspondence

Gregory Clark

(pp. 213-216)

Notes (pp. 217-223)