Journal of Economic Perspectives

Vol. 6 No. 2 Spring 1992

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Title

Abstract

Author

Front Matter (pp. 1-2)

Distinguished Lecture on Economics in Government: Setting National Priorities: 1992

Edward M. Gramlich

(pp. 3-12)

Symposium: Bias in the Budget

The Case for a New Fiscal Constitution

William A. Niskanen

(pp. 13-24)

Is There a Bias toward Excess in U.S. Government Budgets or Deficits?

Charles L. Schultze

(pp. 25-43)

Symposium: Airline Deregulation

The Evolution of U.S. Airline Competition

Severin Borenstein

(pp. 45-73)

Fear of Flying? Economic Analysis of Airline Safety

Nancy L. Rose

(pp. 75-94)

Articles

Controlling Automobile Insurance Costs

J. David Cummins and Sharon Tennyson

(pp. 95-115)

Whom or What Does the Representative Individual Represent?

Alan P. Kirman

(pp. 117-136)

Economics in the Former Soviet Union

Michael Alexeev, Clifford Gaddy and Jim Leitzel

(pp. 137-148)

Who Benefits from Affirmative Action? The Case of the AEA Summer Minority Program 1986-1990

Michael A. Leeds

(pp. 149-156)

Distinguished Fellow: Mincering Labor Economics

Sherwin Rosen

(pp. 157-170)

Features

Policy Watch: Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards

Robert W. Crandall

(pp. 171-180)

Retrospectives: Pareto's Law

Joseph Persky

(pp. 181-192)

Recommendations for Further Reading

Bernard Saffran

(pp. 193-198)

Correspondence: Are Economists Different?

Ralph Lattimore

(pp. 199-203)

Notes (pp. 204-206)