Journal of Economic Perspectives

Vol. 26 No. 4 Fall 2012

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Abstract

Author

Front Matter (pp. 1-2)

Symposium: Contingent Valuation

From Exxon to BP: Has Some Number Become Better Than No Number?

Catherine L. Kling, Daniel J. Phaneuf and Jinhua Zhao

(pp. 3-26)

Contingent Valuation: A Practical Alternative When Prices Aren't Available

Richard T. Carson

(pp. 27-42)

Contingent Valuation: From Dubious to Hopeless

Jerry Hausman

(pp. 43-56)

Symposium: China's Economy

The End of Cheap Chinese Labor

Hongbin Li, Lei Li, Binzhen Wu and Yanyan Xiong

(pp. 57-74)

Labor Market Outcomes and Reforms in China

Xin Meng

(pp. 75-102)

Understanding China's Growth: Past, Present, and Future

Xiaodong Zhu

(pp. 103-24)

Aggregate Savings and External Imbalances in China

Dennis Tao Yang

(pp. 125-46)

How Did China Take Off?

Yasheng Huang

(pp. 147-70)

Articles

Amy Finkelstein: 2012 John Bates Clark Medalist

Jonathan Levin and James Poterba

(pp. 171-84)

Features

Retrospectives: Irving Fisher's Appreciation and Interest (1896) and the Fisher Relation

Robert W. Dimand and Rebeca Gomez Betancourt

(pp. 185-96)

Recommendations for Further Reading

Timothy Taylor

(pp. 197-204)

Notes (pp. 205-206)