Journal of Economic Perspectives

Vol. 22 No. 1 Winter 2008

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Author

Symposium: Productivity

A Retrospective Look at the U.S. Productivity Growth Resurgence

Dale W. Jorgenson, Mun S. Ho and Kevin J. Stiroh

(pp. 3-24)

The Productivity Gap between Europe and the United States: Trends and Causes

Bart van Ark, Mary O'Mahoney and Marcel P. Timmer

(pp. 25-44)

Accounting for Growth: Comparing China and India

Barry Bosworth and Susan M. Collins

(pp. 45-66)

Symposium: Regulatory Economics

Has Economic Analysis Improved Regulatory Decisions?

Robert W. Hahn and Paul C. Tetlock

(pp. 67-84)

Is the Food And Drug Administration Safe And Effective?

Tomas J. Philipson and Eric Sun

(pp. 85-102)

Optimal Abolition of FCC Spectrum Allocation

Thomas W. Hazlett

(pp. 103-128)

Articles

Biological Measures of the Standard of Living

Richard H. Steckel

(pp. 129-152)

Sluggish Institutions in a Dynamic World: Can Unions and Industrial Competition Coexist?

Barry T. Hirsch

(pp. 153-176)

Guaranteed Trouble: The Economic Effects of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Jeffrey R. Brown

(pp. 177-198)

Dispelling Some Misconceptions about Agricultural Trade Liberalization

Stephen Tokarick

(pp. 199-216)

Features

Markets: Ready-Mixed Concrete

Chad Syverson

(pp. 217-234)

Recommendations for Further Reading

Timothy Taylor

(pp. 235-242)

Comments: Robert Solow, Murray Wiedenbaum, V. V. Chari, and Patrick J. Kehoe (pp. 243-250)

Notes (pp. 251-252)