Report of the Committee on Economic Education

By William Walstad

American Economic Review, May 2006

Report of the Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession

By Francine D. Blau

American Economic Review, May 2006

American Economic Association Universal Academic Questionnaire Summary Statistics

By Charles E. Scott and John J. Siegfried

American Economic Review, May 2006

General Information on the Association

American Economic Review, May 2006

Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws

American Economic Review, May 2006

Past Officers

American Economic Review, May 2006

Honors and Awards

American Economic Review, May 2006

Why Europe and the West? Why Not China?

[Symposium: Cultural Economics]

By David S. Landes

Journal of Economic Perspectives, Spring 2006

In the history of technological development, why didn't other regions keep up with Europe? This is an important question, as one learns almost as much from failure as from success. The one civilization that was in a position to match and even anticipate t...

Does Culture Affect Economic Outcomes?

[Symposium: Cultural Economics]

By Luigi Guiso, Paola Sapienza, and Luigi Zingales

Journal of Economic Perspectives, Spring 2006

Until recently, economists have been reluctant to rely on culture as a possible determinant of economic phenomena. Much of this reluctance stems from the very notion of culture: it is so broad and the channels through which it can enter the economic disco...

Religion and Economy

[Symposium: Cultural Economics]

By Rachel M. McCleary and Robert J. Barro

Journal of Economic Perspectives, Spring 2006

Religion has a two-way interaction with political economy. With religion viewed as a dependent variable, a central question is how economic development and political institutions affect religious participation and beliefs. With religion viewed as an indep...

The Role of Family in Family Firms

[Symposium: Cultural Economics]

By Marianne Bertrand and Antoinette Schoar

Journal of Economic Perspectives, Spring 2006

History is replete with examples of spectacular ascents of family businesses. Yet there are also numerous accounts of family businesses brought down by bitter feuds among family members, disappointed expectations between generations, and tragic sagas of l...

Purple America

[Symposium: Red and Blue States]

By Stephen Ansolabehere, Jonathan Rodden, and James M. Snyder Jr.

Journal of Economic Perspectives, Spring 2006

America, we are told, is a nation divided. The cartographers who draw up the maps of U.S. election results have branded a new division in American politics: Republican red versus Democratic blue. What is the source of this division? Most observers point n...

Myths and Realities of American Political Geography

[Symposium: Red and Blue States]

By Edward L. Glaeser and Bryce A. Ward

Journal of Economic Perspectives, Spring 2006

The division of America into red states and blue states misleadingly suggests that states are split into two camps, but along most dimensions, like political orientation, states are on a continuum. By historical standards, the number of swing states is no...

People Flows in Globalization

By Richard B. Freeman

Journal of Economic Perspectives, Spring 2006

The policy debate over globalization in the past decade has largely bypassed the international mobility of labor. Restrict trade and cries of protectionism resound. Suggest linking labor standards to trade and it's protectionism in disguise. Limit capital...

Price Changes in the Euro Area and the United States: Some Facts from Individual Consumer Price Data

By Emmanuel Dhyne, Luis J. Alvarez, Herve Le Bihan, Giovanni Veronese, Daniel Dias, Johannes Hoffmann, Nicole Jonker, Patrick Lunnemann, Fabio Rumler, and Jouko Vilmunen

Journal of Economic Perspectives, Spring 2006

Prices of goods and services do not adjust immediately in response to changing demand and supply conditions. This paper characterizes the average frequency and size of price changes in the euro area and its member countries, investigates the determinants ...

Assassinations: Evaluating the Effectiveness of an Israeli Counterterrorism Policy Using Stock Market Data

By Asaf Zussman and Noam Zussman

Journal of Economic Perspectives, Spring 2006

Since the outbreak of the Intifada in September 2000, the Israeli government has extensively employed a policy of assassinating members of Palestinian terrorist organizations. Theoretically, the net effect of an assassination on future terrorism is indete...

Markets: The Fulton Fish Market

By Kathryn Graddy

Journal of Economic Perspectives, Spring 2006

The Fulton Fish Market was a colorful part of the New York City landscape that operated on Fulton Street in Manhattan for over 150 years. In 2005 the market moved from the South Street Seaport in lower Manhattan to Hunts Point in the South Bronx. The Fult...

History Lessons: The Birth of Impersonal Exchange: The Community Responsibility System and Impartial Justice

By Avner Greif

Journal of Economic Perspectives, Spring 2006

This paper describes the premodern European institution that supported impersonal exchange, in which a merchant's decision to exchange is independent either of expectations of future exchange with the same partner or of knowledge of that partner's past co...

Recommendations for Further Reading

By Timothy Taylor

Journal of Economic Perspectives, Spring 2006

Notes

Journal of Economic Perspectives, Spring 2006