Journal of Economic Literature 2008

Vol. 46, n° 4, December 2008

• KILIAN Lutz - The Economic Effects of Energy Price Shocks
• BLINDER Alan S., EHRMANN Michael, DE HAAN Jakob, JANSEN David-Jan - Central Bank Communication and Monetary Policy: A Survey of Theory and Evidence
• ALLEN Robert C. - A Review of Gregory Clark's A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World
• PHILIPSON Tomas J., POSNER Richard A. - Is the Obesity Epidemic a Public Health Problem? A Review of Zoltan J. Acs and Alan Lyles's Obesity, Business and Public Policy
• MITCHELL Olivia S. - A Review of Tito Boeri, Lans Bovenberg, Benoît Coeuré, and Andrew Roberts's Dealing with the New Giants and Peter J. Orszag, Mark Iwry, and William G. Gale's Aging Gracefully
  

Book Reviews

(résumés des articles du n° 4/2008)

Vol. 46, n° 3, September 2008

Articles

• GRUBER Jonathan - Covering the Uninsured in the United States, pp. 571-606
• HANUSHEK Eric A., WOESSMANN Ludger - The Role of Cognitive Skills in Economic Development, pp. 607-668
• TEMIN Peter - Real Business Cycle Views of the Great Depression and Recent Events: A Review of Timothy J. Kehoe and Edward C. Prescott's Great Depressions of the Twentieth Century, pp. 669-684
• FERNÁNDEZ-VILLAVERDE Jesús - Horizons of Understanding: A Review of Ray Fair's Estimating How the Macroeconomy Works, pp. 685-703
• WINSTON Clifford - The Efficacy of Information Policy: A Review of Archon Fung, Mary Graham, and David Weil's Full Disclosure: The Perils and Promise of Transparency, pp. 704-717

Book Reviews

• BOGLE John C. - The Battle for the Soul of Capitalism (Malcolm Baker), pp. 731-735
• BOURGUIGNON François, ELKANA Yehuda, PLESKOVIC Boris, Eds. - Capacity Building in Economics Education and Research (Christopher Adam), pp. 718-720
• COHEN Daniel - Globalization and Its Enemies (Thomas Prusa), pp. 725-726
• COHEN Stephen D. - Multinational Corporations and Foreign Direct Investment : Avoiding Simplicity, Embracing Complexity (Ronald B. Davies), pp. 726-728
• COOK Philip J. - Paying the Tab : The Economics of Alcohol Policy (Sara Markowitz), pp. 735-737
• CUNNINGHAM Wendy V. - Minimum Wages and Social Policy: Lessons from Developing Countries (Miguel N. Foguel), pp. 744-746
• DAS Dilip K. - The Evolving Global Trade Architecture (Mordechai E. Kreinin), p. 728
• DUNCAN Greg J., HOUSTON Aletha C., WEISNER Thomas S. - Higher Ground: New Hope for the Working Poor and their Children (Patricia M. Anderson), pp. 737-739
• FALCK Olivier - Emergence and Survival of New Businesses: Econometric Analyses (Gale A. Boyd), pp. 749-751
• HOEKMAN Bernard, OLARREAGA Marcelo (Eds.) - Global Trade and Poor Nations: The Poverty Impacts and Policy Implications of Liberalization (Alix Peterson Zwane), pp. 728-731
• KOTLIKOFF Laurence J. - The Healthcare Fix: Universal Insurance for All Amercicans (Earl L. Grinols), pp. 739-742
• MACKENZIE Donald, MUNIESA Fabian, SIU Lucia (Eds.) - Do Economists Make Markets ? On the Performativity of Economics (David Colander), pp. 720-724
• PACE Lorenzo Federico - European Antitrust Law: Prohibitions, Merger Control and Procedures (Terry Calvani), pp. 746-748
• ROSENBAUM James E., DEIL-AMEN Regina, PERSON Ann E. - After Admission : From College Access to College Success (Isaac Mc Farlin), pp. 742-744
• WALKER Douglas M. - The Economics of Casino Gambling (Ernie Goss), pp. 748-749

(résumés des articles du n° 3/2008)

Vol. 46, n° 2, June 2008

Articles

• SHLEIFER Andrei, LOPEZ-DE-SILANES Florencio, LA PORTA Rafael - The Economic Consequences of Legal Origins, pp. 285-332
• CURRIE Janet, GAHVARI Firouz - Transfers in Cash and In-Kind: Theory Meets the Data, pp. 333-383
• NICKELL Stephen - Is the U.S. Labor Market Really That Exceptional? A Review of Richard Freeman, pp. 384-395
• BASU Kaushik - The Enigma of India, pp. 396-406
• HAMERMESH Daniel S. - A Review of David Colander, pp. 407-411

Book Reviews

• AGHION Philippe, BANERJEE Abhijit - Volatility and Growth (Ross Levine), pp. 443-444
• ATTEWELL Paul, LAVIN David E. - Passing the Torch: Does Higher Education for the Disadvantaged Pay Off across the Generations ? (Elizabeth U. Cascio), pp. 431-433
• BERNHARD William, LEBLANC David - Democratic Process and Financial Markets: Pricing Politics (Bumba Mukherjee), pp. 421-423
• BROWN Clair, HALTIWANGER John, LANE Julia - Economic Turbulence: Is a Volatile Economy Good for America? (Christopher L. Foote), pp. 429-431
• CAHUC Pierre, ZYLBERBERG André - The Natural Survival of Work: Job Creation and Job Destruction in a Growing Economy (David N. Margolis), pp. 434-436
• CLINE William R. - Global Warming and Agriculture: Impact Estimates by Country (William A. Masters), pp. 448-450
• DARAIO Cinzia, SIMAR Léopold - Advanced Robust And Nonparametric Methods in Efficiency Analysis: Methodology and Applications (Peter Schmidt), pp. 423-425
• FRANK Robert H. - Falling Behind: How Rising Inequality Harms the Middle Class (Frank Levy), pp. 425-427
• FREY Bruno S., STUTZER Alois, Eds. - Economics and Psychology: A Promising New Cross-Disciplinary Field (Rachel Croson), pp. 412-415
• HOLZER Harry J., SMITH NIGHTINGALE Demetra, Eds. - Reshaping the American Workforce in a Changing Economy (Maria Cancian), pp. 436-438
• KARELIS Charles - The Persistence of Poverty: Why the Economics of the Well-Off Can't Help the Poor (Frank Cowell), pp. 433-434
• MILLER John H., PAGE Scott E. - Complexe Adaptive Systems: An Introduction to Computational Models of Social Life (Blake LeBaron), pp. 427-429
• NOLAND Marcus, PACK Howard - The Arab Economies in a Changing World (Mohsin S. Khan), pp. 444-446
• PARKER Randall E. - The Economics of the Great Depression: A Twenty-First Century Look Back at the Economics of the Interwar Era (Harold Cole), pp. 415-418
• SAMUELSON Paul A., BARNETT William A., Eds. - Inside the Economist's Mind: Conversations with Eminent Economists (William J. Baumol), pp. 418-421
• SERVICE Robert - Comrades ! A History of World Communism (Steven Nafziger), pp. 446-448
• ZIMBALIST Andrew - The Bottom Line: Observations and Arguments on the Sports Business (Christopher Maxwell), pp. 438-443

(résumés des articles du n° 2/2008)

Vol. 46, n° 1, March 2008

Articles

• ELLIOTT Graham, TIMMERMANN Allan - Economic Forecasting, pp. 3-56
• ANAND Sudhir, SEGAL Paul - What Do We Know about Global Income Inequality?, pp. 57-94
• CLARK Andrew E., FRIJTERS paul, SHIELDS Michael A. - Relative Income, Happiness, and Utility: An Explanation for the Easterlin Paradox and Other Puzzles, pp. 95-144
• ROLAND Gerard - A Review of Janos Kornai's By Force of Thought : Irregular Memoirs of An Intellectual Journey, pp. 145-150

Book Reviews

• BERNSTEIN Peter L. - Capital Ideas Evolving (Richard Sylla), pp. 168-170
• BLANK Rebecca M., DANZINGER Sheldon H., SCHOENI Robert F. (Eds.) - Working and Poor : How Economic and Policy Changes Are Affecting Low-Wage Workers (Robert I. Lerman), pp. 174-177
• COLEMAN William Oliver - The Causes, Costs and Compensations of Inflation : An Investigation of Three Problems in Monetary Theory (Peter N. Ireland), pp. 159-161
• COWEN Tyler - Good and Plenty : The Creative Successes of American Arts Funding (A. Abigail Payne), pp. 189-192
• DEVEREAUX Charan, LAWRENCE Robert Z., WATKINS Michael D. - Case Studies in U.S. Trade Negotiation. Volume 1. Making the Rules (Robert M. Stern), pp. 161-168
• DEVEREAUX Charan, LAWRENCE Robert Z., WATKINS Michael D. - Case Studies in U.S. Trade Negotiation. Volume 2. Resolving Disputes (Robert M. Stern), pp. 161-168
• EICHENGREEN Barry - The European Economy since 1945 : Coordinated Capitalism and Beyond (Silvia Weyerbrock), pp. 183-186
• FRANK Robert H. - The Economic Naturalist : In Search of Explanations for Everyday Enigmas (John J. Siegfried), pp. 151-153
• GALASSO Vincenzo - The Political Future of Social Security in Aging Societies (Henning Bohn), pp. 172-174
• LYALL Katharine C., SELL Kathleen R. - The True Genius of America at Risk : Are We Losing Our Public Universities to De Facto Privatization? (Paul Goren), pp. 177-178
• MCCRAW Thomas K. - Prophet of Innovation : Joseph Schumpeter and Creative Destruction (David B. Audretsch), pp. 154-156
• NELSON Richard R. - Technology, Institutions and Economic Growth (William F. Maloney), pp. 186-189
• NISSANKE Machiko, THORBECKE Erik (Eds.) - The Impact of Globalization on the World's Poor : Transmission Mechanisms (Guido Porto), pp. 179-182
• SHARPE William F. - Investors and Markets : Portfolio Choices, Asset Prices, and Investment Advice (Halla Yang), pp. 170-172
• STEIGLITZ Ken - Snipers, Shills, and Sharks : eBay and Human Behaviour (Gregory Lewis), pp. 158-159
• TRIPLETT Jack - Handbook on Hedonic Indexes and Quality Adjustments in Price Indexes : Special Application to Information Technology Products (Neil Gandal), pp. 156-158
• VEGA-REDONDO Fernando - Complex Social Networks (Alison Watts), pp. 192-193

(résumés des articles du n°1/2008)