The Journal of Economic Theory
Symposia
- Dynamic General Equilibrium (forthcoming)
- Judgment Aggregation (forthcoming)
- Monetary and Macro Economics
- Development Theory
- Model Uncertainty and Robustness
- Learning and Bounded Rationality
- Monetary Policy and Capital Accumulation
- Macroeconomics of Global Capital Market Imperfections
- Sunspots and Lotteries
- General Equilibrium Approach to Economic Growth
- Experimental Game Theory
- Political Science
- Repeated Games with Private Monitoring
- Monetary and Financial Arrangements
- Evolution of Preferences
- Intertemporal Equilibrium Theory: Indeterminacy, Bifurcations, and Stability
- Symposium on Political Economy
- Modeling Money and Studying Monetary Policy
- Sunspots in Macroeconomics
- Market Psychology and Nonlinear Endogenous Business Cycles
- Financial Market Innovation and Security Design
- Growth, Fluctuations, and Sunspots: Confronting the Data
Dynamic General Equilibrium
Lee Ohanian, Edward Prescott, and Nancy Stokey
forthcoming
Judgment Aggregation
Itzhak Gilboa, Christian List, and Benjamin Polak
forthcoming
Monetary and Macro Economics
scheduled to appear in Vol. 142, No 1, Sep 2008
- Introduction to Monetary and Macro Economics, Narayana Kocherlakota and Randall Wright
- A Model of Banknote Discounts, Laurence Ales, Francesca Carapella, Pricila Maziero, and Warren Weber
- Bank Incentives, Contract Design and Bank Runs, David Andolfatto and Ed Nosal
- Endogenous Supply of Fiat Money, Luis Araujo and Braz Camargo
- Production Subsidies and Redistribution, Marina Azzimonti, Eva de Francisco, and Per Krusell
- Multiplicity in General Financial Equilibrium with Portfolio Constraints, Suleyman Basak, David Cass, Juan Manual Licari, and Anna Pavlova
- Efficient Propagation of Shocks and the Optimal Return on Money, Ricardo Calvalcanti, and Andres Erosa
- A Finite-Life, Private-Information Theory of Unsecured Consumer Debt, Satyajit Chatterjee, Dean Corbae, and Jose-Victor Rios-Rull
- Incentive Efficient Risk Sharing in a Settlement Mechanism, Hiroshi Fujiki, Edward J. Green, and Akira Yamazaki
- Bidding for Money, Benoit Julien, John Kennes, and Ian King
- Injecting Rational Bubbles, Narayana Kocherlakota
- A Dynamic Model of Settlement, Thorsten Koeppl, Cyril Monnet, and Ted Temzelides
- Money and Capital as Competing Media of Exchange, Ricardo Lagos, and Guillaume Rocheteau
- Endogenous Groups and Dynamic Selection in Mechanism Design, Gabriel A. Madeira, and Robert M. Townsend
- General Equilibrium with Nonconvexities and Money, Guillaume Rocheteau, Peter Rupert, Karl Shell, and Randall Wright
- An Overlapping-Generations Model with Search, Tao Zhu
Development Theory
Debraj Ray
Vol. 137, No 1, pp. 1-152, Nov 2007
- Introduction to development theory, Debraj Ray, pp. 1-10
- Risk-bearing and entrepreneurship, Andrew F. Newman, pp. 11-26
- Entrepreneurial talent, occupational choice, and trickle up policies, Maitreesh Ghatak, Massimo Morelli and Tomas Sjöström, pp. 27-48
- Intergenerational mobility and macroeconomic history dependence, Dilip Mookherjee and Stefan Napel, pp. 49-78
- Wage inequality, technology, and trade, Joseph Zeira, pp. 79-103
- Knowledge hierarchies in the labor market, Gilles Saint-Paul, pp. 104-126
- Effective property rights, conflict and growth, Francisco M. Gonzalez, pp. 127-139
- Why the marriage squeeze cannot cause dowry inflation, Siwan Anderson, pp. 140-152
Model Uncertainty and Robustness
Lars Peter Hansen, Pascal Maenhout, Aldo Rustichini, Thomas J. Sargent and Marciano M. Siniscalchi
Vol. 128, No. 1, pp. 1-163, May 2006
- Introduction to model uncertainty and robustness, Lars Peter Hansen, Pascal Maenhout, Aldo Rustichini, Thomas J. Sargent and Marciano M. Siniscalchi, pp. 1-3
- Dynamic variational preferences, Fabio Maccheroni, Massimo Marinacci and Aldo Rustichini, pp. 4-44
- Robust control and model misspecification, Lars Peter Hansen, Thomas J. Sargent, Gauhar Turmuhambetova and Noah Williams, pp. 45-90
- A behavioral characterization of plausible priors, Marciano Siniscalchi, pp. 91-135
- Robust portfolio rules and detection-error probabilities for a mean-reverting risk premium, Pascal J. Maenhout, pp. 136-163
Learning and Bounded Rationality
In-Koo Cho
Vol. 124, No 2, October 2005
- Introduction to learning and bounded rationality, In-Koo Cho, pp. 127-128
- Learning to play games in extensive form by valuation, Philippe Jehiel and Dov Samet, pp. 129-148
- Excess payoff dynamics and other well-behaved evolutionary dynamics, William H. Sandholm, pp. 149-170
- Learning aspiration in repeated games, In-Koo Cho and Akihiko Matsui, pp. 171-201
- Coordination on saddle-path solutions: the eductive viewpoint-linear multivariate models, George W. Evans and Roger Guesnerie, pp. 202-229
- Slow boom, sudden crash, Laura L. Veldkamp, pp. 230-257
- Robust estimation and control under commitment, Lars Peter Hansen and Thomas J. Sargent, pp. 258-301
Monetary Policy and Capital Accumulation
Jess Benhabib, Charles T. Carlstrom and Timothy S. Fuerst
Vol. 123, No. 1, July 2005
- Introduction to monetary policy and capital accumulation, Jess Benhabib, Charles T. Carlstrom and Timothy S. Fuerst, pp. 1-3
- Investment and interest rate policy: a discrete time analysis, Charles T. Carlstrom and Timothy S. Fuerst, pp. 4-20
- New perspectives on capital, sticky prices, and the Taylor principle, Tommy Sveen and Lutz Weinke, pp. 21-39
- The design of monetary and fiscal policy: A global perspective, Jess Benhabib and Stefano Eusepi, pp. 40-73
Macroeconomics of Global Capital Market Imperfections
Ravi Bansal, Lawrence J. Christiano, Enrique G. Mendoza
Vol. 119, No. 1, November 2004
- Introduction: Macroeconomic Implications of Capital Flows in a Global Economy, Ravi Bansal, Lawrence J. Christiano and Enrique G. Mendoza pp. 1-5
- A Corporate Balance-Sheet Approach to Currency Crises, Philippe Aghion, Philippe Bacchetta and Abhijit Banerjee pp 6-30
- Government Guarantees and Self-Fulfilling Speculative Attacks, Craig Burnside, Martin Eichenbaum and Sergio Rebelo pp 31-63
- Monetary Policy in a Financial Crisis, Lawrence J. Christiano, Christopher Gust and Jorge Roldos pp 64-103
- Smoothing Sudden Stops, Ricardo J. Caballero and Arvind Krishnamurthy pp. 104-127
- Financial Crises as Herds: Overturning the Critiques, V. V. Chari and Patrick J. Kehoe pp. 128-150
- Contagion of Self-Fulfilling Financial Crises Due to Diversification of Investment Portfolios, Itay Goldstein and Ady Pauzner pp. 151-183
- Competitive Equilibria with Limited Enforcement, Patrick J. Kehoe and Fabrizzio Perri pp. 184-206
- Financial Globalization and Real Regionalization, Jonathan Heathcote and Fabrizzio Perri pp. 207-243
Sunspots and Lotteries
Edward C. Prescott, Karl Shell
Vol. 107, No. 1, November 2002
- Introduction to Sunspots and Lotteries Edward C. Prescott, Karl Shell pp. 1-10
- Symposium Equilibrium Prices When the Sunspot Variable Is Continuous Rod Garratt, Todd Keister, Cheng-Zhong Qin, Karl Shell pp. 11-38
- Lotteries, Sunspots, and Incentive Constraints Timothy J. Kehoe, David K. Levine, Edward C. Prescott pp. 39-69
General Equilibrium Approach to Economic Growth
Christian Ghiglino
Vol. 105, No. 1, July 2002
- Introduction to a General Equilibrium Approach to Economic Growth Christian Ghiglino pp. 1-17
- Factor Saving Innovation Michele Boldrin, David K. Levine pp. 18-41
- Equilibrium Welfare and Government Policy with Quasi-geometric Discounting Per Krusell, Burhanettin Kurusçu, Anthony A.Smith, Jr. pp. 42-72
- On Non-existence of Markov Equilibria in Competitive-Market Economies Manuel S. Santos pp. 73-98
- Equilibrium Dynamics in a Two-Sector Model with Taxes Salvador Ortigueira, Manuel S. Santos pp. 99-119
- Poverty Traps, Indeterminacy, and the Wealth Distribution Christian Ghiglino, Gerhard Sorger pp. 120-139
- Intersectoral Externalities and Indeterminacy Kazuo Nishimura, Alain Venditti pp. 140-157
- Optimal Growth Models with Bounded or Unbounded Returns: A Unifying Approach Cuong Le Van, Lisa Morhaim pp. 158-187
- Ramsey Equilibrium in a Two-Sector Model with Heterogeneous Households Robert A. Becker, Eugene N. Tsyganov pp. 188-225
- On the Long-Run Distribution of Capital in the Ramsey Model Gerhard Sorger pp. 226-243
- Trade and Indeterminacy in a Dynamic General Equilibrium Model Kazuo Nishimura, Koji Shimomura pp. 244-260
Experimental Game Theory
Vincent P. Crawford
Vol. 104, No. 1, May 2002
- Introduction to Experimental Game Theory Vincent P. Crawford pp. 1-15
- Detecting Failures of Backward Induction: Monitoring Information Search in Sequential Bargaining Eric J. Johnson, Colin Camerer, Sankar Sen, Talia Rymon pp. 16-47
- A Backward Induction Experiment Ken Binmore, John McCarthy, Giovanni Ponti, Larry Samuelson, Avner Shaked pp. 48-88
- Implementation by Iterative Dominance and Backward Induction: An Experimental Comparison Elena Katok, Martin Sefton, Abdullah Yavas pp. 89-103
- A Suggested Interpretation of Some Experimental Results on Preplay Communication Miguel A. Costa-Gomes pp. 104-136
- Sophisticated Experience-Weighted Attraction Learning and Strategic Teaching in Repeated Games Colin F. Camerer, Teck-Hua Ho, Juin-Kuan Chong pp. 137-188
- Mixed Strategy Play and the Minimax Hypothesis Jason M. Shachat pp. 189-226
- Prudence, Justice, Benevolence, and Sex: Evidence from Similar Bargaining Games John Van Huyck, Raymond Battalio pp. 227-246
- Quantal Response Equilibrium and Overbidding in Private-Value Auctions Jacob K. Goeree, Charles A. Holt, Thomas R. Palfrey pp. 247-272
Political Science
David Austen-Smith, Jeffrey S. Banks, Aldo Rustichini
Vol. 103, No. 1, March 2002
- Introduction to Political Science David Austen-Smith, Jeffrey S. Banks, Aldo Rustichini pp. 1-10
- Uniqueness of Stationary Equilibrium Payoffs in the Baron-Ferejohn Model Hülya Eraslan pp. 11-30
- Majority Rule in a Stochastic Model of Bargaining Hülya Eraslan, Antonio Merlo pp. 31-48
- Coalition and Party Formation in a Legislative Voting Game Matthew O. Jackson, Boaz Moselle pp. 49-87
- Bounds for Mixed Strategy Equilibria and the Spatial Model of Elections Jeffrey S. Banks, John Duggan, Michel Le Breton pp. 88-105
- Distributive Politics and Electoral Competition Jean-François Laslier, Nathalie Picard pp. 106-130
- Mixed Equilibrium in a Downsian Model with a Favored Candidate Enriqueta Aragones, Thomas R. Palfrey pp. 131-161
- Campaign Spending with Office-Seeking Politicians, Rational Voters, and Multiple Lobbies Andrea Prat pp. 162-189
- Voting by Successive Elimination and Strategic Candidacy Bhaskar Dutta, Matthew O. Jackson, Michel Le Breton pp. 190-218
- Comparison of Scoring Rules in Poisson Voting Games Roger B. Myerson pp. 219-251
Repeated Games with Private Monitoring
Michihiro Kandori
Vol. 102, No. 1, January 2002
- Introduction to Repeated Games with Private Monitoring Michihiro Kandori pp. 1-15
- Moral Hazard and Private Monitoring V. Bhaskar, Eric van Damme pp. 16-39
- Belief-Based Equilibria in the Repeated Prisoners' Dilemma with Private Monitoring V. Bhaskar, Ichiro Obara pp. 40-69
- The Repeated Prisoner's Dilemma with Imperfect Private Monitoring Michele Piccione pp. 70-83
- A Robust Folk Theorem for the Prisoner's Dilemma Jeffrey C. Ely, Juuso Välimäki pp. 84-105
- On Sustaining Cooperation without Public Observations Olivier Compte pp. 106-150
- On Failing to Cooperate When Monitoring Is Private Olivier Compte pp. 151-188
- Repeated Games with Almost-Public Monitoring George J. Mailath, Stephen Morris pp. 189-228
- Collusion in Dynamic Bertrand Oligopoly with Correlated Private Signals and Communication Masaki Aoyagi pp. 229-248
Monetary and Financial Arrangements
Bruce Smith
Vol. 99, No. 1/2, July/August 2001
- Introduction to Monetary and Financial Arrangements Bruce D. Smith pp. 1-21
- Limited Commitment, Money, and Credit Saqib Jafarey, Peter Rupert pp. 22-58
- Private and Public Circulating Liabilities Costas Azariadis, James Bullard, Bruce D. Smith pp. 59-116
- Cigarette Money Kenneth Burdett, Alberto Trejos, Randall Wright pp. 117-142
- Dynamic Consequences of Stabilization Policies Based on a Return to a Gold Standard Beatrix Paal pp. 143-186
- Monetary Stability and Liquidity Crises: The Role of the Lender of Last Resort Gaetano Antinolfi, Elisabeth Huybens, Todd Keister pp. 187-219
- A Model of Financial Fragility Roger Lagunoff, Stacey L. Schreft pp. 220-264
- Volatile Policy and Private Information: The Case of Monetary Shocks Larry E. Jones, Rodolfo E. Manuelli pp. 265-296
- Payments Systems Design in Deterministic and Private Information Environments Ted Temzelides, Stephen D. Williamson pp. 297-326
- When Should Bank Regulation Favor the Wealthy? Pere Gomis-Porqueras pp. 327-337
- On Credible Monetary Policy and Private Government Information Christopher Sleet pp. 338-376
Evolution of Preferences
Larry Samuelson
Vol. 97, No. 2, April 2001
- Introduction to the Evolution of Preferences Larry Samuelson pp. 225-230
- On the Evolution of Individualistic Preferences: An Incomplete Information Scenario Efe A. Ok, Fernando Vega-Redondo pp. 231-254
- Nash Equilibrium and the Evolution of Preferences Jeffrey C. Ely, Okan Yilankaya pp. 255-272
- Preference Evolution and Reciprocity Rajiv Sethi, E. Somanathan pp. 273-297
- The Economics of Cultural Transmission and the Dynamics of Preferences Alberto Bisin, Thierry Verdier pp. 298-319
- Analogies, Adaptation, and Anomalies Larry Samuelson pp. 320-366
Intertemporal Equilibrium Theory: Indeterminacy, Bifurcations, and Stability
Tapan Mitra and Kazuo Nishimura
Vol. 96, No. 1/2, February 2001
- Introduction to Intertemporal Equilibrium Theory: Indeterminacy, Bifurcations, and Stability Tapan Mitra, Kazuo Nishimura pp. 1-12
- Growth Cycles and Market Crashes Michele Boldrin, David K. Levine pp. 13-39
- The Perils of Taylor Rules Jess Benhabib, Stephanie Schmitt-Grohé, Martín Uribe pp. 40-69
- Growth Dynamics and Returns to Scale: Bifurcation Analysis Gaetano Antinolfi, Todd Keister, Karl Shell pp. 70-96
- Chaotic Equilibrium Dynamics in Endogenous Growth Models Michele Boldrin, Kazuo Nishimura, Tadashi Shigoka, Makoto Yano pp. 97-132
- A Sufficient Condition for Topological Chaos with an Application to a Model of Endogenous Growth Tapan Mitra pp. 133-152
- A Spatial-Temporal Model of Human Capital Accumulation Venkatesh Bala, Gerhard Sorger pp. 153-179
- Optimal Environmental Management in the Presence of Irreversibilities José A. Scheinkman, Thaleia Zariphopoulou pp. 180-207
- On a Class of Stable Random Dynamical Systems: Theory and Applications Rabi Bhattacharya, Mukul Majumdar pp. 208-229
- Determinacy of Equilibrium in an Overlapping Generations Model with Heterogeneous Agents Carine Nourry, Alain Venditti pp. 230-255
- Discounting and Long-Run Behavior: Global Bifurcation Analysis of a Family of Dynamical Systems Tapan Mitra, Kazuo Nishimura pp. 256-293
Symposium on Political Economy
V. V. Chari
Vol. 94, No. 1, September 2000
- Limits of Markets and Limits of Governments: An Introduction to a Symposium on Political Economy V. V. Chari pp. 1-6
- Large Poisson Games Roger B. Myerson pp. 7-45
- Government Turnover in Parliamentary Democracies Daniel Diermeier, Antonio Merlo pp. 46-79
- Political Power and the Credibility of Government Debt Avinash Dixit, John Londregan pp. 80-105
- The Economic Effects of Restrictions on Government Budget Deficits Christian Ghiglino, Karl Shell pp. 106-137
Modeling Money and Studying Monetary Policy
Neil Wallace
Vol. 81, No. 2, August 1998
- Introduction to Modeling Money and Studying Monetary Policy Neil Wallace pp. 223-231
- Money Is Memory Narayana R. Kocherlakota pp. 232-251
- A Rudimentary Random-Matching Model with Divisible Money and Prices Edward J. Green, Ruilin Zhou pp. 252-271
- Incomplete Record-Keeping and Optimal Payment Arrangements Narayana Kocherlakota, Neil Wallace pp. 272-289
- Government Transaction Policy, Media of Exchange, and Prices Yiting Li, Randall Wright pp. 290-313
- Search for a Monetary Propagation Mechanism Shouyong Shi pp. 314-352
- Financial Market Frictions, Monetary Policy, and Capital Accumulation in a Small Open Economy Elisabeth Huybens, Bruce D. Smith pp. 353-400
- Price Level Volatility: A Simple Model of Money Taxes and Sunspots Joydeep Bhattacharya, Mark G. Guzman, Karl Shell pp. 401-430
- Credible Monetary Policy in an Infinite Horizon Model: Recursive Approaches Roberto Chang pp. 431-461
- Expectation Traps and Discretion V. V. Chari, Lawrence J. Christiano, Martin Eichenbaum pp. 462-492
Sunspots in Macroeconomics
Jess Benhabib
Vol. 81, No. 1, July 1998
- Introduction to Sunspots in Macroeconomics Jess Benhabib pp. 1-6
- Capacity Utilization under Increasing Returns to Scale Yi Wen pp. 7-36
- Fickle Consumers, Durable Goods, and Business Cycles Mark Weder pp. 37-57
- Indeterminacy and Sunspots with Constant Returns Jess Benhabib, Kazuo Nishimura pp. 58-96
Market Psychology and Nonlinear Endogenous Business Cycles
Jean-Michel Grandmont
Vol. 80, No. 1, May 1998
- Introduction to Market Psychology and Nonlinear Endogenous Business Cycles Jean-Michel Grandmont pp. 1-13
- Capital-Labor Substitution and Competitive Nonlinear Endogenous Business Cycles Jean-Michel Grandmont, Patrick Pintus, Robin de Vilder pp. 14-59
- Multiple Steady States and Endogenous Fluctuations with Increasing Returns to Scale in Production Guido Cazzavillan, Teresa Lloyd-Braga, Patrick A. Pintus pp. 60-107
- Correlation without Mediation: Expanding the Set of Equilibrium Outcomes by "Cheap" Pre-play Procedures Elchanan Ben-Porath pp. 108-122
- Aggregation, Determinacy, and Informational Efficiency for a Class of Economies with Asymmetric Information Peter DeMarzo, Costis Skiadas pp. 123-152
- On the Optimal Order of Natural Resource Use When the Capacity of the Inexhaustible Substitute Is Limited Jean-Pierre Amigues, Pascal Favard, Gérard Gaudet, Michel Moreaux pp. 153-170
- Partial Revelation with Rational Expectations Aviad Heifetz, Heracles M. Polemarchakis pp. 171-181
Financial Market Innovation and Security Design
Darrell Duffie and Rohit Rahii
Vol. 65, No. 1, February 1995
- Financial Market Innovation and Security Design: An Introduction Darrell Duffie, Rohit Rahi pp. 1-42
- Welfare Effects of Financial Innovation in Incomplete Markets Economies with Several Consumption Goods Ronel Elul pp. 43-78
- Financial Innovation in a General Equilibrium Model Wolfgang Pesendorfer pp. 79-116
- Financial Innovation and Arbitrage Pricing in Frictional Economies Zhiwu Chen pp. 117-135
- Destructive Interference in an Imperfectly Competitive Multi-Security Market Utpal Bhattacharya , Philip J. Reny, Matthew Spiegel pp. 136-170
- Optimal Incomplete Markets with Asymmetric Information Rohit Rahi pp. 171 -197
- Endogenous Determination of the Degree of Market-Incompleteness in Futures Innovation Kazuhiko Hashi pp. 198-217
- Optimality of Incomplete Markets Gabrielle Demange , Guy Laroque pp. 218-232
- Private Information and the Design of Securities Gabrielle Demange , Guy Laroque pp. 233-257
- Commission-Revenue Maximization in a General Equilibrium Model of Asset Creation Chiaki Hara pp. 258-298
Growth, Fluctuations, and Sunspots: Confronting the Data
Jess Benhabib and Aldo Rustichini
Vol. 63, No. 1, June 1994
- Introduction to the Symposium on Growth, Fluctuations, and Sunspots: Confronting the Data Jess Benhabib, Aldo Rustichini pp. 1-18
- Indeterminacy and Increasing Returns Jess Benhabib, Roger E. A. Farmer pp. 19-41
- Real Business Cycles and the Animal Spirits Hypothesis Roger E. A. Farmer, Jang-Ting Guo pp. 42-72
- Monopolistic Competition, Business Cycles, and the Composition of Aggregate Demand Jordi Galí pp. 73-96
- Divergence in Economic Performance: Transitional Dynamics with Multiple Equilibria Danyang Xie pp. 97-112
- Uniqueness and Indeterminacy: On the Dynamics of Endogenous Growth Jess Benhabib, Roberto Perli pp. 113-142