Front Matter
(pp. i–vi)
American Economic Review
ISSN 0002-8282 (Print) | ISSN 1944-7981 (Online)
Vol. 91, No. 1, March 2001
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Information Technology and the U.S. Economy
(pp. 1–32)
The Personal Discount Rate: Evidence from Military Downsizing Programs
(pp. 33–53)
Dividends and Expropriation
(pp. 54–78)
Naive Diversification Strategies in Defined Contribution Saving Plans
(pp. 79–98)
Who Should Buy Long-Term Bonds?
(pp. 99–127)
The Effects of Investing Social Security Funds in the Stock Market When Fixed Costs Prevent Some Households from Holding Stocks
(pp. 128–148)
Habit Persistence, Asset Returns, and the Business Cycle
(pp. 149–166)
Monetary Policy and Multiple Equilibria
(pp. 167–186)
What Hides Behind an Unemployment Rate: Comparing Portuguese and U.S. Labor Markets
(pp. 187–207)
Local Discouragement and Global Collapse: A Theory of Coordination Avalanches
(pp. 208–224)
The Provision of Public Goods under Alternative Electoral Incentives
(pp. 225–239)
Proofs and Prototypes for Sale: The Licensing of University Inventions
(pp. 240–259)
Gamma Discounting
(pp. 260–271)
Race, Roosevelt, and Wartime Production: Fair Employment in World War II Labor Markets
(pp. 272–286)
Tallest in the World: Native Americans of the Great Plains in the Nineteenth Century
(pp. 287–294)
The Market Evaluation of Criminality: Evidence from the Auction of British Convict Labor in America, 1767-1775
(pp. 295–304)
Household Debt and the Tax Reform Act of 1986
(pp. 305–319)
State-Owned and Privately Owned Firms: An Empirical Analysis of Profitability, Leverage, and Labor Intensity
(pp. 320–334)
Preferences over Inflation and Unemployment: Evidence from Surveys of Happiness
(pp. 335–341)
Firm-Specific Human Capital as a Shared Investment: Comment
(pp. 342–347)
Firm-Specific Human Capital as a Shared Investment: Reply
(pp. 348–349)