Journal of Economic Perspectives

ISSN 0895-3309 (Print) | ISSN 1944-7965 (Online)

Vol. 2, No. 3, Summer 1988

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Abstract

Author

Front Matter

(pp. 1–2)

Symposium: Brady Commission Report on the October 1987 Stock Market Crash

The Task Force Report: The Reasoning behind the Recommendations

by Bruce C. Greenwald and Jeremy Stein

(pp. 3–23)

Trading Activity and Price Behavior in the Stock and Stock Index Futures Markets in October 1987

by James F. Gammill and Terry A. Marsh

(pp. 25–44)

Comments on the Market Crash: Six Months After

by Hayne Leland and Mark Rubinstein

(pp. 45–50)

Symposium: Monetary Lessons of the 1980s

Lessons on Monetary Policy from the 1980s

by Benjamin M. Friedman

(pp. 51–72)

Monetary Policy Lessons of Recent Inflation and Disinflation

by William Poole

(pp. 73–100)

Symposium: Immigration

Illegal Immigration and Immigration Control

by Barry R. Chiswick

(pp. 101–115)

The Political Economy of Immigration Law: Impact of Simpson-Rodino on the United States and Mexico

by Clark W. Reynolds and Robert K. McCleery

(pp. 117–131)

Articles

Minimum Wage Laws: Are They Overrated?

by Charles Brown

(pp. 133–145)

Variable Trends in Economic Time Series

by James H. Stock and Mark W. Watson

(pp. 147–174)

Features

Puzzles: Sylvia, Ice Cream and More

by Joseph Farrell

(pp. 175–182)

Recommendations for Further Reading

by Bernard Saffran

(pp. 183–186)

Anomalies: Cooperation

by Robyn M. Dawes and Richard H. Thaler

(pp. 187–197)

Correspondence

(pp. 199–203)

Notes

(pp. 204–207)