The Quarterly Journal of Economics

Samuelson, Paul, A.

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Abstract Introduction, 519.—Truth lost, and found, 520.—Graphical depiction, 522.—The error corrected, 524.—Conclusion, 525.—Mathematical appendix, 525. * Written in memory of Harry Johnson's days in Cambridge, Massachusetts, exactly thirty years ago. I owe thanks to the National Science Foundation for partial aid. This content is only available as a PDF. © 1977 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

Lloyd, Peter, J.

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Abstract I. The basic theory in terms of the consumer problem, 532.—II. Applications of the main theorems, 543. * I am indebted to a referee for the simple proof of Theorem I and for other useful suggestions. This content is only available as a PDF. © 1977 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

Floyd, Robert, H.

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Abstract The model, 558.—Product taxes, 563.—Capital taxes, 565.—Imposition of capital taxes, 566.—Application of BTA's to capital taxes, 568.—Adjustments to the earnings of capital, 574.—Conclusions, 577. * The author wishes to thank Professors Charles E. McLure, Jr., and Richard Bird and Dr. Vito Tanzi for their constructive comments on an earlier draft of this paper, but he retains full responsibility for the contents. The article does not necessarily reflect the views of the International Monetary Fund. This content is only available as a PDF. © 1977 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

Hart, Oliver, D.

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Abstract I. Introduction, 579—II. The model, 581.—III. The linear case, 586.—IV. Proofs, 593—V. Conclusion, 596. * This paper owes a great deal to the helpful comments of the late Michael Farrell. I have also benefited from the suggestions of Tony Atkinson, Chris Birchenhall, Peter Phillips, and John Williamson. This content is only available as a PDF. © 1977 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

Miller, Ross, M.;Plott, Charles, R.;Smith, Vernon, L.

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Abstract Theory and hypotheses, 600.—Subjects and experimental design, 601.—Experimental results, 605.—Concluding remarks, 610.—Appendix 1: Instructions for market experiment 1, 610.—Appendix 2: Instructions, 615.—Appendix 3: Subject index and limit prices, 618.—Appendix 4: Contracts in experiment 1, and bids, offers, and contracts for experiment 2, 619. This content is only available as a PDF. © 1977 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

Hochman,, Eithan;Pines,, David;Zilberman,, David

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Abstract I. Introduction, 625.—II. Model I—the case of positive social costs of pollution at the urban center when natural absorption exists, 627.—III. Model II—the case of pollution externality in production, 633.—IV. Concluding remarks: integration of the two models, 637. * Giannini Foundation Paper No. 460. We would like to thank Robert Dorfman of Harvard University; Ivan M. Lee and Miriam Revzan of the University of California, Berkeley; and the anonymous referee for helpful comments on an earlier draft. Research for this paper was supported by the Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Experiment Station, University of California, Berkeley, and by the Foerder Institute for Economic Research, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel. This content is only available as a PDF. © 1977 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

Munk, Knud, Jørgen

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Abstract I. Introduction, 639.—II. The model, 640.—III. A simplified optimal price formula, 642.—IV. An example reconsidered, 645.—V. A more general tax formula, 648.—VI. Concluding remarks, 649. * I am indebted to Tony Atkinson for suggestions that have improved both the content and exposition of this paper. I also want to thank Niels Geert Bolwig, Avinash Dixit, Louis Gevers, Peter Hammond, Oliver Hart, and Agnar Sandmo, and a referee and the editor of this Journal for helpful comments on earlier drafts. This content is only available as a PDF. © 1977 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

Ogura,, Seiritsu;Yohe,, Gary

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Abstract I. Optimal government investment under distortion, 653.—II. An application: Corporate income taxation, 656.—III. The impact of depreciation, 661.—IV. Concluding remarks, 662. * The authors wish to thank Professor Robert Dorfman, an anonymous referee, and the participants of the SUNY Albany seminar series for their encouragement and detailed comments on earlier drafts. Professor Pong S. Lee was also especially helpful at the paper's inception. This content is only available as a PDF. © 1977 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

Wellisz,, Stanislaw

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Caves, R., E.;Gale, B., T.;Porter, M., E.

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* We are indebted to Robert Dorfman, Zvi Griliches, Gobind Nankani, and Michael Spence for suggestions, and to Frank Cregg for performing the statistical tests. This content is only available as a PDF. © 1977 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College