INSTRUCTORS

  Robert S. Pindyck and Daniel L. Rubinfeld (2000). Microeconomics, 5th edition.
 
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There are two copies on reserve at Lehman, and one copy at Barnard, under the call number HB172.P53.2000.

 

Also recommended is the accompanying study guide. Some chapters of Policy Analysis: Concepts and Practice, 3rd edition, by Weimer and Vining will be assigned in the second term, so it is not needed until then, though still recommended.
 
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There is one copy on reserve at Lehman under the call number H97.W45.1999.

 

Author

Title

Location

Low-Res High-Res

1.  

“Organization and Management of the Firm,”
ch 7, 223–267.

 

2.  

Henry Hansmann

“Ownership of the Firm,” Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, vol 4 no 2 (fall 1988), 267–304.  P·J8196.

Law

   

3.  

Bengt Holmström and John Roberts

“The Boundaries of the Firm Revisited,” Journal of Economic Perspectives, vol 12 no 4 (fall 1998), 73–94.

Business serials

4.  

Oliver Hart and John Moore

“Property Rights and the Nature of the Firm,” The Journal of Political Economy, vol 98 iss 6 (Dec 1990), 1119–1158.

JSTOR

 

5.  

Henry Hansmann

“The Role of Nonprofit Enterprise,” Yale Law Journal, vol 89 no 5 (Apr 1980), 835–901.  P·Y15.

Law

   

6.  

Jagdish Bhagwati

“Free Trade: Why AFL-CIO, the Sierra Club and Congressman Gephardt Should Like It,” from a Panel Discussion on 18 September 1998 on the occasion of the award of the Seidman Distinguished Award in Political Economy.

www.columbia.edu/~jb38/papers/seidman.pdf

Author’s website

 

7.  

Paul Krugman
and Maurice Obstfeld

·    “Labor Productivity and Comparative Advantage: The Ricardian Model,”
ch 2, 11–36.

·    “Resources and Trade: The Heckscher-Ohlin Model,” ch 4, 66–91.

International Economics: Theory and Policy,
5th ed (2000).  HF1359·K78·2000.

Lehman reserves


and

and

8.  

Ronald Ehrenberg
and Robert Smith

·    “The Demand for Labor,” ch 3, 60–100.

·    “Labor Demand Elasticities, Technological Change, and Foreign Trade,” ch 4, 101–139.

·    “Inequality in Earnings,” ch 14, 525–561.

Modern Labor Economics: Theory and Public Policy, 6th ed (1996).  HD4901·E34·1996.

Barnard

   

9.  

Brendan O’Flaherty

Auction and Bidding (Notes)

Author

10.   

Paul Milgrom

“Auctions and Bidding: A Primer,” Journal of Economic Perspectives, vol 3 iss 3 (summer 1989), 3–22.

JSTOR, Business serials

 

11.   

Richard Thaler

“The Winner’s Curse,” Journal of Economics Perspectives, vol 2 iss 1 (winter 1988), 191–202.

JSTOR, Business serials

 

12.   

John McMillan

“Selling Spectrum Rights,” Journal of Economic Perspectives, vol 8 iss 3 (summer 1994), 145–162.

JSTOR, Business serials

 

13.   

B Curtis Eaton
and Diane Eaton

“Vicarious Problem Solving: Applications of the Theory of Choice,” ch 4, Microeconomics, 110–139.

 

   

14.   

Donald Hubin

“The Moral Justification of Benefit / Cost Analysis,” Economics and Philosophy, vol 10 (1994), 169–194.  HB1·E526.

Butler

15.   

Thomas Schelling

“Economic Reasoning and the Ethics of Policy,” ch 1, Choice and Consequence (1984), 1–26.  H35·S335·1984.

Business, Milstein, Lehman reserves

16.   

Kenneth Train

·    “Introduction: The Economic Rationale and Task of Regulation,” 1–17.

·    “Ramsey Prices,” ch 4, 115–145.

Optimal Regulation: The Economic Theory of Natural Monopoly (1991).  HD2757.2·T73·1991.

Business


and

and

17.   

Clifford Winston

“US Industry Adjustment to Economic Deregulation,” Journal of Economic Perspectives, vol 12 no 3 (summer 1998), 89–110.

Business serials

18.   

Avinash Dixit
and Barry Nalebuff

“Credible Commitments,” ch 6, Thinking Strategically: The Competitive Edge in Business, Politics and Everyday Life (1993), 142–167.  HD30.28·59·1993.

Business reserves

19.   

Garrett Hardin

“The Tragedy of the Commons,” Science, vol 162 (Dec 1968), 1243–1248.  505·Sc2.

Biology

   

20.   

Stephen Medema

“Legal Fiction: The Place of the Coase Theorem in Law and Economics,” Symposium on the Coase Theorem, Economics and Philosophy, vol 15 (1999), 209–233.  HB1·E526.

Butler

21.   

Ronald Coase

“The Problem of Social Cost,” ch 5, The Firm, the Market and the Law (1988), 95–156.  HD2326·C6·1988.

Also available in Journal of Law and Economics, vol 3 (Oct 1960).  Law: P·J818 (damaged).

Law (damaged) 

   

22.   

Arye L Hillman

“Political Economy and Political Correctness,” Public Choice, vol 96 (1998), 219–239.

Business serials

23.   

Gordon Tullock

“Social Cost and Government Action,” The American Economic Review, vol 59 iss 2 (May 1969), 189–197.

JSTOR, Business serials

 

24.   

James Buchanan and Gordon Tullock

“Polluters’ Profits and Political Response: Direct Controls versus Taxes,” The American Economic Review, vol 65 iss 1 (Mar 1975), 139–147.

Also: “Polluters’ Profits and Political Response: Direct Controls versus Taxes, A Reply,” The American Economic Review, vol 66 iss 5 (Dec 1976), 983–984.

JSTOR, Business serials

 
and

25.   

John M Hartwick
and Nancy D Olewiler

“Nonrenewable Resource Use: The Theory of Depletion,” ch 8, The Economics of Natural Resource Use, 2nd ed (1997), 267–294.

1st ed available as HC59·H3558·1986 in Business.

Business

   

26.   

David Lewis

“Economics of the Scholarly Journal,”
College and Research Libraries, vol 50 (Nov 1989), 674–688.  Z671·C619.

Butler

 

27.   

William S Vickrey

·    “Marginal and Average Cost Pricing,” ch 10, 197–215.

·    “Pricing in Urban and Suburban Transport,” ch 15, 307–319.

Public Economics: Selected Papers by William Vickrey (1994).  HB71·V47·1994.

“Pricing in Urban and Suburban Transport” is also available in The American Economic Review, vol 53 iss 2 (May 1963), 452–465.

Business, Business serials, JSTOR


and

and

28.   

E J Mishan

“External Effects,” pt III ch 14–24, Cost-Benefit Analysis, 101–180.

Also available as ch 16–24 in new and expanded ed (1976).  Business, Barnard and Social Work: HD47.5·M53·1976.
     

29.   

Ronald Ehrenberg
and Robert Smith

“Unemployment,” ch 16, Modern Labor Economics: Theory and Public Policy, 6th ed (1996), 560–596.  HD4901·E34·1996.

Barnard