Spring 1982 Table of Contents

Volume 13, No. 1

James T. Hong and Charles R. Plott
Rate Filing Policies for Inland Water Transportation: An Experimental Approach
Carl Shapiro
Consumer Information, Product Quality, and Seller Reputation
Boyan Jovanovic
Truthful Disclosure of Information
Sharon Oster
The Diffusion of Innovation among Steel Firms: The Basic Oxygen Furnace
W.W. Sharkey
Suggestions for a Game-Theoretic Approach to Public Utility Pricing and Cost Allocation
Lester G. Telser
A Theory of Innovation and Its Effects
John S. Greenlees, John M. Marshall, and Donald E. Yett
Nursing Home Admissions Policies under Reimbursement
Joel Balbien and Louis L. Wilde
A Dynamic Model of Research Contracting
Steven Shavell
On Liability and Insurance
Takeo Nakao
Product Quality and Market Structure
John Laitner
Monopoly and Long-Run Capital Accumulation
R. Mark Isaac
Fuel Cost Adjustment Mechanisms and the Regulated Utility Facing Uncertain Fuel Prices
Marilyn J. Simon
Diagnoses and Medical Malpractice: A Comparison of Negligence and Strict Liability Systems
Alan Schwartz and Louis L. Wilde
Competitive Equilibria in Markets for Heterogeneous Goods under Imperfect Information: A Theoretical Analysis with Policy Implications
Martin K. Perry
Oligopoly and Consistent Conjectural Variations
Kirk Monteverde and David J. Teece
Supplier Switching Costs and Vertical Integration in the Automobile Industry
William Novshek and Hugo Sonnenschein
Fulfilled Expectations Cournot Duopoly with Information Acquisition and Release
Thomas R. Palfrey
Risk Advantages and Information Acquisition
Glenn M. MacDonald
Specific Investments and Nonlabor Income
Günter Knieps and Ingo Vogelsang
The Sustainability Concept under Alternative Behavioral Assumptions
Takashi Omori and George Yarrow
Product Diversification, Entry Prevention and Limit Pricing
Benjamin Bental and S. Abraham Ravid
A Simple Method for Evaluating the Marginal Cost of Unsupplied Electricity
Roger Sherman and Michael Visscher
Nonprice Rationing and Monopoly Price Structures when Demand is Stochastic
Tracy R. Lewis and Richard Schmalensee
Cartel Deception in Nonrenewable Resource Markets
Gary C. Fethke and John J. Birch
Rivalry and the Timing of Innovation
Lawrence J. White
On the Welfare Effects of Resale in the Context of a Nonlinear Pricing Schedule
Charles E. Phelps
Kalt's The Economics and Politics of Oil Price Regulation: Federal Policy in the Post-Embargo Era