Spring 1983 Table of Contents

Volume 14, No. 1

Ann F. Friedlaender, Clifford Winston and Kung Wang
Costs, Technology, and Productivity in the U.S. Automobile Industry
Barry J. Nalebuff and Joseph E. Stiglitz
Prices and Incentives: Towards a General Theory of Compensation and Competition
Gary M. Fournier and Donald L. Martin
Does Government-Restricted Entry Produce Market Power?: New Evidence from the Market for Television Advertising
Jennifer F. Reinganum
Technology Adoption Under Imperfect Information
Christophe Chamley
Entrepreneurial Abilities and Liabilities in a Model of Self-Selection
John R. Schroeter
A Model of Taxi Service under Fare Structure and Fleet Size Regulation
Thomas Palfrey and Thomas Romer
Warranties, Performance, and the Resolution of Buyer-Seller Disputes
David R. Graham, Daniel P. Kaplan and David S. Sibley
Efficiency and Competition in the Airline Industry
Leonard J. Mirman, Dov Samet and Yair Tauman
An Axiomatic Approach to the Allocation of a Fixed Cost Through Prices
Pankaj Tandon
Rivalry and the Excessive Allocation of Resources to Research
Michael Smirlock and William Marshall
Monopoly Power and Expense-Preference Behavior: Theory and Evidence to the Contrary
Hung-po Chao
Peak Load Pricing and Capacity Planning with Demand and Supply Uncertainty
William Hallagan and Wayne Joerding
Polymorphic Equilibrium in Advertising
Roy Boyd
Lumber Transport and the Jones Act: A Multicommodity Spatial Equilibrium Analysis
Patricia Munch Danzon
Contingent Fees for Personal Injury Litigation
James A. Brander and Barbara J. Spencer
Strategic Commitment with R&D: The Symmetric Case
Keith J. Crocker
Vertical Integration and the Strategic use of Private Information
Lorne Carmichael
Firm-Specific Human Capital and Promotion Ladders
Hajime Miyazaki and Hugh M. Neary
The Illyrian Firm Revisited
William J. Furlong and George A. Slotsve
"Will That Be Pickup or Delivery?": An Alternative Spatial Pricing Strategy
Asher Wolinsky
Retail Trade Concentration Due to Consumers' Imperfect Information
Peter Murrell
The Economics of Sharing: A Transactions Costs Analysis of Contractual Choice in Farming
Paul J. McNulty and Giulio Pontecorvo
Mercantilist Origins of the Corporation: Comment
Robert B. Ekelund, Jr. and Robert D. Tollison
Tradeable Shares and the Supply-Side of Corporate Development: Reply