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Journal of Public Economic Theory

Published on behalf of the Association for Public Economic Theory

Edited by:
John P. Conley and Myrna Holtz Wooders

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As the official journal of the Association of Public Economic Theory, Journal of Public Economic Theory (JPET) is dedicated to stimulating research in the rapidly growing field of public economics. Submissions are judged on the basis of their creativity and rigor, and the Journal imposes neither upper nor lower boundary on the complexity of the techniques employed.

This journal focuses on such topics as public goods, local public goods, club economies, externalities, taxation, growth, public choice, social and public decision making, voting, market failure, regulation, project evaluation, equity, and political systems. Coverage includes a wide range of theoretical approaches, including general equilibrium theory, game theory, evolution, experimentation, control theory and dynamics, simulation, axiomatic characterization, and first order and comparative static methods.

In addition to publishing peer-reviewed, full-length articles, JPET features short notes, exposita, comments, survey papers and retrospectives.

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TopHighlights

School Finance Induced Migration and Stratification Patterns: The Impact of
Private School Vouchers
Thomas J. Nechyba

Systems of Benevolent Utility Functions
Theodore C. Bergstrom

Economies with Public Goods: An Elementary Geometric Exposition
William Thomson

Collusion-Proof Samuelson Conditions for Public Goods
Jean-Jacques Laffont and David Martimort

Social Security, Optimality and Equilibria in a Stochastic Overlapping Generations Economy
Gabriel Demange and Guy Laroque

Government Policy in a Stochastic Growth Model with Elastic Labor Supply
Stephen J. Turnovsky

Optimal Income Taxation with Quasi-linear Preferences Revisited
Robin Boadway, Katherine Cuff, and Maurice Manrchand

Interdependent Preferences and Groups of Agents
Stanley Reiter

 

 

TopEndorsements

Ranked as a top tier public economics journal by the Comité National de la Recherche Scientifique

"The new Journal of Public and Economic Theory, edited by J. Conley and M. Wooders, fills an important need and promises to become a journal of major importance on the economic theory scene. Edited by two well-known scholars who have contributed broadly to the theory of public economics, its star-studded editorial board boasts all the who's who in this area. This journal will no doubt attract landmark contributions, and will be widely sought after."

Robert Aumann, Professor of Economics and Mathematics Hebrew University

"JPET will form a vital interdisciplinary bridge among theorists in Economics and Political Science."

John Ferejohn, Professor of Political Science Stanford University

"The intersection of economics, political science, social choice, public choice and game theory holds some of the most fertile activities of basic research. The Journal of Public Economic Theory fills a substantial need for scientific outlets in this area and should provide a major channel for this wave of advancement."

Charles R. Plott, Professor of Economics and Political Science California Institute of Technology

"Librarians should consider the Journal of Public Economic Theory as an excellent addition to any collection supporting the research needs of public or theoretical economists or political scientists."

Bruce Kingma, Professor School of Information Science and Policy and Department of Economics SUNY, Albany

"JPET will provide an important service for producers and users of policy advice. It will encourage a higher level of rigor in the analysis of important policy questions."

Paul Romer, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University

"The interaction of the economy and the public sphere gives rise to theoretical issues of great interest, difficulty, and excitement. I look forward to the Journal of Public Economic Theory as a forum for the presentation of new results in this area."

Kenneth J. Arrow, Professor of Economics Stanford University