Books received

Journal of Economic Issues, Sept, 2005

ADNETT, NICK, and STEPHEN HARDY. The European Social Model: Modernisation or Evolution? Chelten-2005. Pp. 244. Cloth $95.00.

AGELL, JONAS, MICHAEL KEEN, and ALFONS J. WEICHENREIDER, eds. Labor Market Institutions and Public Regulation. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2005. Pp. 228. Cloth $35.00.

AGLIETTA, MICHEL, and ANTOINE REBERIOUX. Corporate Governance Adrift: A Critique of Shareholder Value. Cheltenham, U.K.: Eward Elgar Publishers, 2005. Pp. 306. Paper $45.00.

ALESINA, ALBERTO, ed. Institutional Reforms: The Case of Colombia. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2005. Pp. 373. Paper $35.00.

ALEXANDER, VOLBERT, JACQUES MELITZ, and GEORGE M. VON FURSTENBERG, eds. Monetary Unions and Hard Pegs: Effects on Trade, Financial Development, and Stability. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. Pp. 374. Cloth $99.00.

ALLEN, LARRY. The Global Economic System since 1945. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2005. Pp. 256. Paper $24.95.

AOKI, MASANAO. Modeling Aggregate Behavior and Fluctuations in Economics: Stochastic Views of Interactive Agents. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004. Pp. 263. Cloth $70.00, paper $34.99.

ATKINSON, A. B., ed. New Sources of Development Finance. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. Pp. 251. Cloth $99.00, paper $39.95.

ATKINSON, ROBERT D. The Past and Future of America's Economy: Long Wages of Innovation That Power Cycles of Growth. Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar Publishers, 2004. Pp. 357. Cloth $85.00.

AUTY, R. M., ed. Resource Abundance and Economic Development. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. Pp. 340. Cloth $85.00, paper $49.95.

AYRES, IAN. Optional Law: The Structure of Legal Entitlements. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2005. Pp. 284. Cloth $49.00.

BASU, KAUSHIK. Collected Papers in Theoretical Economics: Development, Markets, and Institutions. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. Pp. 320. Cloth $39.95.

BASU, KAUSHIK. Collected Papers in Theoretical Economics: Rationality, Games, and Strategic Behaviour. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. Pp. 320. Cloth $35.00.

BEBCHUK, LUCIAN, and JESSE FRIED. Pay without Performance: The Unfulfilled Promise of Executive Compensation. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2004. Pp. 278. Cloth $24.95.

BERGSTEN, C. FRED. The United States and the World Economy: Foreign Economic Policy for the Next Decade. Washington, D.C.: Institute for International Economics, 2005. Pp. 488. Paper $26.95.

BERGSTEN, C. FRED, and JOHN WILLIAMS, eds. Dollar Adjustment: How Far? Against What? Washington, D.C.: Institute for International Economics, 2004. Pp. 294. Paper $26.95.

BEST, JACQUELINE. The Limits of Transparency: Ambiguity and the History of International Finance. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 2005. Pp. 219. Cloth $37.50.

BHATTASALI, DEEPAK, SHANTONG LI, and WILL MARTIN, eds. China and the WTO: Accession, Policy Reform, and Poverty Reduction Strategies. Washington, D.C., and New York: World Bank and Oxford University Press, 2004. Pp. 334. Paper $25.00.

BINDSEIL, ULRICH. Monetary Policy Implementation: Theory, Past, and Present. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. Pp. 276. Cloth $74.00.

BINMORE, KEN. Natural Justice. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. Pp. 207. Cloth $29.95.

BLANKART, CHARLES B., and DENNIS C. MUELLER, eds. A Constitution for the European Union. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2005. Pp. 280. Cloth $35.00.

BLAIR, ROGER D., and THOMAS F. COTTER. Intellectual Property: Economic and Legal Dimensions of Rights and Remedies. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005. Pp. 304. Cloth $75.00, paper $29.99.

BOLTON, PATRICK, and MATHIAS DEWATRIPONT. Contract Theory. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2005. Pp. 724. Cloth $65.00.

BORIO, CLAUDIO, WILLIAM CURT HUNTER, GEORGE KAUFMAN, and KOSTAS TSATSARONIS, eds. Market Discipline across Countries and Industries. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2005. Pp. 446. Cloth $45.00.

BOURGUIGNON, FRANCOIS, FRANCISCO H. G. FERREIRA, and NORA LUSTIG, eds. The Microeconomics of Income Distribution Dynamics in East Asia and Latin America. Washington, D.C. and New York: World Bank and Oxford University Press, 2005. Pp. 416. Paper $38.00.

BOWLES, SAMUEL, HERBERT GINTIS, and MELISSA OSBORNE GROVES, eds. Unequal Chances: Family Background and Economic Success. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2005. Pp. 304. Cloth $35.00.

BROCAS, ISABELLE, and JUAN D. CARLOS, eds. The Psychology of Economic Decisions: Reasons and Choice. Vol. 2. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. Pp. 231. Paper $35.00.

CAPUTO, MICHAEL R. Foundations of Dynamic Economic Analysis: Optimal Control Theory and Applications. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005. Pp. 579. Cloth $100.00, paper $48.00.

CARRIER, JAMES G., ed. A Handbook of Economic Anthropology. Northampton, Mass.: Edward Elgar Publishers, 2005. Pp. 584. Cloth $230.00.

CHANDLER, ALFRED D., JR., and BRUCE MAZLISH, eds. Leviathans: Multinational Corporations and the New Global History. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004. Pp. 249. Cloth $65.00, paper $22.99.

CHAPPELL, HENRY W., JR., ROB ROY MCGREGOR, and TODD A. VERMILYA. Committee Decisions on Monetary Policy: Evidence from Historical Records of the Federal Open Market Committee. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2005. Pp. 336. Cloth $40.00.