Daniel l. Rubinfeld

Markets for Prescription Drugs 10 10 10.1 Astra-Merck Prices Prilosec
The Price of Eggs and the Price of a College Education 12 10 .. 2 Markup Pricing: Supermarkets to Designer Jeans
1 .. 3 The Minimum Wage 13 10,3 The Pricing of Prerecorded Videocassettes 343
2 2,1 The Price of Eggs and Price of a College Education Revisited 26 10.4 Monopsony Power in U.S. Manufacturing 358
2.2 Wage Inequality in the United States 27 10,5 A Phone Call About Prices 362
2,3 The Long-Run Behavior of Natural Resource Prices 28 10 .. 6 The United States versus Microsoft 363
2.4 The Market for Wheat 33 11 lU The Economics of Coupons and Rebates 379
2.5 The Demand for Gasoline and Automobiles 39 11,2 Airline Fares 380
2.6 The Weather in Brazil and the Price of Coffee in New York 41 11.3 How to Price a Best-Selling Novel 384
2,7 Declining Demand and the Behavior of Copper Prices 47 11.4 Polaroid Cameras 389
2.8 Upheaval in the World Oil Market 49 11.5 Pricing Cellular Phone Service 390
2,9 Price Controls and Natural Gas Shortages 54 11,6 The Complete Dinner versus a la Carte: A Restaurant's Pricing Problem 401
3 3.1 Designing New Automobiles (I) 71 11,7 Advertising in Practice 406
3.2 Designing New Automobiles (II) 81 12 12,1 Monopolistic Competition in the Markets for Colas and Coffee 428
3.3 Decision Making and Public Policy 82 12.2 A Pricing Problem for Procter & Gamble 440
3.4 A College Trust Fund 85 12 .. 3 Procter & Gamble in a Prisoners' Dilemma 444
3.5 Revealed Preference for Recreation 88 12.4 Price Leadership and Price Rigidity in Commercial Banking 448
3,6 Gasoline Rationing 91 12.5 The Cartelization of Intercollegiate Athletics 455
3.7 The Bias in the CPI 97 12 .. 6 The Milk Cartel 456
4 4.1 Consumer Expenditures in the United States 108 13 13.1 Acquiring a Company 463
4.2 The Effects of a Gasoline Tax 114 13.2 Oligopolistic Cooperation in the Water Meter Industry 474
4.3 The Aggregate Demand for Wheat 120 13.3 Competition and Collusion in the Airline Industry 475
4.4 The Demand for Housing 122 13.4 Wal-Mart Stores' Preemptive Investment Strategy 482
4,5 The Value of Clean Air 125 13,5 DuPont Deters Entry in the Titanium Dioxide Industry 487
4.6 Network Externalities and Demands for Computers and E-Mail 130 13.6 Diaper Wars 488
4,7 The Demand for Ready-to-Eat Cereal 134 13.7 Internet Auctions 495
5 5.1 Deterring Crime 154 14 14.1 The Demand for Jet Fuel 508
5 .. 2 Business Executives and the Choice of Risk 160 14.2 Labor Supply for One- and Two-Earner Households 513
5.3 The Value of Title Insurance When Buying a House 163 14.3 Pay in the Military 517
5.4 The Value cif Information in the Dairy Industry 165 14.4 Monopsony Power in the Market for Baseball Players 520
5 .. 5 Investing in the Stock Market 173 14.5 Teenage Labor Markets and the Minimum Wage 521
6 6.1 Malthus and the Food Crisis 187 14.6 The Decline of Private-Sector Unionism 527
6,2 Labor Productivity and the Standard of Living 189 14.7 Wage Inequality-Have Computers Changed the Labor Market 528
6 .. 3 A Production Function for Wheat 196 15 15,1 The Value of Lost Earnings 537
6.4 Returns to Scale in the Carpet Industry 199 15,2 The Yields on Corporate Bonds 541
7 7.1 Choosing the Location for a New Law School Building 205 15,3 Capital Investment in the Disposable Diaper Industry 548
7.2 Sunk, Fixed, and Variable Costs: Computers, Software, and Pizzas 207 15.4 Choosing an Air Conditioner and a New Car 550
7.3 The Short-Run Cost of Aluminum Smelting 213 15,5 How Depletable Are Depletable Resources 554
7.4 The Effect of Effluent Fees on Input Choices 220 16 16.1 The Interdependence of International Markets 566
7.5 Economies of Scope in the Trucking Industry 232 16 .. 2 The Effects of Automobile Import Quotas 588
7.6 The Learning Curve in Practice 236 16.3 The Costs and Benefits of Special Protection 589
7.7 Cost Functions for Electric Power 240 17 17.1 Lemons in Major League Baseball 600
7.8 A Cost Function for the Savings and Loan Industry 241 17.2 Working into the Night 605
8 8.1 The Short-Run Output Decision of an Aluminum Smelting Plant 260 17,3 Reducing Moral Hazard-Warranties of Animal Health 608
8.2 Some Cost Considerations for Managers 261 17.4 Crisis in the Savings and Loan Industry 608
8.3 The Short-Run Production of Petroleum Products 265 17,5 Managers of Nonprofit Hospitals as Agents 611
8.4 The Short-Run World Supply of Copper 268 17.6 Efficiency Wages at Ford Motor Company 618
8,5 The Long-Run Supply of Housing 282 18 18.1 The Costs and Benefits of Reduced Sulfur Dioxide Emissions 631
9 9.1 Price Controls and Natural Gas Shortages 292 lR2 Emissions Trading and Clean Air 632
9.2 The Market for Human Kidneys 295 18.3 Regulating Municipal Solid Wastes 637
9.3 Airline Regulation 300 18.4 The Coase Theorem at Work 641
9.4 Supporting the Price of Wheat 306 18.5 Crawfish Fishing in Louisiana 643
The Sugar Quota 312 18.6 The Demand for Clean Air 647