Last edited 22.11.07
Bibliography of Robert Merton Solow, 1950-1
This bibliography is a work in progress, and is being compiled as part of the process
of writing the authorised biography of Bob Solow for the Palgrave series, Great
Thinkers in Economics. Any help that you might be able to give on incomplete
references, or indeed items not herein included, will be very gratefully received.
Please email me at <roger.middleton@bristol.ac.uk>
1950
Review of Nicholls, W.H. (1948) Labor productivity functions in meat packing.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, Review of Economics and Statistics, 32
(3), pp. 270-2. [ZX]
‘Economic model-building’ [Review of Klein, L.R. (1950) Economic fluctuations in
the United States, 1921-1941. New York: John Wiley], Mechanical
Engineering, 72 (12), pp. 990-1. [ZX]
1951
‘A note on dynamic multipliers’, Econometrica, 19 (3), pp. 306-16. [OP]
‘Some long-run aspects of the distribution of wage income’, Econometrica, 19 (3), pp.
333-4. [ZX]
‘On the dynamics of the income distribution’, unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, Harvard
University. [Z]
Review of Koopmans, T.C. (ed.) (1950) Statistical inference in dynamic economic
models. Cowles Commission for Research in Economics Monograph. New
York: John Wiley, Review of Economics and Statistics, 33 (4), pp. 358-60.
[ZX]
1952
‘On the structure of linear models’, Econometrica, 20 (1), pp. 29-46. [ZX]
Review of Deming, W.E. (1950) Some theory of sampling. New York: Wiley, Review
of Economics and Statistics, 34 (2), pp. 193-4. [ZX]
Review of Dorfman, R. (1951) Application of linear programming to the theory of the
firm. Berkeley and Los Angeles, CA: University of California Press, Journal
of the American Statistical Association, 47 (2), pp. 330-2. [ZX]
Review of Koopmans, T.C. (ed.) (1951) Activity analysis of production and
allocation. Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics at Yale University
Monograph. New York: Wiley, American Economic Review, 42 (3), pp. 424-9.
[ZX]
(with K.J. Arrow, and R.W. Shephard) Abstract: ‘An econometric model of
interindustry material flows’, Econometrica, 20 (3), pp. 488-9. [ZX]
Review of Roy, R. (ed.) (1951) Cahiers du séminaire d’econométrie, vol. I. Paris:
Librairie de Medicis, Journal of the American Statistical Association, 47 (4),
pp. 698-700. [ZX]
1953
‘A note on the price level and interest rate in a growth model’, Review of Economic
Studies, 21 (1), pp. 74-9. [ZX]
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Codes for RM use: OP = Offprint; ZB = Book owned; ZC = Chapter in book owned; ZX =
photocopy; ZXP = partial photocopy.
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(with P.A. Samuelson) ‘Balanced growth under constant return to scale’,
Econometrica, 21 (3), pp. 412-24. [ZX]
Review of Klein, L.R. (1953) A textbook of econometrics. New York: Row, Peterson
& Co., American Economic Review, 43 (5), pp. 947-50. [ZX]
1954
‘A new survey of demand analysis’ [Review of Wold, H. in association with Jureen,
L. (1953) Demand analysis: a study in econometrics. New York: John Wiley
& Sons], Review of Economics and Statistics, 36 (1), pp. 104-7. [ZX]
Review of Whitin, T.W. (1953) The theory of inventory management. Princeton, NJ:
Princeton University Press, Econometrica, 22 (2), pp. 252-3. [ZX]
‘The survival of mathematical economics’, Review of Economics and Statistics, 36
(4), pp. 372-4. [ZX]
(with P.A. Samuelson) ‘Dynamic growth under diminishing returns to scale, and
balanced growth under constant returns: a brief comment’, Econometrica, 22
(4), p. 504. [ZX]
1955
Review of Haavelmo, T. (1954) A study in the theory of economic evolution. Chicago:
University of Chicago Press, American Economic Review, 45 (1), pp. 155-6.
[ZX]
‘The production function and the theory of capital’, Review of Economic Studies, 23
(2), pp. 101-8. [ZX]
Review of Tuck, R.H. (1954) An essay on the economic theory of rank. Oxford: Basil
Blackwell, Journal of the American Statistical Association, 50 (3), pp. 995-6.
[ZX]
1956
Review of Walras, L. (1954) Elements of pure economics, ed. W. Jaffé. Homewood,
IL: Richard D. Irwin, Econometrica, 24 (1), pp. 87-9. [ZX]
‘A contribution to the theory of economic growth’, Quarterly Journal of Economics,
70 (1), pp. 65-94. [ZX]
Review of Prais, S.J. and Houthakker, H.S. (1955) The analysis of family budgets.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, Journal of the American Statistical
Association, 51 (2), pp. 398-400. [ZX]
(with P.A. Samuelson) ‘A complete capital model involving heterogeneous capital
goods’, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 70 (4), pp. 537-62. [ZX]
Review of Peacock, A.T. Stolper, W. F., Turvey, R. and Henderson, E. (eds) (1955)
International economic papers, vol. 5. London: Macmillan American
Economic Review, 46 (5), pp. 981-3. [ZX]
1957
Review of Schoeffler, S. (1955) The failures of economics: a diagnostic study.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, Review of Economics and
Statistics, 39 (1), pp. 96-8. [ZX]
‘Technical change and the aggregate production function’, Review of Economics and
Statistics, 39 (3), pp. 312-20. [ZX]
Review of Hamberg, D. (1956) Economic growth and instability: a study in the
problem of capital accumulation, employment and the business cycle. New
York: Norton, Econometrica, 25 (4), pp. 612-13. [ZX]
1958
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Review of Barna, T. (1956) The structural interdependence of the economy. New
York: Wiley, Econometrica, 26 (1), pp. 173-4. [ZX]
Review of Simon, H.A. (1957) Models of man: social and rational. New York: John
Wiley, Review of Economics and Statistics, 40 (1), pp. 81-4.ZX]
(with K.J. Arrow) ‘Gradient methods for constrained maxima, with weakened
assumptions’, in K.J. Arrow, L. Hurwicz and H. Uzawa (eds) Studies in linear
and non-linear programming. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, pp.
166-76. [ZX]
(with R. Dorfman and P.A. Samuelson) Linear programming and economic analysis.
New York: McGraw-Hill. [ZB]
Review of Koopmans, T.C. (1957) Three essays on the state of economic science.
New York: McGraw-Hill, Journal of Political Economy, 66 (2), pp. 178-9.
[ZX]
Review of Krelle, W. and Haller, H. (1955) Lohnhöhe und beschäftigung. Berlin:
Duncker and Humblot, Econometrica, 26 (3), pp. 475-6. [ZX]
‘A skeptical note on the constancy of relative shares’, American Economic Review, 48
(4), pp. 618-31. [ZX]
‘Technical progress and production functions: reply’, Review of Economics and
Statistics, 40 (4), pp. 411-13. [ZX]
1959
‘Competitive valuation in a dynamic input-output system’, Econometrica, 27 (1), pp.
30-53. [ZX]
‘On concepts and measures of changes in productivity: comment’, Review of
Economics and Statistics, 41 (3), pp. 282-5. [OP]
Review of Weintraub, S. (1958) An approach to the theory of income distribution.
Philadelphia: Chilton Co., Journal of Political Economy, 67 (4), pp. 420-1.
[ZX]
‘Is factor substitution a crime, and if so, how bad?: reply to Professor Eisner’,
Economic Journal, 69 (3), pp. 597-9. [OP]
‘Investment and economic growth: some comments’, Productivity Measurement
Review, 19 (November), pp. 62-8. [ZX]
1960
(with P.A. Samuelson) ‘Analytical aspects of anti-inflation policy’, American
Economic Review, 50 (2, Papers & Proceedings), pp. 177-94. [OP]
‘Income inequality since the war’, in R.E. Freeman (ed) Postwar economic trends in
the United States. New York: Harper & Row, pp. 93-138. [OP]
‘Investment and technical progress’, in K.J. Arrow, S. Karlin and P. Suppes (eds)
Mathematical methods in the social sciences, 1959: proceedings of the first
Stanford symposium. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, pp. 89-104.
[ZX]
‘On a family of lag distributions’, Econometrica, 28 (2), pp. 393-406. [OP]
‘On a family of lag distributions: errata’, Econometrica, 28 (3), p. 735. [ZX]
1961
‘Note on Uzawa’s two-sector model of economic growth’, Review of Economic
Studies, 29 (1), pp. 48-50. [OP]
(with K.J. Arrow, H.B. Chenery and B.S. Minhas) ‘Capital-labor substitution and
economic efficiency’, Review of Economics and Statistics, 43 (3), pp. 225-50.
[ZX]
‘Education, technology & the GNP’, Technology Review, 63 (April), pp. 17-19, 34,
36. [ZX]
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‘Notes towards a Wicksellian model of distributive shares’, in F.A. Lutz and D.C.
Hague (eds) The theory of capital: proceedings of a conference held by the
International Economic Association. London: Macmillan, pp. 245-65. [ZX]
1962
‘Some problems of the theory and practice of economic planning’ [Review of Dobb,
M. (1960) An essay on economic growth and planning. London: Routledge &
Paul], Economic Development and Cultural Change, 10 (2, pt. I), pp. 216-22.
[OP]
‘Technical progress, capital formation and economic growth’, American Economic
Review, 52 (2, Paper & Proceedings), pp. 76-86. [OP]
‘Problems that don’t worry me’, Technology Review, 64 (July), pp. 43-4, 64. [ZX]
‘Substitution and fixed proportions in the theory of capital’, Review of Economic
Studies, 29 (3), pp. 207-18. [OP]
‘Comment’, Review of Economic Studies, 29 (3), pp. 255-7. [ZX]
Review of Bensusan-Butt, D.M. (1960) On economic growth: an essay in pure theory.
Oxford: Clarendon Press, Journal of Political Economy, 70 (3), pp. 313-14.
[ZX]
‘Investment for growth’, New Republic, 147 (16), 20 October, pp. 14-15. [ZX]
‘A policy for full employment’, Industrial Relations, 2 (1), pp. 1-14. [OP]
Review of Salter, W.E.G. (1960) Productivity and technical change. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, Review of Economics and Statistics, 44 (4), pp.
501-2. [ZX]
1963
Capital theory and the rate of return. Amsterdam: North-Holland. [F. DeVries
Lectures] [ZB]
‘Economic growth and residential housing’, in US Savings and Loan League (ed.)
Conference on savings and residential financing, vol. VI. New York: US
Savings and Loan League, pp. 119-47. [ZX]
(with J.H. Kareken) ‘Lags in monetary policy’, in E.C. Brown et al. (eds)
Stabilization policies: a series of research studies prepared for the
commission on money and credit. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, pp. 1496. [ZB]
‘Heterogeneous capital and smooth production functions: an experimental study’,
Econometrica, 31 (4), pp. 623-45. [Irving Fisher Lecturer, Econometric
Society, Dublin, 7 September 1962] [OP]
1964
Review of Harrod, R. (1963) The British economy. New York: McGraw-Hill,
Economic Journal, 74 (1), pp. 149-51. [ZX]
The nature and sources of unemployment in the United States. Stockholm: Almqvist
and Wicksell. [Wicksell lectures, 14 and 16 April 1964] [ZX]
‘Capital, labor and income in manufacturing’, in NBER (ed) The behavior of income
shares: selected theoretical and empirical issues. Princeton, NJ: Princeton
University Press, pp. 101-42. [OP]
‘Friedman on America’s money’ [Review of Friedman, M. and Schwartz, A.J. (1963)
A monetary history of the United States, 1867-1960. Princeton, NJ: Princeton
University Press], The Banker, 114 (November), pp. 710-17. [ZX]
1965
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‘Economic behaviour under uncertainty’, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London,
ser. B: Biological sciences, 162 (989), pp. 444-57. [Royal Society Nuffield
Lecture, 2 March 1965][OP]
Review of Becker, G.S. (1964) Human capital. New York: Columbia University
Press, Journal of Political Economy, 73 (5), pp. 552-3. [OP]
‘Technology and unemployment’, Public Interest, 1 (Fall), pp. 17-26. [ZX]
1966
(with J. Tobin, C.C. von Weizsacker and M. Yaari) ‘Neoclassical growth with fixed
factor proportions’, Review of Economic Studies, 33 (2), pp. 79-115. [ZX]
‘The case against the case against the guideposts’, in G.P. Shultz and R.Z. Aliber
(eds) Guidelines, informal controls and the market place: policy choices in a
full employment economy. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, pp. 41-54.
[OP]
‘A hard year for economic policy’, Public Interest, 5 (Fall), pp. 9-12. [ZX]
‘The wage-price issue and the guideposts’, in F.H. Harbison and J.D. Mooney (eds)
Critical issues in employment policy: a report of the Princeton manpower
symposium, May 12-13 1966. Princeton: Princeton University Press, pp. 5773. [ZX]
(with J. Tobin, C.C. von Weizsacker and M. Yaari) ‘Errata: neoclassical growth with
fixed factor proportions’, Review of Economic Studies, 33 (4), no page no.
[ZX]
Review of Hicks, J.R. (1965) Capital and growth. Oxford: Clarendon Press, American
Economic Review, 56 (5), pp. 1257-60. [ZX]
1967
(with M.S. Cohen) ‘The behavior of help-wanted advertising’, Review of Economics
and Statistics, 49 (1), pp. 108-10. [OP]
‘The interest rate and transition between techniques’, in C.H. Feinstein (ed.)
Socialism, capitalism and economic growth: essays presented to Maurice
Dobb. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 30–9. [OP]
‘Some recent developments in the theory of production’, in M. Brown (ed.) The
theory and empirical analysis of production. New York: NBER/Columbia
University Press, pp. 25-49. [OP]
‘The new industrial state or son of affluence: discussion and rejoinder’, Public
Interest, 9 (Fall), pp. 100-8, 118-19. [OP]
1968
‘The truth further refined: a comment on Marris’, Public Interest, 11 (Spring), pp. 4752. [OP]
‘Short-run adjustment of employment to output’, in J.N. Wolfe (ed.) Value, capital
and growth: papers in honour of Sir John Hicks. Edinburgh: Edinburgh
University Press, pp. 481-4. [ZX]
‘Distribution in the long and short run’, in J. Marchal and B. Ducros (eds) The
distributional of national income: proceedings of a conference held by the
International Economic Association. London: Macmillan, pp. 449-66
(discussion pp. 467-75). [ZX]
‘Recent controversy on the theory of inflation: an eclectic view’, in S.W. Rousseas
(ed.) Inflation: its causes, consequences and control. Wilton, CT: Calvin K.
Kazanjian Economics Foundation, pp. 1-17 (discussion pp. 17-29).
[Proceedings of a symposium, Department of Economics, New York
University, 31 January 1968][OP]
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(with J.E. Stiglitz) ‘Output, employment and wages in the short run’, Quarterly
Journal of Economics, 82 (4), pp. 537-60. [OP]
‘Putting the money supply dispute into its true perspective’, The Times, 23 December,
pp. 12. [ZX]
‘Fixed investment in economic growth’, in W.W. Heller (ed.) Perspectives on
economic growth. New York: Random House, pp. 209-29. [ZX][Also, in very
slightly revised form, in Phelps ed 1969, pp.90–105]
1969
Review of Meade, J.E. (1968) Principles of political economy, vol. II: The growing
economy. London: Allen & Unwin, Economic Journal, 79 (1), pp. 120-2. [ZX]
Price expectations and the behavior of the price level. Manchester: Manchester
University Press. [University of Manchester lectures] [ZX]
‘Fixed investment and economic growth’, in E.S. Phelps (ed.) The goal of economic
growth, rev. edn.. New York: W.W. Norton, pp. 90–105. [ZX] [Very slightly
revised version of same title in W. Heller ed. 1968, pp. 209–29]
1970
‘Comment’ [on R.J. Gordon, ‘The recent acceleration of inflation and its lessons for
the future’], Brookings Papers in Economic Activity, 1, pp. 42-3. [ZX]
(with J.E. Stiglitz) ‘Solow and Stiglitz on employment and distribution: a new
romance with an old model?: reply’, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 84 (1),
pp. 153. [ZX]
Growth theory: an exposition. Oxford: Clarendon Press. [Radcliffe lectures,
University of Warwick, 1969][ZB]
‘On the rate of return: reply to Pasinetti’, Economic Journal, 80 (2), pp. 423-8. [ZX]
Review of Blyth, C.A. (1969) American business cycles, 1945-50. London: Allen &
Unwin, Economic History Review, 2nd ser. 23 (2), pp. 409-10. [ZX]
Foreword to E. Burmeister, E. and A.R. Dobell, Mathematical theories of economic
growth. New York: Macmillan, pp. vii-ix. [ZX]
‘Comment’ [on G.L. Perry, ‘Changing labor markets and inflation’], Brookings
Papers in Economic Activity, 3, pp. 444-5. [ZX]
‘Microeconomic theory’, in N.D. Ruggles (ed.) Economics. Englewood Cliffs, NJ:
Prentice-Hall, pp. 31-43. [ZX]
(with M.S. Cohen) ‘The behavior of help-wanted advertising: a reply’, Review of
Economics and Statistics, 52 (4), pp. 442-3. [ZX]
‘Science and ideology in economics’, Public Interest, 21 (Fall), pp. 94-107. [ZX]
1971
‘State of economics: the behavioral and social sciences survey: discussion’, American
Economic Review, 61 (2, Papers & Proceedings), pp. 63-5. [OP]
‘Blood and thunder’ [Review of Titmuss, R.M. (1971) The gift relationship: from
human blood to social policy. New York: Pantheon], Yale Law Journal, 80
(8), pp. 1696-1711. [ZX]
‘Solow prices and the dual stability paradox in the Leontief dynamic system: a
comment’, Econometrica, 39 (3), pp. 633-4. [ZX]
‘Comment’ [on G.L. Perry, ‘Labor force structure, potential output and productivity’],
Brookings Papers in Economic Activity, 3, pp. 573-4. [ZX]
‘The economist’s approach to pollution and its control’, Science, new ser. 173 (3996),
pp. 498-503. [ZX] [Reprinted in Social Science, 47 (1), pp. 15-25].
‘Kuznets is termed the father of GNP’, New York Times, 16 October, p. 2. [ZX]
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(with B.L. Solow) Review of Hughes, J.R.T. (1970) Industrialization and economic
history: theses and conjectures. New York: McGraw-Hill, Business History
Review, 45 (4), pp. 516-17. [ZX]
(with W.S. Vickrey) ‘Land use in a long narrow city’, Journal of Economic Theory, 3
(4), pp. 430-47. [OP]
‘Some implications of alternative criteria for the firm’, in R.L. Marris and A. Wood
(eds) The corporate economy: growth, competition and innovative potential.
London: Macmillan, pp. 318-42. [ZX]
1972
‘Congestion, density and the use of land in transportation’, Swedish Journal of
Economics, 74 (1), pp. 161-73. [ZX]
‘Comment’ [on B. Bosworth, ‘Phase II: the US experiment with an incomes policy’
and R.J. Gordon, ‘Wage-price controls and the shifting Phillips curve’],
Brookings Papers in Economic Activity, 2, pp. 423-5. [ZX]
‘Comment’ [on W.D. Nordhaus, ‘The recent productivity slowdown’], Brookings
Papers in Economic Activity, 3, pp. 539-41. [ZX]
‘The economics of pollution’, in *** (ed.) Jobs and the environment, 28 November.
[San Francisco Conference] [***]
‘Notes on Doomsday models’, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of
the United States of America, 69 (12), pp. 3832-3. [ZX]
‘Some evidence on the short-run productivity puzzle’, in J.N. Bhagwati and R.S.
Eckaus (eds) Development and planning: essays in honor of Paul RosensteinRodan. London: Allen & Unwin, pp. 316-25. [ZX]
1973
‘How to be healthy, wealth and wise – economically’ [Review of Passell, R. and
Ross, L. (1973) The retreat from riches: affluence and its enemies. New York:
Viking], New York Times, Book Review, 25 February, p. 4. [ZX]
‘Is the end of the world at hand?’, Challenge, 16 (1), pp. 39-50. [OP]
‘Congestion cost and the use of land for streets’, Bell Journal of Economics and
Management Science, 4 (2), pp. 602-18. [OP]
‘What happened to full employment?’, Quarterly Review of Economics and Business,
13 (2), pp. 7-20. [OP]
‘A comment on some uses of mathematical models in urban economics: rejoinder I’,
Urban Studies, 10 (2), p. 267. [ZX]
‘On equilibrium models of urban location’, in M. Parkin and A.R. Nobay (eds) Essays
in modern economics: the proceedings of the Association of University
Teachers of Economics, Aberystwyth, 1972. Harlow: Longman, pp. 2-16.
[OP]
‘Comment’ [on W.D. Nordhaus, ‘The allocation of energy resources’], Brookings
Papers in Economic Activity, 3, pp. 572-4. [ZX]
(with A.S. Blinder) ‘Does fiscal policy matter?’, Journal of Public Economics, 2 (4),
pp. 319-37. [ZX]
‘Resource scarcity and economic growth’, in US Congress*** (ed.) Hearings of
subcommittee on priorities and economy in government of Joint Economic
Committee, 20 December. [***]
Review of Ward, B. (1972) What’s wrong with economics? New York: Basic Books,
Journal of Economic Issues, 7 (4), pp. 694-8. [ZX]
1974
‘Law of production and laws of algebra: the humbug production function: a
comment’, Review of Economics and Statistics, 56 (1), p. 121. [OP]
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Review of Hicks, J.R. (1973) Capital and time: a neo-Austrian theory. Oxford:
Clarendon Press, Economic Journal, 84 (1), pp. 189-92. [OP]
(with E. Ginzberg) ‘An introduction to this special issue’, Public Interest, 34
(Winter), pp. 4-13. [ZX] Rep. in E. Ginzberg and R.M. Solow (eds) (1974)
The great society: lessons for the future. New York: Basic Books, pp. 4-13.
[ZX]
(with E. Ginzberg) ‘Some lessons of the 1960s’, Public Interest, 34 (Winter), pp. 21120. [ZX] Rep. in E. Ginzberg and R.M. Solow (eds) (1974) The great society:
lessons for the future. New York: Basic Books, pp. 211-20. [ZX]
(with Ginzberg, E.) ‘The social lessons of the 1960s (I)’, Newsday, (15 May), pp.
***-**. [***]
(with Ginzberg, E.) ‘The social lessons of the 1960s (II)’, Newsday, (16 May), pp.
***-**. [***]
‘Energy crisis and the environment’, The Catalyst, *** (12 April), p. 5. [ZX]
‘The economics of resources or the resources of economics’, American Economic
Review, 64 (2, Papers & Proceedings), pp. 1-14. [Ely lecture] [OP]
(with A.S. Blinder) ‘Analytical foundations of fiscal policy’, in A.S. Blinder, R.M.
Solow, G.F. Break, P.O. Steiner and D. Netzer (eds) The economics of public
finance. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution, pp. 3-115. [ZB]
‘The management of exhaustible resources’, in M. Marois (ed.) Towards a plan of
actions for mankind: problems and perspectives. Amsterdam: North-Holland,
pp. 21-30. [OP]
‘Comment’ [on C.A. Sims, ‘Output and labor input in manufacturing’], Brookings
Papers in Economic Activity, 3, pp. 732-3. [ZX]
‘Intergenerational equity and exhaustible resources’, Review of Economic Studies, 41
(Supplement: Symposium on the economics of exhaustible resources), pp. 2945. [OP]
‘What do we owe to the future?’, Nebraska Journal of Economics and Business, 13
(1), pp. 3-16. [Gerald L. Phillippe Memorial Lecture, 1 May 1973][OP]
(with S. Rottenberg, E.J. Mishan, J. Anderson and F.B. Jensen) ‘A dialogue on the
issues’, in A. Weintraub, E. Schwartz and J.R. Aronson (eds) The economic
growth controversy. London: Macmillan, pp. 204-18. [Conference on the
Limits to Growth, Lehigh University, Pennsylvania, October 1972] [ZC]
(with E. Ginzberg) (eds) The great society: lessons for the future. New York: Basic
Books. [ZX(P)]
1975
‘Cambridge and the real world’, Times Literary Supplement, 3810 (14 March), p. 277.
[ZX]
‘The unimportance of reswitching: brief comments’, Quarterly Journal of Economics,
89 (1), pp. 48-52. [OP]
‘Comment’ [on R.E. Hall, ‘The rigidity of wages and the persistence of
unemployment’], Brookings Papers in Economic Activity, 2, pp. 301-49. [ZX]
Review of Feiwel, G.R. (1975) The intellectual capital of Michael Kalecki: a study in
economic theory and policy. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press,
Journal of Economic Literature, 13 (4), pp. 1331-5. [OP]
‘The intelligent citizen’s guide to inflation’, Public Interest, 38 (Fall), pp. 30-66. [ZX]
1976
(with A.S. Blinder) ‘Does fiscal policy matter?: a correction’, Journal of Public
Economics, 5 (1-2), pp. 183-4. [ZX]
(with F.Y. Wan) ‘Extraction costs in the theory of exhaustible resources’, Bell
Journal of Economics, 7 (2), pp. 359-70. [ZX]
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(with D.A. Belsley, E.J. Kane and P.A. Samuelson) (eds) Inflation, trade and taxes:
essays in honor of Alice Bourneuf. Columbus, OH: Ohio State University
Press. [Z]
‘Down the Phillips curve with gun and camera’, in D.A. Belsley, E.J. Kane, R.M.
Solow and P.A. Samuelson (eds) Inflation, trade and taxes: essays in honor of
Alice Bourneuf. Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, pp. 3-22. [ZX]
‘Macro-policy and full employment’, in E. Ginzberg (ed.) Jobs for Americans.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, pp. 37-58. [ZX]
‘Optimal fishing with a natural predator’, in R. Grieson (eds) Public and urban
economics: essays in honor of W.S. Vickrey. Lexington, MA: Lexington
Books, pp. 213-24. [ZX]
(with A.S. Blinder) ‘Does fiscal policy still matter?: a reply’, Journal of Monetary
Economics, 2 (4), pp. 501-10. [OP]
1977
‘Jobs jobs jobs: how to create them without reflation?’, Across the Board, 14 (1), pp.
38-51. [ZX]
‘The economics of pollution control’, Industrial and Labor Relation Report, 14 (2),
pp. 14-17. [ZX]
‘Requiem for a rebate’, New Republic, 176 (19), 7 May, pp. 11-13. [ZX]
(with A.S. Blinder) ‘Does fiscal policy matter?: the view from the government budget
restraint: a reply’, Public Finance, 32 (3), pp. 390-2. [ZX]
Review of Leff, A.A. (1976) Swindling and selling: the Spanish prisoner & other
bargains. New York: Free Press, Bell Journal of Economics and Management
Science, 8 (2), pp. 627-9. [ZX]
(with F.M. Fisher and J.M. Kearl) ‘Aggregate production functions: some CES
experiments’, Review of Economic Studies, 44 (2), pp. 305-20. [ZX]
‘Discussion [of M.L. Wachter, ‘Intermediate swings in labor-force participation’],
Brookings Papers in Economic Activity, 2, pp. 574-6. [ZX]
‘Monopoly, uncertainty and exploration’, in A.S. Blinder and P. Friedman (eds)
Natural resources, uncertainty and general equilibrium systems: essays in
memory of Rafael Lusky. New York: Academic Press, pp. 17-32. [ZX]
1978
(with M.N. Baily) ‘Public service employment as macroeconomic policy’, in National
Commission for Manpower Policy (ed.) Job creation through public service
employment: an interim report to the Congress of the National Commission
for Manpower Policy. vol. III: Commissioned papers. Washington, DC:
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‘Resources and economic growth’, American Economist, 22 (2), pp. 5-11. [ZX]
(with P. Temin) ‘Introduction: the inputs for growth’, in P. Mathias and M.M. Postan
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‘What we know and don’t know about inflation’, Technology Review, 81 (3), pp. 3046. [Rev. ver. of Killian Lectures, MIT, 1977-8] [ZX]
1979
‘Another possible source of wage stickiness’, Journal of Macroeconomics, 1 (1), pp.
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‘Speculation on inflation: reply’, Technology Review, 81 (7), p. 19. [ZX]
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‘Alternative approaches to macroeconomic theory: a partial view’, Canadian Journal
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Review of Bergstrom, A.R., Catt, A.J.L., Peston, M.H. and Silverstone, B.D.J. (eds)
(1978) Stability and inflation: a volume of essays to honour the memory of
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‘Towards realism about inflation’, Economic Outlook USA, ?vol 5*** (Summer), pp.
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1980
‘On theories of unemployment’, American Economic Review, 70 (1), pp. 1-11. [ZX]
Review of Hirsch, F. and Goldthorpe, J.H. (1978) The political economy of inflation.
Oxford: Martin Robertson, Journal of Interdisciplinary History, 10 (3), pp.
547-9. [ZX]
‘Inflated tales’, Executive (Cornell University, Graduate School of Business and
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‘Lecture 3 [Why do we feel so bad?]’, in R.M. Cooper (ed.) The economy: three
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‘Employment policy in inflationary times’, in E. Ginzberg (ed.) Employing the
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‘What to do (macroeconomically) when OPEC comes’, in S. Fischer (ed.) Rational
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The story of a social experiment and some reflections. Dublin: Economic and Social
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‘Policy responses to the productivity slowdown: discussion’, in Federal Reserve Bank
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1981
‘Reform, not retrenchment’, Society, 19 (1), pp. 8-9. [ZX]
‘Comment’ [on M.N. Baily, ‘Productivity and the services of capital and labor’],
Brookings Papers in Economic Activity, 1, pp. 58-62. [ZX]
Review of Malinvaud, E. (1980) Profitability and unemployment. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, Journal of Economic Literature, 19 (2), pp. 5723. [ZX]
‘Arthur Okun’s last work’ [Review of Okun, A.M. (1981) Prices and quantities: a
macroeconomic analysis. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution], Public
Interest, 65 (Fall), pp. 91-102. [ZX]
(with I.M. McDonald) ‘Wage bargaining and employment’, American Economic
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‘Cost-benefit analysis: an ethical crique: reply’, ***, *** (***), pp. ***. Rep. in R.N.
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1982
‘Comment’ [on B.P. Bosworth, ‘Capital formation and economic policy’], Brookings
Papers in Economic Activity, 2, pp. 318-21. [ZX]
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(with D.G. Johnson, R.J. Lampman and B. Saffron) ‘The economics major: what it is
and what it should be: panel discussion’, American Economic Review, 72 (2,
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‘Some lessons from growth theory’, in W.F. Sharpe and C.M. Cootner (eds) Financial
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‘On the lender of last resort’, in C.P. Kindleberger and J.-P. Laffargue (eds) Financial
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‘Where have all the flowers gone?: economic growth in the 1960s’, in J.A. Pechman
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‘Reflections on savings behavior’, in Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (ed.) Saving
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Review of Burmeister, E. (1980) Capital theory and dynamics. Cambridge:
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‘Does economics make progress?’, Bulletin of American Academy of Arts and
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1983
(with E.C. Brown) (eds) Paul Samuelson and modern economic theory. New York:
McGraw-Hill. [ZB]
‘Modern capital theory’, in E.C. Brown and R.M. Solow (eds) Paul Samuelson and
modern economic theory. New York: McGraw-Hill, pp. 169-88. [ZC]
‘Comment’ [on J.L. Medoff, ‘US labor markets: imbalance, wage growth and
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‘Teaching economics in the 1980s’, Journal of Economic Education, 14 (2), pp. 65-8.
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‘Leif Johansen (1930-1982): a memorial’, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 85,
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‘Keynes and the management of real national income and expenditure: comment’, in
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‘Comment’ [on W.D. Nordhaus, ‘Macroconfusion: the dilemmas of economic
policy’], in J. Tobin (ed.) Macroeconomics, prices, and quantities: essays in
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‘Implications of the government deficit for US capital formation: discussion’, in
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of Boston , pp. 96-8. [ZC]
‘Economic development and the development of economics: discussion’, World
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Review of Dasgupta, P. (1982) The control of resources. Oxford: Basil Blackwell,
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1984
‘Conversations with neo-Keynesian economists: the older generation’ [interview], in
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‘*** [Review of Rohatyn, F. (1984) ‘The twenty year century: essays on economics
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‘Relative deprivation [Review of Sen, A. (1981) Poverty and famines, an essay on
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‘The entrepreneur as hero [Review of Gilder, G. (1984) The spirit of enterprise. New
York: Simon & Schuster]’, New Republic, 191 (17), 22 October, pp. 37-9.
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(with I.M. McDonald) ‘Union wage policies: reply’, American Economic Review, 74
(4), pp. 759-61. [ZX]
‘Mr Hicks and the classics’, Oxford Economic Papers, n.s. 36 (4, Supplement:
Economic theory and Hicksian themes), pp. 13-25. [Hicks lecture] [ZX] Rep.
in Collard, D., Helm, D.R., Scott, M.Fg. and Sen, A. K. (eds) Economic theory
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Review of Chick, V. (1983) Macroeconomics after Keynes. Deddington: Philip
Allan., Journal of Political Economy, 92 (4), pp. 784-7. [ZX]
Review of Silk, L. (1984) Economics in the real world. New York: Simon and
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(with E. Ginzberg and R.P. Nathan) ‘The lessons of the supported work
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national supported work demonstration. Madison, WI: University of
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1985
‘Reflections on macroeconomic modelling: confessions of a DRI addict’, Eastern
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‘A lesson in economics’, Chemtech, 15 (1), pp. 28-30. [ZX]
‘Comment’ [on C. Lawrence and R.Z. Lawrence, ‘Manufacturing wage dispersion: an
end game interpretation’], Brookings Papers in Economic Activity, 1, pp. 10710. [ZX]
‘Insiders and outsiders in wage determination’, Scandinavian Journal of Economics,
87 (2), pp. 411-28. [ZX]
(with I.M. McDonald) ‘Wages and employment in a segmented labor market’,
Quarterly Journal of Economics, 100 (4), pp. 1115-41. [ZX]
‘Economic history and economics’, American Economic Review, 75 (2, Paper &
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‘Economics: is something missing?’, in W.N. Parker (ed.) Economic history and the
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1986
‘The unemployment of nations’, Business Economics, 21 (1), pp. 5-12. [Adam Smith
Lecture, National Association of Business Economists, October 1985] [ZX]
‘On the intergenerational allocation of natural resources’, Scandinavian Journal of
Economics, 88 (1), pp. 141-9. [ZX]
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‘Monopolistic competition and the multiplier’, in W.P. Heller, R.M. Starr and D.A.
Starrett (eds) Essays in honor of Kenneth J. Arrow, vol. II: Equilibrium
analysis. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 301-15. [ZX] Rep. in
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University Press (1998), pp. 57-75. [ZB]
‘Unemployment: getting the questions right’, Economica, new ser. 53 (2, Supplement:
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‘What is a nice girl like you doing in a place like this?: macroeconomics after fifty
years’, Eastern Economic Journal, 12 (3), pp. 191-8. [ZX]
(with F.H. Hahn) ‘Is wage flexibility a good thing?’, in W. Beckerman (ed.) Wage
rigidity and unemployment. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press,
pp. 1-19. [ZX]
‘Macroeconomic theory and government action’, in K. Aiginger (ed.) Weltwirtschaft
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‘An economist’s view of the income maintenance experiments’, in A.H. Munnell (ed.)
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‘Dollars and democracy [Review of Berger, P.L. The capitalist revolution: fifty
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1987
‘What do we know that Francis Amasa Walker didn’t?’, History of Political
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‘We’d better watch out’ [Review of Cohen, S.S. and Zysman, J. (1987)
Manufacturing matters: the myth of the post-industrial economy. New York:
Basic Books], New York Times, Book Review, 12 July, p. 36. [***]
‘The conservative revolution: a roundtable discussion’, Economic Policy, 5 (October),
pp. 181-5. [ZX]
‘Second thoughts on growth theory’, in A. Steinherr and D. Weiserbs (eds)
Employment and growth: issues for the 1980s. Dordrecht: Martinus Nijhoff,
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‘James Meade at eighty’, Economic Journal, 97 (4), pp. 986-8. [ZX]
‘How much (or little) life cycle is there in micro data?: the cases of the United States
and Japan: comments’, in R. Dornbusch, S. Fischer and J. Bossons (eds)
Macroeconomics and finance: essays in honor of Franco Modigliani.
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1988
‘Bibliography of Robert M. Solow’s publications, 1950-1987’, Scandinavian Journal
of Economics, 90 (1), pp. 17-26. [ZX]
‘The wide wide world of wealth’ [Review of Eatwell, Milgate, M. and Newman, P.
(eds) (1987) The new Palgrave: a dictionary of economics, 4 vols. London:
Macmillan], New York Times, Book Review, 20 March, pp. 3, 25. [***]
‘Time and the New industrial state: discussion’, American Economic Review, 78 (2,
Papers & Proceedings), pp. 378-80. [ZX]
(with M.L. Dertouzos and R.K. Lester) Made in America: regaining the productive
edge. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. [ZB]
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(with A. Klamer and D.N. McCloskey) (eds) The consequences of economic rhetoric.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Z]
‘Comments from inside economics’, in A. Klamer, D.N. McCloskey and R.M. Solow
(eds) The consequences of economic rhetoric. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, pp. 31-7. [ZX]
‘Growth theory and after’, American Economic Review, 78 (3), pp. 307-17. [Nobel
lecture, 8 December 1987] [ZX]
‘Macroeconomic issues confronting the next president’, Journal of Economic
Education, 19 (3), pp. 231-6. [ZX]
(with J. Tobin) ‘Introduction’, in J. Tobin and M.L. Weidenbaum (eds) Two
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1989
‘Faith, hope and clarity’, in D.C. Colander and A.W. Coats (eds) The spread of
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‘How economic ideas turn to mush’, in D.C. Colander and A.W. Coats (eds) The
spread of economic ideas. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 75-83.
[Howard R. Bowen Lecture, University of Iowa, March 1987] [ZC]
(with S. Berger, M.L. Dertouzos, R.K. Lester and L.C. Thurow) ‘Towards a new
industrial America’, Scientific American, 260 (6), pp. 21-9. [ZX]
‘Dr Robert M. Solow’, in W. Sichel (ed.) The state of economic science: views of six
Nobel laureates. Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment
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(with J. Bhagwati et al.) ‘Statement by forty economists on American trade policy’,
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1990
(with A. Orphanides) ‘Money, inflation and growth’, in B.M. Friedman and F.H.
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The labor market as a social institution. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. [ZB]
Review of Parsons, D.W. (1989) The power of the financial press: journalism and
economic opinion in Britain and America. Aldershot: Edward Elgar, New
York Times, Book Review, 4 March, p. 9. [***]
‘Discussion’, American Economic Review, 80 (2, Papers & Proceedings), pp. 448-50.
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‘Reactions to conference papers’, in P. Diamond (ed.) Growth, productivity,
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‘Goodwin’s growth cycle: reminiscence and rumination’, in K. Velupillai (ed.)
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‘Government and the labor market’, in K.G. Abraham and R.B. McKersie (eds) New
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1991
Review of Rymes, T.K. (1989) Keynes’s lectures, 1932-35: notes of a representative
student. London: Macmillan, Economic Journal, 101 (4), pp. 971-2. [ZX]
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‘How to stop hunger’ [Review of Dreze, J. and Sen, A.K. (1991) Hunger and public
action. New York: Oxford University Press], New York Review of Books, 38
(20), 5 December, pp. 22-4. [ZX]
Policies for economic growth. Washington, DC: Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced
International Studies, Johns Hopkins University. [Ernest Sturc Memorial
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(with F.M. Bator) ‘How to spark the economy now’, Providence Journal, 6
December, p.***. [***]
‘Tobin on money wages and employment’, in W.C. Brainard, W.D. Nordhaus and
H.W. Watts (eds) Money, macroeconomics and economic policy: essays in
honor of James Tobin. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, pp. 45-56. [ZX]
‘Unemployment as a social and economic problem’, in J. Cornwall (ed.) The
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1992
‘Policies for economic growth’, De Economist, 140 (1), pp. 1-15. [Tinbergen Lecture,
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‘More credit than we deserve’ [Review of Grant, J. (1992) Money of the mind:
borrowing and lending in America from the Civil War to Michael Milken.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux], New York Times, Book Review, 14
June, pp. 3, 29. [ZX]
Growth with equity through investment in human capital. Minneapolis, MN:
Industrial Relations Centre, University of Minnesota. [George Seltzer
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‘Did policy errors of the 1960s sow the seeds of trouble in the 1970s?’, in F.
Cairncross and A.K. Cairncross (eds) The legacy of the golden age: the 1960s
and their economic consequences. London: Routledge, pp. 158-73 (discussion
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‘Proceedings of a symposium on productivity concepts and measurement problems:
welfare, quality and productivity in the services industry, Uppsala, May 1991:
introduction’, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 94 (0), pp. S5-S7. [ZX]
‘Hahn on the share of wages in national income’, in P. Dasgupta, D. Gale, O. Hart and
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Frank Hahn. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, pp. 3-18. [ZX]
‘Sustainability: an economist’s perspective’, Research and Exploration, 8 (1), pp. 3-6.
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selected readings, 4th edn. New York: W.W. Norton, pp. 131-8. [ZX]
(with A.K. Dixit and S. Honkapohja) ‘Swedish economics in the 1980s’, in L.
Engwall (ed.) Economics in Sweden: an evaluation of Swedish research in
economics. London: Routledge, pp. 129-44. [ZX]
(with A.K. Dixit and S. Honkapohja) ‘Organization of research’, in L. Engwall (ed.)
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London: Routledge, pp. 145-58. [ZX]
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(with A.K. Dixit and S. Honkapohja) ‘Postgraduate education in Sweden’, in L.
Engwall (ed.) Economics in Sweden: an evaluation of Swedish research in
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(with A.K. Dixit and S. Honkapohja) ‘Recommendations’, in L. Engwall (ed.)
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Siena lectures on endogenous growth theory, ed. S. Sordi. Siena: Universita degli
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(with J. Tobin) ‘An “Economic Security Council” is a bad idea’, New York Times, 10
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1993
‘Dr Rivlin’s diagnosis and Mr Clinton’s remedy’ [Review of Rivlin, A.M. (1992)
Reviving the American dream: the economy, the states and the federal
government. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution], New York Review of
Books, 40 (6), 25 March, pp. 12-14, 16-18. [ZX]
‘Diminishing families’, New York Review of Books, 40 (10), 27 May, p. 49. [ZX]
(with J. Tobin) ‘Down to the wire on the deficit’, New York Times, 27 May, p. ***.
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(with O.J. Blanchard, R. Dornbusch, S. Fischer, F. Modigliani and P.A. Samuelson)
‘Why the EMS deserves an early burial’, Financial Times, 29 July, p. 15. [ZX]
(with O.J. Blanchard, R. Dornbusch, S. Fischer, F. Modigliani and P.A. Samuelson)
‘No reason to mourn’, Financial Times, 6 August, p. 12. [ZX]
(with F. Modigliani) ‘Why the foot-dragging by Europe’s banks?’, International
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‘An almost practical step towards sustainability’, Resources Policy, 19 (3), pp. 16272. [Resources for the Future 40th Anniversary Lecture, Washington DC, 8
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‘Blame the foreigner’ [Review of Luttwak, E.N. (1993) The endangered American
dream: how to stop the United States from becoming a Third World country
and how to win the geo-economic struggle for industrial supremacy. New
York: Simon & Schuster], New York Review of Books, 40 (21), 16
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‘Comment’ [on G. Saint-Paul, ‘On the political economy of labour market
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‘Feminist theory, women’s experience and economics’, in M.A. Ferber and J.A.
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‘The US economy at the start of the Clinton administration’, Economic Notes Monte
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(with J.-P. Fitoussi, A.B. Atkinson, O.J. Blanchard, J.S. Flemming. E. Malinvaud and
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(with A.B. Atkinson, O.E. Blanchard, J.-P. Fitoussi, J.S. Flemming. E. Malinvaud and
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1994
‘The whole truth and nothing but the truth’ [Review of Mayer, T. (1993) Truth versus
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‘Perspectives on growth theory’, Journal of Economic Perspectives, 8 (1), pp. 45-54.
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‘Endangered American dream’, New York Review of Books, 41 (6), 24 March, p. 61.
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‘DSM: not for jobs, but on its merits’, Electricity Journal, 7 (4), pp. 80-1. [ZX]
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(with L.L. Pasinetti) (eds) Economic growth and the structure of long-term
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(with L.L. Pasinetti) ‘Introduction’, in L.L. Pasinetti and R.M. Solow (eds) Economic
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conference held in Varenna, Italy. London: Macmillan, pp. xv-xx. [ZX]
‘Concluding comments’, in L.L. Pasinetti and R.M. Solow (eds) Economic growth
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‘Two (or three) ways of thinking about unemployment’, in C.E. Kerr and P.D.
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‘Why is unemployment so high almost everywhere?’, Cyprus Journal of Economics,
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(with O.J. Blanchard and B.A. Wilson) ‘Productivité et chômage’, in A.B. Atkinson,
O.J. Blanchard, J.-P. Fitoussi, J.S. Flemming, E. Malinvaud, E.S. Phelps and
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‘Introduction’, in J.L. Norwood (ed.) Widening earnings inequality: why and why
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1995
(with F.H. Hahn) A critical essay on modern macroeconomic theory. Cambridge,
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‘One little piece of Irving Fisher’, American Economic Review, 87 (2, Paper &
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‘Reply: Georgescu-Roegen versus Solow-Stiglitz’, Ecological Economics, 22 (3), pp.
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(with J. Tobin and K.J. Arrow) ‘Judgemental cuts in consumer price indexation are a
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Review of Bowen, W.G. and Bok, D. (1998) The shape of the river: long-term
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‘Anotações sobre ser bem-sucedido’, Brazilian Journal of Applied Economics, 3 (3),
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‘Neoclassical growth theory’, in J.B. Taylor and M. Woodford (ed.) Handbook of
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‘How to reduce unemployment in Europe: is there anything to learn from US
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Foreword to W.E. Halal and K.B. Taylor (eds), Twenty-first century economics:
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Growth theory: an exposition, 2nd edn. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [ZB]
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‘What can macro-policy do?’, in R. Marshall (ed.) Back to shared prosperity: the
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‘Notes on social capital and economic performance’, in P. Dasgupta and I. Serageldin
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‘The neoclassical theory of growth and distribution’, Banca Nazionale del Lavoro
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‘Economies of truth [Review of Jacobs, J. (1999) The nature of economies. New
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‘Environmental protection and international trade’, in *** (ed.^eds) (2000)
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‘A economia entre o empiricismo e a matematização’ [‘Economics between
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‘Growth theory and after, addendum, August 2001’ <http://nobelprize.org/
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(with A.B. Krueger) (eds) The roaring nineties: can full employment be sustained.
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2003
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Comment on Edward L. Glaeser’s ‘Public ownership in the American city’, in A.E.
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‘Introduction’, in R.M. Solow (ed.) Structural reform and economic policy. London:
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2005
‘Flexibility and endogenous innovation’, Journal of Technology Transfer, 30 (2), pp.
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2007
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SOURCES
Diamond (1990, pp. 230-44) [covers 1950-89; prepared by staff of MIT’s Dewey
Library];
Solow bibliography, 1950-
24/24
EconLit;
IBSS (International Bibliography of the Social Sciences);
JSTOR;
Solow (1988)
Solow (1990, pp. 88-106);
Solow own listing maintained by his assistant Janice Murray.
http://ciks.vse.cz/Edice/nobel/Solow/solow_bibl.asp [reasonably complete but not
wholly accurate, covers 1950-87]
SSCI index