Article Contentsp. 1912p. 1913p. 1914p. 1915p. 1916p. 1917p. 1918p. 1919p. 1920p. 1921p. 1922p. 1923p. 1924p. 1925p. [1926]p. [1927]p. 1928p. 1929p. 1930p. 1931p. [1932]p. [1933]p. 1934p. 1935p. 1936p. 1937p. 1938p. 1939p. 1940p. 1941p. 1942p. 1943p. 1944p. 1945p. 1946Issue Table of ContentsJournal of Economic Literature, Vol. 31, No. 4 (Dec., 1993), pp. i-iv+1827-2477+i-xxvVolume Information [pp. i - xxv]Front Matter [pp. i - iv]Empirical Approaches to the Problem of Aggregation Over Individuals [pp. 1827 - 1874]Business Fixed Investment Spending: Modeling Strategies, Empirical Results, and Policy Implications [pp. 1875 - 1911]The Value of Risks to Life and Health [pp. 1912 - 1946]Welfare, Resources, and Capabilities: A Review of Inequality Reexamined by Amartya Sen [pp. 1947 - 1962]Book ReviewsA: General Economicsuntitled [pp. 1963 - 1964]untitled [pp. 1964 - 1966]B: Methodology and History of Economic Thoughtuntitled [pp. 1966 - 1967]untitled [pp. 1967 - 1968]untitled [pp. 1969 - 1970]untitled [pp. 1970 - 1971]D: Microeconomicsuntitled [p. 1972]untitled [pp. 1972 - 1973]untitled [pp. 1973 - 1975]untitled [pp. 1975 - 1976]E: Macroeconomics and Monetary Economicsuntitled [pp. 1976 - 1977]untitled [pp. 1977 - 1979]untitled [pp. 1979 - 1980]F: International Economicsuntitled [pp. 1980 - 1982]untitled [pp. 1982 - 1983]untitled [pp. 1983 - 1985]untitled [pp. 1985 - 1987]H: Public Economicsuntitled [pp. 1987 - 1988]untitled [pp. 1988 - 1989]untitled [pp. 1989 - 1991]I: Health, Education, and Welfareuntitled [pp. 1991 - 1993]untitled [pp. 1993 - 1994]untitled [pp. 1994 - 1997]J: Labor and Demographic Economicsuntitled [pp. 1997 - 1998]untitled [pp. 1998 - 1999]untitled [pp. 1999 - 2001]K: Law and Economicsuntitled [pp. 2001 - 2002]L: Industrial Organizationuntitled [pp. 2002 - 2004]untitled [pp. 2004 - 2005]untitled [pp. 2005 - 2007]N: Economic Historyuntitled [pp. 2007 - 2008]untitled [pp. 2008 - 2010]untitled [pp. 2010 - 2011]untitled [pp. 2011 - 2012]O: Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growthuntitled [pp. 2012 - 2014]untitled [pp. 2014 - 2015]untitled [pp. 2015 - 2017]untitled [pp. 2017 - 2018]untitled [pp. 2018 - 2019]R: Urban, Rural, and Regional Economicsuntitled [pp. 2019 - 2021]New Books: An Annotated ListingClassification System for Books [pp. 2022 - 2024]A: General Economics and Teaching [pp. 2025 - 2028]B: Methodology and History of Economic Thought [pp. 2028 - 2033]C: Mathematical and Quantitative Methods [pp. 2033 - 2036]D: Microeconomics [pp. 2036 - 2040]E: Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics [pp. 2040 - 2045]F: International Economics [pp. 2045 - 2058]G: Financial Economics [pp. 2058 - 2061]H: Public Economics [pp. 2061 - 2064]I: Health, Education, and Welfare [pp. 2064 - 2068]J: Labor and Demographic Economics [pp. 2068 - 2078]K: Law and Economics [pp. 2078 - 2080]L: Industrial Organization [pp. 2080 - 2089]M: Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting [pp. 2089 - 2091]N: Economic History [pp. 2091 - 2102]O: Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth [pp. 2102 - 2118]P: Economic Systems [pp. 2118 - 2124]Q: Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics [pp. 2124 - 2131]R: Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics [pp. 2131 - 2133]Z: Other Special Topics [p. 2133]Related Disciplines [pp. 2133 - 2137]New Journals [pp. 2137 - 2139]Contents of Current Periodicals [pp. 2140 - 2226]Classification System for Journal Articles [pp. 2227 - 2238]Subject Index of Articles in Current Periodicals with Selected AbstractsA: General Economics and Teaching [pp. 2239 - 2241]B: Methodology and History of Economic Thought [pp. 2241 - 2246]C: Mathematical and Quantitative Methods [pp. 2246 - 2259]D: Microeconomics [pp. 2259 - 2278]E: Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics [pp. 2278 - 2295]F: International Economics [pp. 2295 - 2311]G: Financial Economics [pp. 2311 - 2331]H: Public Economics [pp. 2331 - 2336]I: Health, Education, and Welfare [pp. 2337 - 2341]J: Labor and Demographic Economics [pp. 2341 - 2359]K: Law and Economics [pp. 2359 - 2360]L: Industrial Organization [pp. 2360 - 2371]M: Business Administration and Business Economics Marketing Accounting [pp. 2371 - 2375]N: Economic History [pp. 2375 - 2378]O: Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth [pp. 2378 - 2391]P: Economic Systems [pp. 2391 - 2396]Q: Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics [pp. 2396 - 2419]R: Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics [pp. 2419 - 2424]Z: Other Special Topics [p. 2424]Doctoral Dissertations in Economics Ninetieth Annual List [pp. 2425 - 2455]Index of Authors of Articles in the Subject Index [pp. 2456 - 2477]Back MatterAmerican Economic AssociationThe Value of Risks to Life and HealthAuthor(s): W. 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