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The Journal of The Journal of Economic Perspectives Economic Perspectives The Journal of Summer 2019, Volume 33, Number 3 Economic Perspectives Symposia Markups Susanto Basu, “Are Price-Cost Markups Rising in the United States? A Discussion of the Evidence” Chad Syverson, “Macroeconomics and Market Power: Context, Implications, and Open Questions” Steven Berry, Martin Gaynor, and Fiona Scott Morton, “Do Increasing Markups Matter? Lessons from Empirical Industrial Organization” Issues in Antitrust A journal of the Carl Shapiro, “Protecting Competition in the American Economy: American Economic Association Merger Control, Tech Titans, Labor Markets” Naomi R. Lamoreaux, “The Problem of Bigness: From Standard Oil to Google” Articles 33, Number 3 Summer 2019 Volume Alvin E. Roth and Robert B. Wilson, “How Market Design Emerged from Game Theory: A Mutual Interview” Joshua B. Miller and Adam Sanjurjo, “A Bridge from Monty Hall to the Hot Hand: The Principle of Restricted Choice” Nicholas Bloom, John Van Reenen, and Heidi Williams, “A Toolkit of Policies to Promote Innovation” Michael W. L. Elsby and Gary Solon, “How Prevalent Is Downward Rigidity in Nominal Wages? International Evidence from Payroll Records and Pay Slips” Hunt Allcott, Benjamin B. Lockwood, and Dmitry Taubinsky, “Should We Tax Sugar-Sweetened Beverages? An Overview of Theory and Evidence” Features Alain Béraud and Guy Numa, “Retrospectives: Lord Keynes and Mr. Say: A Proximity of Ideas” Timothy Taylor, “Some Journal of Economic Perspectives Articles Recommended for Classroom Use” Recommendations for Further Reading Summer 2019 The American Economic Association The Journal of Correspondence relating to advertising, busi- Founded in 1885 ness matters, permission to quote, or change Economic Perspectives of address should be sent to the AEA business EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE office: [email protected]. Street ad- Elected Officers and Members A journal of the American Economic Association dress: American Economic Association, 2014 Broadway, Suite 305, Nashville, TN 37203. For President membership, subscriptions, or complimentary BEN S. BERNANKE, The Brookings Institution Editor access to JEP articles, go to the AEA website: President-elect Enrico Moretti, University of California, Berkeley http://www.aeaweb.org. Annual dues for regu- JANET L. 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Lamoreaux, “The Problem of Bigness: From Standard Oil to Google” . 94 Articles Alvin E . Roth and Robert B . Wilson, “How Market Design Emerged from Game Theory: A Mutual Interview” . 118 Joshua B . Miller and Adam Sanjurjo, “A Bridge from Monty Hall to the Hot Hand: The Principle of Restricted Choice” . 144 Nicholas Bloom, John Van Reenen, and Heidi Williams, “A Toolkit of Policies to Promote Innovation” . 163 Michael W . L . Elsby and Gary Solon, “How Prevalent Is Downward Rigidity in Nominal Wages? International Evidence from Payroll Records and Pay Slips” . 185 Hunt Allcott, Benjamin B . Lockwood, and Dmitry Taubinsky, “Should We Tax Sugar-Sweetened Beverages? An Overview of Theory and Evidence” . 202 Features Alain Béraud and Guy Numa, “Retrospectives: Lord Keynes and Mr . Say: A Proximity of Ideas” . 228 Timothy Taylor, “Some Journal of Economic Perspectives Articles Recommended for Classroom Use” . 243 Timothy Taylor, “Recommendations for Further Reading” . 249 Statement of Purpose The Journal of Economic Perspectives attempts to fill a gap between the general interest press and most other academic economics journals . The journal aims to publish articles that will serve several goals: to synthesize and integrate lessons learned from active lines of economic research; to provide economic analysis of public policy issues; to encourage cross-fertilization of ideas among the fields of economics; to offer readers an accessible source for state-of-the-art economic thinking; to suggest directions for future research; to provide insights and read- ings for classroom use; and to address issues relating to the economics profession . Articles appearing in the journal are normally solicited by the editors and associate editors . Proposals for topics and authors should be directed to the journal office,