由美國(guó)經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)聯(lián)合會(huì)主辦的《美國(guó)經(jīng)濟(jì)評(píng)論》創(chuàng)刊于1911年，距今整整100周年，是在美國(guó)影響最大，也是世界知名遐邇的經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)期刊之一。為紀(jì)念創(chuàng)刊100周年，期刊特邀了阿羅(K.J.Arrow)、伯恩黑姆(D.Bernheim)、費(fèi)爾德斯坦(M.S.Feldstein)、麥克法登(D.L.McFadden)、波特巴(J.M.Poterba)與索洛(R.M.Solow)等六位著名經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家，成立了“20篇最佳論文”評(píng)選委員會(huì)，在該刊100年來(lái)刊登的數(shù)千篇文章中，甄選出對(duì)經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)發(fā)展與實(shí)踐產(chǎn)生深遠(yuǎn)、重大影響，且富有創(chuàng)造性的20篇最佳論文。2011年第1期《美國(guó)經(jīng)濟(jì)評(píng)論》出版了百年紀(jì)念特刊，開辟了百年論壇專欄，并公布了中選結(jié)果。膺選論文都名重一時(shí)，代表了每一時(shí)期經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)的最高學(xué)術(shù)水平, 同時(shí)整體再現(xiàn)了百年來(lái)在經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)領(lǐng)域艱辛跋涉、不斷探索的歷史發(fā)展軌跡，反映了美國(guó)主流經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)的基本走向。
       為了提選最具開創(chuàng)意義和積厚流廣的論文，評(píng)委會(huì)首先使用了JSTOR(Journal Storage)系統(tǒng)的論文引用和查詢數(shù)量作為參考指標(biāo)進(jìn)行初選。其后，為避免因論文引用與查詢數(shù)量指標(biāo)的內(nèi)在缺陷可能導(dǎo)致早期刊發(fā)的經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家的文章被漏選或誤選，評(píng)委會(huì)對(duì)若干著名經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家的相關(guān)文章也給予了重點(diǎn)關(guān)注。最后，評(píng)委會(huì)每個(gè)人以自己對(duì)于質(zhì)量和重要性的判斷為標(biāo)準(zhǔn)，從已選論文中再作遴選，授予20篇論文為百年最佳論文。其中，12篇論文為諾貝爾經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)獎(jiǎng)得主獨(dú)著或合著的經(jīng)典論文。現(xiàn)給出這20篇膺選最佳論文的導(dǎo)讀，以饗讀者，讓讀者感受這些經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)經(jīng)典文獻(xiàn)所蘊(yùn)含的內(nèi)在價(jià)值。20篇文章如下：

[1]Alchian, A.A. & H.Demsetz(1972),“Production, information costs, and economic organization”, AER,62(5):777-95.
[2]Cobb,C.W. & P.H.Douglas(1928),“A theory of production”, AER,18(1):139-65.
[3]Deaton,A.S. & J.Muellbauer(1980),“An almost ideal demand system”, AER,70(3):312-26.
[4]Diamond,P.A. & J.A.Mirrlees(1971),“Optimal taxation and public production I: Production efficiency”, AER,61(1):8-27.
[5]Diamond,P.A. & J.A.Mirrlees(1971),“Optimal taxation and public production II: Tax rules”, AER,61(3):261-78.
[6]Diamond,P.A.(1965),“National debt in a neoclassical growth model”, AER,55(5):1126-50.
[7]Dixit, A.K. & J.E.Stiglitz(1977),“Monopolistic competition and optimum product diversity”, AER 67(3):297-308.
[8]Friedman,M.(1968),“The role of monetary policy”, AER,58(1):1-17.
[9]Grossman,S.J. & J.E.Stiglitz(1980),“On the impossibility of informationally efficient markets”, AER, 70(3):393-408.
[10]Harris,J.R. & M.P.Todaro(1970),“Migration, unemployment and development: A two-sector analysis”, AER, 60(1):126-42.
[11]Hayek,F.A.(1945),“The use of knowledge in society”, AER,35(4):519-30.
[11]Jorgenson,D.W.(1963),“Capital theory and investment behavior”, AER,53(2):247-59.
[13]Krueger,A.O.(1974),“The political economy of the rent-seeking society”, AER,64(3):291-303.
[14]Krugman,P.（1980）,“Scale economies, product differentiation, and the pattern of trade”, AER, 70(5):950-59.
[15]Kuznets,S.(1955),“Economic growth and income inequality”, AER,45(1):1-28.
[16]Lucas,R.E.Jr.(1973),“Some international evidence on output-inflation tradeoffs”, AER,63(3):326-34.
[17]Modigliani,F. & M.H.Miller(1958),“The cost of capital, corporation finance and the theory of investment”, AER,48(3):261-97.
[18]Mundell,R.A.(1961),“A theory of optimum currency areas”, AER,51(4):657-65.
[19]Ross,S.A.(1973),“The economic theory of agency: The principal’s problem”, AER,63(2):134-39.
[20]Shiller,R.J.(1981),“Do stock prices move too much to be justified by subsequent changes in dividends?” AER,71(3):421-36.

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