Front Matter
Editorial Staff

A Theory of Primitive Society, with Special Reference to Law
Richard A. Posner

Medical Schools: Producers of What? Sellers to Whom?
Thomas D. Hall and Cotton M. Lindsay

Effects of Regulation on Hospital Costs and Input Use
Frank A. Sloan and Bruce Steinwald

Water Law, Water Transfers, and Economic Efficiency: The Colorado River
H. Stuart Burness and James P. Quirk

An Empirical Test of the Effect of Usury Laws
Steven M. Crafton

Estimating the Value of a Missing Market: The Economics of Directory Assistance
George Daly and Thomas Mayor

An Economic Analysis of the Determinants of Minimum Wage Voting Behavior
Noel D. Uri and J. Wilson Mixon Jr.

Voter Reaction to City-County Consolidation Referenda
John E. Filer and Larry Kenny

Liability for Railway Nuisance in the English Common Law: A Historical Footnote
P. S. Atiyah

Patents, Prospects, and Economic Surplus: A Comment
Donald G. McFetridge and Douglas A. Smith

Patents, Prospects, and Economic Surplus: A Reply
Edmund W. Kitch