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Working Papers

2007

1. Open-Access Losses and Delay in the Assignment of Property Rights
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
2. Water Markets in the West: Prices, Trading, and Contractual Forms
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2006

3. The Assignment of Property Rights on the Western Frontier: Lessons for Contemporary Environmental and Resource Policy
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   See also Journal Article in The Journal of Economic History (2007)

2005

4. Chinatown: Transaction Costs in Water Rights Exchanges. The Owens Valley Transfer to Los Angeles
   ICER Working Papers, ICER - International Centre for Economic Research View citations
5. How Interest Groups with Limited Resources can Influence Political Outcomes: Information Control and the Landless Peasant Movement in Brazil
   ICER Working Papers, ICER - International Centre for Economic Research

2004

6. The Determinants of Progressive Era Reform: The Pure Food and Drugs Act of 1906
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
7. Transaction Costs: Valuation Disputes, Bi-Lateral Monopoly Bargaining and Third-Party Effects in Water Rights Exchanges. The Owens Valley Transfer to Los Angeles
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2003

8. Corruption and Reform? The Emergence of the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act and the 1906 Meat Inspection Act
   ICER Working Papers, ICER - International Centre for Economic Research
9. Small Farms, Externalities, and the Dust Bowl of the 1930's
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Political Economy (2004)
10. State Regulation of Open-Access, Common-Pool Resources
    ICER Working Papers, ICER - International Centre for Economic Research

2002

11. The economic evolution of petroleum property rights in the United States
    ICER Working Papers, ICER - International Centre for Economic Research View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Legal Studies (2002)

2001

12. "Rain Follows the Plow" and Dryfarming Doctrine: The Climate Information Problem and Homestead Failure in the Upper Great Plains, 1890-1925
    ICER Working Papers, ICER - International Centre for Economic Research
    Also in NBER Historical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2000)
13. Political constraints on government cartelization: the case of oil production regulation in Texas and Saudi Arabia
    ICER Working Papers, ICER - International Centre for Economic Research
14. The economic evolution of petroleum property rights in the United States: a test of the Demsetz hypothesis
    ICER Working Papers, ICER - International Centre for Economic Research
15. Transactions Costs and Coalition Stability under Majority Rule
    ICER Working Papers, ICER - International Centre for Economic Research
    See also Journal Article in Economic Inquiry (2003)

1999

16. The Self-Enforcing Provisions of Oil and Gas Unit Operating Agreements: Theory and Evidence
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Law, Economics and Organization (1999)

1997

17. An Experimental Investigation of the Incentives to Form Agricultural Marketing Pools
    University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC San Diego View citations
18. The Great Depression and the Regulating State: Federal Government Regulation of Agriculture: 1884-1970
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

1996

19. The Determinants and Impact of Property Rights: Land Titles on the Brazilian Frontier
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Law, Economics and Organization (1996)

1991

20. The Rise of the Chicago Packers and the Origins of Meat Inspection and Antitrust
    NBER Historical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in Economic Inquiry (1992)

Journal Articles

2008

1. 2006 PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS WATER MARKETS IN THE WEST: PRICES, TRADING, AND CONTRACTUAL FORMS
   Economic Inquiry, 2008, 46, (2), 91-112

2007

2. The Assignment of Property Rights on the Western Frontier: Lessons for Contemporary Environmental and Resource Policy
   The Journal of Economic History, 2007, 67, (02), 257-291 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2006)

2004

3. A History of Public Sector Pensions in the United States. By Robert L. Clark, Lee A Craig, and Jack W. Wilson. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2003. Pp. ix, 259. $49.95
   The Journal of Economic History, 2004, 64, (01), 267-268
4. Small Farms, Externalities, and the Dust Bowl of the 1930s
   Journal of Political Economy, 2004, 112, (3), 665-694 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2003)
5. The allocation of property rights to land: US land policy and farm failure in the northern great plains
   Explorations in Economic History, 2004, 41, (2), 103-129 View citations

2003

6. Redefining Efficiency: Pollution Concerns, Regulatory Mechanisms, and Technological Change in the U.S. Petroleum Industry. By Hugh S. Gorman. Series on Technology and the Environment. Series Editors, Jeffrey Stine, and Joel Tarr. Akron, OH: University of Akron Press, 2001. Pp. xv, 451. $49.95, cloth; $39.95, paper
   The Journal of Economic History, 2003, 63, (01), 294-295
7. Transaction Costs and Coalition Stability under Majority Rule
   Economic Inquiry, 2003, 41, (2), 193-207 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2001)

2002

8. AND DRYFARMING DOCTRINE: THE CLIMATE INFORMATION PROBLEM AND HOMESTEAD FAILURE IN THE UPPER GREAT PLAINS, 1890 1925
   The Journal of Economic History, 2002, 62, (01), 86-120
9. Oil in Texas: The Gusher Age, 1895 1945. By Diana Davids Olien and Roger M. Olien. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2002. Pp. xi, 307. $39.95
   The Journal of Economic History, 2002, 62, (02), 621-622
10. The Economic Evolution of Petroleum Property Rights in the United States
    Journal of Legal Studies, 2002, 31, (2), S589-608 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2002)

2001

11. Information distortion and competitive remedies in government transfer programs: The case of ethanol
    Economics of Governance, 2001, 2, (2), 101-134 View citations

2000

12. Land Reform Policies, the Sources of Violent Conflict, and Implications for Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2000, 39, (2), 162-188 View citations
13. The Effect of Cost Heterogeneity in the Success and Failure of the New Deal's Agricultural and Industrial Programs
    Explorations in Economic History, 2000, 37, (4), 370-400 View citations

1999

14. The Self-Enforcing Provisions of Oil and Gas Unit Operating Agreements: Theory and Evidence
    Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, 1999, 15, (2), 526-48 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1999)

1996

15. The Determinants and Impact of Property Rights: Land Titles on the Brazilian Frontier
    Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, 1996, 12, (1), 25-61 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1996)

1995

16. The Failure of Government-Sponsored Cartels and Development of Federal Farm Policy
    Economic Inquiry, 1995, 33, (3), 365-82

1994

17. Land, property rights and privatization in Brazil
    The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 1994, 34, (Supplement 1), 261-280
18. Patronage to Merit and Control of the Federal Government Labor Force
    Explorations in Economic History, 1994, 31, (1), 91-119

1992

19. Economic analysis of property rights: Yoram Barzel, (Cambridge University Press, New York, 1989) pp xi+122, $2995, cloth, $1095, paper
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1992, 18, (1), 147-149
20. The Rise of the Chicago Packers and the Origins of Meat Inspection and Antitrust
    Economic Inquiry, 1992, 30, (2), 242-62 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1991)

1991

21. Public Sector Employee Voter Participation and Salaries
    Public Choice, 1991, 68, (1-3), 137-50
22. The lever of riches: Technological creativity and economic progress:, New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1990. ix + 328 pp., index, $24.95
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 1991, 15, (4), 742-744

1990

23. Non-renewable resources extraction programs and markets:, Chur, Switzerland: Harwood Academic Publishers, 1989. ix + 147 pp. $48.00
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 1990, 14, (2), 345-346

1989

24. Agency Growth, Salaries and the Protected Bureaucrat
    Economic Inquiry, 1989, 27, (3), 431-51 View citations
25. Bureaucratic Rules, Supervisor Behavior, and the Effect on Salaries in the Federal Government
    Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, 1989, 5, (1), 53-82 View citations

1987

26. Firm Heterogeneities and Cartelization Efforts in Domestic Crude Oil
    Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, 1987, 3, (1), 1-25 View citations

1986

27. Property rights in economic history: Implications for research
    Explorations in Economic History, 1986, 23, (3), 227-252 View citations

1985

28. Oil Field Unitization: Contractual Failure in the Presence of Imperfect Information
    American Economic Review, 1985, 75, (3), 368-85 View citations
29. The Influence of Private Contractual Failure on Regulation: The Case of Oil Field Unitization
    Journal of Political Economy, 1985, 93, (4), 690-714 View citations

1984

30. Contractual Responses to the Common Pool: Prorationing of Crude Oil Production
    American Economic Review, 1984, 74, (1), 87-98 View citations

1982

31. Agricultural productivity, partible inheritance, and the demographic response to rural poverty: An examination of the Spanish southwest
    Explorations in Economic History, 1982, 19, (2), 184-200
32. Contracting Problems and Regulation: The Case of the Fishery
    American Economic Review, 1982, 72, (5), 1005-22 View citations

1980

33. Efficient markets and great lakes timber: A conservation issue reexamined
    Explorations in Economic History, 1980, 17, (4), 372-385 View citations
34. Legislating Commons: The Navajo Tribal Council and the Navajo Range
    Economic Inquiry, 1980, 18, (1), 69-86

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