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Working Papers

2019

1. Deaths and Disappearances in the Pinochet Regime: A New Dataset
   SocArXiv, Center for Open Science

2009

2. Anarchy, Groups, and Conflict: An Experiment on the Emergence of Protective Associations
   Working Papers, Chapman University, Economic Science Institute View citations (3)
   See also Journal Article Anarchy, groups, and conflict: an experiment on the emergence of protective associations, Social Choice and Welfare, Springer (2012) View citations (19) (2012)

Journal Articles

2021

1. Institutional Design and Elite Support for Climate Policies: Evidence from Latin American Countries
   Journal of Experimental Political Science, 2021, 8, (2), 172-184 View citations (1)
2. The evolution of norms within a society of captives
   Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination, 2021, 16, (3), 529-556 View citations (1)

2020

3. Qualitative research methods for institutional analysis
   Journal of Institutional Economics, 2020, 16, (4), 409-422 View citations (14)

2018

4. Peter T. Leeson: WTF?! An Economic Tour of the Weird
   Public Choice, 2018, 174, (1), 209-211

2016

5. Covenants without the Sword? Comparing Prison Self-Governance Globally
   American Political Science Review, 2016, 110, (4), 845-862 View citations (13)

2015

6. Criminal rituals
   Global Crime, 2015, 16, (4), 288-305

2014

7. Amy E. Lerman, The modern prison paradox: Politics, punishment, and social community
   Public Choice, 2014, 161, (3), 537-539
8. Outlaws of the Atlantic: Sailors, Pirates, and Motley Crews in the Age of Sail. By Marcus Rediker. Boston: Beacon Press. 2014. Pp. ix, 223. $26.95, cloth
   The Journal of Economic History, 2014, 74, (4), 1238-1239
9. Prison Gangs and the Community Responsibility System
   Review of Behavioral Economics, 2014, 1, (3), 223-243 View citations (7)
10. Prisonomics: Lessons from America's Mass Incarceration
    Economic Affairs, 2014, 34, (3), 411-421 View citations (1)
11. Why didn’t slaves revolt more often during the Middle Passage?
    Rationality and Society, 2014, 26, (2), 236-262 View citations (1)

2013

12. The governance institutions of a drug trafficking organization
    Public Choice, 2013, 156, (1), 95-103 View citations (9)

2012

13. Anarchy, groups, and conflict: an experiment on the emergence of protective associations
    Social Choice and Welfare, 2012, 38, (2), 325-353 View citations (19)
    See also Working Paper Anarchy, Groups, and Conflict: An Experiment on the Emergence of Protective Associations, Working Papers (2009) View citations (3) (2009)
14. Federico Varese: Mafias on the move: how organized crime conquers new territories
    Public Choice, 2012, 151, (1), 405-407 View citations (1)
15. Prison gangs, norms, and organizations
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2012, 82, (1), 96-109 View citations (37)
16. Sweatshops, Opportunity Costs, and Non-Monetary Compensation: Evidence from El Salvador
    American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 2012, 71, (3), 539-561 View citations (4)

2011

17. Governance and Prison Gangs
    American Political Science Review, 2011, 105, (4), 702-716 View citations (60)
18. What Aid Can't Do: Reply to Ranis
    Cato Journal, 2011, 31, (1), 83-86

2010

19. Criminal constitutions
    Global Crime, 2010, 11, (3), 279-297 View citations (36)
20. Putting the "Con" into Constitutions: The Economics of Prison Gangs
    The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 2010, 26, (2), 183-211 View citations (38)

2009

21. Alertness, local knowledge, and Johnny Appleseed
    The Review of Austrian Economics, 2009, 22, (4), 415-424 View citations (3)
22. F. A. Hayek’s influence on Nobel Prize winners
    The Review of Austrian Economics, 2009, 22, (1), 109-112 View citations (4)
23. What Can Aid Do?
    Cato Journal, 2009, 29, (3), 391-397 View citations (19)

2008

24. Occupational Licensing and Asymmetric Information: Post-Hurricane Evidence from Florida
    Cato Journal, 2008, 28, (1), 73-82 View citations (11)

2006

25. Sweatshops and Third World Living Standards: Are the Jobs Worth the Sweat?
    Journal of Labor Research, 2006, 27, (2), 263-274 View citations (18)

Books

2017

1. The Decline and Rise of Institutions
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (5)

Chapters

2017

1. Self-governance, property rights, and illicit commerce
   Chapter 8 in Research Handbook on Austrian Law and Economics, 2017, pp 178-191

2010

2. Restricting Reconstruction: Occupational Licensing and Natural Disasters
   Chapter 5 in The Political Economy of Hurricane Katrina and Community Rebound, 2010 View citations (1)