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Working Papers

2009

1. Does deceptive advertising reduce political participation? Theory and evidence
   Working Papers, George Mason University, Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science
2. Institutionalized Bailouts and Fiscal Policy: The Consequences of Soft Budget Constraints
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich View citations
3. More Tickets, Fewer Accidents: How Cash-Strapped Towns Make for Safer Roads
   Working Papers, Towson University, Department of Economics
   Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2008)
4. The Effect of Abortion Liberalization on Sexual Behavior: International Evidence
   Ifo Working Paper Series, Ifo Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich
5. The Value of Institutions for Financial Markets: Evidence from Emerging Markets
   IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund

2008

6. Turned Off or Turned Out? Campaign Advertising,Information, and Voting
   Working Papers, George Mason University, Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science

2006

7. Fiscal Policy and Financial Markets
   IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund View citations
   See also Journal Article in Economic Journal (2008)
8. Selling Favors in the Lab: Experiments on Campaign Finance Reform
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich View citations
   See also Journal Article in Public Choice (2008)

2004

9. Political Contribution Caps and Lobby Formation: Theory and Evidence
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (2007)

2003

10. Judicial Selection: Politics, Biases, and Constituency Demands
    Law and Economics, EconWPA
    See also Journal Article in Public Choice (2004)
11. Tainted Money? Contribution Limits and the Effectiveness of Campaign Spending
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich View citations

2002

12. Plurality Rule, Proportional Representation, and the German Bundestag: How Incentives to Pork-Barrel Differ Across Electoral Systems
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich View citations
13. The Economic Effects of Democratic Participation
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (2003)

2000

14. Does Political Ambiguity Pay? Corporate Campaign Contributions and the Rewards to Legislator Reputation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    Also in University of Chicago - George G. Stigler Center for Study of Economy and State, Chicago - Center for Study of Economy and State (1999) View citations

1998

15. Interest Group Competition and the Organization of Congress: Theory and Evidence from Financial Services' Political Action Committees
    CRSP working papers, Center for Research in Security Prices, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago View citations
    Also in University of Chicago - George G. Stigler Center for Study of Economy and State, Chicago - Center for Study of Economy and State (1996)
    CRSP working papers, Center for Research in Security Prices, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1998)

1994

16. How Reelection Constituencies Matter
    University of Chicago - George G. Stigler Center for Study of Economy and State, Chicago - Center for Study of Economy and State

Journal Articles

2009

1. How prices matter in politics: the returns to campaign advertising
   Public Choice, 2009, 140, (3), 357-377 View citations
2. Political Economy at Any Speed: What Determines Traffic Citations?
   American Economic Review, 2009, 99, (1), 509-27 View citations

2008

3. Abortion Access and Risky Sex Among Teens: Parental Involvement Laws and Sexually Transmitted Diseases
   Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, 2008, 24, (1), 2-21 View citations
4. Do Spa Visits Improve Health: Evidence From German Micro Data
   Eastern Economic Journal, 2008, 34, (3), 364-374
5. Fiscal Policy and Financial Markets
   Economic Journal, 2008, 118, (533), 1971-1985 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2006)
6. Reduction of Employment Protection in OECD Countries: Its Driving Forces
   CESifo DICE Report, 2008, 6, (4), 29-35
7. Selling favors in the lab: experiments on campaign finance reform
   Public Choice, 2008, 136, (1), 215-239 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2006)

2007

8. Campaign finance reform and electoral competition: Comment
   Public Choice, 2007, 133, (1), 107-110
9. Diabetes Treatments and Moral Hazard
   Journal of Law & Economics, 2007, 50, 519-538 View citations
10. Mandatory and affordable health insurance: commentary
    Regional Economic Development, 2007, (Oct), 29-31
11. Medical Malpractice Reform and Physicians in High-Risk Specialties
    Journal of Legal Studies, 2007, 36, (S2), S121-S142 View citations
12. Political contribution caps and lobby formation: Theory and evidence
    Journal of Public Economics, 2007, 91, (3-4), 723-754
    See also Working Paper (2004)

2006

13. Competition policy for elections: Do campaign contribution limits matter?
    Public Choice, 2006, 127, (1), 177-206 View citations
14. Contribution limits and the effectiveness of campaign spending
    Public Choice, 2006, 129, (3), 461-474 View citations
15. Subsidizing Addiction: Do State Health Insurance Mandates Increase Alcohol Consumption?
    Journal of Legal Studies, 2006, 35, 175-198 View citations

2005

16. Ballot access restrictions and candidate entry in elections
    European Journal of Political Economy, 2005, 21, (1), 59-71 View citations
17. Corporate Campaign Contributions, Repeat Giving, and the Rewards to Legislator Reputation
    Journal of Law & Economics, 2005, 48, (1), 41-71 View citations
18. Some talk: Money in politics. A (partial) review of the literature
    Public Choice, 2005, 124, (1), 135-156 View citations

2004

19. Judicial Selection: Politics, Biases, and Constituency Demands
    Public Choice, 2004, 118, (3_4), 251-270
    See also Working Paper (2003)

2003

20. Do Strict Electoral Campaign Finance Rules Limit Corruption?
    CESifo DICE Report, 2003, 1, (1), 24-27
21. The economic effects of democratic participation
    Journal of Public Economics, 2003, 87, (9-10), 2129-2155 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2002)

2002

22. Can Special Interests Buy Congressional Votes? Evidence from Financial Services Legislation
    Journal of Law & Economics, 2002, 45, (2), 345-73 View citations

1999

23. What Do Medical Services Buy? Effects of Doctor Visits on Work Day Loss
    Eastern Economic Journal, 1999, 25, (1), 1-16 View citations

1998

24. Interest-Group Competition and the Organization of Congress: Theory and Evidence from Financial Services' Political Action Committees
    American Economic Review, 1998, 88, (5), 1163-87 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1998)
25. The Market for Congressional Votes: Is Timing of Contributions Everything?
    Journal of Law & Economics, 1998, 41, (1), 85-113 View citations

1996

26. Competition among financial services political action committees: theory and evidence
    Proceedings, 1996, (May), 277-293
27. How Reelection Constituencies Matter: Evidence from Political Action Committees' Contributions and Congressional Voting
    Journal of Law & Economics, 1996, 39, (2), 603-35 View citations
28. Instability of Collective Decisions? Testing for Cyclical Majorities
    Public Choice, 1996, 88, (1-2), 15-28

1995

29. Campaign Contributions and Congressional Voting: Does the Timing of Contributions Matter?
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1995, 77, (1), 127-36 View citations
30. Logrolling in the U.S. Congress
    Economic Inquiry, 1995, 33, (3), 441-56 View citations

1994

31. Informative and Persuasive Campaigning
    Public Choice, 1994, 81, (1-2), 55-77 View citations

1992

32. Are Contributions Rational? Untangling Strategies of Political Action Committees
    Journal of Political Economy, 1992, 100, (3), 647-64 View citations
33. The Effects of Logrolling on Congressional Voting
    American Economic Review, 1992, 82, (5), 1162-76 View citations