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Working Papers
Undated
- Inheritance, Equal Division and Rent Seeking
Working Papers, Department of Economics, W. P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University View citations (2)
Journal Articles
2012
- 1966
Public Choice, 2012, 152, (3), 311-312
- Efficacy of shaming penalties: Evidence from SEC football
Economics Bulletin, 2012, 32, (2), 1162-1170
- Regulators and Redskins
Public Choice, 2012, 153, (1), 191-204
- The economic theory of rent seeking
Public Choice, 2012, 152, (1), 73-82
2011
- Spatial aspects of ticket scalping
Managerial and Decision Economics, 2011, 32, (2), 135-139
- The Designated Hitter Rule and the Distribution of Pitching Talent Across Leagues
Journal of Sports Economics, 2011, 12, (4), 448-463 View citations (1)
- The welfare costs of monopoly are larger than you think
Managerial and Decision Economics, 2011, 32, (2), 85-89
2010
- Chivalry in golf?
Public Choice, 2010, 142, (3), 323-334
- Elinor Ostrom and the commons
Public Choice, 2010, 143, (3), 325-326
- Who Integrated Major League Baseball Faster Winning Teams or Losing Teams? A Comment
Journal of Sports Economics, 2010, 11, (2), 236-238
- “Rubbin’ is racin''': evidence of the Peltzman effect from NASCAR
Public Choice, 2010, 142, (3), 507-513
2009
- On good government
The Review of Austrian Economics, 2009, 22, (2), 127-130
2008
- Bequests, sibling rivalry, and rent seeking
Public Choice, 2008, 136, (3), 397-409
- Innovation and the opportunity cost of monopoly
Managerial and Decision Economics, 2008, 29, (8), 619-627 View citations (4)
2007
- A further partial changing of the guard
Public Choice, 2007, 132, (1), 1-1
- Crime on the Court, Another Look: Reply to Hutchinson and Yates
Journal of Political Economy, 2007, 115, 520-521
- Nicolaus Tideman: Collective decisions and voting rules: The potential for public choice
Public Choice, 2007, 133, (3), 497-498
- Old wine, new wine
Public Choice, 2007, 132, (1), 3-5 View citations (1)
2006
- A theory of commodity bundling in final product markets: Professor Hirshleifer meets Professor Becker
International Review of Law and Economics, 2006, 26, (2), 162-179
- Alphabetized coauthorship
Applied Economics, 2006, 38, (14), 1649-1653
- Marginal Deterrence and Multiple Murders
Southern Economic Journal, 2006, 72, (3), 521-541 View citations (3)
- Terrorism and pork-barrel spending
Public Choice, 2006, 128, (1), 275-287 View citations (2)
2005
- Adam Smith on Religion and Market Structure
History of Political Economy, 2005, 37, (4), 647-660 View citations (1)
- Cathedral Building as an Entry-Deterring Device
Kyklos, 2005, 58, (4), 453-465 View citations (3)
- Public choice in the new century
Public Choice, 2005, 124, (1), 1-18 View citations (1)
- The unfinished business of public choice
Public Choice, 2005, 124, (1), 237-247
2004
- A Snipe Hunt
Public Choice, 2004, 120, (3_4), 241-246
- Dry Holes in Economic Research: Reply
Kyklos, 2004, 57, (4), 627-628 View citations (1)
- Economics and English: Language Growth in Economic Perspective
Southern Economic Journal, 2004, 71, (2), 232-259 View citations (1)
- Editorial
Public Choice, 2004, 118, (1_2), vii-viii
- The Economics of the Counter-Reformation: Incumbent-Firm Reaction to Market Entry
Economic Inquiry, 2004, 42, (4), 690-705 View citations (1)
2003
- Dry Holes in Economic Research
Kyklos, 2003, 56, (2), 161-173 View citations (20)
- Good colleagues
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2003, 52, (4), 505-512 View citations (5)
- On the Third Law of Demand
Economic Inquiry, 2003, 41, (2), 292-298 View citations (5)
- Religious participation and income
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2003, 51, (2), 249-260 View citations (22)
- Rent Seeking into the Income Distribution
Kyklos, 2003, 56, (4), 441-456 View citations (3)
- The Monopsony Power of the Median Voter
Public Finance Review, 2003, 31, (2), 180-188
2002
- An Economic Analysis of the Protestant Reformation
Journal of Political Economy, 2002, 110, (3), 646-671 View citations (30)
- Consumer Choice and the Popular Music Industry: A Test of the Superstar Theory
Empirica, 2002, 29, (1), 1-9 View citations (7)
- Explaining U.S. Federal Deficits: 1889--1998
Economic Inquiry, 2002, 40, (3), 457-469 View citations (1)
- Quality Control in Economics
Kyklos, 2002, 55, (3), 315-34 View citations (5)
- Racial Integration as an Innovation: Empirical Evidence from Sports Leagues
American Economic Review, 2002, 92, (1), 16-26 View citations (8)
2001
- The Interest-Group Theory of Government: Problems and Prospects
Kyklos, 2001, 54, (2-3), 465-72 View citations (2)
- Why do black basketball players work more for less money?
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2001, 44, (2), 201-219 View citations (8)
2000
- Intellectual Collaboration
Journal of Political Economy, 2000, 108, (3), 632-661 View citations (44)
1999
- The stability inducing propensities of very unstable coalitions: avoiding the downward spiral of majoritarian rent-seeking
European Journal of Political Economy, 1999, 15, (2), 193-205 View citations (1)
- Unpaid Professionals: Commercialism and Conflict in Big-Time College Sports, by A. Zimbalist, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1999, xii+252 pp., $24.95 (cloth)
Managerial and Decision Economics, 1999, 20, (6), 349-351
1998
- Celestial marriage and earthly rents: Interests and the prohibition of polygamy
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1998, 37, (2), 169-181 View citations (2)
- Moral Hazard and the Effects of the Designated Hitter Rule Revisited
Economic Inquiry, 1998, 36, (4), 688-92 View citations (2)
1997
- Batter Up! Moral Hazard and the Effects of the Designated Hitter Rule on Hit Batsmen
Economic Inquiry, 1997, 35, (3), 555-61 View citations (1)
- Economics and the architecture of popular music
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1997, 32, (2), 185-205 View citations (2)
- On neoinstitutional theory and preclassical economies: mercantilism revisited
European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 1997, 4, (3), 375-399 View citations (1)
1995
- Electoral Politics and the Executive Veto: A Predictive Theory
Economic Inquiry, 1995, 33, (3), 427-40 View citations (3)
- Gordon Tullock's Contributions to the Theory of Public Choice
Economic Inquiry, 1995, 33, (3), 355-64
1994
- Peacock and Wiseman on the Growth of Public Expenditure: Editor's Note
Public Choice, 1994, 78, (2), 125-28 View citations (1)
- The Shadow Price of Sunshine: Reply
Public Finance = Finances publiques, 1994, 49, (1), 145-46
- The rookie draft and competitive balance: The case of professional football
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1994, 25, (2), 293-298 View citations (7)
1993
- Barristers and Barriers: Sir Edward Coke and the Regulation of Trade
Cato Journal, 1993, 13, (1), 49-67
- Going for the Gold: Property Rights and Athletic Effort in Transitional Economies
Kyklos, 1993, 46, (2), 263-72 View citations (3)
- Political influence and the ratification of the income tax amendment
International Review of Law and Economics, 1993, 13, (3), 259-270 View citations (1)
- Preaching matters
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1993, 21, (3), 235-250 View citations (29)
- The Next Twenty-Five Years of Public Choice
Public Choice, 1993, 77, (1), 1-7
- The Probability of Being President
The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1993, 75, (4), 683-89 View citations (8)
- Time inconsistency and fiscal policy: Empirical analysis of U.S. States, 1969-89
Journal of Public Economics, 1993, 51, (2), 153-159 View citations (9)
- Using (im)perfect markets to catch criminals
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1993, 21, (1), 31-41
1992
- A comment on economic analysis and just compensation
International Review of Law and Economics, 1992, 12, (2), 139-140
- Methodenstreit: The economics of competing interests
European Journal of Political Economy, 1992, 8, (3), 401-418
- Morality and Monopoly: The Constitutional Political Economy of Religious Rules
Cato Journal, 1992, 12, (2), 373-392 View citations (4)
- The economics of sin and redemption: Purgatory as a market-pull innovation?
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1992, 19, (1), 1-15 View citations (11)
1991
- A theory of rational childhood
European Journal of Political Economy, 1991, 7, (2), 199-213 View citations (3)
- Congressional Influence and Patterns of New Deal Spending, 1933-1939
Journal of Law and Economics, 1991, 34, (1), 161-75 View citations (11)
- Educational achievement and the cost of bureaucracy
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1991, 15, (1), 29-45 View citations (4)
- Fed Behavior in Periods of Price and Wage Controls
Public Choice, 1991, 70, (1), 1-10
- Gordon Tullock: Creative Maverick of Public Choice
Public Choice, 1991, 71, (3), 141-48
- Romance, Realism, and Economic Reform
Kyklos, 1991, 44, (1), 57-70 View citations (2)
- Self-Interest, Public Interest, and Public Health
Public Choice, 1991, 69, (3), 323-43
- The Logic of Natural Monopoly Regulation
Eastern Economic Journal, 1991, 17, (4), 483-490 View citations (1)
- The War on Drugs as Antitrust Regulation
Cato Journal, 1991, 10, (3), 691-701
1990
- A Public Choice Theory of the Great Contraction: Further Evidence
Public Choice, 1990, 67, (3), 277-83 View citations (2)
- Arbitrage in a Basketball Economy
Kyklos, 1990, 43, (4), 611-24 View citations (3)
- Book Review: Black Hole Tariffs and Endogenous Policy Theory
Cato Journal, 1990, 10, (2), 615-617
- Economist and the environment
European Journal of Political Economy, 1990, 6, (2), 159-163
- Economists and the Economy
The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1990, 72, (4), 707-11
- Regulatory finance in alternative models of regulation: General fund financing versus earmarked taxation
European Journal of Political Economy, 1990, 6, (4), 519-529
- Reviews
Constitutional Political Economy, 1990, 1, (3), 109-115 
Also in Public Choice, 1989, 60, (3), 293-298 (1989)
1989
- An Economic Model of the Medieval Church: Usury as a Form of Rent Seeking
Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, 1989, 5, (2), 307-31 View citations (20)
- Chicago Political Economy
Public Choice, 1989, 63, (3), 293-297 View citations (1)
- Nassau Senior as Economic Consultant: The Factory Acts Reconsidered
Economica, 1989, 56, (221), 71-81 View citations (1)
- On the Incentives of Judges to Enforce Legislative Wealth Transfers
Journal of Law and Economics, 1989, 32, (1), 215-28 View citations (13)
- Political Entry Barriers and Tax Incidence: The Political Economy of Sales and Excise Taxes
Public Finance = Finances publiques, 1989, 44, (1), 8-18 View citations (1)
- Price leadership with incomplete information
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1989, 11, (3), 423-429 View citations (2)
- Superdissipation
Public Choice, 1989, 61, (1), 97-98
- The Exercise of Market Power in Laboratory Experiments: Comment
Journal of Law and Economics, 1989, 32, (2), S131-33
- The Half-Life of Dead Economists
Canadian Journal of Economics, 1989, 22, (1), 174-83 View citations (1)
1988
- Affirmative action and unemployment
European Journal of Political Economy, 1988, 4, (4), 479-490
- Crime or punishment?: Enforcement of the NCAA football cartel
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1988, 10, (4), 433-451 View citations (2)
- Democracy, Interest Groups, and the Price of Votes
Cato Journal, 1988, 8, (1), 53-70
- Rent Seeking and the Restriction of Human Exchange
The Journal of Legal Studies, 1988, 17, (1), 83-100 View citations (1)
- The Disinterest in Deregulation: Reply
American Economic Review, 1988, 78, (1), 284
Also in American Economic Review, 1986, 76, (3), 564-65 (1986) View citations (1)
1987
- Rational Self-Taxation: Complementary Inputs and Excise Taxation
Canadian Journal of Economics, 1987, 20, (3), 527-32
- The Pope and the Price of Meat: A Public Choice Perspective
Kyklos, 1987, 40, (3), 399-413 View citations (1)
1986
- A Theory of Truth in Autobiography
Kyklos, 1986, 39, (4), 507-17
- Crime and income distribution in a basketball economy
International Review of Law and Economics, 1986, 6, (1), 115-124
- Dead Men Tell no Tales
Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 1986, 8, (01), 59-68 View citations (1)
- Final Voting in Legislatures
American Economic Review, 1986, 76, (4), 833-41 View citations (8)
- Ricardo on the Public Debt: Principle Versus Practice
Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 1986, 8, (01), 49-58
- The Rise and (Recent) Decline of Mathematical Economics
Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 1986, 8, (01), 44-48
- The Table of Contents of Economics Journals as Forecasts of Scientific Relevance
Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 1986, 8, (01), 42-43
1985
- Adam Smith in the Customhouse
Journal of Political Economy, 1985, 93, (4), 740-59
- Corporate Chartering: An Exploration in the Economics of Legal Change
Economic Inquiry, 1985, 23, (4), 585-99 View citations (3)
- Legislation and Political Business Cycles
Kyklos, 1985, 38, (1), 43-59
- Life in the Gulag: A Property Rights Perspective
Cato Journal, 1985, 5, (1), 295-304
- Public Choice and Antitrust
Cato Journal, 1985, 4, (3), 905-931
- The Behavior of Regulatory Activity over the Business Cycle: An Empirical Test
Economic Inquiry, 1985, 23, (1), 7-19 View citations (4)
- The positive economics of antitrust policy: A survey article
International Review of Law and Economics, 1985, 5, (1), 39-57 View citations (2)
1984
- Crime on the Court
Journal of Political Economy, 1984, 92, (2), 223-35 View citations (16)
- Economic Regulation, Competitive Governments, and Specialized Resources
Journal of Law and Economics, 1984, 27, (2), 329-38 View citations (1)
- Managerial Rents and Outside Recruitment in the Coasian Firm
American Economic Review, 1984, 74, (4), 660-72
- The Disinterest in Deregulation
American Economic Review, 1984, 74, (5), 1075-79 View citations (12)
- The Homogenization of Heterogeneous Inputs: Reply
American Economic Review, 1984, 74, (4), 808
- The Random Character of Merger Activity
RAND Journal of Economics, 1984, 15, (4), 500-509 View citations (3)
- The Use of Inputs by the Federal Reserve System: Reply
American Economic Review, 1984, 74, (5), 1121-23 View citations (1)
- The convergence of satisficing to marginalism: An empirical test
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1984, 5, (3-4), 375-385 View citations (1)
1983
- Antitrust in the Reagan administration: A report from the Belly of the beast
International Journal of Industrial Organization, 1983, 1, (2), 211-221 View citations (1)
- Apologiae for Chartered Monopolies in Foreign Trade, 1600–1800
History of Political Economy, 1983, 15, (4), 549-566
- Preliminary Evidence on the Use of Inputs by the Federal Reserve System
American Economic Review, 1983, 73, (3), 291-304 View citations (8)
- The Supply of Occupational Regulation
Economic Inquiry, 1983, 21, (2), 232-40
- The economic organization of the English East India Company
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1983, 4, (2-3), 221-238 View citations (1)
- The myth of the corporation as a creation of the state
International Review of Law and Economics, 1983, 3, (2), 107-120 View citations (3)
- Tradeable Shares and the Supply-Side of Corporate Development: Reply
Bell Journal of Economics, 1983, 14, (1), 298-300 View citations (1)
1982
- Adam Smith's Analysis of Joint-Stock Companies
Journal of Political Economy, 1982, 90, (6), 1237-56 View citations (4)
- Antitrust Pork Barrel
Journal of Law and Economics, 1982, 25, (2), 329-42 View citations (14)
- Rent Seeking: A Survey
Kyklos, 1982, 35, (4), 575-602 View citations (56)
1981
- Economics and metrology: Give 'em an inch and they'll take a kilometre
International Review of Law and Economics, 1981, 1, (2), 207-221
- Rational choice and the taxation of sin: Reply
Journal of Public Economics, 1981, 16, (2), 261-263
- The Homogenization of Heterogeneous Inputs
American Economic Review, 1981, 71, (1), 28-38
1980
- A Theory of Legislative Organization: Making the Most of Your Majority
The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1980, 94, (2), 261-77
- Chaining Leviathan: the Case of Gladstonian Finance
History of Political Economy, 1980, 12, (2), 206-213
- Contractual exchange and the timing of payment
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1980, 1, (4), 325-342 View citations (2)
- Economic Regulation in Mercantile England: Heckscher Revisited
Economic Inquiry, 1980, 18, (4), 567-99 View citations (7)
- Free Riding, Shirking, and Team Production in Legal Partnerships
Economic Inquiry, 1980, 18, (3), 380-94 View citations (14)
- Mercantilist Origins of the Corporation
Bell Journal of Economics, 1980, 11, (2), 715-720 View citations (2)
1979
- An economic theory of mutually advantageous issue linkages in international negotiations
International Organization, 1979, 33, (04), 425-449 View citations (7)
- Toenote to a Footnote
Economic Inquiry, 1979, 17, (2), 307-09 View citations (1)
1978
- Government output and national income estimates: A comment
Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy, 1978, 9, (1), 267-273
- Incentive versus Cost-Plus Contracts in Defense Procurement
Journal of Industrial Economics, 1978, 26, (3), 239-48 View citations (2)
- J. S. Mill's New Political Economy: Another View
Economic Inquiry, 1978, 16, (4), 587-92
- Legislatures as Unions
Journal of Political Economy, 1978, 86, (1), 63-78 View citations (5)
- On the Sufficient Conditions for Wealth-Maximizing Conduct
Kyklos, 1978, 31, (3), 500-503
1977
- Attenuated Property Rights and the Market for Governors
Journal of Law and Economics, 1977, 20, (1), 205-11 View citations (8)
- Legislators as Taxicabs: On the Value of Seats in the U.S. House of Representatives
Economic Inquiry, 1977, 15, (2), 298-302 View citations (4)
- Rational choice and the taxation of sin
Journal of Public Economics, 1977, 8, (2), 239-245 View citations (2)
1976
- A Note on the Theory of Black Markets under Price Controls
Economic Inquiry, 1976, 14, (2), 300-304
- Campaign Expenditures and Political Competition
Journal of Law and Economics, 1976, 19, (1), 177-88 View citations (6)
- The New Political Economy of J. S. Mill: The Means to Social Justice
Canadian Journal of Economics, 1976, 9, (2), 213-31 View citations (1)
1975
- A Defense of the CEA as an Instrument for Giving Economic Policy Advice: Comment
Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 1975, 7, (1), 113-16
- Rates of Publication per Faculty Member in Forty-Five "Rated" Economics Departments
Economic Inquiry, 1975, 13, (1), 122-23 View citations (2)
1974
- A Note on Consumption Sharing and Non-exclusion Rules
Economica, 1974, 41, (164), 446-50 View citations (4)
- An Economic Model of Performance Contracting in Education
Public Finance = Finances publiques, 1974, 29, (1), 36-48
- Market Failure, the Common-Pool Problem, and Ocean Resource Exploitation
Journal of Law and Economics, 1974, 17, (1), 179-92 View citations (2)
- On Equalizing the Distribution of Political Income
Journal of Political Economy, 1974, 82, (2), 414-22
- The Economic Theory of Clubs: A Geometric Exposition
Public Finance = Finances publiques, 1974, 29, (3-4), 386-91 View citations (2)
1973
- Import Controls on Foreign Oil: Comment
American Economic Review, 1973, 63, (5), 1031-34
- International Integration and the Interdependence of Economic Variables
International Organization, 1973, 27, (02), 255-271
- The Economic Determinants of Antitrust Activity
Journal of Law and Economics, 1973, 16, (2), 351-64 View citations (13)
1972
- A Proposal for Marginal Cost Financing of Higher Education
Public Finance = Finances publiques, 1972, 27, (3), 375-80
- Consumption Sharing and Non-Exclusion Rules
Economica, 1972, 39, (155), 276-91 View citations (3)
- Technology, Profit Risk, and Assessments of Market Performance
The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1972, 86, (3), 448-62 View citations (1)
1971
- Advertising and Profitability
The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1971, 53, (4), 397-407 View citations (1)
Books
2008
- The Marketplace of Christianity, vol 1
MIT Press Books, The MIT Press View citations (13)
1997
- Sacred Trust: The Medieval Church as an Economic Firm
OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press View citations (17)
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