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Working Papers

Undated

1. Inheritance, Equal Division and Rent Seeking
   Working Papers, Department of Economics, W. P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University View citations

Journal Articles

2009

1. On good government
   The Review of Austrian Economics, 2009, 22, (2), 127-130

2008

2. Bequests, sibling rivalry, and rent seeking
   Public Choice, 2008, 136, (3), 397-409
3. Innovation and the opportunity cost of monopoly
   Managerial and Decision Economics, 2008, 29, (8), 619-627 View citations

2007

4. A further partial changing of the guard
   Public Choice, 2007, 132, (1), 1-1
5. Crime on the Court, Another Look: Reply to Hutchinson and Yates
   Journal of Political Economy, 2007, 115, 520-521
6. Nicolaus Tideman: Collective decisions and voting rules: The potential for public choice
   Public Choice, 2007, 133, (3), 497-498
7. Old wine, new wine
   Public Choice, 2007, 132, (1), 3-5

2006

8. 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
9. Alphabetized coauthorship
   Applied Economics, 2006, 38, (14), 1649-1653
10. Marginal Deterrence and Multiple Murders
    Southern Economic Journal, 2006, 72, (3), 521-541
11. Terrorism and pork-barrel spending
    Public Choice, 2006, 128, (1), 275-287

2005

12. Cathedral Building as an Entry-Deterring Device
    Kyklos, 2005, 58, (4), 453-465 View citations
13. Public choice in the new century
    Public Choice, 2005, 124, (1), 1-18
14. The unfinished business of public choice
    Public Choice, 2005, 124, (1), 237-247

2004

15. A Snipe Hunt
    Public Choice, 2004, 120, (3_4), 241-246
16. Dry Holes in Economic Research: Reply
    Kyklos, 2004, 57, (4), 627-628 View citations
17. Economics and English: Language Growth in Economic Perspective
    Southern Economic Journal, 2004, 71, (2), 232-259
18. Editorial
    Public Choice, 2004, 118, (1_2), vii-viii
19. The Economics of the Counter-Reformation: Incumbent-Firm Reaction to Market Entry
    Economic Inquiry, 2004, 42, (4), 690-705

2003

20. Dry Holes in Economic Research
    Kyklos, 2003, 56, (2), 161-173 View citations
21. Good colleagues
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2003, 52, (4), 505-512 View citations
22. On the Third Law of Demand
    Economic Inquiry, 2003, 41, (2), 292-298 View citations
23. Religious participation and income
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2003, 51, (2), 249-260 View citations
24. Rent Seeking into the Income Distribution
    Kyklos, 2003, 56, (4), 441-456 View citations

2002

25. An Economic Analysis of the Protestant Reformation
    Journal of Political Economy, 2002, 110, (3), 646-671 View citations
26. Consumer Choice and the Popular Music Industry: A Test of the Superstar Theory
    Empirica, 2002, 29, (1), 1-9 View citations
27. Explaining U.S. Federal Deficits: 1889--1998
    Economic Inquiry, 2002, 40, (3), 457-469
28. Quality Control in Economics
    Kyklos, 2002, 55, (3), 315-34 View citations
29. Racial Integration as an Innovation: Empirical Evidence from Sports Leagues
    American Economic Review, 2002, 92, (1), 16-26 View citations

2001

30. The Interest-Group Theory of Government: Problems and Prospects
    Kyklos, 2001, 54, (2-3), 465-72
31. Why do black basketball players work more for less money?
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2001, 44, (2), 201-219 View citations

2000

32. Intellectual Collaboration
    Journal of Political Economy, 2000, 108, (3), 632-661 View citations

1999

33. 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
34. 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

35. Celestial marriage and earthly rents: Interests and the prohibition of polygamy
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1998, 37, (2), 169-181
36. Moral Hazard and the Effects of the Designated Hitter Rule Revisited
    Economic Inquiry, 1998, 36, (4), 688-92 View citations

1997

37. Batter Up! Moral Hazard and the Effects of the Designated Hitter Rule on Hit Batsmen
    Economic Inquiry, 1997, 35, (3), 555-61 View citations
38. Economics and the architecture of popular music
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1997, 32, (2), 185-205 View citations

1995

39. Electoral Politics and the Executive Veto: A Predictive Theory
    Economic Inquiry, 1995, 33, (3), 427-40 View citations
40. Gordon Tullock's Contributions to the Theory of Public Choice
    Economic Inquiry, 1995, 33, (3), 355-64

1994

41. Peacock and Wiseman on the Growth of Public Expenditure: Editor's Note
    Public Choice, 1994, 78, (2), 125-28
42. The rookie draft and competitive balance: The case of professional football
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1994, 25, (2), 293-298 View citations

1993

43. Going for the Gold: Property Rights and Athletic Effort in Transitional Economies
    Kyklos, 1993, 46, (2), 263-72 View citations
44. Political influence and the ratification of the income tax amendment
    International Review of Law and Economics, 1993, 13, (3), 259-270
45. Preaching matters
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1993, 21, (3), 235-250 View citations
46. The Next Twenty-Five Years of Public Choice
    Public Choice, 1993, 77, (1), 1-7
47. The Probability of Being President
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1993, 75, (4), 683-89 View citations
48. Time inconsistency and fiscal policy: Empirical analysis of U.S. States, 1969-89
    Journal of Public Economics, 1993, 51, (2), 153-159 View citations
49. Using (im)perfect markets to catch criminals
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1993, 21, (1), 31-41

1992

50. A comment on economic analysis and just compensation
    International Review of Law and Economics, 1992, 12, (2), 139-140
51. Methodenstreit: The economics of competing interests
    European Journal of Political Economy, 1992, 8, (3), 401-418
52. The economics of sin and redemption: Purgatory as a market-pull innovation?
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1992, 19, (1), 1-15 View citations

1991

53. A theory of rational childhood
    European Journal of Political Economy, 1991, 7, (2), 199-213 View citations
54. Congressional Influence and Patterns of New Deal Spending, 1933-1939
    Journal of Law & Economics, 1991, 34, (1), 161-75 View citations
55. Educational achievement and the cost of bureaucracy
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1991, 15, (1), 29-45 View citations
56. Fed Behavior in Periods of Price and Wage Controls
    Public Choice, 1991, 70, (1), 1-10
57. Gordon Tullock: Creative Maverick of Public Choice
    Public Choice, 1991, 71, (3), 141-48
58. Romance, Realism, and Economic Reform
    Kyklos, 1991, 44, (1), 57-70
59. Self-Interest, Public Interest, and Public Health
    Public Choice, 1991, 69, (3), 323-43
60. The Logic of Natural Monopoly Regulation
    Eastern Economic Journal, 1991, 17, (4), 483-490 View citations

1990

61. A Public Choice Theory of the Great Contraction: Further Evidence
    Public Choice, 1990, 67, (3), 277-83
62. Arbitrage in a Basketball Economy
    Kyklos, 1990, 43, (4), 611-24 View citations
63. Economist and the environment
    European Journal of Political Economy, 1990, 6, (2), 159-163
64. Economists and the Economy
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1990, 72, (4), 707-11
65. Regulatory finance in alternative models of regulation: General fund financing versus earmarked taxation
    European Journal of Political Economy, 1990, 6, (4), 519-529

1989

66. 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
67. Nassau Senior as Economic Consultant: The Factory Acts Reconsidered
    Economica, 1989, 56, (221), 71-81
68. On the Incentives of Judges to Enforce Legislative Wealth Transfers
    Journal of Law & Economics, 1989, 32, (1), 215-28 View citations
69. Price leadership with incomplete information
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1989, 11, (3), 423-429
70. The Exercise of Market Power in Laboratory Experiments: Comment
    Journal of Law & Economics, 1989, 32, (2), S131-33
71. The Half-Life of Dead Economists
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1989, 22, (1), 174-83 View citations

1988

72. Affirmative action and unemployment
    European Journal of Political Economy, 1988, 4, (4), 479-490
73. Crime or punishment?: Enforcement of the NCAA football cartel
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1988, 10, (4), 433-451
74. Rent Seeking and the Restriction of Human Exchange
    Journal of Legal Studies, 1988, 17, (1), 83-100
75. The Disinterest in Deregulation: Reply
    American Economic Review, 1988, 78, (1), 284
    Also in American Economic Review, 1986, 76, (3), 564-65 (1986)

1987

76. Rational Self-Taxation: Complementary Inputs and Excise Taxation
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1987, 20, (3), 527-32
77. The Pope and the Price of Meat: A Public Choice Perspective
    Kyklos, 1987, 40, (3), 399-413

1986

78. A Theory of Truth in Autobiography
    Kyklos, 1986, 39, (4), 507-17
79. Crime and income distribution in a basketball economy
    International Review of Law and Economics, 1986, 6, (1), 115-124
80. Dead Men Tell no Tales
    Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 1986, 8, (01), 59-68
81. Final Voting in Legislatures
    American Economic Review, 1986, 76, (4), 833-41 View citations
82. Ricardo on the Public Debt: Principle Versus Practice
    Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 1986, 8, (01), 49-58
83. The Rise and (Recent) Decline of Mathematical Economics
    Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 1986, 8, (01), 44-48
84. 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

85. Adam Smith in the Customhouse
    Journal of Political Economy, 1985, 93, (4), 740-59
86. Corporate Chartering: An Exploration in the Economics of Legal Change
    Economic Inquiry, 1985, 23, (4), 585-99 View citations
87. Legislation and Political Business Cycles
    Kyklos, 1985, 38, (1), 43-59
88. The Behavior of Regulatory Activity over the Business Cycle: An Empirical Test
    Economic Inquiry, 1985, 23, (1), 7-19 View citations
89. The positive economics of antitrust policy: A survey article
    International Review of Law and Economics, 1985, 5, (1), 39-57 View citations

1984

90. Crime on the Court
    Journal of Political Economy, 1984, 92, (2), 223-35 View citations
91. Economic Regulation, Competitive Governments, and Specialized Resources
    Journal of Law & Economics, 1984, 27, (2), 329-38 View citations
92. Managerial Rents and Outside Recruitment in the Coasian Firm
    American Economic Review, 1984, 74, (4), 660-72
93. The Disinterest in Deregulation
    American Economic Review, 1984, 74, (5), 1075-79 View citations
94. The Homogenization of Heterogeneous Inputs: Reply
    American Economic Review, 1984, 74, (4), 808
95. The Random Character of Merger Activity
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1984, 15, (4), 500-509 View citations
96. The Use of Inputs by the Federal Reserve System: Reply
    American Economic Review, 1984, 74, (5), 1121-23 View citations
97. The convergence of satisficing to marginalism: An empirical test
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1984, 5, (3-4), 375-385 View citations

1983

98. Antitrust in the Reagan administration: A report from the Belly of the beast
    International Journal of Industrial Organization, 1983, 1, (2), 211-221
99. Preliminary Evidence on the Use of Inputs by the Federal Reserve System
    American Economic Review, 1983, 73, (3), 291-304 View citations
100. The Supply of Occupational Regulation
     Economic Inquiry, 1983, 21, (2), 232-40
101. The economic organization of the English East India Company
     Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1983, 4, (2-3), 221-238
102. The myth of the corporation as a creation of the state
     International Review of Law and Economics, 1983, 3, (2), 107-120 View citations
103. Tradeable Shares and the Supply-Side of Corporate Development: Reply
     Bell Journal of Economics, 1983, 14, (1), 298-300 View citations

1982

104. Adam Smith's Analysis of Joint-Stock Companies
     Journal of Political Economy, 1982, 90, (6), 1237-56 View citations
105. Antitrust Pork Barrel
     Journal of Law & Economics, 1982, 25, (2), 329-42 View citations
106. Rent Seeking: A Survey
     Kyklos, 1982, 35, (4), 575-602 View citations

1981

107. Economics and metrology: Give 'em an inch and they'll take a kilometre
     International Review of Law and Economics, 1981, 1, (2), 207-221
108. Rational choice and the taxation of sin: Reply
     Journal of Public Economics, 1981, 16, (2), 261-263
109. The Homogenization of Heterogeneous Inputs
     American Economic Review, 1981, 71, (1), 28-38

1980

110. A Theory of Legislative Organization: Making the Most of Your Majority
     The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1980, 94, (2), 261-77
111. Contractual exchange and the timing of payment
     Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1980, 1, (4), 325-342 View citations
112. Economic Regulation in Mercantile England: Heckscher Revisited
     Economic Inquiry, 1980, 18, (4), 567-99 View citations
113. Free Riding, Shirking, and Team Production in Legal Partnerships
     Economic Inquiry, 1980, 18, (3), 380-94 View citations
114. Mercantilist Origins of the Corporation
     Bell Journal of Economics, 1980, 11, (2), 715-720 View citations

1979

115. An economic theory of mutually advantageous issue linkages in international negotiations
     International Organization, 1979, 33, (04), 425-449 View citations
116. Toenote to a Footnote
     Economic Inquiry, 1979, 17, (2), 307-09

1978

117. Government output and national income estimates: A comment
     Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy, 1978, 9, (1), 267-273
118. Incentive versus Cost-Plus Contracts in Defense Procurement
     Journal of Industrial Economics, 1978, 26, (3), 239-48
119. J. S. Mill's New Political Economy: Another View
     Economic Inquiry, 1978, 16, (4), 587-92
120. Legislatures as Unions
     Journal of Political Economy, 1978, 86, (1), 63-78 View citations
121. On the Sufficient Conditions for Wealth-Maximizing Conduct
     Kyklos, 1978, 31, (3), 500-503

1977

122. Attenuated Property Rights and the Market for Governors
     Journal of Law & Economics, 1977, 20, (1), 205-11 View citations
123. Legislators as Taxicabs: On the Value of Seats in the U.S. House of Representatives
     Economic Inquiry, 1977, 15, (2), 298-302
124. Rational choice and the taxation of sin
     Journal of Public Economics, 1977, 8, (2), 239-245 View citations

1976

125. A Note on the Theory of Black Markets under Price Controls
     Economic Inquiry, 1976, 14, (2), 300-304
126. Campaign Expenditures and Political Competition
     Journal of Law & Economics, 1976, 19, (1), 177-88 View citations
127. The New Political Economy of J. S. Mill: The Means to Social Justice
     Canadian Journal of Economics, 1976, 9, (2), 213-31 View citations

1975

128. 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
129. Rates of Publication per Faculty Member in Forty-Five "Rated" Economics Departments
     Economic Inquiry, 1975, 13, (1), 122-23 View citations

1974

130. A Note on Consumption Sharing and Non-exclusion Rules
     Economica, 1974, 41, (164), 446-50 View citations
131. Market Failure, the Common-Pool Problem, and Ocean Resource Exploitation
     Journal of Law & Economics, 1974, 17, (1), 179-92 View citations
132. On Equalizing the Distribution of Political Income
     Journal of Political Economy, 1974, 82, (2), 414-22

1973

133. Import Controls on Foreign Oil: Comment
     American Economic Review, 1973, 63, (5), 1031-34
134. International Integration and the Interdependence of Economic Variables
     International Organization, 1973, 27, (02), 255-271
135. The Economic Determinants of Antitrust Activity
     Journal of Law & Economics, 1973, 16, (2), 351-64 View citations

1972

136. Consumption Sharing and Non-Exclusion Rules
     Economica, 1972, 39, (155), 276-91 View citations
137. Technology, Profit Risk, and Assessments of Market Performance
     The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1972, 86, (3), 448-62

1971

138. Advertising and Profitability
     The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1971, 53, (4), 397-407 View citations

Books

2008

1. The Marketplace of Christianity, vol 1
   MIT Press Books, The MIT Press

Editor

1. Public Choice
   Springer