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Journal Articles

2020

1. The development and evolution of predatory-state institutions and organizations: beliefs, violence, conquest, coercion, and rent seeking
   Public Choice, 2020, 182, (3), 303-329 View citations (4)

2018

2. The institutional determinants of self-governance: a comment on Edward Stringham’s Private Governance
   The Review of Austrian Economics, 2018, 31, (2), 209-230 View citations (1)

2017

3. Does private security affect crime?: a test using state regulations as instruments
   Applied Economics, 2017, 49, (48), 4911-4924 View citations (8)

2015

4. Regulation As a Barrier to Market Provision and to Innovation: The Case of Toll Roads and Steam Carriages in England
   Journal of Private Enterprise, 2015, 30, (Spring 2015), 61-87 View citations (3)
5. The occupations of regulators influence occupational regulation: evidence from the US private security industry
   Public Choice, 2015, 162, (1), 97-117 View citations (12)

2014

6. Pashtunwali—Law for the lawless, defense for the stateless
   International Review of Law and Economics, 2014, 37, (C), 108-120 View citations (4)

2010

7. Peter T. Leeson: The invisible hook: the hidden economics of pirates
   Public Choice, 2010, 145, (3), 589-592

2009

8. Economic Dissociative Identity Disorder: The Math Gamer, the Anti-Policy Econometrician and the Narrative Political Economist
   Econ Journal Watch, 2009, 6, (3), 364-373 View citations (1)

2007

9. Alcohol and rape: An "economics-of-crime" perspective
   International Review of Law and Economics, 2007, 27, (4), 442-473 View citations (11)
10. PRIVATE POLICING AND PRIVATE ROADS: A COASIAN APPROACH TO DRUNK‐DRIVING POLICY
    Economic Affairs, 2007, 27, (4), 30-38 View citations (1)

2006

11. Contractual nullification of economically-detrimental state-made laws
    The Review of Austrian Economics, 2006, 19, (2), 149-187 View citations (1)

2004

12. Opportunities Forgone: The Unmeasurable Costs of Regulation
    Journal of Private Enterprise, 2004, 19, (Spring 2004), 1-25 View citations (9)
13. Property rights: Cooperation, conflict, and law, edited by Anderson, T. L. and McChesney, F. S. Princeton NJ, and Oxford, UK: Princeton University Press, 2003, x+398 pp., USD 29.95 (paper)
    Managerial and Decision Economics, 2004, 25, (8), 552-554

2003

14. Implicit Taxes Collected by State Liquor Monopolies
    Public Choice, 2003, 115, (3-4), 313-31 View citations (5)

2002

15. Regulatory Disequilibrium and Inefficiency: The Case of Interstate Trucking
    The Review of Austrian Economics, 2002, 15, (2-3), 229-55 View citations (14)

2001

16. Privately Produced General Deterrence
    Journal of Law and Economics, 2001, 44, (2), 725-46 View citations (18)
17. Roger E. Meiners and Andrew P. Morriss (Eds), The Common Law and the Environment: Rethinking the Statutory Basis for Modern Environmental Law
    Public Choice, 2001, 107, (1), 189-194

2000

18. Can police deter drunk driving?
    Applied Economics, 2000, 32, (3), 357-366 View citations (7)
19. Entrepreneurial Police and Drug Enforcement Policy
    Public Choice, 2000, 104, (3-4), 285-308 View citations (17)
20. Jurisdictional Choice in International Trade: Implications for Lex Cybernatoria
    Journal des Economistes et des Etudes Humaines, 2000, 10, (1), 3-32 View citations (1)
    Also in Journal des Economistes et des Etudes Humaines, 2000, 10, (1), 1-32 (2000) View citations (2)
21. Private Sources of Trust and Recourse: Prerequisites for the Successful Emergence of Markets in Cyberspace
    Journal of Private Enterprise, 2000, 16, (Fall 2000), 69-92 View citations (2)

1999

22. An Economic Theory of the Evolution of Governance and the Emergence of the State
    The Review of Austrian Economics, 1999, 12, (2), 131-60 View citations (26)
23. Beer Taxation and Alcohol‐Related Traffic Fatalities
    Southern Economic Journal, 1999, 66, (2), 214-249 View citations (1)
24. Deterring drunk driving fatalities: an economics of crime perspective1
    International Review of Law and Economics, 1999, 19, (2), 205-225 View citations (28)
25. Polycentric Law Versus Monopolized Law: Implications from International Trade for the Potential Success of Emerging Markets
    Journal of Private Enterprise, 1999, 15, (Fall 1999), 36-66 View citations (4)
26. To Arbitrate or To Litigate: That Is the Question
    European Journal of Law and Economics, 1999, 8, (2), 91-151 View citations (12)

1998

27. Deterrence and Public Policy: Trade-Offs in the Allocation of Police Resources
    International Review of Law and Economics, 1998, 18, (1), 77-100 View citations (34)
28. Economic Freedom and the Evolution of Law
    Cato Journal, 1998, 18, (2), 209-232 View citations (5)

1997

29. David Boaz (1997) Libertarianism: A Primer
    Constitutional Political Economy, 1997, 8, (4), 353-354

1995

30. An Exploration of the Impact of Modern Arbitration Statutes on the Development of Arbitration in the United States
    The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 1995, 11, (2), 479-501 View citations (15)
31. Delineating Spatial Markets Using Multivariate Time Series
    The Review of Regional Studies, 1995, 25, (3), 247-270
32. Police Bureaucracies, Their Incentives, and the War on Drugs
    Public Choice, 1995, 83, (1-2), 21-45 View citations (28)

1994

33. Are Public Goods Really Common Pools? Considerations of the Evolution of Policing and Highways in England
    Economic Inquiry, 1994, 32, (2), 249-71 View citations (38)
34. Drug Enforcement and the Deterrence of Property Crime Among Local Jurisdictions
    Public Finance Review, 1994, 22, (1), 22-45 View citations (13)
35. Emerging from the Hobbesian jungle: Might takes and makes rights
    Constitutional Political Economy, 1994, 5, (2), 129-158 View citations (4)
36. Intra-National Effects of a Countervailing Duty on the United States/Canadian Hog Market
    Review of Agricultural Economics, 1994, 16, (2), 187-201 View citations (5)

1993

37. Spatial Competition In Illicit Drug Markets: The Consequences Of Increased Drug Law Enforcement
    The Review of Regional Studies, 1993, 23, (3), 219-236 View citations (17)
38. The Impetus for Recognizing Private Property and Adopting Ethical Behavior in a Market Economy: Natural Law, Government Law, or Evolving Self-Interest
    The Review of Austrian Economics, 1993, 6, (2), 43-80 View citations (8)

1992

39. CONDUCT IN SPATIAL MARKETS: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF SPATIAL PRICING BEHAVIOR
    Papers in Regional Science, 1992, 71, (1), 15-30 View citations (3)
40. Customary law as a social contract: International commercial law
    Constitutional Political Economy, 1992, 3, (1), 1-27 View citations (12)
41. The Development Of Criminal Law Ans Its Enforcement: Public Interest Or Political Transfers?
    Journal des Economistes et des Etudes Humaines, 1992, 3, (1), 79-108 View citations (3)

1991

42. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ILLICIT DRUG ENFORCEMENT POLICY AND PROPERTY CRIMES
    Contemporary Economic Policy, 1991, 9, (4), 106-115 View citations (32)

1990

43. Integration of Spatial Markets
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1990, 72, (1), 49-62 View citations (58)
44. Interstate Tax Competition, Incentives to Collude, and Federal Influences
    Cato Journal, 1990, 10, (1), 75-90 View citations (3)
45. On the Basing-Point System
    American Economic Review, 1990, 80, (3), 584-88 View citations (3)
46. On the Basing-Point System: Reply
    American Economic Review, 1990, 80, (4), 963-67 View citations (2)

1989

47. Further thoughts on rent-seeking, bureaucratic output, and the price of complements
    Public Choice, 1989, 63, (3), 279-281
48. Spatial competition with free entry, Chamberlinian tangencies, and social efficiency: A reevaluation
    Journal of Urban Economics, 1989, 26, (1), 84-89

1988

49. An Institutional Explanation for Corruption of Criminal Justice Officials
    Cato Journal, 1988, 8, (1), 139-163 View citations (1)
50. Corruption in law enforcement: one consequence of "The tragedy of the commons" arising with public allocation processes
    International Review of Law and Economics, 1988, 8, (1), 73-84 View citations (12)
51. Location Choice and Urban Growth in a Rent-Seeking Society
    Public Finance Review, 1988, 16, (2), 158-177 View citations (1)
52. Rent seekers who demand government production: Bureaucratic output and the price of complements
    Public Choice, 1988, 56, (1), 3-16 View citations (3)
53. The impact of experience on prices and profits in experimental duopoly markets
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1988, 9, (4), 345-365 View citations (22)

1987

54. Interest Groups and the Antitrust Paradox
    Cato Journal, 1987, 6, (3), 801-817 View citations (3)
55. Price Reporting in Experimental Markets
    Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie, 1987, 35, (2), 357-371 View citations (1)
56. Tariffs and location specific income redistribution
    Regional Science and Urban Economics, 1987, 17, (2), 223-243 View citations (3)

1986

57. Regulatory Transfers in Canadian/American Agriculture: The Case of Supply Management
    Cato Journal, 1986, 6, (1), 271-294 View citations (2)
58. The Incentives to Organize and Demand Regulation: Two Ends against the Middle
    Economic Inquiry, 1986, 24, (3), 473-84 View citations (3)
59. The Lagged Impact of State and Local Taxes on Economic Activity and Political Behavior
    Economic Inquiry, 1986, 24, (3), 389-401 View citations (29)

1985

60. An Alternative View of Pricing in Retail Food Markets
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1985, 67, (2), 296-306 View citations (23)
61. Free Market Congestion Tolls: A Correction [Spatial Price Theory and an Efficient Congestion Toll Established by the Free Market]
    Economic Inquiry, 1985, 23, (2), 361-62

1984

62. An explanation of intra-industry trade in identical commodities
    International Journal of Industrial Organization, 1984, 2, (2), 85-97
63. On the Ability of Spatial Competitors to Price Discriminate
    Journal of Industrial Economics, 1984, 33, (2), 251-55 View citations (1)
64. Rent Seeking and Supply Management in Canadian Agriculture
    Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie, 1984, 32, (3), 548-558 View citations (1)
65. Spatial Price Theory and an Efficient Congestion Toll Established by the Free Market
    Economic Inquiry, 1984, 22, (2), 244-52
66. Spatial competition with free entry, Chamberlinian tangencies, and social efficiency
    Journal of Urban Economics, 1984, 15, (3), 270-286 View citations (1)
67. The level of average production cost chosen by a multiplant spatial monopolist
    Regional Science and Urban Economics, 1984, 14, (1), 37-44

1983

68. Logrolling and high demand committee review
    Public Choice, 1983, 41, (3), 427-434
69. Tariffs which lower price in the restricting country: An analysis of spatial markets
    Journal of International Economics, 1983, 15, (1-2), 117-133 View citations (8)
70. “High Demand†Legislative Committees and Bureaucratic Output
    Public Finance Review, 1983, 11, (3), 259-281

1980

71. Loschian Competition under Alternative Demand Conditions
    American Economic Review, 1980, 70, (5), 1098-1105 View citations (4)

Edited books

2010

1. Handbook on the Economics of Crime
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (88)
2. Property Rights
   Palgrave Macmillan Books, Palgrave Macmillan

Chapters

2017

1. Customary commercial law, credibility, contracting, and credit in the high Middle Ages
   Chapter 7 in Research Handbook on Austrian Law and Economics, 2017, pp 129-177

2011

2. The Law Merchant’s Story: How Romantic is it?
   Chapter 3 in Law, Economics and Evolutionary Theory, 2011

2010

3. Conclusion
   Chapter 20 in Handbook on the Economics of Crime, 2010
   Also in Palgrave Macmillan (2010)
4. Eminent Domain for Private Use
   Palgrave Macmillan View citations (2)
5. Introduction
   Palgrave Macmillan
6. The Allocation of Police
   Chapter 8 in Handbook on the Economics of Crime, 2010 View citations (2)

2005

7. Economics of crime
   Chapter 4 in Economics Uncut, 2005 View citations (16)
8. Economics of drug liberalization
   Chapter 3 in Economics Uncut, 2005

2004

9. Corruption
   Chapter 15 in The Elgar Companion to the Economics of Property Rights, 2004
10. Regulation, more Regulation, Partial Deregulation, and Reregulation: The Disequilibrating Nature of a Rent-Seeking Society
    A chapter in The Dynamics of Intervention: Regulation and Redistribution in the Mixed Economy, 2004, pp 105-143

2001

11. Law and economics
    Chapter 26 in The Elgar Companion to Public Choice, 2001 View citations (6)

1995

12. Competition among Legal Institutions: Implications for the Evolution of Law
    Palgrave Macmillan

1994

13. Legal philosophy
    Chapter 39 in The Elgar Companion to Austrian Economics, 1994

1993

14. Spatial Price Theory and Market Delineation
    Palgrave Macmillan