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Working Papers

2014

1. A Brief History of Equality
   Working Paper Series, Economics Discipline Group, UTS Business School, University of Technology, Sydney

2012

2. Buchanan on Freedom
   Economics Working Paper from Condorcet Center for political Economy at CREM-CNRS, Condorcet Center for political Economy View citations (2)
   See also Chapter Buchanan on Freedom, Studies in Public Choice, Springer (2013) View citations (2) (2013)

2005

3. Attitudes toward Private and Collective Risks in Individual and Strategic Choice Situations
   Papers on Strategic Interaction, Max Planck Institute of Economics, Strategic Interaction Group View citations (10)
   See also Journal Article Attitudes toward private and collective risk in individual and strategic choice situations, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2008) View citations (74) (2008)

2004

4. Approximate Truth in Economic Modelling
   Papers on Strategic Interaction, Max Planck Institute of Economics, Strategic Interaction Group View citations (3)

2002

5. From the Australian Settlement to Microeconomic Reform: the Change in Twentieth Century Policy Regimes
   Centre for International Economic Studies Working Papers, University of Adelaide, Centre for International Economic Studies

1998

6. Is Vertical Fiscal Imbalance so Inefficient? or, The Flypaper Effect is not an Anomaly
   School of Economics and Public Policy Working Papers, University of Adelaide, School of Economics and Public Policy View citations (2)

1997

7. Trust in the Shadow of the Courts
   Discussion Paper, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research View citations (7)
   Also in Other publications TiSEM, Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management (1997) View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article Trust in the Shadow of the Courts, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen (2003) View citations (6) (2003)
8. Trust in the shadow of the courts if judges are no better
   SFB 373 Discussion Papers, Humboldt University of Berlin, Interdisciplinary Research Project 373: Quantification and Simulation of Economic Processes View citations (2)

1996

9. The Economic of Politics and the Politics of Economics
   Working Papers, Tasmania - Department of Economics

1995

10. A Minimalist Model of Federal Grants and Flypaper Effects
    School of Economics and Public Policy Working Papers, University of Adelaide, School of Economics and Public Policy
    See also Journal Article A minimalist model of federal grants and flypaper effects, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (1996) View citations (14) (1996)

1991

11. Academic Research Productivity: Are Economists Paid Their Marginal Product?
    CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University View citations (3)

1980

12. A Problem in the Interpretation of the Contractarian Position: The Impossibility of a Paretian Paretian
    School of Economics and Public Policy Working Papers, University of Adelaide, School of Economics and Public Policy
13. Uniform All-Or-None Pricing of Public Goods
    School of Economics and Public Policy Working Papers, University of Adelaide, School of Economics and Public Policy

Journal Articles

2023

1. Correction to: Giuseppe Eusepi (1949–2020)
   Homo Oeconomicus: Journal of Behavioral and Institutional Economics, 2023, 40, (1), 103-103
2. Giuseppe Eusepi (1949–2020)
   Homo Oeconomicus: Journal of Behavioral and Institutional Economics, 2023, 40, (1), 1-3
3. Politics as Exchange?
   Homo Oeconomicus: Journal of Behavioral and Institutional Economics, 2023, 40, (1), 39-59

2022

4. An Albertian View of Buchanan’s Contractarianism
   Homo Oeconomicus: Journal of Behavioral and Institutional Economics, 2022, 39, (1), 69-82 View citations (1)

2021

5. Sugden’s community of advantage
   Journal of Economic Methodology, 2021, 28, (4), 374-384 View citations (1)

2019

6. Buchanan@100: Special Issue in Honor of James M. Buchanan
   Homo Oeconomicus: Journal of Behavioral and Institutional Economics, 2019, 36, (1), 1-5

2016

7. Predictors of effective de‐escalation in acute inpatient psychiatric settings
   Journal of Clinical Nursing, 2016, 25, (15-16), 2180-2188

2015

8. Buchanan’s anti-conservatism
   Public Choice, 2015, 163, (1), 7-13 View citations (1)
9. Olson and imperceptible differences: the Tuck critique
   Public Choice, 2015, 164, (3), 235-250 View citations (1)

2014

10. HET: A Double Lament
    History of Economics Review, 2014, 60, (1), 50-63
11. Hayek’s Conservatism: The Possibility of a Conservative Liberal
    ORDO. Jahrbuch für die Ordnung von Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft, 2014, 65, (1), 331-344
12. The reason for ‘The Reason of Rules’
    Constitutional Political Economy, 2014, 25, (1), 103-109
13. „Für Ökonomen muss alles auf eine einzige Leinwand passen“: Ein Gespräch mit Geoffrey Brennan über Sinn und Wirkung von wirtschaftspolitischen Spielregeln, die Verhaltensmotive von Bürgern und Politikern, die Möglichkeit von Reformen und die Bedeutung der ökonomischen Ideengeschichte
    Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik, 2014, 15, (4), 334-345 View citations (1)

2013

14. Conservatism and radicalism
    Constitutional Political Economy, 2013, 24, (2), 173-176 View citations (1)
15. James Buchanan: in memoriam
    Public Choice, 2013, 156, (1), 1-5

2012

16. Politics-as-exchange and The Calculus of Consent
    Public Choice, 2012, 152, (3), 351-358 View citations (3)
17. The political economy of public debt
    Constitutional Political Economy, 2012, 23, (3), 182-198 View citations (4)

2011

18. On the ‘cashing out’ hypothesis and ‘soft’ and ‘hard’ policies
    European Journal of Political Economy, 2011, 27, (4), 601-610 View citations (5)

2010

19. Climate hopes: pious and otherwise
    Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2010, 54, (1), 5-7
20. Fiscal Equity In Federal Systems
    Review of Law & Economics, 2010, 6, (3), 347-363
21. Introduction: Ex Uno Plures. Welfare Without Illusion
    Review of Law & Economics, 2010, 6, (3), 325-328
22. Notes- Climate hopes: pious and otherwise
    Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2010, 54, (01), 3
23. PPE: An appraisal
    Politics, Philosophy & Economics, 2010, 9, (4), 363-365
24. PPE: An institutional view
    Politics, Philosophy & Economics, 2010, 9, (4), 379-397 View citations (1)

2009

25. Bygones are Bygones
    Rationality, Markets and Morals, 2009, (10)
26. Climate change: A rational choice politics view
    Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2009, 53, (3), 18 View citations (10)
    Also in Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2009, 53, (3), 309-326 (2009) View citations (10)
27. Hobbes’s Samuel
    Public Choice, 2009, 141, (1), 5-12 View citations (1)
28. Politics, selection and the public interest: Besley’s benevolent despot
    The Review of Austrian Economics, 2009, 22, (2), 131-143 View citations (2)

2008

29. Attitudes toward private and collective risk in individual and strategic choice situations
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2008, 67, (1), 253-262 View citations (74)
    See also Working Paper Attitudes toward Private and Collective Risks in Individual and Strategic Choice Situations, Papers on Strategic Interaction (2005) View citations (10) (2005)
30. Crime and punishment: an expressive voting view
    European Journal of Law and Economics, 2008, 26, (3), 237-252 View citations (3)
31. Homo economicus and homo politicus: an introduction
    Public Choice, 2008, 137, (3), 429-438 View citations (7)
32. Introduction
    European Journal of Law and Economics, 2008, 26, (3), 233-235
33. Psychological dimensions in voter choice
    Public Choice, 2008, 137, (3), 475-489 View citations (19)
34. Regulation and revenue
    Constitutional Political Economy, 2008, 19, (3), 249-260 View citations (2)

2007

35. Discounting the future, yet again
    Politics, Philosophy & Economics, 2007, 6, (3), 259-284 View citations (1)
36. Esteem-based contributions and optimality in public goods supply
    Public Choice, 2007, 130, (3), 457-470 View citations (4)

2006

37. Against reviving republicanism
    Politics, Philosophy & Economics, 2006, 5, (2), 221-252 View citations (1)

2005

38. “The Myth of Ownership” Liam Murphy and Thomas Nagel
    Constitutional Political Economy, 2005, 16, (2), 207-219

2004

39. An Introduction to the Status Quo
    Constitutional Political Economy, 2004, 15, (2), 127-132 View citations (5)
40. Analytic Conservatism
    British Journal of Political Science, 2004, 34, (4), 675-691 View citations (9)
41. Fiscal Equalisation: Some Questions of Design
    Rivista di Politica Economica, 2004, 94, (4), 79-104 View citations (1)
42. Life in the Putty‐Knife Factory!
    American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 2004, 63, (1), 79-104 View citations (1)

2003

43. Trust in the Shadow of the Courts
    Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), 2003, 159, (1), 16-36 View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper Trust in the Shadow of the Courts, Discussion Paper (1997) View citations (7) (1997)

2002

44. Expressive Constitutionalism
    Constitutional Political Economy, 2002, 13, (4), 299-311 View citations (11)
45. Power Corrupts, But Can Office Ennoble?
    Kyklos, 2002, 55, (2), 157-178 View citations (5)
46. The Dubious Ethics of Debt Default
    Public Finance Review, 2002, 30, (6), 546-561 View citations (8)

2001

47. Collective coherence?
    International Review of Law and Economics, 2001, 21, (2), 197-211 View citations (20)
48. Five Rational Actor Accounts of the Welfare State
    Kyklos, 2001, 54, (2‐3), 213-233 View citations (8)

2000

49. Book reviews
    Journal of Economics, 2000, 71, (2), 200-226
50. James M. Dean and A.M.C. Waterman, eds., Religion and Economics: Normative Social Theory (Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1999), pp. viii, 205, $95.00. ISBN 0-7923-83737
    Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 2000, 22, (3), 386-389
51. Onwards and Upwards: James Buchanan At 80
    Public Choice, 2000, 104, (1-2), 1-18 View citations (1)
    Also in Public Choice, 2000, 104, (1), 1-18 (2000) View citations (1)
52. The hidden economy of esteem
    Economics and Philosophy, 2000, 16, (1), 77-98 View citations (18)

1999

53. On Political Representation
    British Journal of Political Science, 1999, 29, (1), 109-127 View citations (12)
54. Public Choice and Public Finance: the Place of 'Tax Reform Advocacy'
    FinanzArchiv: Public Finance Analysis, 1999, 56, (1), 67-85

1998

55. Economic Analysis and Moral Philosophy, David M. Hausman and Michael S. McPherson. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1996, xii + 249 pages
    Economics and Philosophy, 1998, 14, (2), 339-342
56. Expressive Voting and Electoral Equilibrium
    Public Choice, 1998, 95, (1-2), 149-75 View citations (141)
    Also in Public Choice, 1998, 95, (1), 149-175 (1998) View citations (134)

1996

57. A minimalist model of federal grants and flypaper effects
    Journal of Public Economics, 1996, 61, (2), 229-246 View citations (14)
    See also Working Paper A Minimalist Model of Federal Grants and Flypaper Effects, School of Economics and Public Policy Working Papers (1995) (1995)

1995

58. Economizing on virtue
    Constitutional Political Economy, 1995, 6, (1), 35-56 View citations (10)

1994

59. A Revisionist View of the Separation of Powers
    Journal of Theoretical Politics, 1994, 6, (3), 345-368 View citations (11)
60. Finite Lives and Social Institutions
    Kyklos, 1994, 47, (4), 551-571 View citations (17)
61. Public economics: Where are we now?
    International Tax and Public Finance, 1994, 1, (2), 183-188
62. Reviews
    Constitutional Political Economy, 1994, 5, (1), 117-127

1992

63. Bicameralism and Majoritarian Equilibrium
    Public Choice, 1992, 74, (2), 169-79 View citations (6)

1991

64. A reading of the Spanish Constitution (1978)
    Constitutional Political Economy, 1991, 2, (1), 53-79 View citations (5)

1990

65. James Buchanan's public economics: One proposition, two speculations and three queries
    Constitutional Political Economy, 1990, 1, (2), 113-133 View citations (1)
66. Logo logic
    Constitutional Political Economy, 1990, 1, (1), 125-127 View citations (2)
67. Unveiling the Vote
    British Journal of Political Science, 1990, 20, (3), 311-333 View citations (2)

1989

68. Book reviews
    Public Choice, 1989, 63, (2), 183-200

1988

69. The Public Choice Approach to Tax Reform
    Environment and Planning C, 1988, 6, (1), 41-52
70. The Structure of Tertiary Education Fees
    Economic Analysis and Policy, 1988, 18, (2), 149-170 View citations (5)

1987

71. Methodological individualism under fire: A reply to Jackson
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1987, 8, (4), 627-635
72. Rational Actor Theory in Politics: A Critical Review of John Quiggin
    The Economic Record, 1987, 63, (1), 22-32 View citations (4)
73. The Logic of Electoral Preference: Response to Saraydar and Hudelson
    Economics and Philosophy, 1987, 3, (1), 131-138 View citations (1)

1985

74. On Monopoly Price: Reply
    Kyklos, 1985, 38, (2), 274-275
75. Private Markets in (Excludable) Public Goods: A Reexamination
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1985, 100, (3), 811-819 View citations (6)
76. Taxation and Policy Change: A Median Voter Model for Australia 1968–69 to 1981–82
    Australian Economic Review, 1985, 18, (3), 20-33
77. The Impartial Spectator Goes to Washington: Toward a Smithian Theory of Electoral Behavior
    Economics and Philosophy, 1985, 1, (2), 189-211 View citations (9)

1984

78. Elements of a Fiscal Politics: Public Choice and Public Finance
    Australian Economic Review, 1984, 17, (3), 62-72 View citations (4)
79. Public Finance and Public Prices: Towards a Reconstruction of Tax Theory
    Public Finance = Finances publiques, 1984, 39, (2), 157-81 View citations (3)

1983

80. Government Expenditure Growth and Resource Allocation: The Nebulous Connection
    Oxford Economic Papers, 1983, 35, (3), 351-65 View citations (9)
81. Monopoly Markets in Public Goods: the Case of the Uniform All-or-None Price
    Public Finance Review, 1983, 11, (4), 465-490 View citations (1)
82. On Monopoly Price
    Kyklos, 1983, 36, (4), 531-547
83. Predictive Power and the Choice among Regimes
    Economic Journal, 1983, 93, (369), 89-105 View citations (22)

1982

84. An economic theory of military tactics: Methodological individualism at war
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1982, 3, (2-3), 225-242 View citations (18)

1981

85. A Monopoly Model of Public Goods Provision: The Uniform Pricing Case
    American Economic Review, 1981, 71, (1), 196-206 View citations (12)
86. Revenue Implications of Money Creation under Leviathan
    American Economic Review, 1981, 71, (2), 347-51 View citations (7)
87. Reviews
    Public Choice, 1981, 36, (2), 351-371
88. The Attribution of Public Goods Benefits
    Public Finance = Finances publiques, 1981, 36, (3), 347-73 View citations (5)
89. The normative purpose of economic "science": Rediscovery of an eighteenth century method
    International Review of Law and Economics, 1981, 1, (2), 155-166 View citations (13)

1980

90. All “NG†up an Clubs?/ some Notes on the Current Status of Club Theory
    Public Finance Review, 1980, 8, (2), 153-169
91. Pareto-Desirable Redistribution in Kind: Reply
    American Economic Review, 1980, 70, (5), 1032-36 View citations (2)

1978

92. Death and Taxes: An Attack on the Orthodoxy
    Public Finance = Finances publiques, 1978, 33, (3), 201-24 View citations (1)
93. Tax instruments as constraints on the disposition of public revenues
    Journal of Public Economics, 1978, 9, (3), 301-318 View citations (35)

1977

94. A note on progression and public sector size
    Public Choice, 1977, 32, (1), 123-129 View citations (1)
95. Pareto-Desirable Redistribution in Kind: An Impossibility Theorem
    American Economic Review, 1977, 67, (5), 987-90 View citations (8)
96. Tax Concessions for Charitable Contributions-A Comment
    Public Finance = Finances publiques, 1977, 32, (3), 402-11
97. Towards a tax constitution for Leviathan
    Journal of Public Economics, 1977, 8, (3), 255-273 View citations (39)

1976

98. Public Goods and Income Distribution: A Rejoinder to the Aaron-McGuire Reply
    Econometrica, 1976, 44, (2), 405-07 View citations (10)
99. The Distributional Implications of Public Goods
    Econometrica, 1976, 44, (2), 391-99 View citations (18)

1975

100. Optimal policy choice under uncertainty
     Journal of Public Economics, 1975, 4, (2), 205-209 View citations (6)
101. POLLUTION AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION: REPLY
     Australian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1975, 19, (2), 3
     Also in Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 1975, 19, (2), 122-124 (1975)
102. Public Goods and Factor Prices
     Public Finance = Finances publiques, 1975, 30, (1), 1-19
103. Second-Best Aspects of Horizontal Equity Questions: A Reply
     Public Finance = Finances publiques, 1975, 30, (3), 473-75

1974

104. Hochman and Rodgers on Brennan and Walsh: Reply
     Public Finance Review, 1974, 2, (3), 383-392
105. POLLUTION AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION
     Australian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1974, 18, (01), 21 View citations (5)
     Also in Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 1974, 18, (1), 1-21 (1974) View citations (4)

1973

106. Pareto desirable redistribution: The non-altruistic dimension
     Public Choice, 1973, 14, (1), 43-67 View citations (22)
107. Pareto desirable redistribution: the case of malice and envy
     Journal of Public Economics, 1973, 2, (2), 173-183 View citations (42)

1972

108. Second Best Aspects of Horizontal Equity Questions
     Public Finance = Finances publiques, 1972, 27, (3), 282-91

1971

109. Horizontal Equity: An Extension of an Extension
     Public Finance = Finances publiques, 1971, 26, (3), 437-56 View citations (4)

1969

110. The Optimal Provision of Public Goods: A Comment
     Journal of Political Economy, 1969, 77, (2), 237-41 View citations (1)

1968

111. The Tax Cut as an Anti‐Inflationary Measure
     The Economic Record, 1968, 44, (4), 520-525 View citations (3)

Books

2008

1. The Reason of Rules
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (8)

2006

2. The Power to Tax
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (13)
   Also in Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press (1980) View citations (1465)

2005

3. The Economy of Esteem: An Essay on Civil and Political Society
   OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press View citations (3)
   Also in OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press (2004) View citations (59)

2000

4. Democratic Devices and Desires
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (102)
   Also in Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press (2000) View citations (98)

Edited books

2009

1. The Economics of Ethics and the Ethics of Economics
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (11)

1997

2. Democracy and Decision
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (38)

1994

3. Democracy and Decision
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (3)

Chapters

2018

1. Political obligations: is debt special?
   Chapter 3 in Debt Default and Democracy, 2018, pp 36-50 View citations (1)

2016

2. Hobbesian and Contractarian Constitutions
   Springer View citations (1)

2013

3. Buchanan on Freedom
   Springer View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper Buchanan on Freedom, Condorcet Center for political Economy (2012) View citations (2) (2012)
4. Buchanan, Hobbes and contractarianism: the supply of rules?
   Chapter 2 in Constitutional Economics and Public Institutions, 2013, pp 17-34
5. Expressive voting
   Chapter 7 in The Elgar Companion to Public Choice, Second Edition, 2013, pp 111-126 View citations (7)

2009

6. Positive Constraints on Normative Political Theory
   Chapter 7 in The Economics of Ethics and the Ethics of Economics, 2009
7. Value and Values, Preferences and Price: An Economic Perspective on Ethical Questions
   Chapter 2 in The Economics of Ethics and the Ethics of Economics, 2009

2008

8. Christian theology and economics: convergence and clashes
   Chapter 5 in Christian Theology and Market Economics, 2008, pp 77-93

2007

9. Esteem, Norms of Participation and Public Goods Supply
   Springer View citations (5)

2004

10. The political economy of regulation: a prolegomenon
    Chapter 4 in Changing Institutions in the European Union, 2004

2002

11. Public finance, public choice and the political economy of regulation
    Chapter 2 in Political Economy and Public Finance, 2002 View citations (1)

2001

12. Constitutional choice
    Chapter 5 in The Elgar Companion to Public Choice, 2001 View citations (1)