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Journal Articles

2017

1. Robert’s Rules for a knowledge-creating society
   Public Choice, 2017, 171, (1), 29-32

2015

2. A mean-variance approach to forecasting with the consumer confidence index
   Applied Economics, 2015, 47, (23), 2430-2444 View citations (8)

2010

3. Determinants of publication productivity: an empirical analysis
   Public Choice, 2010, 142, (3), 265-277 View citations (1)

2006

4. Terrorized economies
   Public Choice, 2006, 128, (1), 317-349 View citations (42)

2005

5. Legislative district configurations and fiscal policy in American States
   Public Choice, 2005, 125, (3), 385-407 View citations (4)
6. W. Mark Crain, Volatile states: Institutions, policy, and the performance of American state economies. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2003. xiv +166 pages. USD 49.50/GBP 31.00 (cloth)
   Public Choice, 2005, 123, (1), 249-251

2004

7. Effects of Term Limits on Fiscal Performance: Evidence from Democratic Nations
   Public Choice, 2004, 119, (1_2), 73-90 View citations (48)
8. The impact of performance-based budgeting on state fiscal performance
   Economics of Governance, 2004, 5, (2), 167-186 View citations (12)

2002

9. Bicameral Legislatures and Fiscal Policy
   Southern Economic Journal, 2002, 68, (3), 646-659 View citations (1)
10. Consumer Choice and the Popular Music Industry: A Test of the Superstar Theory
    Empirica, 2002, 29, (1), 1-9 View citations (24)
11. Sources of inefficiency in representative democracy: Evidence on public investments across nations
    Economics of Governance, 2002, 3, (2), 171-181

2001

12. Legislative organization and government spending: cross-country evidence
    Journal of Public Economics, 2001, 82, (3), 309-325 View citations (89)
13. The Constitutionality of Race-Conscious Redistricting: An Empirical Analysis
    The Journal of Legal Studies, 2001, 30, (1), 193-221 View citations (3)

1999

14. Districts, Diversity, and Fiscal Biases: Evidence from the American States
    Journal of Law and Economics, 1999, 42, (2), 675-98 View citations (14)
15. Economic Growth Regressions for the American States: A Sensitivity Analysis
    Economic Inquiry, 1999, 37, (2), 242-57 View citations (47)

1998

16. Fiscal consequences of budget baselines
    Journal of Public Economics, 1998, 67, (3), 421-436 View citations (15)

1997

17. Committee Characteristics and Re-election Margins: An Empirical Investigation of the US House
    Public Choice, 1997, 93, (3-4), 271-85 View citations (3)
    Also in Public Choice, 1997, 93, (3), 271-285 (1997) View citations (3)
18. Economics and the architecture of popular music
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1997, 32, (2), 185-205 View citations (6)

1995

19. Legislative Organization of Fiscal Policy
    Journal of Law and Economics, 1995, 38, (2), 311-33 View citations (22)
20. THE RIGHT VERSUS THE OBLIGATION TO VOTE: REJOINDER TO YERET, AND O'TOOLE AND STROBL*
    Economics and Politics, 1995, 7, (3), 281-287 View citations (2)
21. The Politics of Infrastructure
    Journal of Law and Economics, 1995, 38, (1), 1-17 View citations (46)

1994

22. Legislative Committees as Loyalty-Generating Institutions
    Public Choice, 1994, 81, (3-4), 195-221 View citations (9)

1993

23. THE RIGHT VERSUS THE OBLIGATION TO VOTE: EFFECTS ON CROSS‐COUNTRY GOVERNMENT GROWTH*
    Economics and Politics, 1993, 5, (1), 43-51 View citations (12)
24. The Probability of Being President
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1993, 75, (4), 683-89 View citations (9)
25. Time inconsistency and fiscal policy: Empirical analysis of U.S. States, 1969-89
    Journal of Public Economics, 1993, 51, (2), 153-159 View citations (34)

1991

26. The Price of Influence in an Interest-Group Economy
    Rationality and Society, 1991, 3, (4), 437-449 View citations (1)

1988

27. Laissez-faire in campaign finance
    Public Choice, 1988, 56, (3), 201-212 View citations (4)
28. Televised legislatures: Political information technology and public choice: W. Mark Crain and Brian L. Goff, (Kluwer, Boston, 1988)
    Information Economics and Policy, 1988, 3, (4), 394-395 View citations (6)

1987

29. Voting and not voting at the same time
    Public Choice, 1987, 53, (3), 221-229 View citations (13)

1986

30. Final Voting in Legislatures
    American Economic Review, 1986, 76, (4), 833-41 View citations (15)
31. Televising Legislatures: An Economic Analysis
    Journal of Law and Economics, 1986, 29, (2), 405-21 View citations (2)

1985

32. Legislator specialization and the size of government
    Public Choice, 1985, 46, (3), 311-315 View citations (3)

1984

33. The convergence of satisficing to marginalism: An empirical test
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1984, 5, (3-4), 375-385 View citations (1)

1981

34. Rational choice and the taxation of sin: Reply
    Journal of Public Economics, 1981, 16, (2), 261-263

1980

35. The Exchange Value of Nonpecuniary Benefits
    Economic Inquiry, 1980, 18, (4), 692-700
36. X-Inefficiency and Nonpecuniary Rewards in a Rent-Seeking Society: A Neglected Issue in the Property Rights Theory of the Firm
    American Economic Review, 1980, 70, (4), 784-92 View citations (4)

1979

37. Toenote to a Footnote
    Economic Inquiry, 1979, 17, (2), 307-09 View citations (2)

1978

38. A Test of the Property-Rights Theory of the Firm: Water Utilities in the United States
    Journal of Law and Economics, 1978, 21, (2), 395-408 View citations (55)
39. Macroeconomic Determinants of the Vote in Presidential Elections
    Public Finance Review, 1978, 6, (4), 427-438 View citations (2)
40. ON THE SUFFICIENT CONDITIONS FOR WEALTH‐MAXIMIZING CONDUCT
    Kyklos, 1978, 31, (3), 500-503
41. The Coase Theorem and Quasi-Rents: Correcting the Record
    Public Finance Review, 1978, 6, (2), 259-262 View citations (2)

1977

42. A note on political participation as consumption behavior
    Public Choice, 1977, 32, (1), 131-135 View citations (9)
43. AN EMPIRICAL ESTIMATE OF THE INCOME ELASTICITY OF POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
    Kyklos, 1977, 30, (1), 122-125 View citations (4)
44. Attenuated Property Rights and the Market for Governors
    Journal of Law and Economics, 1977, 20, (1), 205-11 View citations (22)
45. Legislators as Taxicabs: On the Value of Seats in the U.S. House of Representatives
    Economic Inquiry, 1977, 15, (2), 298-302 View citations (9)
46. On the Structure and Stability of Political Markets
    Journal of Political Economy, 1977, 85, (4), 829-42 View citations (16)
47. Rational choice and the taxation of sin
    Journal of Public Economics, 1977, 8, (2), 239-245 View citations (4)

1976

48. Campaign Expenditures and Political Competition
    Journal of Law and Economics, 1976, 19, (1), 177-88 View citations (17)
49. Chadwick and Demsetz on Competition and Regulation
    Journal of Law and Economics, 1976, 19, (1), 149-62 View citations (11)
50. Entropy and Corrective Taxes
    The American Economist, 1976, 20, (1), 22-25
51. State budget sizes and the marginal productivity of governors
    Public Choice, 1976, 27, (1), 91-96 View citations (2)
52. The Private Provision of Public Goods: A Note on the Demsetz Model
    Public Finance Review, 1976, 4, (1), 45-55 View citations (1)

1975

53. Information and voting: An empirical note
    Public Choice, 1975, 24, (1), 43-49 View citations (13)

Chapters

2021

1. The Size and Composition of Government Spending in Multi-Party Systems
   Springer View citations (2)

2013

2. Legislatures
   Chapter 9 in The Elgar Companion to Public Choice, Second Edition, 2013, pp 143-152 View citations (8)

2001

3. Institutions, durability, and the value of political transactions
   Chapter 8 in The Elgar Companion to Public Choice, 2001 View citations (5)