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Working Papers

2017

1. Is There a Tradeoff between Economic Development Incentives and Economic Freedom? Evidence from the US States
   Working Papers, George Mason University, Mercatus Center
   See also Journal Article Is There a Tradeoff Between Economic Development Incentives and Economic Freedom? Evidence from the US States, The Review of Regional Studies, Southern Regional Science Association (2018) View citations (4) (2018)

Journal Articles

2023

1. Institutions and incarceration: The role of economic freedom at the MSA level
   Social Science Quarterly, 2023, 104, (4), 436-463
2. One size fits all? The differential impact of federal regulation on early-stage entrepreneurial activity across US states
   Journal of Regulatory Economics, 2023, 63, (1), 57-73

2022

3. Factors influencing the timing and type of state-level alcohol prohibitions prior to 1920
   Public Choice, 2022, 192, (3), 201-226
4. Judicial independence and lynching in historical context: an analysis of US States
   Cliometrica, 2022, 16, (3), 639-672

2021

5. Dismantling the south-west coalition: further evidence of distributive politics in preemption legislation
   Economics of Governance, 2021, 22, (3), 193-214

2020

6. Opportunity entrepreneurship and regulation: a state-level analysis
   Applied Economics Letters, 2020, 27, (12), 987-991 View citations (2)
7. US State Tort Liability Reform and Entrepreneurship
   Review of Law & Economics, 2020, 16, (3), 45

2019

8. Is there a relationship between TELs and default? Evidence from US municipalities
   Papers in Regional Science, 2019, 98, (1), 433-450 View citations (1)
9. US State constitutional entrenchment and default in the 19th century
   Journal of Institutional Economics, 2019, 15, (6), 963-982 View citations (8)

2018

10. Is There a Tradeoff Between Economic Development Incentives and Economic Freedom? Evidence from the US States
    The Review of Regional Studies, 2018, 48, (1), 55-69 View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper Is There a Tradeoff between Economic Development Incentives and Economic Freedom? Evidence from the US States, Working Papers (2017) (2017)
11. It's easier to contract than to pay: Judicial independence and US municipal default in the 19th century
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 2018, 46, (4), 1062-1081 View citations (2)
12. The impact of public pension board of trustee composition on state bond ratings
    Economics of Governance, 2018, 19, (1), 51-73 View citations (3)
13. The politics of beer: analysis of the congressional votes on the beer bill of 1933
    Public Choice, 2018, 174, (1), 81-106 View citations (10)

2017

14. Judicial Independence and US State Bond Ratings: An Empirical Investigation
    Public Budgeting & Finance, 2017, 37, (3), 24-46 View citations (2)
15. Local government type and municipal bond ratings: what’s the relationship?
    Applied Economics, 2017, 49, (24), 2339-2351 View citations (2)
16. Property Tax Limits, Balanced Budget Rules, and Line-Item Vetoes: A Long-Run View
    Eastern Economic Journal, 2017, 43, (2), 288-317
17. Some additional evidence on the interplay between corruption, tax policy and firm entry using US states
    Applied Economics Letters, 2017, 24, (18), 1307-1310 View citations (1)
18. The relationship between local government economic freedom and bond ratings
    Journal of Financial Economic Policy, 2017, 9, (4), 435-449
19. VOTER PREFERENCES, INSTITUTIONS, AND ECONOMIC FREEDOM
    Contemporary Economic Policy, 2017, 35, (1), 76-92 View citations (3)

2016

20. Alabama at the Crossroads: An Economic Guide to a Fiscally Sustainable Future
    Annals of Computational Economics, 2016
21. Analyzing the Effectiveness of State Regulatory Review
    Public Finance Review, 2016, 44, (4), 446-477 View citations (1)
22. Judicial independence and economic freedom in the US states
    Applied Economics Letters, 2016, 23, (1), 78-83
23. U.S. state fiscal constraints and railroad development through the nineteenth century
    Scandinavian Economic History Review, 2016, 64, (3), 243-257

2015

24. The effect of judicial independence on entrepreneurship in the US states
    Economic Systems, 2015, 39, (1), 72-96 View citations (14)

2014

25. Antitrust enforcement by state attorneys general: institutional, legal and political considerations
    Business and Politics, 2014, 16, (2), 291-312 View citations (1)
    Also in Business and Politics, 2014, 16, (2), 22 (2014) View citations (1)
26. Financial markets, fiscal constraints, and municipal debt: lessons and evidence from the panic of 1873
    Journal of Institutional Economics, 2014, 10, (1), 71-106 View citations (5)

2013

27. Policing the chain gang: Panel cointegration analysis of the stability of the Suffolk System, 1825–1858
    Journal of Macroeconomics, 2013, 37, (C), 182-196 View citations (3)

2012

28. Credible commitments and constitutional constraints: state debt repudiation and default in nineteenth century America
    Constitutional Political Economy, 2012, 23, (1), 66-93 View citations (6)

2010

29. The non-productive entrepreneurial process
    The Review of Austrian Economics, 2010, 23, (4), 333-346 View citations (33)

Chapters

2017

1. Entrepreneurial creative destruction and legal federalism
   Chapter 7 in The Law and Economics of Federalism, 2017, pp 214-237