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Working Papers

1998

1. Railroads, engineers, and the developement of spatial economics in France
   Discussion Papers (REL - Recherches Economiques de Louvain), Université catholique de Louvain, Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES)

Journal Articles

2020

1. ART as meta-credence: authentication and the role of experts
   Journal of Cultural Economics, 2020, 44, (1), 155-171 View citations (4)
2. Correction to: Rent seeking as an evolving process: the case of the Ancien Régime
   Public Choice, 2020, 182, (1), 157-157 View citations (6)
3. Rent seeking as an evolving process: the case of the Ancien Régime
   Public Choice, 2020, 182, (1), 139-155 View citations (7)

2019

4. Extreme Credence and Imaginary Goods
   Atlantic Economic Journal, 2019, 47, (3), 361-371 View citations (1)

2017

5. Memories of Bob Tollison: memories of a friendship
   Public Choice, 2017, 171, (1), 39-43

2015

6. Age and productivity: An empirical study of early American artists
   Southern Economic Journal, 2015, 81, (4), 1096-1116
7. Are auction revenues affected by rising art buyers' premia? The case of early American art
   Applied Economics, 2015, 47, (14), 1389-1400

2013

8. Are Art Auction Estimates Biased?
   Southern Economic Journal, 2013, 80, (2), 454-465 View citations (2)

2012

9. Dupuit and the Railroads
   History of Political Economy, 2012, 44, (1), 97-111 View citations (2)
10. The Intellectual Legacy of Jules Dupuit: A Review Essay
    History of Political Economy, 2012, 44, (3), 493-504 View citations (1)

2011

11. Galileo, Smith and the paradox of value: the 'connection' of art and science
    History of Economic Ideas, 2011, 19, (1), 85-102 View citations (1)

2010

12. Desperation votes and private interests: an analysis of Confederate trade legislation
    Public Choice, 2010, 144, (1), 199-214 View citations (1)
13. Interest groups, public choice and the economics of religion
    Public Choice, 2010, 142, (3), 429-436 View citations (2)
14. Interest-group analysis in economic history and the history of economic thought
    Public Choice, 2010, 142, (3), 471-480

2009

15. Art Museum Attendance, Public Funding, and the Business Cycle
    American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 2009, 68, (2), 491-516 View citations (4)

2006

16. Marginal Deterrence and Multiple Murders
    Southern Economic Journal, 2006, 72, (3), 521-541

2005

17. Adam Smith on Religion and Market Structure
    History of Political Economy, 2005, 37, (4), 647-660 View citations (6)
18. Cathedral Building as an Entry‐Deterring Device
    Kyklos, 2005, 58, (4), 453-465 View citations (6)

2004

19. Smokeless tobacco, smoking cessation and harm reduction: an economic analysis
    Applied Economics, 2004, 36, (1), 17-29 View citations (3)
20. The "Unintended Consequences" of Confederate Trade Legislation
    Eastern Economic Journal, 2004, 30, (2), 187-205 View citations (2)
21. The Economics of the Counter-Reformation: Incumbent-Firm Reaction to Market Entry
    Economic Inquiry, 2004, 42, (4), 690-705 View citations (15)

2003

22. Criminal justice institutions as a common pool: the 19th century analysis of Edwin Chadwick
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2003, 50, (3), 271-294 View citations (16)
23. Ethics, Engineering, and Natural Monopoly: The “Modern Debate†between Léon Walras and Jules Dupuit
    History of Political Economy, 2003, 35, (4), 655-678 View citations (2)
24. Monarchy, Monopoly and Mercantilism: Brazil versus the United States in the 1800s
    Public Choice, 2003, 116, (3-4), 381-98 View citations (3)
25. Occupational Licensing of a Credence Good: The Regulation of Midwifery
    Southern Economic Journal, 2003, 69, (3), 659-675 View citations (6)

2002

26. An Economic Analysis of the Protestant Reformation
    Journal of Political Economy, 2002, 110, (3), 646-671 View citations (85)
27. Book Review: David W. Galenson, Painting outside the Lines: Patterns of Creativity in Modern Art
    Journal of Cultural Economics, 2002, 26, (4), 325-327 View citations (3)
28. Occupational Licensing in a "Competitive" Labor Market: The Case of Cosmetology*
    Journal of Labor Research, 2002, 23, (2), 261-278 View citations (15)
29. Preliminary evidence on unbundled elements demand in local telephony
    Atlantic Economic Journal, 2002, 30, (4), 443-443 View citations (1)
30. Retrospectives: The Origins of Neoclassical Microeconomics
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2002, 16, (3), 197-215 View citations (12)

2001

31. Joint Supply and the Development of Economic Theory: A Historical Perspective
    History of Political Economy, 2001, 33, (3), 577-608 View citations (2)
32. Price-Quality Tradeoffs and Welfare Effects in Cable Television Markets
    Journal of Regulatory Economics, 2001, 20, (2), 107-23 View citations (8)
33. The measurement of merger delay in regulated and restructuring industries
    Applied Economics Letters, 2001, 8, (8), 535-537 View citations (3)
34. William T. Thornton and Nineteenth Century Economic Policy: A Review Essay
    Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 2001, 23, (4), 513-531

2000

35. Are Local TV Markets Separate Markets?
    International Journal of the Economics of Business, 2000, 7, (1), 79-97 View citations (5)
36. Market Power in Radio Markets: An Empirical Analysis of Local and National Concentration
    Journal of Law and Economics, 2000, 43, (1), 157-84 View citations (4)
37. The Economist Dupuit on Theory, Institutions, and Policy: First of the Moderns?
    History of Political Economy, 2000, 32, (1), 1-38
38. The ``Death-Effect'' in Art Prices: A Demand-Side Exploration
    Journal of Cultural Economics, 2000, 24, (4), 283-300 View citations (32)
39. What Price Fame?, by Cowen, T., Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2000, 248 pp., $22.00 (cloth)
    Managerial and Decision Economics, 2000, 21, (2), 90-91

1999

40. Is Radio Advertising a Distinct Local Market? An Empirical Analysis
    Review of Industrial Organization, 1999, 14, (3), 239-256 View citations (13)
41. Public Policy, Perverse Incentives, and the Homeless Problem
    Public Choice, 1999, 98, (1-2), 195-212 View citations (7)
42. The Dupuit–Marshall Theory of Competitive Equilibrium
    Economica, 1999, 66, (262), 225-240

1998

43. Critical Thinking: Some Problems with the Matrix Method
    The Journal of Economic Education, 1998, 29, (3), 274-276
44. Estimates, Bias and “No Sales” in Latin-American Art Auctions, 1977–1996
    Journal of Cultural Economics, 1998, 22, (1), 33-42 View citations (17)
45. Mixed and pure sharecropping in Nepal: empirical evidence supporting the traditional hypothesis
    Applied Economics, 1998, 30, (1), 37-50 View citations (4)
46. Reply to White
    Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 1998, 20, (3), 375-378

1997

47. Nineteenth Century Urban Market Failure?: Chadwick on Funeral Industry Regulation
    Journal of Regulatory Economics, 1997, 12, (1), 27-51 View citations (11)
48. On neoinstitutional theory and preclassical economies: mercantilism revisited
    The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 1997, 4, (3), 375-399 View citations (3)
49. The medieval church and rents from marriage market regulations
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1997, 32, (2), 215-245 View citations (9)
50. W. T. Thornton: Savant, Idiot, or Idiot-Savant?
    Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 1997, 19, (1), 1-23 View citations (1)

1996

51. J. S. Mill on the Income Tax Exemption and Inheritance Taxes: The Evidence Reconsidered
    History of Political Economy, 1996, 28, (4), 559-581 View citations (4)

1995

52. Advertising and information
    Journal of Economic Studies, 1995, 22, (2), 33-43
53. Political Choice and the Child Labor Statute of 1938: Public Interest or Interest Group Legislation
    Public Choice, 1995, 82, (1-2), 85-106 View citations (1)

1994

54. America's Alternative to Marshall: Property, Competition, and Capitalism in Hadley's Economics of 1896
    Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 1994, 16, (1), 1-26
55. Cable Regulation
    Cato Journal, 1994, 14, (1), 87-107
56. Household Production and Consumption of News-Information Services: An Empirical Study
    Eastern Economic Journal, 1994, 20, (1), 11-19 View citations (1)
57. Rent Seeking and Hidden In-Kind Resource Distortion: Some Empirical Evidence
    Public Choice, 1994, 78, (2), 1717-85 View citations (20)

1993

58. Competition and the Price of Municipal Cable Television Services: An Empirical Study
    Journal of Regulatory Economics, 1993, 5, (4), 401-15 View citations (7)

1992

59. Methodenstreit: The economics of competing interests
    European Journal of Political Economy, 1992, 8, (3), 401-418
60. The economics of sin and redemption: Purgatory as a market-pull innovation?
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1992, 19, (1), 1-15 View citations (20)

1991

61. Dupuit's Characteristics‐Based Theory of Consumer Behavior and Entrepreneurship
    Kyklos, 1991, 44, (1), 19-34 View citations (2)
62. Geometric Analogies and Market Demand Estimation: Dupuit and the French Contribution
    History of Political Economy, 1991, 23, (3), 397-418 View citations (4)
63. Restaurant Cuisine, Fast Food and Ethnic Edibles: An Empirical Note on Household Meal Production
    Kyklos, 1991, 44, (4), 613-627 View citations (2)

1990

64. E.H. Chamberlin and Contemporary Industrial Organisation Theory
    Journal of Economic Studies, 1990, 17, (2), -

1989

65. An Economic Model of the Medieval Church: Usury as a Form of Rent Seeking
    The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 1989, 5, (2), 307-31 View citations (52)
66. Disequilibrium Theory and Thornton's Assault on the Laws of Supply and Demand
    History of Political Economy, 1989, 21, (4), 567-592 View citations (5)
67. Full Price Competition and Dupuit's Defense of the Long-and-Short-Haul "Discrimination."
    Journal of Regulatory Economics, 1989, 1, (4), 359-71 View citations (1)
68. Jevons on Utility, Exchange, and Demand Theory: A Reassessment
    The Manchester School of Economic & Social Studies, 1989, 57, (1), 17-33 View citations (2)

1988

69. Habits in economic analysis: Veblen and the neoclassicals
    History of Political Economy, 1988, 20, (3), 431-445 View citations (3)
70. Rent Seeking in a Static Model of Zoning
    Real Estate Economics, 1988, 16, (1), 69-76 View citations (1)

1987

71. The Pope and the Price of Meat: A Public Choice Perspective
    Kyklos, 1987, 40, (3), 399-413 View citations (5)
72. Wieser and the Austrian connection to social economics
    Forum for Social Economics, 1987, 16, (2), 1-12 View citations (1)
    Also in Forum for Social Economics, 1986, 16, (2), 1-12 (1986) View citations (1)

1985

73. Consumer Surplus: The First Hundred Years
    History of Political Economy, 1985, 17, (3), 419-454 View citations (2)
74. Mill's Recantation Once Again: Reply
    Oxford Economic Papers, 1985, 37, (1), 152-53

1983

75. Tradeable Shares and the Supply-Side of Corporate Development: Reply
    Bell Journal of Economics, 1983, 14, (1), 298-300 View citations (2)

1982

76. Capital Fixity, Innovations, and Long-Term Contracting: An Intertemporal Economic Theory of Regulation
    American Economic Review, 1982, 72, (1), 32-46 View citations (4)

1981

77. A note on politics and franchise bidding
    Public Choice, 1981, 37, (2), 343-348 View citations (1)
78. J. S. Mill, Unions, and the Wages Fund Recantation: A Reinterpretation—Comment
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1981, 96, (3), 531-541

1980

79. A. T. Hadley on Monopoly Theory and Railway Regulation: an American Contribution to Economic Analysis and Policy
    History of Political Economy, 1980, 12, (2), 214-233 View citations (2)
80. Economic Regulation in Mercantile England: Heckscher Revisited
    Economic Inquiry, 1980, 18, (4), 567-99 View citations (12)
81. Mercantilist Origins of the Corporation
    Bell Journal of Economics, 1980, 11, (2), 715-720 View citations (4)

1979

82. Sir Edwin Chadwick on Competition and the Social Control of Industry: Railroads
    History of Political Economy, 1979, 11, (2), 213-239 View citations (3)

1978

83. French Engineers, Welfare Economics, and Public Finance in the Nineteenth Century
    History of Political Economy, 1978, 10, (4), 636-668 View citations (1)
84. J. S. Mill's New Political Economy: Another View
    Economic Inquiry, 1978, 16, (4), 587-92 View citations (1)

1977

85. John A. Hobson and the Theory of Discriminating Monopoly
    History of Political Economy, 1977, 9, (2), 273-282

1976

86. A Short-Run Classical Model of Capital and Wages: Mill's Recantation of the Wages Fund
    Oxford Economic Papers, 1976, 28, (1), 66-85
87. Chadwick and Demsetz on Competition and Regulation
    Journal of Law and Economics, 1976, 19, (1), 149-62 View citations (11)
88. Dupuit and Marginal Utility: Context of the Discovery
    History of Political Economy, 1976, 8, (2), 266-273
89. The New Political Economy of J. S. Mill: The Means to Social Justice
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1976, 9, (2), 213-31 View citations (4)

1973

90. Comte, Mill, and Cairnes: The Positivist-Empiricist Interlude in Late Classical Economics
    Journal of Economic Issues, 1973, 7, (3), 383-416
91. Joint Supply, the Taussig-Pigou Controversy, and the Competitive Provision of Public Goods
    Journal of Law and Economics, 1973, 16, (2), 369-87 View citations (5)
92. Public economics at the Ecole des Ponts et Chaussees: 1830-1850
    Journal of Public Economics, 1973, 2, (3), 241-256 View citations (1)

1972

93. Professor Stigler on Dupuit and the Development of Utility Theory: Comment
    Journal of Political Economy, 1972, 80, (5), 1056-59

1971

94. Cournot's Demand Theory: A Reassessment
    History of Political Economy, 1971, 3, (1), 190-197 View citations (1)
95. Economic empiricism in the writing of early railway engineers
    Explorations in Economic History, 1971, 9, (1), 179-196 View citations (2)

1970

96. Price Discrimination and Product Differentiation in Economic Theory: An Early Analysis
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1970, 84, (2), 268-278 View citations (25)

1969

97. An Empirical Investigation of Advertising and Concentration: Comment
    Journal of Industrial Economics, 1969, 18, (1), 76-80
98. Tax Reform in Latin America
    American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 1969, 28, (1), 93-108

1968

99. Jules Dupuit and the Early Theory of Marginal Cost Pricing
    Journal of Political Economy, 1968, 76, (3), 462 View citations (6)
100. Monopsony in a Muddle
     The American Economist, 1968, 12, (2), 79-80 View citations (1)
101. Monopsony, Minimum Wages, and Employment: A Reconsideration
     The American Economist, 1968, 12, (1), 52-54 View citations (1)

1967

102. A History of Economic thought
     Journal of Economic Issues, 1967, 1, (3), 232-234

Books

2012

1. The Economics of Edwin Chadwick
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (1)

2011

2. Economic Origins of Roman Christianity
   University of Chicago Press Economics Books, University of Chicago Press View citations (25)

2008

3. The Marketplace of Christianity, vol 1
   MIT Press Books, The MIT Press View citations (23)

1997

4. Sacred Trust: The Medieval Church as an Economic Firm
   OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press View citations (26)

Edited books

1998

1. the foundations of regulatory economics, vol Three volume set
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (1)

Chapters

2013

1. Public choice and religion
   Chapter 24 in The Elgar Companion to Public Choice, Second Edition, 2013, pp 400-414
2. Reinert’stranslating empire
   A chapter in A Research Annual, 2013, vol. 31A, pp 187-196

2008

3. Mercantilism as a Rent-Seeking Society
   Springer

2001

4. The interest-group theory of government
   Chapter 17 in The Elgar Companion to Public Choice, 2001 View citations (4)
5. The public choice approach to economic history
   Chapter 25 in The Elgar Companion to Public Choice, 2001

1993

6. Cycles in the Development of Spatial Economics
   Palgrave Macmillan View citations (1)