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Working Papers

2009

1. Can A Rational Choice Framework Make Sense of Anorexia Nervosa?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)

2005

2. A Behavioral Model of Cyclical Dieting
   HEW, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (3)
3. Modeling Alternative Motives for Dieting
   HEW, University Library of Munich, Germany
   See also Journal Article Modeling Alternative Motives for Dieting, Eastern Economic Journal, Eastern Economic Association (2006) View citations (6) (2006)

1992

4. How the macroeconomic environment affects human resource development
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank

1973

5. Income Distribution Considerations In Government Investment Decisions
   Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics

Journal Articles

2014

1. A Guide for " JEE Content" Submissions
   The Journal of Economic Education, 2014, 45, (2), 159-165

2013

2. Shortage, Shortage, Who's Got the Shortage?
   The Journal of Economic Education, 2013, 44, (3), 277-297

2012

3. The influence of economics on political science: by what pathway?
   Journal of Economic Methodology, 2012, 19, (1), 1-19 View citations (2)

2010

4. Does ‘Civic Duty’ ‘Solve’ The Rational Choice Voter Turnout Puzzle?
   Journal of Theoretical Politics, 2010, 22, (3), 275-300 View citations (1)
5. Jacob Mincer: A Founding Father of Modern Labour Economics
   The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 2010, 17, (1), 151-155

2009

6. Exploring different visions of the model-empirics nexus: Solow versus Lipsey
   Journal of Economic Methodology, 2009, 16, (2), 159-174 View citations (1)

2008

7. "Theory" and "Models": Terminology Through the Looking Glass
   Econ Journal Watch, 2008, 5, (1), 91-108
8. Explanations for Persistent Nursing Shortages
   Forum for Health Economics & Policy, 2008, 11, (2), 37 View citations (2)

2007

9. Decreasing the "Bad" for Mixed Public Goods and Bads: The Case of Public Sculpture
   Eastern Economic Journal, 2007, 33, (2), 159-176
10. Vaccination Externalities
    The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2007, 7, (1), 27 View citations (30)

2006

11. Modeling Alternative Motives for Dieting
    Eastern Economic Journal, 2006, 32, (1), 115-131 View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper Modeling Alternative Motives for Dieting, HEW (2005) (2005)

2005

12. Methodological issues in forecasting: Insights from the egregious business forecast errors of late 1930
    Journal of Economic Methodology, 2005, 12, (4), 517-542 View citations (22)

2003

13. Remembering James Tobin: Stories Mostly from His Students
    Eastern Economic Journal, 2003, 29, (4), 499-518

2002

14. Wheat from Chaff: Meta-Analysis as Quantitative Literature Review: Comment
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2002, 16, (3), 225-226 View citations (3)

2001

15. Are rival theories of smoking underdetermined?
    Journal of Economic Methodology, 2001, 8, (2), 229-251 View citations (2)
16. Combining the Results of rationality Studies: What Did We know and When Did We know It?
    Indian Economic Review, 2001, 36, (1), 269-300 View citations (2)

2000

17. An Onassis Retrospective: What Products Are Auctioned, and Why?
    The Journal of Economic Education, 2000, 31, (2), 157-168
18. New on Paternalism and Public Policy
    Economics and Philosophy, 2000, 16, (2), 323-331 View citations (5)
19. Why Do Empirical Results Change? Forecasts as Tests of Rational Expectations
    History of Political Economy, 2000, 32, (5), 95-116 View citations (3)

1999

20. An economic theory of cigarette addiction
    Journal of Health Economics, 1999, 18, (1), 1-29 View citations (102)

1998

21. Economic Man as a Moral Individual
    Economic Inquiry, 1998, 36, (4), 645-53 View citations (15)
22. On the use and nonuse of surveys in economics
    Journal of Economic Methodology, 1998, 5, (1), 1-21 View citations (23)

1997

23. Now you see it, now you don't: emerging contrary results in economics
    Journal of Economic Methodology, 1997, 4, (2), 221-244 View citations (4)

1996

24. Does Studying Economics Discourage Cooperation? Watch What We Do, Not What We Say or How We Play
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1996, 10, (1), 177-186 View citations (110)
25. Information Problems for Policy Analysis and Forecasting
    Eastern Economic Journal, 1996, 22, (1), 47-56

1995

26. Does Salaried Status Affect Human Capital Accumulation?
    ILR Review, 1995, 48, (2), 322-337 View citations (3)
27. The economist-as-audience needs a methodology of plausible inference
    Journal of Economic Methodology, 1995, 2, (2), 201-222 View citations (25)

1994

28. Dealing with Arguably Legitimate Exam Gripes: A Possible Pareto Improvement
    Economic Inquiry, 1994, 32, (1), 178-79

1991

29. Pisces Economicus: The Fish as Economic Man
    Economics and Philosophy, 1991, 7, (1), 83-86 View citations (2)

1990

30. The Demand for Labor with Heterogenous Hours
    Eastern Economic Journal, 1990, 16, (3), 239-247

1988

31. Choice under Uncertainty: Problems Solved and Unsolved: Correspondence
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1988, 2, (2), 179-81

1987

32. INTERREGIONAL WAGE DIFFERENTIAL DYNAMICS
    Papers in Regional Science, 1987, 62, (1), 45-56 View citations (1)

1986

33. The relative efficiency of private and public transfers
    Public Choice, 1986, 49, (1), 29-45 View citations (1)

1984

34. Can remittances compensate for manpower outflows: The case of Philippine physicians
    Journal of Development Economics, 1984, 15, (1-3), 1-17 View citations (15)

1983

35. A model of teenage labor supply
    Journal of Economics and Business, 1983, 35, (2), 245-255 View citations (3)
36. Alternate rationales for severance pay compensation under airline deregulation
    Public Choice, 1983, 41, (3), 351-369

1982

37. An Economic Evaluation of the Service Contract Act
    ILR Review, 1982, 36, (1), 56-72

1981

38. The Davis-Bacon Act: An Appraisal of Recent Studies
    ILR Review, 1981, 34, (2), 191-206 View citations (2)

1978

39. An indirect test of efficient city sizes
    Journal of Urban Economics, 1978, 5, (1), 46-65 View citations (10)

1976

40. A `missing link' in the social rate of discount literature
    Journal of Public Economics, 1976, 6, (3), 309-312
41. AFDC Income, Recipient Rates, and Family Dissolution: A Comment
    Journal of Human Resources, 1976, 11, (2), 243-250 View citations (3)
42. Explaining Male-Female Wage Differentials for the "Same Job"
    Journal of Human Resources, 1976, 11, (1), 98-108

1974

43. Government investment decisions and institutional constraints on income redistribution
    Journal of Public Economics, 1974, 3, (2), 171-180 View citations (1)

1972

44. Job Search, the Duration of Unemployment, and the Phillips Curve: Comment
    American Economic Review, 1972, 62, (4), 714-17

1970

45. Manpower Programs in a Local Labor Market: A Theoretical Note
    American Economic Review, 1970, 60, (4), 706-09 View citations (3)
46. Pareto Optimal Redistribution: Comment
    American Economic Review, 1970, 60, (5), 994-96 View citations (11)