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Working Papers

2017

1. An Examination of the Former Centrally Planned Economies 25 Years After the Fall of Communism
   Studies in Applied Economics, The Johns Hopkins Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health, and the Study of Business Enterprise
2. Evidence on economic versus political institutions as determinants of development
   Working Papers, University of Miami, Department of Economics

2016

3. Economic Institutions and Comparative Economic Development: A Post-Colonial Perspective
   Working Papers, University of Miami, Department of Economics
   See also Journal Article Economic Institutions and Comparative Economic Development: A Post-Colonial Perspective, World Development, Elsevier (2017) View citations (27) (2017)

Journal Articles

2020

1. The rise and fall of worldwide income inequality, 1820–2035
   Southern Economic Journal, 2020, 87, (1), 216-244 View citations (1)

2017

2. Economic Institutions and Comparative Economic Development: A Post-Colonial Perspective
   World Development, 2017, 96, (C), 503-519 View citations (27)
   See also Working Paper Economic Institutions and Comparative Economic Development: A Post-Colonial Perspective, Working Papers (2016) (2016)

2016

3. Evaluating Alternative Measures of Institutional Protection of Private Property and Their Relative Ability to Predict Economic Development
   Journal of Private Enterprise, 2016, 31, (Summer 2016), 57-78 View citations (6)

2015

4. Public Choice, Market Failure, and Government Failure in Principles Textbooks
   The Journal of Economic Education, 2015, 46, (2), 207-218 View citations (15)

2014

5. Politics as exchange: the classical liberal economics and politics of James M. Buchanan
   Constitutional Political Economy, 2014, 25, (3), 265-279 View citations (4)
6. The Impact of James Buchanan on My Career and the Economics Profession
   Southern Economic Journal, 2014, 80, (4), 898-904

2013

7. What Should Be Taught and Learned in Economics Classes (and Is It?)
   Journal of Private Enterprise, 2013, 29, (Fall 2013), 73-86 View citations (1)

2012

8. Does democratization facilitate economic liberalization?
   European Journal of Political Economy, 2012, 28, (4), 607-619 View citations (65)
9. What Should We Be Teaching in Basic Economics Courses?
   The Journal of Economic Education, 2012, 43, (3), 300-307 View citations (12)

2011

10. Advanced Placement Economics: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
    Econ Journal Watch, 2011, 8, (1), 57-75 View citations (3)

2010

11. Unions, Economic Freedom, and Growth
    Cato Journal, 2010, 30, (1), 1-22 View citations (4)

2009

12. Institutions, Economic Freedom, and Cross‐Country Differences in Performance
    Southern Economic Journal, 2009, 75, (4), 937-956 View citations (1)

2006

13. Institutions and the Impact of Investment on Growth
    Kyklos, 2006, 59, (2), 255-273 View citations (146)

2004

14. Economic Freedom, Institutional Quality,and Cross-Country Differences in Income and Growth
    Cato Journal, 2004, 24, (3), 205-233 View citations (102)
15. What Have We Learned from the Economic Freedom of the World Index?
    Journal of Private Enterprise, 2004, 20, (Fall 2004), 1-8 View citations (33)

2003

16. The concept and measurement of economic freedom
    European Journal of Political Economy, 2003, 19, (3), 405-430 View citations (164)
17. What have we learned from the measurement of economic freedom?
    Proceedings, 2003, (Oct), 217-238 View citations (5)

1999

18. Economic Freedom and the Environment for Economic Growth
    Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), 1999, 155, (4), 643- View citations (192)

1998

19. The Scope of Government and the Wealth of Nations
    Cato Journal, 1998, 18, (2), 163-190 View citations (45)

1990

20. A Positive Proposal to Improve Our Schools
    Cato Journal, 1990, 10, (1), 159-173

1986

21. Labor Supply and Tax Rates: Reply
    American Economic Review, 1986, 76, (3), 557-58
    Also in American Economic Review, 1986, 76, (1), 284-85 (1986) View citations (1)
    American Economic Review, 1984, 74, (5), 1108-09 (1984)
22. Transfers, Equality, and the Limits of Public Policy
    Cato Journal, 1986, 6, (1), 111-137 View citations (3)

1985

23. Have Antipoverty Programs Increased Poverty?
    Cato Journal, 1985, 5, (1), 1-16 View citations (6)
24. Is the Flat Tax a Radical Idea?
    Cato Journal, 1985, 5, (2), 407-436 View citations (3)

1983

25. Labor Supply and Tax Rates: A Correction of the Record
    American Economic Review, 1983, 73, (3), 446-51 View citations (10)

1978

26. The Relative Earnings of Blacks and other Minorities
    ILR Review, 1978, 31, (3), 336-346 View citations (12)

1975

27. Earnings, Productivity, and Changes in Employment Discrimination during the 1960's
    American Economic Review, 1975, 65, (1), 158-68 View citations (3)

1974

28. Employer Costs and Discrimination: The Case of Baseball
    Journal of Political Economy, 1974, 82, (4), 873-81 View citations (59)

1972

29. Discrimination, Achievement, and Payoffs of a College Degree
    Journal of Human Resources, 1972, 7, (1), 60-70 View citations (1)
30. The Poor Ye Need Not Have with You: Lessons from the War on Poverty by Robert A. Levine
    Journal of Human Resources, 1972, 7, (3), 397-399

1971

31. Discrimination and Income Differentials: Reply
    American Economic Review, 1971, 61, (4), 751-55

1970

32. Changes in the Nonwhite/White Income Ratio-1939-67
    American Economic Review, 1970, 60, (5), 872-83 View citations (1)
33. Discrimination and Income Differentials
    American Economic Review, 1970, 60, (3), 396-408 View citations (5)

Books

1985

1. Essentials of Economics
   Elsevier Monographs, Elsevier View citations (1)

Chapters

2024

1. The creation of the Economic Freedom of the World index
   Chapter 2 in Handbook of Research on Economic Freedom, 2024, pp 16-30 View citations (1)

2013

2. The Public Choice Revolution and Principles of Economics Texts
   Springer View citations (2)

2011

3. Economics Teaching Workshops: Past, Present, and Future
   Chapter 76 in International Handbook on Teaching and Learning Economics, 2011

2010

4. Economic Freedom and Global Poverty
   Palgrave Macmillan View citations (9)