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Working Papers

2021

1. Institutional Quality and the Wealth of Autocrats
   Papers, arXiv.org

2016

2. Integrating Drones into the US Air Traffic Control System
   Working Papers, George Mason University, Mercatus Center

Journal Articles

2024

1. Capitalism Creates Sustainable Progress
   Journal of Private Enterprise, 2024, 39, (Fall 2024), 1-20
2. Karl Wennberg and Christian Sandström (Eds.), Questioning the Entrepreneurial State: Status-quo, Pitfalls, and the Need for Credible Innovation Policy. Cham: Springer, 2022. xi + 367 Pages. USD 59.99 (hardback)
   The Review of Austrian Economics, 2024, 37, (4), 499-501
3. The Austrian Episode
   The Review of Austrian Economics, 2024, 37, (4), 443-456

2023

4. The transformative impact of rent-seeking theory on the study of public choice
   Public Choice, 2023, 196, (1), 157-167

2022

5. Creative destruction: getting ahead and staying ahead in a capitalist economy
   The Review of Austrian Economics, 2022, 35, (4), 467-480
6. Rethinking Regulatory Capture
   Journal of Private Enterprise, 2022, 37, (Spring 2022), 33-45

2021

7. Arye L. Hillman: Public finance and public policy: a political economy perspective on the responsibilities and limitations of government
   Public Choice, 2021, 186, (1), 221-222
8. Contractarian ideology and the legitimacy of government
   Journal of Institutional Economics, 2021, 17, (3), 379-391
9. Elite Influence on General Political Preferences
   Journal of Government and Economics, 2021, 3, (C) View citations (1)
10. Entrepreneurial Economies
    Economies, 2021, 9, (3), 1-12 View citations (2)

2020

11. Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson: the narrow corridor: states, societies, and the fate of liberty
    Public Choice, 2020, 184, (3), 463-466
12. James M. Buchanan’s constitutional project: past and future
    Public Choice, 2020, 183, (3), 371-387
13. Progressive Democracy: the ideology of the modern predatory state
    Public Choice, 2020, 182, (3), 287-301 View citations (2)

2019

14. James M. Buchanan and Liberal Political Economy: A Rational Reconstruction
    Review of Political Economy, 2019, 31, (1), 127-130
15. Transitional gains and rent extraction
    Public Choice, 2019, 181, (1), 127-139 View citations (3)

2018

16. Checks and Balances: Enforcing Constitutional Constraints
    Economies, 2018, 6, (4), 1-12 View citations (4)
17. Corruption and destructive entrepreneurship
    Small Business Economics, 2018, 51, (1), 181-202 View citations (38)
18. Fred S. McChesney: In Memoriam
    Southern Economic Journal, 2018, 84, (3), 658-659
19. Interest group support for non-group issues
    Constitutional Political Economy, 2018, 29, (3), 303-316
20. Is institutional improvement possible?
    Applied Economics Letters, 2018, 25, (11), 758-761 View citations (2)

2017

21. Bourgeois Virtues Foster Capitalism; Does Capitalism Foster Bourgeois Virtues?
    Journal of Private Enterprise, 2017, 32, (Winter 2017), 95-107 View citations (1)
22. Economic Institutions and the Durability of Democracy
    Atlantic Economic Journal, 2017, 45, (1), 17-28 View citations (2)
23. Malinvestment
    The Review of Austrian Economics, 2017, 30, (2), 153-167
24. Political incentives for rent creation
    Constitutional Political Economy, 2017, 28, (1), 62-78 View citations (7)

2016

25. Market institutions and income inequality
    Journal of Institutional Economics, 2016, 12, (2), 263-276 View citations (14)

2015

26. A Theory of the Theory of Public Goods
    (Теория происхождения теории общественных благ)
    Ekonomicheskaya Politika / Economic Policy, 2015, 4, 196-207
    Also in The Review of Austrian Economics, 1997, 10, (1), 1-22 (1997) View citations (36)
27. Capital and labor, Past and present, in the context of Piketty’s Capital
    The Review of Austrian Economics, 2015, 28, (2), 195-207 View citations (2)
28. David Reisman: James Buchanan
    Public Choice, 2015, 164, (1), 181-183
29. Political Capitalism
    Cato Journal, 2015, 35, (1), 41-66 View citations (13)
    See also Book Political Capitalism, Cambridge Books, 2018 (2018) (2018)
30. Regulation and corruption
    Public Choice, 2015, 164, (1), 75-85 View citations (35)
31. The theory of the origin of the theory of public goods (conclusion)
    (Теория происхождения теории общественных благ)
    Ekonomicheskaya Politika / Economic Policy, 2015, 5, 191—207

2014

32. Politics as exchange: the classical liberal economics and politics of James M. Buchanan
    Constitutional Political Economy, 2014, 25, (3), 265-279 View citations (4)
33. The common pool of transitional profits
    The Review of Austrian Economics, 2014, 27, (4), 387-401 View citations (1)
34. The economic theory of rights
    Journal of Institutional Economics, 2014, 10, (3), 471-491 View citations (5)
    See also Chapter The Economic Theory of Rights, Palgrave Macmillan Books, 1994, 11-31 (1994) View citations (1) (1994)
35. Thomas Piketty: Capital in the twenty-first century
    Public Choice, 2014, 160, (3), 551-557
36. What Stiglitz and Stockman Have in Common
    Cato Journal, 2014, 34, (3), 569-579 View citations (1)

2013

37. Firms as knowledge repositories
    The Review of Austrian Economics, 2013, 26, (3), 259-275 View citations (1)
38. Institutional quality and the tenure of autocrats
    Public Choice, 2013, 156, (3), 409-421 View citations (16)
39. Lawrence H. White: The clash of economic ideas: the great policy debates and experiments of the last hundred years
    Public Choice, 2013, 156, (3), 757-759
40. South Korea's economic future: Industrial policy, or economic democracy?
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2013, 88, (C), 3-13 View citations (2)

2012

41. Arye L. Hillman: Public finance and public policy: responsibilities and limitations of government
    Public Choice, 2012, 150, (1), 395-398
    Also in Public Choice, 2004, 120, (3_4), 468-471 (2004)
42. John Meadowcroft: James M. Buchanan
    Public Choice, 2012, 151, (1), 399-401
43. Roger D. Congleton: Perfecting parliament: constitutional reform, liberalism, and the rise of Western democracy
    Public Choice, 2012, 150, (1), 387-389
44. Rule of law and the size of government
    Journal of Institutional Economics, 2012, 8, (1), 49-69 View citations (10)

2011

45. Francesco Forte: Principles of public economics: a public choice approach
    Public Choice, 2011, 148, (1), 265-267
46. Pluralism and heterodoxy in economic methodology
    The Review of Austrian Economics, 2011, 24, (1), 57-65 View citations (1)
47. Public choice in a local government setting
    Public Choice, 2011, 149, (1), 1-3 View citations (3)
48. The cartelization of local governments
    Public Choice, 2011, 149, (1), 65-74 View citations (4)

2010

49. Douglass C. North, John Joseph Wallis, and Barry R. Weingast: Violence and Social Orders: A Conceptual Framework for Interpreting Recorded Human History
    Public Choice, 2010, 144, (1), 389-392
50. Policy errors in executive and legislative decision-making
    Public Choice, 2010, 144, (1), 37-51 View citations (6)
51. Roger D. Congleton, Arye L. Hillman, Kai A. Konrad (eds.): 40 years of research on rent seeking 1 and 2
    Public Choice, 2010, 142, (1), 255-256
52. The Effect of Changes in the Tax Structure on the Reported Income of High-Income Individuals
    Public Finance Review, 2010, 38, (3), 321-345
53. Unions, Economic Freedom, and Growth
    Cato Journal, 2010, 30, (1), 1-22 View citations (4)

2009

54. A reformulation of the foundations of welfare economics
    The Review of Austrian Economics, 2009, 22, (3), 209-224 View citations (3)
55. Andreas Bergh and Rolf Höijer, eds., Institutional Competition
    Public Choice, 2009, 138, (3), 491-492
56. Magnus Henrekson and Robin Douhan: The political economy of entrepreneurship, 2 vols
    Public Choice, 2009, 138, (1), 255-256
57. Principles and politics: Like oil and water
    The Review of Austrian Economics, 2009, 22, (2), 151-157
58. The behavioral foundations of Austrian economics
    The Review of Austrian Economics, 2009, 22, (4), 301-313 View citations (5)
59. The social sub-optimality of competitive elections: comment
    Public Choice, 2009, 138, (1), 217-219 View citations (3)
60. Wilfried Ver Eecke. Ethical Dimensions of the Economy: Making Use of Hegel and the Concepts of Public and Merit Goods
    Public Choice, 2009, 138, (3), 493-494

2008

61. Advancing economic analysis beyond the equilibrium framework
    The Review of Austrian Economics, 2008, 21, (4), 225-249 View citations (5)
62. Does restricting choice in referenda enable governments to spend more?
    Public Choice, 2008, 136, (1), 87-101 View citations (7)
63. Les fondations comportementales de l’analyse économique autrichienne
    Revue Française d'Économie, 2008, 22, (4), 19-43
64. Pluralism versus Heterodoxy in Economics and the Social Sciences
    The Journal of Philosophical Economics, 2008, 1, (2), 51-72 View citations (9)
65. The Impact of Population Density on Municipal Government Expenditures
    Public Finance Review, 2008, 36, (3), 359-373 View citations (20)
66. Why does government produce national defense?
    Public Choice, 2008, 137, (1), 11-19 View citations (6)

2007

67. Barry G. Weingast and Donald A. Wittman (Eds.). The Oxford Handbook of Political Economy
    Public Choice, 2007, 133, (1), 257-258
68. David F. Prindle, The Paradox of Democratic Capitalism: Politics and Economics in American Thought. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006. USD 49.95 (cloth)
    Public Choice, 2007, 131, (3), 501-503
69. Evidence on voter preferences from unrestricted choice referendums
    Public Choice, 2007, 131, (1), 197-215 View citations (8)
70. Nicolaus Tideman: Collective decisions and voting: The potential for public choice
    Public Choice, 2007, 133, (3), 495-495

2006

71. Autocratic, Democratic, and Optimal Government: Fiscal Choices and Economic Outcomes
    Public Choice, 2006, 129, (3), 507-510
72. Does the invisible hand hold or lead? Market adjustment in an entrepreneurial economy
    The Review of Austrian Economics, 2006, 19, (2), 189-201 View citations (2)
73. Institutions and the Impact of Investment on Growth
    Kyklos, 2006, 59, (2), 255-273 View citations (146)
74. The Linkage Between Public and Private Investment: A Co-integration Analysis of a Panel of Developing Countries
    Eastern Economic Journal, 2006, 32, (3), 479-492 View citations (22)

2005

75. Government growth in the twenty-first century
    Public Choice, 2005, 124, (1), 95-114 View citations (19)
76. The Effects of Public Investment on Private Investment in Developing Economies
    Public Finance Review, 2005, 33, (5), 575-602 View citations (91)

2004

77. Echoes of Henry George in Modern Analysis
    American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 2004, 63, (5), 1031-1138
78. Economic Freedom, Institutional Quality,and Cross-Country Differences in Income and Growth
    Cato Journal, 2004, 24, (3), 205-233 View citations (102)
79. Factors Underlying the Growth of Local Government in the 19th Century United States
    Public Choice, 2004, 120, (3_4), 359-377 View citations (3)
80. National Income Accounting and Public Policy
    The Review of Austrian Economics, 2004, 17, (4), 387-405 View citations (7)
81. Omar Azfar and Charles A. Cadwell (Eds.), Market-Augmenting Government: The Institutional Foundations for Prosperity; Stephen Knack (Ed.), Democracy, Governance, and Growth
    Public Choice, 2004, 119, (3_4), 473-476
82. The Effect of State Income Taxation on Per Capita Income Growth
    Public Finance Review, 2004, 32, (3), 292-312 View citations (36)
83. The National Research Council Ranking of Research Universities: Its Impact on Research in Economics
    Econ Journal Watch, 2004, 1, (3), 498-514 View citations (6)
84. The New Urbanism Versus the Market Process
    The Review of Austrian Economics, 2004, 17, (2_3), 285-300 View citations (12)
85. Using Matched Border Counties for Policy Analysis: The Effects of Entitlement Programs on Female-Headed Households and Female Labor-Force Participation
    Eastern Economic Journal, 2004, 30, (3), 411-425 View citations (3)

2003

86. The Origins of Entrepreneurial Opportunities
    The Review of Austrian Economics, 2003, 16, (1), 25-43 View citations (38)
87. The Size and Significance of the Pareto Set in Spatial Voting Models
    Public Choice, 2003, 116, (1-2), 19-29

2002

88. Political Entrepreneurship and the Democratic Allocation of Economic Resources
    The Review of Austrian Economics, 2002, 15, (2-3), 143-59 View citations (45)
89. The Ramsey Rule Reconsidered
    Public Finance Review, 2002, 30, (6), 562-578 View citations (5)

2001

90. Public Policy Toward Pecuniary Externalities
    Public Finance Review, 2001, 29, (4), 304-325 View citations (13)
91. THE GROWTH OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN THE UNITED STATES FROM 1820 TO 1870
    The Journal of Economic History, 2001, 61, (1), 184-189 View citations (2)
92. The Unanimous Voting Rule Is Not the Political Equivalent to Market Exchange
    Public Choice, 2001, 106, (3-4), 233-42 View citations (8)

2000

93. Absence of Envy Does Not Imply Fairness: Reply
    Southern Economic Journal, 2000, 67, (2), 485-487
94. Consumption Externalities and Economic Welfare
    Eastern Economic Journal, 2000, 26, (2), 157-170 View citations (3)

1999

95. Economic Freedom and the Environment for Economic Growth
    Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), 1999, 155, (4), 643- View citations (192)
96. Equilibrium versus the Invisible Hand
    The Review of Austrian Economics, 1999, 12, (2), 227-43 View citations (6)
97. Specification Search and Levels of Significance in Econometric Models
    Eastern Economic Journal, 1999, 25, (3), 289-300 View citations (5)
98. Veterans Interests and the Transition to Government Growth: 1870-1915
    Public Choice, 1999, 99, (3-4), 311-26 View citations (8)

1998

99. Interests Versus Ideology in the Ratification of the 16th and 17th Amendments
    Economics and Politics, 1998, 10, (2), 143-160 View citations (4)
100. Tax Policy From a Public Choice Perspective
     National Tax Journal, 1998, 51, (2), 359-71 View citations (17)
101. The Scope of Government and the Wealth of Nations
     Cato Journal, 1998, 18, (2), 163-190 View citations (45)

1996

102. Measuring the Growth and Variability of Tax Bases Over the Business Cycle
     National Tax Journal, 1996, 49, (4), 535-52 View citations (50)
103. The Growth of the Federal Government in the 1920s
     Cato Journal, 1996, 16, (2), 175-199 View citations (7)
104. The Stability of International Coalitions in United Nations Voting from 1946 to 1973
     Public Choice, 1996, 86, (1-2), 17-34 View citations (4)
105. Vibert's vision: Constitutional theory in search of a constitution
     Constitutional Political Economy, 1996, 7, (4), 281-291 View citations (2)

1995

106. Empirical Evidence on the Publicness of State Legislative Activities
     Public Choice, 1995, 83, (1-2), 47-58 View citations (12)
107. Politics and Deficit Finance
     Public Finance Review, 1995, 23, (4), 448-466 View citations (9)

1994

108. Is Revenue-Neutral Tax Reform Revenue Neutral?
     Public Finance Review, 1994, 22, (1), 65-85

1993

109. Are There Ratchets in the Growth of Federal Government Spending?
     Public Finance Review, 1993, 21, (1), 33-47 View citations (11)
110. The Regulation of Lobbyists
     Public Choice, 1993, 77, (2), 377-84 View citations (6)

1991

111. Barriers to Entry and Political Competition
     Journal of Theoretical Politics, 1991, 3, (2), 231-240 View citations (1)
112. Committees in Legislatures: A Property Rights Perspective
     Public Choice, 1991, 70, (1), 11-20 View citations (5)
113. Constitutions as constraints: A case study of three american constitutions
     Constitutional Political Economy, 1991, 2, (3), 303-328 View citations (18)
114. Reviews
     Constitutional Political Economy, 1991, 2, (1), 127-137

1990

115. Book Review: Explorations into Constitutional Economics
     Cato Journal, 1990, 9, (3), 743-746
116. Growth Management in Florida: Lessons for the National Economy
     Cato Journal, 1990, 10, (1), 109-125 View citations (2)

1989

117. A note on seniority and political competition
     Public Choice, 1989, 61, (3), 285-288 View citations (6)
118. Book review
     Public Choice, 1989, 63, (3), 299-300
119. Book reviews
     Public Choice, 1989, 62, (1), 93-100
120. Government By Contract
     Public Finance Review, 1989, 17, (3), 264-280 View citations (8)
121. Non-optimal unanimous agreement under majority rule: Reply
     Public Choice, 1989, 62, (1), 89-92
122. Reviews
     Public Choice, 1989, 60, (2), 193-199 View citations (1)
123. The median voter model in public choice theory
     Public Choice, 1989, 61, (2), 115-125 View citations (51)

1988

124. HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTION AND LABOUR SUPPLY
     International Journal of Manpower, 1988, 9, (3), 7-9

1986

125. Non-optimal unanimous agreement
     Public Choice, 1986, 48, (3), 229-244 View citations (3)
126. Review
     Public Choice, 1986, 49, (1), 99-100

1985

127. Tax shares and government spending in a median voter model
     Public Choice, 1985, 46, (2), 197-205 View citations (4)

1984

128. The Return To the Federal Government From Investment in Higher Education
     Public Finance Review, 1984, 12, (3), 365-371 View citations (4)

1983

129. Applied Fairness Theory: Comment
     American Economic Review, 1983, 73, (5), 1153-56 View citations (7)
130. On the distribution of federal taxes and expenditures, and the new war between the states
     Public Choice, 1983, 40, (2), 165-174 View citations (2)

1982

131. THE NATIONAL DEBT CONTROVERSY: A REPLY
     Kyklos, 1982, 35, (4), 713-718 View citations (1)

1981

132. Corrective Taxes and Auctions of Rights in the Control of Externalities: A Reply
     Public Finance Review, 1981, 9, (4), 479-484 View citations (1)
133. Rational choice and the taxation of sin: Reply
     Journal of Public Economics, 1981, 16, (2), 261-263
134. THE NATIONAL DEBT CONTROVERSY
     Kyklos, 1981, 34, (2), 186-202 View citations (1)
135. The contractual alternative to patents
     International Review of Law and Economics, 1981, 1, (2), 227-231

1980

136. An Empirical Test of the Median Voter Model
     Economic Inquiry, 1980, 18, (2), 260-74 View citations (25)
137. Contractarian model of the decline in classical liberalism
     Public Choice, 1980, 35, (3), 277-286 View citations (4)
138. Corrective Taxes and Auctions of Rights in the Control of Externalities
     Public Finance Review, 1980, 8, (3), 345-349 View citations (3)
139. Tax Referenda and the Voluntary Exchange Model of Taxation: a Suggested Implementation
     Public Finance Review, 1980, 8, (1), 107-114 View citations (1)

1978

140. Optimality and the institutional structure of bureaucracy
     Public Choice, 1978, 33, (1), 55-59 View citations (3)

1977

141. Rational choice and the taxation of sin
     Journal of Public Economics, 1977, 8, (2), 239-245 View citations (4)
142. The appeal of minimum wage laws: A dynamic analysis
     Public Choice, 1977, 29, (1), 139-141

Books

2023

1. Following Their Leaders
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press
   Also in Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press (2023)

2020

2. Coordination, Cooperation, and Control
   Springer Books, Springer View citations (2)

2018

3. Political Capitalism
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press
   Also in Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press (2018)
   See also Journal Article Political Capitalism, Cato Journal, Cato Journal, Cato Institute (2015) View citations (13) (2015)

2014

4. Advanced Introduction to the Austrian School of Economics
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (6)

1994

5. The Economic Foundations of Government
   Palgrave Macmillan Books, Palgrave Macmillan View citations (34)

Undated

6. Advanced Introduction to Public Choice
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (2)

Chapters

2024

1. Engineering Is Not Entrepreneurship
   Springer

2021

2. Income Tax Evasion Prior to Withholding
   Springer

2015

3. Unanimous consent and constitutional economics
   Chapter 3 in Handbook of Social Choice and Voting, 2015, pp 35-53 View citations (1)

2014

4. Improving Spontaneous Orders
   Palgrave Macmillan
5. The rise and fall of growth management in Florida
   Chapter 11 in Cities and Private Planning, 2014, pp 232-247

2013

6. Federal systems
   Chapter 11 in The Elgar Companion to Public Choice, Second Edition, 2013, pp 179-194
7. Institutions and Constitutions: The Economic World of James M. Buchanan
   Springer

2012

8. The Rise and Fall of Agglomeration Economies
   A chapter in The Spatial Market Process, 2012, pp 211-232

2011

9. Consent or Coercion? A Critical Analysis of the Constitutional Contract
   Springer View citations (1)
10. Cultivating Creativity: Market Creation of Agglomeration Economies
    Chapter 19 in Handbook of Creative Cities, 2011

2003

11. INFORMATION, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, AND ECONOMIC PROGRESS
    A chapter in Austrian Economics and Entrepreneurial Studies, 2003, pp 173-195 View citations (1)

2001

12. Public choice and economic growth
    Chapter 29 in The Elgar Companion to Public Choice, 2001 View citations (2)
13. Public choice and public choice
    Chapter 19 in The Elgar Companion to Public Choice, 2001

1994

14. A Model of Rights and Government
    Palgrave Macmillan
15. Competition in Politics
    Palgrave Macmillan
16. Conclusion
    Palgrave Macmillan
17. Constitutional Evolution
    Palgrave Macmillan
18. Government as Monopolist
    Palgrave Macmillan
19. Governments and Constitutions
    Palgrave Macmillan
20. Institutions and Exchange
    Palgrave Macmillan
21. Introduction
    Palgrave Macmillan
22. Political Ethics and Public Policy
    Palgrave Macmillan
23. Positive and Normative Theories of Government
    Palgrave Macmillan
24. The Concept of Agreement
    Palgrave Macmillan
25. The Distinction between Clubs and Governments
    Palgrave Macmillan View citations (5)
26. The Economic Theory of Rights
    Palgrave Macmillan View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article The economic theory of rights, Cambridge University Press (2014) View citations (5) (2014)

Editor

1. Studies in Public Choice
   Springer