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Working Papers

2010

  1. Political Regimes, Institutions and the Nature of Tax Systems
    International Center for Public Policy Working Paper Series, at AYSPS, GSU, International Center for Public Policy, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University Downloads View citations (4)
    See also Chapter Political Regimes, Institutions, and the Nature of Tax Systems, Chapters, Edward Elgar Publishing (2011) Downloads (2011)

2006

  1. Individual Teacher Incentives And Student Performance
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Individual teacher incentives and student performance, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2007) Downloads View citations (48) (2007)

2001

  1. Tax Systems in the World - An Empirical Investigation into the Importance of Tax Bases, Collection Costs, and Political Regime
    Carleton Economic Papers, Carleton University, Department of Economics Downloads View citations (12)

1989

  1. VOTING LAWS, EDUCATIONAL POLICIES AND MINORITY TURNOUT
    Working Papers, Florida - College of Business Administration View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Voting Laws, Educational Policies, and Minority Turnout, Journal of Law and Economics, University of Chicago Press (1991) Downloads View citations (25) (1991)

1978

  1. Explaining Movements in Completed Fertility Across Cohorts
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads
  2. Male Wage Rates and Marital Status
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (1)

Journal Articles

2014

  1. Explaining variation in the competitiveness of U.S. Senate elections, 1922–2004
    Public Choice, 2014, 161, (3), 471-497 Downloads View citations (4)

2013

  1. State teacher union strength and student achievement
    Economics of Education Review, 2013, 35, (C), 93-103 Downloads View citations (10)

2011

  1. The role of income in the formation of new cities
    Public Choice, 2011, 149, (1), 75-88 Downloads View citations (6)

2009

  1. Public sector performance measurement and stakeholder support
    Journal of Public Economics, 2009, 93, (9-10), 1069-1077 Downloads View citations (13)

2008

  1. Does restricting choice in referenda enable governments to spend more?
    Public Choice, 2008, 136, (1), 87-101 Downloads View citations (7)
  2. The Influence of the Elderly on School Spending in a Median Voter Framework
    Education Finance and Policy, 2008, 3, (3), 283-315 Downloads View citations (24)

2007

  1. Evidence on voter preferences from unrestricted choice referendums
    Public Choice, 2007, 131, (1), 197-215 Downloads View citations (8)
  2. Explaining when developing countries liberalize their financial equity markets
    Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 2007, 17, (4), 387-402 Downloads View citations (8)
  3. Explanations for States Adopting Limits on Educational Spending
    Public Finance Review, 2007, 35, (5), 586-605 Downloads View citations (3)
  4. Individual teacher incentives and student performance
    Journal of Public Economics, 2007, 91, (5-6), 901-914 Downloads View citations (48)
    See also Working Paper Individual Teacher Incentives And Student Performance, NBER Working Papers (2006) Downloads View citations (3) (2006)

2006

  1. Tax Systems in the World: An Empirical Investigation into the Importance of Tax Bases, Administration Costs, Scale and Political Regime
    International Tax and Public Finance, 2006, 13, (2), 181-215 Downloads View citations (114)

2005

  1. Evidence on the importance of spatial voting models in presidential nominations and elections
    Public Choice, 2005, 123, (3), 439-462 Downloads View citations (9)
  2. The public choice of educational choice
    Public Choice, 2005, 124, (1), 205-222 Downloads View citations (2)

2004

  1. Political economy of the inequality in school spending
    Journal of Urban Economics, 2004, 55, (2), 338-349 Downloads View citations (8)

2002

  1. The Legacy of Serrano: The Impact of Mandated Equal Spending on Private School Enrollment
    Southern Economic Journal, 2002, 68, (3), 566-583 Downloads

2000

  1. Evidence on the Impact of State Government on Primary and Secondary Education and the Equity-Efficiency Trade-Off
    Journal of Law and Economics, 2000, 43, (1), 285-308 Downloads View citations (17)

1999

  1. Did Women's Suffrage Change the Size and Scope of Government?
    Journal of Political Economy, 1999, 107, (6), 1163-1198 Downloads View citations (266)
  2. The ineffectiveness of school inputs: a product of misspecification?
    Economics of Education Review, 1999, 19, (1), 27-45 Downloads View citations (17)

1997

  1. The Effect of the Expansion of the Voting Franchise on the Size of Government
    Journal of Political Economy, 1997, 105, (1), 54-82 Downloads View citations (177)
  2. The Role of Tax Bases and Collections Costs in the Determination of Income Tax Rates, Seigniorage and Inflation
    Public Choice, 1997, 92, (1-2), 75-90 Downloads View citations (5)

1996

  1. A Comparison of Costs in Privately Owned and Publicly Owned Electric Utilities: The Role of Scale
    Land Economics, 1996, 72, (1), 56-65 Downloads View citations (9)
  2. Evidence on Electoral Accountability in the U.S. Senate: Are Unfaithful Agents Really Punished?
    Economic Inquiry, 1996, 34, (3), 545-67 View citations (11)

1995

  1. Constituent Errors in Assessing Their Senators
    Public Choice, 1995, 83, (3-4), 251-71 View citations (5)

1994

  1. An explanation for why senators from the same state vote differently so frequently
    Journal of Public Economics, 1994, 54, (1), 65-96 Downloads View citations (19)
  2. The Decline in the Number of School Districts in the U.S.: 1950-1980
    Public Choice, 1994, 79, (1-2), 1-18 View citations (11)

1991

  1. Cross-Country Estimates of the Demand for Money and Its Components
    Economic Inquiry, 1991, 29, (4), 696-705 View citations (4)
  2. Voting Laws, Educational Policies, and Minority Turnout
    Journal of Law and Economics, 1991, 34, (2), 371-93 Downloads View citations (25)
    See also Working Paper VOTING LAWS, EDUCATIONAL POLICIES AND MINORITY TURNOUT, Working Papers (1989) View citations (4) (1989)

1990

  1. SELF‐INTEREST AND THE SENATE VOTE ON DIRECT ELECTIONS*
    Economics and Politics, 1990, 2, (3), 291-302 Downloads

1989

  1. The retention of state governors
    Public Choice, 1989, 62, (1), 1-13 Downloads View citations (13)

1986

  1. Optimal Tenure of Elected Public Officials
    Journal of Law and Economics, 1986, 29, (2), 303-28 Downloads View citations (17)

1983

  1. Evaluating Implicit Prices of Intermediate Products
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1983, 65, (3), 592-595 Downloads View citations (5)
  2. The Accumulation of Human Capital during Marriage by Males
    Economic Inquiry, 1983, 21, (2), 223-31 View citations (45)

1982

  1. A Model of Optimal Plant Size with an Application to the Demand for Cognitive Achievement and for School Size
    Economic Inquiry, 1982, 20, (2), 240-54 View citations (4)
  2. Economies of scale in schooling
    Economics of Education Review, 1982, 2, (1), 1-24 Downloads View citations (23)

1980

  1. Compensating differentials in teachers' salaries
    Journal of Urban Economics, 1980, 7, (2), 198-207 Downloads View citations (19)
  2. Voter Reaction to City-County Consolidation Referenda
    Journal of Law and Economics, 1980, 23, (1), 179-90 Downloads View citations (20)
  3. Voter turnout and the benefits of voting
    Public Choice, 1980, 35, (5), 575-585 Downloads View citations (19)

1979

  1. Returns to College Education: An Investigation of Self-Selection Bias Based on the Project Talent Data
    International Economic Review, 1979, 20, (3), 775-89 Downloads View citations (42)

1978

  1. The collective allocation of commodities in a democratic society: a generalization
    Public Choice, 1978, 33, (2), 117-120 Downloads View citations (21)

Chapters

2013

  1. Public choice and public education
    Chapter 23 in The Elgar Companion to Public Choice, Second Edition, 2013, pp 382-399 Downloads

2011

  1. Political Regimes, Institutions, and the Nature of Tax Systems
    Chapter 11 in The Elgar Guide to Tax Systems, 2011 Downloads
    See also Working Paper Political Regimes, Institutions and the Nature of Tax Systems, International Center for Public Policy, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University (2010) Downloads View citations (4) (2010)
 
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