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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 View citations (4)
   See also Chapter Political Regimes, Institutions, and the Nature of Tax Systems, Chapters, Edward Elgar Publishing (2011) (2011)

2006

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

2001

3. 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 View citations (12)

1989

4. 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) View citations (25) (1991)

1978

5. Explaining Movements in Completed Fertility Across Cohorts
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
6. Male Wage Rates and Marital Status
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc 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 View citations (4)

2013

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

2011

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

2009

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

2008

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

2007

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

2006

11. 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 View citations (115)

2005

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

2004

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

2002

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

2000

16. 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 View citations (17)

1999

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

1997

19. The Effect of the Expansion of the Voting Franchise on the Size of Government
    Journal of Political Economy, 1997, 105, (1), 54-82 View citations (177)
20. 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 View citations (5)

1996

21. A Comparison of Costs in Privately Owned and Publicly Owned Electric Utilities: The Role of Scale
    Land Economics, 1996, 72, (1), 56-65 View citations (9)
22. 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

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

1994

24. An explanation for why senators from the same state vote differently so frequently
    Journal of Public Economics, 1994, 54, (1), 65-96 View citations (19)
25. 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

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

1990

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

1989

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

1986

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

1983

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

1982

33. 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)
34. Economies of scale in schooling
    Economics of Education Review, 1982, 2, (1), 1-24 View citations (23)

1980

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

1979

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

1978

39. The collective allocation of commodities in a democratic society: a generalization
    Public Choice, 1978, 33, (2), 117-120 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

2011

2. Political Regimes, Institutions, and the Nature of Tax Systems
   Chapter 11 in The Elgar Guide to Tax Systems, 2011
   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) View citations (4) (2010)