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Working Papers

2015

1. Creating the Environment for Entrepreneurship through Economic Freedom
   Working Papers, Department of Economics, West Virginia University

Journal Articles

2025

1. Do profitable wagering strategies indicate an inefficient market? An investigation into simple wagering strategies in Major League Baseball moneyline markets
   Applied Economics, 2025, 57, (34), 5096-5102

2024

2. Economic freedom and growth, income, investment, and inequality: A quantitative summary of the literature
   Southern Economic Journal, 2024, 90, (4), 1099-1135 View citations (1)

2023

3. Economic freedom and one‐way truck rental prices: An empirical note
   American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 2023, 82, (4), 313-318

2021

4. Who gains from economic freedom? A panel analysis on decile income levels
   Economics and Business Letters, 2021, 10, (2), 102-106 View citations (5)

2020

5. THE DETERMINANTS OF ECONOMIC FREEDOM: A SURVEY
   Contemporary Economic Policy, 2020, 38, (4), 622-642 View citations (36)

2019

6. Taxation in the Liberal Tradition
   The Review of Austrian Economics, 2019, 32, (2), 131-137 View citations (1)
7. You say you want a (Rose) Revolution? The effects of Georgia's 2004 market reforms
   The Economics of Transition, 2019, 27, (1), 301-323 View citations (13)

2018

8. Economic freedom and growth specification debate: a retrospective
   Applied Economics Letters, 2018, 25, (15), 1038-1040 View citations (1)
9. Is human trafficking the dark side of economic freedom?
   Defence and Peace Economics, 2018, 29, (4), 355-382 View citations (6)

2017

10. Branko Milanovic: Global inequality: a new approach for the age of globalization
    Public Choice, 2017, 170, (1), 175-176

2016

11. Can two observations confirm a theory? A comment on Max U versus Humanomics
    Journal of Institutional Economics, 2016, 12, (1), 49-51
12. Do travel visa requirements impede tourist travel?
    Journal of Economics and Finance, 2016, 40, (4), 817-828 View citations (13)
13. Does antitrust policy promote competition?
    Applied Economics Letters, 2016, 23, (14), 1034-1036

2015

14. Does immigration impact institutions?
    Public Choice, 2015, 163, (3), 321-335 View citations (47)

2014

15. Capitalism and labor shares: A cross-country panel study
    European Journal of Political Economy, 2014, 33, (C), 20-36 View citations (24)
16. Clusters of economic freedom
    Applied Economics Letters, 2014, 21, (15), 1070-1074 View citations (5)
17. ECONOMIC FREEDOM OF THE WORLD: AN ACCOUNTING OF THE LITERATURE
    Contemporary Economic Policy, 2014, 32, (1), 1-19 View citations (248)

2013

18. Alchian and Allen Revisited: Law Enforcement and the Price of Weed
    Atlantic Economic Journal, 2013, 41, (4), 363-370 View citations (2)

2012

19. Bo Rothstein: The quality of government: corruption, social trust, and inequality in international perspective
    Public Choice, 2012, 150, (3), 793-795
20. Travel visas
    Public Choice, 2012, 153, (1), 17-36 View citations (2)

2011

21. Economic Freedom and Happiness
    Cato Journal, 2011, 31, (2), 237-255 View citations (37)
22. Estimating the size of the trade sector in the Economic Freedom of the World index
    Economics Bulletin, 2011, 31, (1), 466-472 View citations (3)
23. The European Union and Economic Freedom
    Global Economy Journal, 2011, 11, (3), 16 View citations (7)

2010

24. Economic Freedom and Beauty Pageant Success in the World
    Journal des Economistes et des Etudes Humaines, 2010, 16, (1), 17 View citations (18)
25. Economic freedom and sovereign credit ratings and default risk
    Journal of Financial Economic Policy, 2010, 2, (2), 149-162 View citations (13)
26. Examining the Hayek-Friedman hypothesis on economic and political freedom
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2010, 74, (3), 230-239 View citations (47)
27. Human Rights and Economic Liberalization
    Business and Politics, 2010, 12, (2), 1-18 View citations (12)
    Also in Business and Politics, 2010, 12, (2), 1-20 (2010) View citations (13)
28. Objectivism versus subjectivism: A market test
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2010, 76, (2), 445-448

2009

29. Economic Freedom and Peace
    Atlantic Economic Journal, 2009, 37, (4), 445-446 View citations (33)

2008

30. From Abba to Zeppelin, Led: Using Music to Teach Economics
    The Journal of Economic Education, 2008, 39, (1), 107-107 View citations (37)
31. Theory and evidence on economic freedom and economic growth: A comment
    Economics Bulletin, 2008, 15, (18), 1-6 View citations (2)
32. Vend It Like Beckham: David Beckham's Effect on MLS Ticket Sales
    International Journal of Sport Finance, 2008, 3, (4), 189-195

2007

33. Do Gas Stations Raise Prices on the Weekend or Holidays?
    Atlantic Economic Journal, 2007, 35, (1), 119-120 View citations (4)
34. Why I, Too, Am Not a Conservative: The Normative Vision of Classical Liberalism
    Public Choice, 2007, 131, (1), 249-251

2006

35. Testing the Alchian-Allen Theorem: A Study of Consumer Behavior in the Gasoline Market
    Economics Bulletin, 2006, 4, (35), 1-6 View citations (10)

2005

36. Easiness, Attractiveness, and Faculty Evaluations: Evidence from RateMyProfessors.com
    Atlantic Economic Journal, 2005, 33, (4), 485-486 View citations (1)

2004

37. Economic Freedom, Institutional Quality,and Cross-Country Differences in Income and Growth
    Cato Journal, 2004, 24, (3), 205-233 View citations (103)
38. Labor Market Flexibility: An Index Approach to Cross-Country Comparisons
    Journal of Labor Research, 2004, 25, (1), 117-126 View citations (16)

2003

39. The concept and measurement of economic freedom
    European Journal of Political Economy, 2003, 19, (3), 405-430 View citations (171)
40. What have we learned from the measurement of economic freedom?
    Proceedings, 2003, (Oct), 217-238 View citations (5)

1999

41. Economic Freedom and the Environment for Economic Growth
    Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), 1999, 155, (4), 643- View citations (198)

1998

42. The Scope of Government and the Wealth of Nations
    Cato Journal, 1998, 18, (2), 163-190 View citations (46)

1995

43. The Thrill of Victory, the Agony of Defeat
    Public Choice, 1995, 83, (3-4), 305-12 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)

2008

2. On the Methodology of the Economic Freedom of the World Index
   Palgrave Macmillan View citations (15)
3. Promotion, turnover and preemptive wage offers
   Chapter 1 in Labor Economics From A Free Market Perspective Employing the Unemployable, 2008, pp 3-8