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Working Papers

2014

1. On the Importance of Inequality in Politics: Duplicate Bills and Bill Co-sponsorship in the U.S. House of Representatives
   Auburn Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Auburn University

2011

2. Does Bill Co-sponsorship Affect Campaign Contributions?: Evidence from the U.S. House of Representatives, 2000-2008
   Auburn Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Auburn University View citations (2)
3. Impacts of Population and Income Growth Rates on Threatened Mammals and Birds
   2011 Conference (55th), February 8-11, 2011, Melbourne, Australia, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society

2010

4. Tree Shade and Energy Savings: An Empirical Study
   2010 Conference (54th), February 10-12, 2010, Adelaide, Australia, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society

2008

5. The Impact of College Athletics on Employment in the Restaurant and Accommodations Industries
   Working Papers, International Association of Sports Economists View citations (3)

1999

6. Are economists more selfish than other `social' scientists?
   Artefactual Field Experiments, The Field Experiments Website View citations (20)
   See also Journal Article Are Economists More Selfish Than Other 'Social' Scientists?, Public Choice, Springer (1999) View citations (29) (1999)

Journal Articles

2013

1. On the Use and Abuse of Economics Journal Rankings
   Economic Journal, 2013, F223-F254 View citations (46)
2. Using and Interpreting Journal Rankings: Introduction
   Economic Journal, 2013, F199-F201 View citations (4)

2012

3. Who Are the Giants on Whose Shoulders We Stand?
   Kyklos, 2012, 65, (2), 236-244 View citations (5)

2011

4. Macroeconomic conditions in the U.S. and congressional voting on environmental policy: 1970-2008
   Ecological Economics, 2011, 70, (6), 1109-1120 View citations (3)

2010

5. Energy savings from tree shade
   Ecological Economics, 2010, 69, (6), 1324-1329 View citations (20)

2009

6. An empirical analysis of bill co-sponsorship in the U.S. Senate: The Tree Act of 2007
   Forest Policy and Economics, 2009, 11, (4), 260-265 View citations (4)
7. INDIVIDUAL SPECIES‐STATE ANALYSIS OF NATURESERVE’S “AT‐RISK” CATEGORIES: HUNTING AND FISHING’S ROLE
   Contemporary Economic Policy, 2009, 27, (3), 390-401
8. Patriotism, pigskins, and politics: an empirical examination of expressive behavior and voting
   Public Choice, 2009, 138, (1), 97-108 View citations (10)
9. The Impact of Intercollegiate Athletics on Employment in the Restaurant and Accommodations Industries
   Journal of Sports Economics, 2009, 10, (4), 351-368 View citations (7)

2008

10. The impact of forest service litigation success on administrative appeals of proposed fuels reduction actions
    Forest Policy and Economics, 2008, 10, (7-8), 444-449

2007

11. General and specific spatial autocorrelation: Insights from country-level analysis of species imperilment
    Ecological Economics, 2007, 61, (1), 75-80 View citations (6)
12. Spatial autocorrelation in country-level models of species imperilment
    Ecological Economics, 2007, 60, (3), 526-532 View citations (5)

2006

13. Alphabetized coauthorship
    Applied Economics, 2006, 38, (14), 1649-1653 View citations (16)

2005

14. From Senators to the President: Solve the lumber problem or else
    Public Choice, 2005, 123, (3), 393-410 View citations (4)
15. Higher Education Costs and the Production of Extension
    Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 2005, 37, (01), 8
16. Signaling goodness: Social rules and public choice
    Public Choice, 2005, 125, (1), 243-245
17. The tragedy of the political commons: Evidence from U.S. Senate roll call votes on environmental legislation
    Public Choice, 2005, 124, (3), 353-364 View citations (4)

2004

18. A Public Choice Analysis of Endangered Species Listings
    Public Choice, 2004, 121, (3), 263-277 View citations (9)
19. Dry Holes in Economic Research: Reply
    Kyklos, 2004, 57, (4), 627-628 View citations (1)
20. The Impact of Trademarks and Advertisement Size on Yellow Page Call Rates
    Journal of Advertising Research, 2004, 44, (1), 119-125
21. The quality assurance role of seller financing: evidence from second mortgages
    Journal of Housing Economics, 2004, 13, (3), 208-225

2003

22. Dry Holes in Economic Research
    Kyklos, 2003, 56, (2), 161-173 View citations (49)
23. Good colleagues
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2003, 52, (4), 505-512 View citations (8)
24. Monarchy, Monopoly and Mercantilism: Brazil versus the United States in the 1800s
    Public Choice, 2003, 116, (3-4), 381-98 View citations (3)
25. The Pricing of Economics Books
    The Journal of Economic Education, 2003, 34, (4), 360-368 View citations (4)

2002

26. Contribution, attribution and the allocation of intellectual property rights: economics versus agricultural economics
    Labour Economics, 2002, 9, (1), 125-131 View citations (17)
27. Expressiveness and Voting
    Public Choice, 2002, 110, (3-4), 351-63 View citations (43)
28. Investing for Sustainability: The Management of Mineral Wealth, by Hannesson, R. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2001, ix+109 pp., $66.50 (cloth)
    Managerial and Decision Economics, 2002, 23, (1), 47-48
29. On 'Home Grown-Ness' in Politics: Evidence from the 1998 Election For Alabama's Third Congressional District
    Public Choice, 2002, 112, (1-2), 143-50

2000

30. Intellectual Collaboration
    Journal of Political Economy, 2000, 108, (3), 632-661 View citations (194)
31. Rebates, Inventories, and Intertemporal Price Discrimination
    Economic Inquiry, 2000, 38, (4), 570-78 View citations (16)
32. Regulation, Market Power, and Labor Earnings: Evidence from the Cable Television Industry
    Journal of Labor Research, 2000, 21, (4), 669-675 View citations (3)
33. The Impact of Unfunded Environmental Mandates When Environmental Quality and Timber are Produced Jointly
    European Journal of Law and Economics, 2000, 10, (3), 199-216 View citations (1)

1999

34. Are Economists More Selfish Than Other 'Social' Scientists?
    Public Choice, 1999, 100, (1-2), 85-101 View citations (29)
    See also Working Paper Are economists more selfish than other `social' scientists?, Artefactual Field Experiments (1999) View citations (20) (1999)
35. The impact of having a mentor on earnings and promotion: evidence from a panel study of lawyers
    Applied Economics Letters, 1999, 6, (12), 785-787 View citations (7)
36. Within-group homogeneity and exit in religious clubs
    Applied Economics Letters, 1999, 6, (12), 805-808 View citations (3)

1998

37. The Effects of Sexual Harassment on Job Satisfaction, Earnings, and Turnover among Female Lawyers
    ILR Review, 1998, 51, (4), 594-607 View citations (37)

1996

38. The American Economic Association Dues Structure
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1996, 10, (4), 179-186 View citations (4)

1995

39. Does Who Teaches Principles of Economics Matter?
    American Economic Review, 1995, 85, (2), 335-38 View citations (9)
40. Team production in economics: division of labor or mentoring?
    Labour Economics, 1995, 2, (1), 33-40 View citations (12)

1994

41. A Theory of Credit Bureaus
    Public Choice, 1994, 80, (3-4), 275-91 View citations (3)
42. Favoritism versus Search for Good Papers: Empirical Evidence Regarding the Behavior of Journal Editors
    Journal of Political Economy, 1994, 102, (1), 194-203 View citations (162)
43. National Science Foundation Grants for Economics: Correspondence
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1994, 8, (1), 201-03 View citations (1)
44. Rent Seeking and Hidden In-Kind Resource Distortion: Some Empirical Evidence
    Public Choice, 1994, 78, (2), 1717-85 View citations (20)
45. The Relative Impacts of Economics Journals: 1970-1990
    Journal of Economic Literature, 1994, 32, (2), 640-66 View citations (166)

1993

46. Is There Sex Discrimination in the Legal Profession? Further Evidence on Tangible and Intangible Margins
    Journal of Human Resources, 1993, 28, (2), 230-258 View citations (10)

1992

47. Self-Recruitment in the Legal Profession
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1992, 10, (2), 182-201 View citations (46)
48. The Impact of Bad Writing in Economics
    Economic Inquiry, 1992, 30, (4), 673-88 View citations (8)

1991

49. An Objective Measure of Search versus Experience Goods
    Economic Inquiry, 1991, 29, (3), 497-509 View citations (11)

1990

50. Economists and the Economy
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1990, 72, (4), 707-11 View citations (2)
51. Entrepreneurial Success and Occupational Inheritance among Proprietors
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1990, 23, (3), 563-79 View citations (167)

1989

52. Why So Many Children of Doctors Become Doctors: Nepotism vs. Human Capital Transfers
    Journal of Human Resources, 1989, 24, (3), 396-413 View citations (72)

1988

53. The social cost of rent-seeking: First estimates
    Public Choice, 1988, 58, (3), 269-275 View citations (39)
54. Transactions costs and production in a legislative setting
    Public Choice, 1988, 57, (2), 183-186 View citations (1)

1987

55. A Qualitative Test of Journal Discrimination against Women
    Eastern Economic Journal, 1987, 13, (2), 149-153 View citations (7)

1986

56. Advertising as Information: An Empirical Note
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1986, 68, (3), 517-21 View citations (13)
57. Article Popularity
    Economic Inquiry, 1986, 24, (1), 173-80 View citations (18)
58. Congressional junketeering: Public sector X-inefficiency
    Journal of Economics and Business, 1986, 38, (2), 131-140 View citations (1)
59. Stoplight sales and sidewalk solicitations: Some simple economics of forced consumption
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1986, 7, (4), 403-414
60. The private interest in public redistribution: A public choice view of the geographic distribution of federal funds
    Public Choice, 1986, 49, (2), 117-125

1985

61. A Note on Imperfections in the Distribution of Economic Knowledge
    Eastern Economic Journal, 1985, 11, (2), 161-166
62. A Ranking of the Top Canadian Economics Departments by Research Productivity of Graduates
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1985, 18, (4), 904-07 View citations (3)
63. Favorite Sons: Intergenerational Wealth Transfers among Politicians
    Economic Inquiry, 1985, 23, (3), 395-414 View citations (12)
64. Federal budget cuts: Rejoinder
    Public Choice, 1985, 45, (2), 221-222
65. Revealed preference for economics journals: Citations as dollar votes
    Public Choice, 1985, 46, (3), 317-324 View citations (15)
66. Toward an economic theory of voluntary resignation by dictators
    International Review of Law and Economics, 1985, 5, (2), 199-207

1984

67. Is there a relationship between economic conditions and political structure?
    Public Choice, 1984, 42, (1), 25-37 View citations (4)

1983

68. Federal budget cuts: Bureaucrats trim the meat, not the fat
    Public Choice, 1983, 41, (2), 311-314 View citations (2)

1981

69. Reviews
    Public Choice, 1981, 37, (2), 377-388 View citations (2)