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Working Papers

2013

1. Small Homes, Public Schools, and Property Tax Capitalization
   Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies View citations (20)
   See also Journal Article Small homes, public schools, and property tax capitalization, Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier (2013) View citations (13) (2013)

2006

2. Job Vacancy Chains and Local Employment Creation; the Case of Supply-Side Restrictions
   ERSA conference papers, European Regional Science Association

2002

3. Job vacancy chains in metropolitan labor markets
   ERSA conference papers, European Regional Science Association View citations (2)

1996

4. Central city and suburban development: who pays and who benefits?
   Assessing the Midwest Economy, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago View citations (7)

Journal Articles

2020

1. Heterogeneity of birth‐state effects on internal migration
   Journal of Regional Science, 2020, 60, (3), 517-537 View citations (1)
2. John Stuart Mill, Virtues and the Laboring Classes, with Notes on McCloskey
   Journal of Contextual Economics (JCE) – Schmollers Jahrbuch, 2020, 140, (3-4), 341-354
3. Mill's Socialism Re-examined
   Utilitas, 2020, 32, (2), 165-180

2019

4. The geography of family differences and intergenerational mobility
   Journal of Economic Geography, 2019, 19, (3), 589-618 View citations (10)
5. Von Thünen’s Political Economy of Justice
   Review of Political Economy, 2019, 31, (3), 430-444

2018

6. Say’s Law, Marxian Crisis Theory and the Interconnectedness of the Capitalist Economy
   Review of Political Economy, 2018, 30, (3), 269-283
7. The Growth of Local Education Transfers
   Public Finance Review, 2018, 46, (6), 1002-1023 View citations (1)

2017

8. Producer co-operatives in nineteenth-century British economic thought
   The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 2017, 24, (2), 319-340

2015

9. AMERICAN POLITICAL ECONOMY AND THE COMMON SCHOOL MOVEMENT: 1820–1850
   Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 2015, 37, (2), 247-262
10. Demographic changes and education expenditures: A reinterpretation
    Economics of Education Review, 2015, 45, (C), 103-108 View citations (4)

2014

11. Charles R. Geisst, Beggar Thy Neighbor: A History of Usury and Debt (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2013), pp. 400, $49.95. ISBN 978-0-8122-4462-5
    Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 2014, 36, (4), 512-514
12. Employment impact of sugar-sweetened beverage taxes
    American Journal of Public Health, 2014, 104, (4), 672-677 View citations (15)

2013

13. Costs and benefits of employment transportation for low-wage workers: An assessment of job access public transportation services
    Evaluation and Program Planning, 2013, 37, (C), 31-42 View citations (6)
14. Small homes, public schools, and property tax capitalization
    Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2013, 43, (2), 422-428 View citations (13)
    See also Working Paper Small Homes, Public Schools, and Property Tax Capitalization, Working Papers (2013) View citations (20) (2013)
15. Utilitarianism and Luck
    History of Political Economy, 2013, 45, (2), 287-309 View citations (1)

2012

16. A Permanent Jobs Program for the U.S.: Economic Restructuring to Meet Human Needs
    The Review of Black Political Economy, 2012, 39, (1), 29-41 View citations (3)
17. Estimating Local Redistribution Through Property-Tax-Funded Public School Systems
    National Tax Journal, 2012, 65, (3), 629-51 View citations (6)
18. Focus Issue
    Economic Development Quarterly, 2012, 26, (4), 283-284
19. The Impact of an Urban WalMart Store on Area Businesses
    Economic Development Quarterly, 2012, 26, (4), 321-333 View citations (8)

2011

20. Comptes rendus|Reviews Gerald A. Cohen, Why not Socialism? Princeton University Press, 2009
    OEconomia, 2011, 2011, (01), 145-148
21. Gender and Job Chains in Local Economic Development
    Economic Development Quarterly, 2011, 25, (2), 172-181

2010

22. Do State Minimum Wage Laws Reduce Employment? Mixed Messages from Fast Food Outlets in Illinois and Indiana
    Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy, 2010, 40, (2), 11 View citations (3)
23. ON THE THINNESS OF THE UTILITARIAN DEFENSE OF PRIVATE PROPERTY
    Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 2010, 32, (1), 63-83 View citations (1)
24. Rawls's Thin (Millean) Defense of Private Property
    Utilitas, 2010, 22, (2), 134-147 View citations (1)

2009

25. Export Orientation and the Limits to Local Sovereignty
    Urban Studies, 2009, 46, (3), 519-536

2008

26. Classical Equality: On the Content of Analytical Egalitarianism
    American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 2008, 67, (3), 455-471
27. Effects of state minimum wage increases on employment, hours, and earnings of low-wage workers in Illinois
    Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy, 2008, 38, (3), 11
28. JOB CHAINS AND WAGE CURVES: WORKER MOBILITY AND MARSHALLIAN SURPLUSES IN EVALUATING REGIONAL EMPLOYMENT GROWTH*
    Journal of Regional Science, 2008, 48, (5), 921-940 View citations (5)
29. Multipliers, Markups, and Mobility Rents: In Defense of ‘Chain Models’ in Urban and Regional Analysis
    Environment and Planning A, 2008, 40, (12), 2933-2947
30. The New Chicago: A Social and Cultural Analysis, edited by John P. Koval, Larry Bennett, Michael I. J. Bennett, Fassil Demissie, Roberta Garner, and Kiljoong Kim
    Journal of Regional Science, 2008, 48, (3), 656-658

2007

31. Do Metropolitan Areas With Rich Central Cities Experience Less Sprawl?
    Economic Development Quarterly, 2007, 21, (2), 179-184
32. Retrospectives: From Usury to Interest
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2007, 21, (1), 227-236 View citations (12)

2006

33. Conceptualizing Inequality and Risk
    Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 2006, 28, (1), 81-93 View citations (1)
34. Restricting access in a job chains model of local employment creation
    The Annals of Regional Science, 2006, 40, (2), 423-435 View citations (4)

2004

35. When Did Equality Become a Noneconomic Objective?
    American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 2004, 63, (4), 921-938 View citations (2)

2003

36. Do federal spending and tax policies build cities or promote sprawl?
    Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2003, 33, (3), 361-378 View citations (3)

2002

37. John Sutton: Marshall's Tendencies: What Can Economists Know? (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2000) pp. 122, $25. ISBN 0 262 19442 2
    Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 2002, 24, (3), 385-387

2001

38. Cost-Benefit Analysis and the Classical Creed
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2001, 15, (4), 199-208 View citations (14)

2000

39. The Neoclassical Advent: American Economics at the Dawn of the 20th Century
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2000, 14, (1), 95-108 View citations (5)

1999

40. Gender and Suburban Wages
    Economic Geography, 1999, 75, (3), 237-253 View citations (7)
41. Marshall's Neo-Classical Labor-Values
    Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 1999, 21, (3), 257-268
42. Robust Voting
    Public Choice, 1999, 99, (3-4), 299-310 View citations (14)
43. When is a Cost Really a Benefit? Local Welfare Effects and Employment Creation in the Evaluation of Economic Development Programs
    Economic Development Quarterly, 1999, 13, (1), 46-54 View citations (8)

1998

44. Retrospectives: Price Indexes and General Exchange Values
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1998, 12, (1), 197-205 View citations (4)
45. Wage Slavery
    History of Political Economy, 1998, 30, (4), 627-651 View citations (1)

1997

46. Retrospectives: Classical Family Values: Ending the Poor Laws as They Knew Them
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1997, 11, (1), 179-189 View citations (5)

1995

47. Rejoinder: Contradictions and Irony in Policy Research
    Economic Development Quarterly, 1995, 9, (4), 327-330
48. The Ethology of Homo Economicus
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1995, 9, (2), 221-231 View citations (66)
49. The Value of Benefits of a Public Street Market: The Case of Maxwell Street
    Economic Development Quarterly, 1995, 9, (4), 304-320 View citations (7)

1994

50. On The Persistent Structure Of Metropolitan Income Inequality, 1900-1980
    The Review of Regional Studies, 1994, 24, (3), 211-227 View citations (3)
51. Rejoinder to Hill and to Bendick and Geiger
    Environment and Planning C, 1994, 12, (4), 494-496
52. Urban Productivity and the Neighborhoods: The Case for a Federal Neighborhood Strategy
    Environment and Planning C, 1994, 12, (4), 473-483 View citations (2)

1993

53. Import Substitution and Local Economic Development
    Economic Development Quarterly, 1993, 7, (1), 18-29 View citations (11)
54. Retrospectives: Consumer Sovereignty
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1993, 7, (1), 183-191 View citations (10)

1992

55. Retrospectives: Pareto's Law
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1992, 6, (2), 181-192 View citations (29)
56. Unequal Exchange and Dependency Theory in George Fitzhugh
    History of Political Economy, 1992, 24, (1), 117-128

1991

57. Retrospectives: Lange and von Mises, Large-Scale Enterprises, and the Economic Case for Socialism
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1991, 5, (4), 229-236 View citations (4)

1990

58. A Dismal Romantic
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1990, 4, (4), 165-72 View citations (6)
59. Retrospectives: Ceteris Paribus
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1990, 4, (2), 187-93 View citations (8)
60. Suburban income inequality: Three theories and a few facts
    Regional Science and Urban Economics, 1990, 20, (1), 125-137 View citations (12)
61. Variability and Location
    Environment and Planning A, 1990, 22, (1), 69-77

1989

62. Adam Smith's Invisible Hands
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1989, 3, (4), 195-201 View citations (7)
63. Black economic thought and the southern economy
    The Review of Black Political Economy, 1989, 17, (4), 27-44

1988

64. The internal organization of complex teams: Bounded rationality and the logic of hierarchies
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1988, 9, (4), 367-380 View citations (1)

1982

65. Regional Convergence and National Inequality
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1982, 64, (1), 161-65 View citations (5)

1981

66. The Dynamics of Fixed Capital Revaluation and Scrapping
    Review of Radical Political Economics, 1981, 13, (2), 32-37 View citations (4)

1979

67. The Simple Analytics of Falling Profit Rates, Okishio's Theorem and Fixed Capital
    Review of Radical Political Economics, 1979, 11, (3), 37-41 View citations (4)

1978

68. On the distributional implications of collective provision of public goods
    Public Choice, 1978, 33, (1), 61-69 View citations (2)

1975

69. On the Empirical Content of CES Production Functions
    The Economic Record, 1975, 51, (4), 539-548
70. REGIONAL CAPITAL GROWTH AND SOME OF THOSE OTHER THINGS WE NEVER TALK ABOUT
    Papers in Regional Science, 1975, 35, (1), 181-190 View citations (1)

1974

71. Pigouvian Exploitation of Labor
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1974, 56, (1), 52-57 View citations (8)

1972

72. Regional Colonialism and the Southern Economy
    Review of Radical Political Economics, 1972, 4, (5), 70-79 View citations (1)

Books

2016

1. The Political Economy of Progress: John Stuart Mill and Modern Radicalism
   OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press View citations (4)

2004

2. Does "Trickle Down" Work? Economic Development and Job Chains in Local Labor Markets
   Books from Upjohn Press, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research View citations (22)

Chapters

2009

1. Teaching Students to ‘Think About the Economy’
   Chapter 2 in Educating Economists, 2009