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Working Papers

2008

1. The Political Economy of Constitutional Choice: A Study of the 2005 Kenyan Constitutional Referendum
   Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics View citations (7)
   See also Journal Article The political economy of constitutional choice: a study of the 2005 Kenyan constitutional referendum, Constitutional Political Economy, Springer (2010) View citations (12) (2010)

Journal Articles

2022

1. Editorial announcement
   Public Choice, 2022, 190, (3), 263-263
2. On the Virginia school of antitrust: Competition policy, law & economics and public choice
   Public Choice, 2022, 191, (1), 1-19 View citations (1)

2020

3. Institutional Change and the Importance of Understanding Shared Mental Models
   Kyklos, 2020, 73, (3), 371-391 View citations (5)
4. The broken bridge of public finance: majority rule, earmarked taxes and social engineering
   Public Choice, 2020, 183, (3), 315-338 View citations (3)

2017

5. A Personal Remembrance
   Southern Economic Journal, 2017, 83, (3), 630-636
6. Income-expenditure elasticities of less-healthy consumption goods
   Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy, 2017, 6, (1), 127-148 View citations (2)
7. Political Party Impacts on Direct Democracy: the 2015 Greek Austerity Referendum
   Atlantic Economic Journal, 2017, 45, (1), 5-15 View citations (3)
8. Rest in peace, Bob Tollison
   Public Choice, 2017, 171, (1), 1-5

2016

9. Corruption and Voter Turnout: A Spatial Econometric Approach
   Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy, 2016, 46, (2) View citations (6)
10. Richard Vedder and the Future of Higher Education Reform
    Cato Journal, 2016, 36, (1), 143-164 View citations (2)

2015

11. Intellectual Property Rights, Public Choice, Networks, and the New Age of Informal IP Regimes
    Supreme Court Economic Review, 2015, 23, (1), 169 - 192

2014

12. What Did Economists Do? Euvoluntary, Voluntary, and Coercive Institutions for Collective Action
    Southern Economic Journal, 2014, 80, (4), 926-937 View citations (1)

2012

13. Corruption and Voter Participation
    Public Finance Review, 2012, 40, (6), 789-815 View citations (14)
14. What should government do? Problems of social cost, externalities and all that
    Public Choice, 2012, 152, (1), 103-114

2011

15. Enforcement of the USA Patriot Act's anti-money laundering provisions: Have regulators followed a risk-based approach?
    Global Finance Journal, 2011, 22, (1), 19-31 View citations (4)
16. Of Rebates and Drawbacks: The Standard Oil (N.J.) Company and the Railroads
    Review of Industrial Organization, 2011, 38, (3), 267-283 View citations (3)
17. The New Deal and Modern Memory
    Southern Economic Journal, 2011, 77, (3), 515-542 View citations (2)

2010

18. ON ETHNIC CONFLICT AND THE ORIGINS OF TRANSNATIONAL TERRORISM
    Defence and Peace Economics, 2010, 21, (1), 65-87 View citations (92)
19. Public choice theory and antitrust policy
    Public Choice, 2010, 142, (3), 385-406 View citations (13)
20. Robert D. Tollison, 65 years on
    Public Choice, 2010, 142, (3), 261-264 View citations (2)
21. The consequences of the US DOJ’s antitrust activities: A macroeconomic perspective
    Public Choice, 2010, 142, (3), 409-422 View citations (3)
22. The political economy of constitutional choice: a study of the 2005 Kenyan constitutional referendum
    Constitutional Political Economy, 2010, 21, (1), 1-27 View citations (12)
    See also Working Paper The Political Economy of Constitutional Choice: A Study of the 2005 Kenyan Constitutional Referendum, Working papers (2008) View citations (7) (2008)

2009

23. And the Beat Goes On: Further Evidence on Voting on the Form of County Governance in the Midst of Public Corruption
    Kyklos, 2009, 62, (1), 65-84 View citations (8)
24. Editorial announcement
    Public Choice, 2009, 139, (1), 1-1

2008

25. Christopher J. Coyne: After war: the political economy of exporting democracy
    Public Choice, 2008, 136, (3), 497-500 View citations (1)
26. Henry H. Bauer. The Origin, Persistence and Failings of HIV/AIDS Theory
    Public Choice, 2008, 134, (3), 501-504
27. Innovation and the opportunity cost of monopoly
    Managerial and Decision Economics, 2008, 29, (8), 619-627 View citations (7)
28. Prophet of innovation: Joseph Schumpeter and creative destruction, by McCraw, T. K., Belknap Press of Harvard University Press: Cambridge and London, 2007, xi+719pp., USD 35.00 (cloth)
    Managerial and Decision Economics, 2008, 29, (8), 675-677
29. Taxonomy: racism versus fiscal conservatism in voting on segregationist provisions in Alabama’s constitution
    Constitutional Political Economy, 2008, 19, (1), 61-80

2007

30. Editorial announcement
    Public Choice, 2007, 132, (3), 255-256
31. Flags of our fathers: Voting on Confederate symbols in the State of Georgia
    Public Choice, 2007, 131, (1), 83-99 View citations (4)
32. Notorious murders, black lanterns, & moveable goods: the transformation of Edinburgh's underworld in the early nineteenth century, by Symonds, D. A., Series on International Political and Economic History, University of Akron Press: Akron, OH; 2006, xiv+180pp., USD 39.95 (cloth)
    Managerial and Decision Economics, 2007, 28, (2), 169-170
33. The wealth effects of the USA Patriot Act: evidence from the banking and thrift industries
    Journal of Money Laundering Control, 2007, 10, (3), 300-317

2006

34. A theory of commodity bundling in final product markets: Professor Hirshleifer meets Professor Becker
    International Review of Law and Economics, 2006, 26, (2), 162-179
35. An analytical history of terrorism, 1945–2000
    Public Choice, 2006, 128, (1), 7-39 View citations (48)
36. Corrupt political jurisdictions and voter participation
    Public Choice, 2006, 126, (1), 87-106 View citations (24)
37. Katrinanomics: The politics and economics of disaster relief
    Public Choice, 2006, 127, (1), 31-53 View citations (71)
38. No Pretense to Honesty: County Government Corruption in Mississippi
    Economics of Governance, 2006, 7, (3), 211-227 View citations (11)
39. Smoke and Mirrors
    Public Finance Review, 2006, 34, (6), 712-730 View citations (2)

2005

40. James T. Bennett, Tax-Funded Politics. New Brunswick, NJ and London: Transaction Publishers, 2004. 204 pages. USD 29.95 (cloth)
    Public Choice, 2005, 124, (3), 481-484
41. Mark Thornton and Robert B. Ekelund Jr., Tariffs, Blockades, and Inflation: The Economics of the Civil War. No. 15 in the American Crisis Series: Books on the Civil War Era, Steven E. Woodworth (Ed.), Wilmington, DE: SR Books, 2004. xxix + 124 pages. USD 65.00 (cloth); 19.95 (paper)
    Public Choice, 2005, 123, (1), 243-248
42. Public choice in the new century
    Public Choice, 2005, 124, (1), 1-18 View citations (3)
43. Tariffs, Blockades, and Inflation: The Economics of the Civil War
    Public Choice, 2005, 125, (1), 229-234
44. The unfinished business of public choice
    Public Choice, 2005, 124, (1), 237-247

2004

45. Dennis C. Mueller, Public Choice III
    Public Choice, 2004, 118, (3_4), 469-473
46. Economics and English: Language Growth in Economic Perspective
    Southern Economic Journal, 2004, 71, (2), 232-259 View citations (3)
47. George W. Bush and the Return to Deficit Finance
    Public Choice, 2004, 118, (3_4), 223-234 View citations (1)
48. Moneyball: The art of winning an unfair game, by Lewis, M. New York and London: Norton, 2003, xv + 288 pp., USD 24.95 (cloth)
    Managerial and Decision Economics, 2004, 25, (8), 550-552
49. On the Internal Contradictions of the Law of One Price
    Economic Inquiry, 2004, 42, (4), 706-716 View citations (9)
50. Under Two Flags: Symbolic Voting in the State of Mississippi
    Public Choice, 2004, 118, (1_2), 105-124 View citations (9)

2003

51. On the Third Law of Demand
    Economic Inquiry, 2003, 41, (2), 292-298 View citations (13)
52. Rent Seeking into the Income Distribution
    Kyklos, 2003, 56, (4), 441-456 View citations (27)

2002

53. Centralized versus decentralized decision-making in a county government setting
    Economics of Governance, 2002, 3, (2), 101-115 View citations (5)
54. September 11, 2001
    Public Choice, 2002, 112, (3-4), 225-32
    Also in Public Choice, 2002, 111, (1-2), 1-8 (2002)
55. September 11, 2001: Erratum
    Public Choice, 2002, 112, (3-4), 213
56. The Economics of Network Industries, by Shy, O. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2001, xiii +315 pp., $64.95 (cloth); $22.95 (paper)
    Managerial and Decision Economics, 2002, 23, (2), 93-94
57. The Informant: A True Story, by Eichenwald, K. New York: Broadway Books, 2000, xv+606 pp., $26.00 (cloth), $14.95 (paper)
    Managerial and Decision Economics, 2002, 23, (1), 45-47

2001

58. The Political Economy of the IRS
    Economics and Politics, 2001, 13, (2), 201-220 View citations (74)

2000

59. James C. Miller III, Monopoly politics
    Public Choice, 2000, 104, (1), 193-196

1999

60. More Guns, Less Crime: Understanding Crime and Gun Control Laws By John R. Lott, Jr. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1998, Pp. x, 225. $23.00
    Southern Economic Journal, 1999, 65, (4), 978-981
    Also in Southern Economic Journal, 1999, 65, (3), 656-659 (1999)
61. Morgan: American financier, by Strouse, J., New York: Random House, 1999, xv+796 pp., $34.95 (cloth)
    Managerial and Decision Economics, 1999, 20, (6), 345-347
62. Reversal of Fortune: The Politics and Economics of the Superconducting Supercollider
    Public Choice, 1999, 100, (3-4), 185-201
63. The Reformer’s Dilemma
    Public Finance Review, 1999, 27, (5), 561-565 View citations (2)
64. Unpaid Professionals: Commercialism and Conflict in Big-Time College Sports, by A. Zimbalist, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1999, xii+252 pp., $24.95 (cloth)
    Managerial and Decision Economics, 1999, 20, (6), 349-351

1998

65. Book Review: TITAN: THE LIFE OF JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, SR., by Chernow, R., New York: Random House, 1998
    Managerial and Decision Economics, 1998, 19, (3), 197-199
66. Joseph Cornwall Palamountain, Jr., The politics of distribution
    Public Choice, 1998, 95, (1), 206-209
67. Legal Institutions and Abortion Rates in Mississippi
    Cato Journal, 1998, 18, (1), 119-129
68. Moral Hazard and the Effects of the Designated Hitter Rule Revisited
    Economic Inquiry, 1998, 36, (4), 688-92 View citations (11)
69. Robert B. Ekelund, Jr., Robert F. Hébert, Robert D. Tollison, Gary M. Anderson, and Audrey B. Davidson, Sacred trust: The medieval Church as an economic firm
    Public Choice, 1998, 94, (1), 211-216

1997

70. Batter Up! Moral Hazard and the Effects of the Designated Hitter Rule on Hit Batsmen
    Economic Inquiry, 1997, 35, (3), 555-61 View citations (17)
71. Book review: The economic laws of scientific research, by Kealey, T., Houndmills, Hampshire: Macmillan Press and New York: St Martin's Press, 1996
    Managerial and Decision Economics, 1997, 18, (5), 414-416
72. Book review: The ownership of enterprise, by Hansmann, H., Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1996
    Managerial and Decision Economics, 1997, 18, (3), 271-272
73. On the (Relative) Unimportance of a Balanced Budget
    Public Choice, 1997, 90, (1-4), 215-33 View citations (12)

1996

74. Competition, Expenditures and Student Performance: Reply to Borland and Howsaen
    Public Choice, 1996, 87, (3-4), 401-03 View citations (1)

1995

75. Private School Enrollment and Public School Performance: Reply
    Public Choice, 1995, 82, (3-4), 375-79

1994

76. Instant Winners: Legal Change in Transition and the Diffusion of State Lotteries
    Public Choice, 1994, 80, (3-4), 245-63 View citations (14)

1993

77. Demand Fluctuations and Firm Heterogeneity
    Journal of Industrial Economics, 1993, 41, (1), 51-60 View citations (13)
78. Firm Heterogeneity and Production Flexibility: Evidence from Price-Cost Margins of Large and Small Firms
    Bulletin of Economic Research, 1993, 45, (3), 229-44
79. Going for the Gold: Property Rights and Athletic Effort in Transitional Economies
    Kyklos, 1993, 46, (2), 263-272 View citations (15)
80. Private School Enrollment and Public School Performance
    Public Choice, 1993, 76, (4), 301-12 View citations (58)

1992

81. Ethics Laws and the Outside Earnings of Politicians: The Case of Alabama's "Legislator-Educators."
    Public Choice, 1992, 73, (2), 135-45 View citations (19)
82. Market structure, sales to government, and the theory of oligopoly
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1992, 19, (1), 69-81 View citations (2)

1991

83. Educational achievement and the cost of bureaucracy
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1991, 15, (1), 29-45 View citations (8)

1990

84. A Public Choice Theory of the Great Contraction: Further Evidence
    Public Choice, 1990, 67, (3), 277-83 View citations (2)
85. Economists and the Economy
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1990, 72, (4), 707-11 View citations (2)
86. Price-Cost Margins and Industry Structure in Developing Countries: The Case of Korea
    Bulletin of Economic Research, 1990, 42, (3), 197-210 View citations (1)
87. The Growth of Social Security: Electoral Push or Political Pull?
    Economic Inquiry, 1990, 28, (1), 109-32 View citations (35)

1989

88. On the Incentives of Judges to Enforce Legislative Wealth Transfers
    Journal of Law and Economics, 1989, 32, (1), 215-28 View citations (28)
89. Political Entry Barriers and Tax Incidence: The Political Economy of Sales and Excise Taxes
    Public Finance = Finances publiques, 1989, 44, (1), 8-18 View citations (7)
90. Political successions and the growth of government
    Public Choice, 1989, 62, (2), 173-179 View citations (6)
91. Price leadership with incomplete information
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1989, 11, (3), 423-429 View citations (2)

1988

92. A Public Choice Perspective of the Banking Act of 1933
    Cato Journal, 1988, 7, (3), 595-619 View citations (5)
93. A public choice theory of the great contraction
    Public Choice, 1988, 59, (1), 3-23 View citations (8)
94. Affirmative action and unemployment
    European Journal of Political Economy, 1988, 4, (4), 479-490
95. Crime or punishment?: Enforcement of the NCAA football cartel
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1988, 10, (4), 433-451 View citations (16)
96. The Disinterest in Deregulation: Reply
    American Economic Review, 1988, 78, (1), 284
    Also in American Economic Review, 1986, 76, (3), 564-65 (1986) View citations (1)

1987

97. Don't Revise the Clayton Act, Scrap It !
    Cato Journal, 1987, 6, (3), 925-932
98. Durable Tax Reform
    Cato Journal, 1987, 7, (1), 273-281
99. Rational Self-Taxation: Complementary Inputs and Excise Taxation
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1987, 20, (3), 527-32

1985

100. Adam Smith in the Customhouse
     Journal of Political Economy, 1985, 93, (4), 740-59 View citations (4)
101. Corporate Chartering: An Exploration in the Economics of Legal Change
     Economic Inquiry, 1985, 23, (4), 585-99 View citations (6)
102. Efficient rents 2 free entry and efficient rent seeking
     Public Choice, 1985, 46, (3), 247-258 View citations (26)
103. Legislation and Political Business Cycles
     Kyklos, 1985, 38, (1), 43-59 View citations (6)
104. The Behavior of Regulatory Activity over the Business Cycle: An Empirical Test
     Economic Inquiry, 1985, 23, (1), 7-19 View citations (8)
105. The positive economics of antitrust policy: A survey article
     International Review of Law and Economics, 1985, 5, (1), 39-57 View citations (6)

1984

106. A note on centralized regulatory review
     Public Choice, 1984, 43, (1), 83-88 View citations (5)
107. The Disinterest in Deregulation
     American Economic Review, 1984, 74, (5), 1075-79 View citations (29)
108. The Random Character of Merger Activity
     RAND Journal of Economics, 1984, 15, (4), 500-509 View citations (16)
109. The Use of Inputs by the Federal Reserve System: Reply
     American Economic Review, 1984, 74, (5), 1121-23 View citations (2)
110. The convergence of satisficing to marginalism: An empirical test
     Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1984, 5, (3-4), 375-385 View citations (1)
111. The regressive nature of civil penalties
     International Review of Law and Economics, 1984, 4, (1), 55-66 View citations (3)

1983

112. Preliminary Evidence on the Use of Inputs by the Federal Reserve System
     American Economic Review, 1983, 73, (3), 291-304 View citations (25)

Books

1998

1. The Political Economy of the New Deal
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (47)

Edited books

2013

1. The Elgar Companion to Public Choice, Second Edition
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (7)
2. The Oxford Handbook of Managerial Economics
   OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press View citations (12)

2002

3. The Economics of Budget Deficits, vol Two volume set
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (8)

2001

4. The Elgar Companion to Public Choice
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (81)

1995

5. The Causes and Consequences of Antitrust
   University of Chicago Press Economics Books, University of Chicago Press View citations (31)

Chapters

2013

1. Individual choice and collective choice: an overview
   Chapter 1 in The Elgar Companion to Public Choice, Second Edition, 2013, pp 3-11
2. James Buchanan and Gordon Tullock: A Half-Century On
   Springer

2011

3. Checks and Balances at the OK Corral: Restraining Leviathan
   Springer
4. Terrorism in Rational Choice Perspective
   Chapter 8 in The Handbook on the Political Economy of War, 2011 View citations (1)

2008

5. Regulation And Antitrust
   Springer
6. Toll Bridge over Troubled Waters: New Deal Agriculture Programs in the South
   Springer

2004

7. TITAN AGONISTES: THE WEALTH EFFECTS OF THE STANDARD OIL (N. J.) CASE
   A chapter in Antitrust Law and Economics, 2004, pp 63-84 View citations (2)

2001

8. Clubs and club goods
   Chapter 16 in The Elgar Companion to Public Choice, 2001

1985

9. Free entry and efficient rent seeking
   Springer