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Working Papers

2024

1. Signaling Quality: How Refund Bonsues Can Overcome Information Asymmetries in Crowdfunding
   Purdue University Economics Working Papers, Purdue University, Department of Economics

2021

2. Could Vaccine Dose Stretching Reduce COVID-19 Deaths?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
   Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2021)
3. Early Refund Bonuses Increase Successful Crowdfunding
   Purdue University Economics Working Papers, Purdue University, Department of Economics View citations (12)
   See also Journal Article Early refund bonuses increase successful crowdfunding, Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier (2021) View citations (11) (2021)
4. Preparing for a Pandemic: Accelerating Vaccine Availability
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)
   Also in Research Papers, Stanford University, Graduate School of Business (2021) View citations (6)
   Working Papers, Becker Friedman Institute for Research In Economics (2021) View citations (9)
   See also Journal Article Preparing for a Pandemic: Accelerating Vaccine Availability, AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association (2021) View citations (6) (2021)
5. Testing Fractional doses of COVID-19 Vaccines
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2021)
   See also Journal Article Testing fractional doses of COVID-19 vaccines, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2022) (2022)

2003

6. Do Off-Label Drug Practices Argue Against FDA Efficacy Requirements? Testing an Argument by Structured Conversations with Experts
   Ratio Working Papers, The Ratio Institute

2002

7. The Effect of Electoral Institutions on Tort Awards
   Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics, Working Paper Series, Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics View citations (11)
   See also Journal Article The Effect of Electoral Institutions on Tort Awards, American Law and Economics Review, American Law and Economics Association (2002) View citations (11) (2002)

Undated

8. Using Terror Alert Levels to Estimate the Effect of Police on Crime
   American Law & Economics Association Annual Meetings, American Law & Economics Association View citations (4)
   See also Journal Article Using Terror Alert Levels to Estimate the Effect of Police on Crime, Journal of Law and Economics, University of Chicago Press (2005) View citations (165) (2005)

Journal Articles

2025

1. The economic way of thinking in a pandemic
   The Journal of Economic Education, 2025, 56, (1), 51-57

2023

2. Building networks: Investigating the quid pro quo between local politicians & developers
   Journal of Development Economics, 2023, 164, (C)

2022

3. Covid in the nursing homes: the US experience
   Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2022, 38, (4), 887-911 View citations (4)
4. Is it possible to prepare for a pandemic?
   Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2022, 38, (4), 851-875 View citations (4)
5. Testing fractional doses of COVID-19 vaccines
   Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2022, 119, (8), e2116932119
   See also Working Paper Testing Fractional doses of COVID-19 Vaccines, NBER Working Papers (2021) (2021)
6. Vaccines and the Covid-19 pandemic: lessons from failure and success
   Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2022, 38, (4), 719-741 View citations (2)

2021

7. Early refund bonuses increase successful crowdfunding
   Games and Economic Behavior, 2021, 129, (C), 78-95 View citations (11)
   See also Working Paper Early Refund Bonuses Increase Successful Crowdfunding, Purdue University Economics Working Papers (2021) View citations (12) (2021)
8. Preparing for a Pandemic: Accelerating Vaccine Availability
   AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2021, 111, 331-35 View citations (6)
   See also Working Paper Preparing for a Pandemic: Accelerating Vaccine Availability, NBER Working Papers (2021) View citations (9) (2021)
9. Simple rules for the developing world
   European Journal of Law and Economics, 2021, 52, (2), 341-362 View citations (1)
10. Too slow for the urban march: Litigations and the real estate market in Mumbai, India
    Journal of Urban Economics, 2021, 123, (C) View citations (6)

2020

11. Janek Wasserman: The Marginal Revolutionaries: how Austrian economists fought the war of ideas
    Business Economics, 2020, 55, (3), 166-168

2019

12. To Serve and Collect: The Fiscal and Racial Determinants of Law Enforcement
    The Journal of Legal Studies, 2019, 48, (1), 189 - 216 View citations (12)
13. Why Are the Prices So Damn High? Health, Education, and the Baumol Effect
    Annals of Computational Economics, 2019 View citations (4)

2018

14. Is regulation to blame for the decline in American entrepreneurship?
    Economic Policy, 2018, 33, (93), 5-44 View citations (42)

2017

15. Occupational licensing causes a wage premium: Evidence from a natural experiment in Colorado’s funeral services industry
    International Review of Law and Economics, 2017, 50, (C), 50-59 View citations (11)

2016

16. A Skeptical View of the National Science Foundation's Role in Economic Research
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2016, 30, (3), 235-48 View citations (1)
17. Lessons from the Economics of Crime: What Reduces Offending?, by P. J. Cook, S. Machin, O. Marie and G. Mastrobuoni (eds) ( The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2013 ), pp. 240
    The Economic Record, 2016, 92, (298), 501-503

2015

18. Public choice perspectives on intellectual property
    Public Choice, 2015, 163, (1), 129-151 View citations (10)

2014

19. Firearms and suicides in US states
    International Review of Law and Economics, 2014, 37, (C), 180-188 View citations (9)
20. Ill-Conceived, Even If Competently Administered: Software Patents, Litigation, and Innovation—A Comment on Graham and Vishnubhakat
    Econ Journal Watch, 2014, 11, (1), 37-45 View citations (2)
21. The Industrial Organization of Online Education
    American Economic Review, 2014, 104, (5), 519-22 View citations (12)
22. Thomas Piketty's terrifying vision. A review essay of Thomas Piketty, "Capital in the Twenty-First Century", transl. by Arthur Goldhammer, Cambridge (MA), Belknap-Harvard University Press, 2014, pp. 696
    History of Economic Ideas, 2014, 22, (2), 155-162

2013

23. PRIVATE EDUCATION IN INDIA: A NOVEL TEST OF CREAM SKIMMING
    Contemporary Economic Policy, 2013, 31, (1), 1-12 View citations (5)

2012

24. Product Liability and Moral Hazard: Evidence from General Aviation
    Journal of Law and Economics, 2012, 55, (3), 593 - 630 View citations (3)

2010

25. Reviews: Boulevard of Broken Dreams: Why Public Efforts to Boost Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Have Failed – and What to Do About It
    The Economic Record, 2010, 86, (274), 458-459 View citations (2)

2009

26. Measuring Criminal Spillovers: Evidence from Three Strikes
    Review of Law & Economics, 2009, 5, (1), 251-268 View citations (3)

2008

27. Do Off‐Label Drug Practices Argue Against FDA Efficacy Requirements? A Critical Analysis of Physicians' Argumentation for Initial Efficacy Requirements
    American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 2008, 67, (5), 743-775 View citations (1)
28. The hot-toy problem
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2008, 67, (2), 512-516 View citations (3)

2007

29. Does Three Strikes Deter?: A Nonparametric Estimation
    Journal of Human Resources, 2007, 42, (2) View citations (80)

2005

30. Data Watch: Tort-uring the Data
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2005, 19, (2), 207-220 View citations (9)
31. Using Terror Alert Levels to Estimate the Effect of Police on Crime
    Journal of Law and Economics, 2005, 48, (1), 267-79 View citations (165)
    See also Working Paper Using Terror Alert Levels to Estimate the Effect of Police on Crime, American Law & Economics Association Annual Meetings View citations (4)

2004

32. How to Get Real About Organs
    Econ Journal Watch, 2004, 1, (1), 11-18 View citations (1)
33. Reply to Byrne and Thompson
    Econ Journal Watch, 2004, 1, (1), 26-28
34. The Fugitive: Evidence on Public versus Private Law Enforcement from Bail Jumping
    Journal of Law and Economics, 2004, 47, (1), 93-122 View citations (15)
35. Using Placebo Laws to Test "More Guns, Less Crime"
    The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2004, 4, (1), 1-9 View citations (16)

2003

36. Race, Poverty, and American Tort Awards: Evidence from Three Data Sets
    The Journal of Legal Studies, 2003, 32, (1), 27-58 View citations (3)

2002

37. Patent Theory versus Patent Law
    The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2002, 1, (1), 26 View citations (4)
38. The Effect of Electoral Institutions on Tort Awards
    American Law and Economics Review, 2002, 4, (2), 341-370 View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper The Effect of Electoral Institutions on Tort Awards, Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics, Working Paper Series (2002) View citations (11) (2002)

2001

39. President Perot or Fundamentals of Voting Theory Illustrated with the 1992 Election
    Public Choice, 2001, 106, (3-4), 275-97 View citations (7)

2000

40. An Economic Theory of Avant‐Garde and Popular Art, or High and Low Culture
    Southern Economic Journal, 2000, 67, (2), 232-253 View citations (1)
41. Believe in Pascal's Wager? Have I Got a Deal for You!
    Theory and Decision, 2000, 48, (2), 123-128 View citations (2)
42. Runaway Judges? Selection Effects and the Jury
    The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 2000, 16, (2), 306-33 View citations (11)

1999

43. Book Review
    International Review of Economics & Finance, 1999, 8, (4), 479-481
44. Court Politics: The Political Economy of Tort Awards
    Journal of Law and Economics, 1999, 42, (1), 157-88 View citations (38)
45. Would the Borda Count Have Avoided the Civil War?
    Journal of Theoretical Politics, 1999, 11, (2), 261-288 View citations (9)

1998

46. The Private Provision of Public Goods via Dominant Assurance Contracts
    Public Choice, 1998, 96, (3-4), 345-62 View citations (36)
47. V. A. Ginsburgh and P.-M. Menger (eds.), Economics of the Arts: Selected Essays
    Journal of Cultural Economics, 1998, 22, (4), 285-287
48. Who Benefits from Progress?
    Kyklos, 1998, 51, (3), 379-397 View citations (1)

1997

49. A simple model of crime waves, riots, and revolutions
    Atlantic Economic Journal, 1997, 25, (3), 274-288 View citations (5)

1996

50. Genetic testing and human welfare: reply to Hall
    Journal of Health Economics, 1996, 15, (3), 381-384 View citations (1)

1995

51. Good Grapes and Bad Lobsters: Applying the Alchian and Allen Theorem
    Economic Inquiry, 1995, 33, (2), 253-56 View citations (17)
52. Irrelevance Propositions are Irrelevant
    Kyklos, 1995, 48, (3), 409-417

1994

53. A Survey, Critique, and New Defense of Term Limits
    Cato Journal, 1994, 14, (2), 333-350 View citations (6)
54. Genetic testing: An economic and contractarian analysis
    Journal of Health Economics, 1994, 13, (1), 75-91 View citations (45)

Edited books

2002

1. The Entrepreneurial Economist: Bright Ideas from the Dismal Science
   OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press View citations (2)

Chapters

2022

1. William Baumol and the Cost Disease
   A chapter in Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology: Including a Symposium on the Work of William J. Baumol: Heterodox Inspirations and Neoclassical Models, 2022, vol. 40B, pp 11-26

2014

2. Lessons from Gurgaon, India’s private city
   Chapter 10 in Cities and Private Planning, 2014, pp 199-231

2010

3. Police, Prisons, and Punishment: The Empirical Evidence on Crime Deterrence
   Chapter 6 in Handbook on the Economics of Crime, 2010 View citations (1)
4. The Measure of Vice and Sin: A Review of the Uses, Limitations and Implications of Crime Data
   Chapter 3 in Handbook on the Economics of Crime, 2010 View citations (3)