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Working Papers

2017

1. Interpreting Arrow’s Impossibility Theorem
   Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University
2. Utilitarianism, Voting And The Redistribution Of Income
   Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University

2016

3. A Utilitarian Measure Of Economic Growth
   Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University View citations (2)

2014

4. How High Might The Revenue-maximizing Tax Rate Be?
   Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University View citations (3)

2013

5. Two Sources Of Bias In Estimating The Peak Of The Laffer Curve
   Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University View citations (1)

2011

6. An Alternative Explanation Of The Chance Of Casting A Pivotal Vote
   Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University
   See also Journal Article in Rationality and Society (2014)
7. Campaign Advertising, Redistribution And The Gap Between Incomes Of Rich And Poor
   Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University
8. Three Stories About The Chance Of Casting A Pivotal Vote
   Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University
9. What Exactly Is A Duty To Vote ?
   Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University
10. Why The Legal System Is Not Necessarily Less Efficient Than The Income Tax In Redistributing Income
    Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University

2010

11. Bargaining And Voting
    Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Public Choice (2012)
12. Three Papers On Bargaining
    Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University

2009

13. Bargaining Unexplained
    Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article in Public Choice (2012)

2007

14. The Reform Of Equalization Payments
    Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article in Canadian Public Policy (2007)

2006

15. Should The Samuelson Rule Be Modified To Account For The Marginal Cost Of Public Funds?
    Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University View citations (1)

2004

16. Comments On "the Optimal Supply Of Public Goods And The Distortionary Cost Of Taxation"
    Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University View citations (2)
17. The Distributive Implications Of Patents On Indivisible Goods
    Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University

2003

18. Testing The Citizen-candidate Model
    Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University View citations (1)

2002

19. The Marginal Cost Of Public Funds Is The Ratio Of Mean Income To Median Income
    Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article in Public Finance Review (2006)

2001

20. Majority Rule
    Levine's Working Paper Archive, David K. Levine
21. Mysterious Bargaining
    Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University

1999

22. Personal Goods, Efficiency And The Law
    Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in European Journal of Political Economy (2001)

1998

23. Public Provision Of Indivisible Private Goods In Short Supply
    Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Public Finance Review (2002)
24. The Colour Of The Judge's Eyes: Efficiency As A Criterion For The Legislature And For The Courts
    Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University
    See also Journal Article in Public Choice (2001)
25. The Justification Of Private Property
    Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University

1993

26. Education as a Deterrent to Crime
    Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article in Canadian Journal of Economics (1997)
27. The Interests of English Canada
    Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University
    See also Journal Article in Canadian Public Policy (1995)

1990

28. The Birth of the Liberal Society
    Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University
29. The Significance of the Probabilistic Voting Theorem
    Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University
    See also Journal Article in Canadian Journal of Economics (1994)

1989

30. Six Models of Advertising Welfare
    Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University

1987

31. Intensity of Preference Under Representative Government
    Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University
32. The Rise and Fall of the Public Sector in the Estimation of the Economists
    Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University

1986

33. Tax Evasion and the Marginal Cost of Public Funds
    Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University View citations (59)
    See also Journal Article in Economic Inquiry (1986)
34. The Distribution of Income in a Despotic Society
    Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article in Public Choice (1987)
35. The Dynastic Cycle and the Stationary State
    Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1989)

1983

36. Production and Predation: The Sources of Inefficiency
    Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University
37. Production and Predation: The Welfare Economics of Theft
    Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University

1982

38. The Benefits and Cost of Firm-Specific Investment Grants: A Study of Five Federal Programs
    Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University View citations (1)
39. The Private Cost of Public Funds: Variations on Themes by Browning, Atkinson and Stern
    Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University View citations (3)

1979

40. How Should the Redistributive Power of the State be Divided Between Federal and Provincial Governments?
    Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University
    See also Journal Article in Canadian Public Policy (1980)

1976

41. The Economics of Tax Incentives to Encourage Investment, with Special Reference to Malaysia
    Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University
42. The Welfare Economics of the Socialization of Commodities
    Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (1977)

1975

43. The Problem of Equity
    Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University

1974

44. Consumer Surplus, Real Income and Cardinal Utility
    Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University

1973

45. The Measurement of Economic Growth
    Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University View citations (79)
46. The Suitability of the Divisia Index for the Measurement of Economic Aggregates
    Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University
    See also Journal Article in Review of Income and Wealth (1974)

1972

47. The Concept of Real Income
    Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University

1970

48. Demand Theory and Empirical Demand Curves
    Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University

1969

49. The Meaning and Measurement of Aggregate Technical Change
    Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University
50. The Price of Capital and the Real Rate of Interest
    Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University
    See also Journal Article in Oxford Economic Papers (1971)

Journal Articles

2014

1. An alternative explanation of the chance of casting a pivotal vote
   Rationality and Society, 2014, 26, (1), 105-138
   See also Working Paper (2011)

2012

2. Bargaining and voting
   Public Choice, 2012, 151, (3), 739-755 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper (2010)
3. Bargaining unexplained
   Public Choice, 2012, 151, (1), 23-41 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper (2009)
4. Property rights, the social contract and the requirements for democratic government: reflections on The Calculus of Consent
   Public Choice, 2012, 152, (3), 371-380

2007

5. The Reform of Equalization Payments
   Canadian Public Policy, 2007, 33, (3), 337-366 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper (2007)

2006

6. The Marginal Cost of Public Funds Is the Ratio of Mean Income to Median Income
   Public Finance Review, 2006, 34, (6), 687-711 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper (2002)

2005

7. Assessing the citizen – candidate model
   Public Choice, 2005, 125, (1), 43-65 View citations (3)

2002

8. Public Provision of Indivisible Private Goods in Short Supply
   Public Finance Review, 2002, 30, (5), 385-415
   See also Working Paper (1998)

2001

9. Personal goods, efficiency and the law
   European Journal of Political Economy, 2001, 17, (4), 673-703 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper (1999)
10. The Colour of the Judge's Eyes: Efficiency as a Criterion for the Legislature and for the Courts
    Public Choice, 2001, 107, (3-4), 333-57
    See also Working Paper (1998)

1998

11. The Coase theorem is tautological, incoherent or wrong
    Economics Letters, 1998, 61, (1), 3-11 View citations (34)

1997

12. Education as a Deterrent to Crime
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1997, 30, (2), 367-84 View citations (47)
    See also Working Paper (1993)

1996

13. Rawls, rules and objectives: A critique of the two principles of justice
    Constitutional Political Economy, 1996, 7, (2), 103-126

1995

14. A Reply
    Canadian Public Policy, 1995, 21, (1), 94-106
15. The Interests of English Canada
    Canadian Public Policy, 1995, 21, (1), 72-84
    See also Working Paper (1993)
16. Victimization, Rent-Seeking and Just Compensation
    Public Choice, 1995, 83, (1-2), 1-20 View citations (1)

1994

17. INCOME AND THE HAMILTONIAN1
    Review of Income and Wealth, 1994, 40, (2), 123-141
18. The Significance of the Probabilistic Voting Theorem
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1994, 27, (2), 433-45 View citations (8)
    See also Working Paper (1990)

1991

19. Economic interests and institutions: Daniel W. Bromley, (Basil Blackwell, Cambridge, MA, 1989), pp. vii + 265, $49.95
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1991, 15, (1), 164-166 View citations (1)

1989

20. The Dynastic Cycle and the Stationary State
    American Economic Review, 1989, 79, (5), 1031-44 View citations (55)
    See also Working Paper (1986)

1987

21. The distribution of income in a despotic society
    Public Choice, 1987, 54, (3), 261-276 View citations (15)
    See also Working Paper (1986)
22. Theft as a Paradigm for Departures from Efficiency
    Oxford Economic Papers, 1987, 39, (2), 235-52 View citations (26)

1986

23. Police, Punishment, and Public Goods
    Public Finance = Finances publiques, 1986, 41, (1), 96-115 View citations (2)
24. Tax Evasion and the Marginal Cost of Public Funds
    Economic Inquiry, 1986, 24, (4), 563-86 View citations (57)
    See also Working Paper (1986)

1984

25. An Instructive Derivation of the Expression for the Marginal Cost of Public Funds
    Public Finance = Finances publiques, 1984, 39, (3), 406-11 View citations (8)
26. An elephantine theory of depressions
    Journal of Macroeconomics, 1984, 6, (4), 477-480

1980

27. A Reply [How Should the Redistributive Power of the State be Divided between Federal and Provincial Governments?]
    Canadian Public Policy, 1980, 6, (4), 667-669 View citations (1)
28. How Should the Redistributive Power of the State be Divided between Federal and Provincial Governments?
    Canadian Public Policy, 1980, 6, (1), 16-29 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper (1979)
29. The Welfare Basis of Real Income Comparisons: A Comment
    Journal of Economic Literature, 1980, 18, (4), 1544-47 View citations (1)

1978

30. The English Response to the Prospect of the Separation of Quebec
    Canadian Public Policy, 1978, 4, (1), 57-70

1977

31. Public Property and the Effects of Migration upon Other Residents of the Migrants' Countries of Origin and Destination
    Journal of Political Economy, 1977, 85, (5), 1001-20 View citations (31)
32. The economics of tax incentives to encourage investment in less developed countries
    Journal of Development Economics, 1977, 4, (2), 119-148 View citations (3)
33. The welfare economics of the socialization of commodities
    Journal of Public Economics, 1977, 8, (2), 151-168 View citations (35)
    See also Working Paper (1976)

1976

34. THE MEASUREMENT OF REAL INCOME
    Review of Income and Wealth, 1976, 22, (4), 305-329 View citations (1)

1975

35. Some Questions About the Regional Development Incentives Act
    Canadian Public Policy, 1975, 1, (4), 557-575 View citations (5)

1974

36. THE SUITABILITY OF THE DIVISIA INDEX FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF ECONOMIC AGGREGATES
    Review of Income and Wealth, 1974, 20, (3), 273-288 View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper (1973)

1971

37. The Price of Capital and the Real Rate of Interest
    Oxford Economic Papers, 1971, 23, (1), 1-18
    See also Working Paper (1969)

1970

38. The Effects of Distribution Cost on Elasticities of Demand and Supply
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1970, 3, (3), 432-47

1969

39. On the Social Rate of Discount: Comment
    American Economic Review, 1969, 59, (5), 925-29 View citations (8)

1965

40. THE DERIVATION OF DEMAND CURVES FROM INDIFFERENCE CURVES
    Oxford Economic Papers, 1965, 17, (1), 24-46 View citations (1)
41. Traditional Capital Theory
    Review of Economic Studies, 1965, 32, (2), 169-186

1961

42. THE DEBT‐EQUITY RATIO
    Journal of Finance, 1961, 16, (1), 103-104

Books

1994

1. NationAl accounting and economic theory: The Collected Papers of Dan Usher, vol Two volume set
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (1)

1980

2. The Measurement of Capital
   NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (66)

Edited books

1980

1. The Measurement of Capital
   National Bureau of Economic Research Books, University of Chicago Press View citations (194)

Chapters

1980

1. Introduction to "The Measurement of Capital"
   A chapter in The Measurement of Capital, 1980, pp 1-22 View citations (4)

1976

2. Measuring Real Consumption from Quantity Data, Canada 1935-1968
   A chapter in Household Production and Consumption, 1976, pp 585-647

1973

3. An Imputation to the Measure of Economic Growth for Changes in Life Expectancy
   A chapter in The Measurement of Economic and Social Performance, 1973, pp 193-232 View citations (54)