Journal of Private Enterprise

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Volume 36, issue Fall 2021, 2021

Immigration and Baumolian Entrepreneurship in the United States pp. 1-26

Travis Wiseman

Hayek’s Theory of Business Cycles: A Theory That Will Remain Obscure?* pp. 27-47

Simon Bilo

Competitive Safety in Uber versus the Taxi Industry* pp. 49-66

Thomas Tacker

Behavioral and Policy Responses to COVID-19: Evidence from Google Mobility Data on State- Level Stay-at-Home Orders* pp. 67-89

William Luther

James M. Buchanan’s Constrained Vision in Cost and Choice * pp. 91-109

Art Carden, M. Scott King, Audrey Redford and James E. Hanley

Volume 36, issue Summer 2021, 2021

Left-Populism, Commodity Prices, and Economic Crises in Latin America pp. 1-17

Nicolas Cachanosky and Alexandre Padilla

Jordan’s Mariel Boatlift: An Examination of Effects of an Exogenous Labor Market Shock pp. 19-35

Abir Mandal

The Soft Stuff of Institutional Development: Culture, Cohesion, and Economic Freedom pp. 37-66

Ryan H. Murphy

Do Large Numbers of Americans Struggle to Make Ends Meet? pp. 67-75

Clifford F. Thies

Schumpeter’s Fatalistic View of Capitalism: How His “Essential” Process of Creative Destruction Survived pp. 77-101

James McClure and David Chandler Thomas

Volume 36, issue Spring 2021, 2021

Rhetoric as a Way of Limiting the Range of Acceptable Policy Positions pp. 1-16

Stefanie Haeffele and Virgil Henry Storr

“Public Good” or “Good for the Public?” Political Entrepreneurship and the Public Funding of Scientific Research pp. 17-44

Ryan Safner

Build the Hill: How the Resilient Entrepreneur Can Persevere pp. 45-53

Arthur M. Diamond, Jr.

The Role of Regulation and Taxes in US Capital and Labor Input Use pp. 55-78

John Dawson

Socialist Indoctrination in School Textbooks: The Case of “Colección Bicentenario” in Venezuela pp. 79-104

Antonio Saravia, Clara Mengolini and Robi Ragan

Volume 36, issue Winter 2021, 2021

Experimental Public Policy, Discovery, and Behavioral Taxation pp. 1-20

Michael D. Thomas and Nathan A. Miller

Examining the Impact of Economics Education on Young Americans’ Attitudes about the Economy and Economic Institutions pp. 21-44

Sean Alley and Mark Melichar

Frank Knight on Business Strategy pp. 45-62

Seth W. Norton

What Carl Menger Can Teach Us 150 Years after His Principles of Economics pp. 63-74

Barbara Kolm

How Jackie Robinson and Adam Smith Worked Together to Desegregate Major League Baseball: An Educational Note pp. 75-83

Mark C. Schug, M. Scott Niederjohn and William Wood

Volume 35, issue Fall 2020, 2020

Productive Specialization and Peaceful Social Cooperation through Covenants with and without the Sword pp. 1-5

Peter Boettke

Elinor Ostrom Speaks about Property Rights pp. 7-12

Elinor Ostrom

Private School Choice and Character: More Evidence from Milwaukee pp. 13-48

Corey A. DeAngelis and Patrick J. Wolf

The Law of the Taxi: Informal Property Rights Institutions in the Uninhibited State pp. 49-62

Diana W. Thomas, Michael Clark, Humberto Alba Castillo and Kevin D. Gomez

Has Economic Growth Made Americans Better Off despite Rising Income Inequality? Evidence from Subjective Well-Being Data pp. 63-92

Boris Nikolaev and Daniel L. Bennett

Dismal Dating: A Student’s Guide to Romance Using the Economic Way of Thinking pp. 93-108

Ninos Malek and Charity-Joy Acchiardo

Volume 35, issue Summer 2020, 2020

Blockchain Technology in International Commodity Trading pp. 23-46

Prithviraj Lakkakula, David Bullock and William Wilson

Religious Freedom and Private Enterprise pp. 47-59

Art Carden and Steven Castello

Suboptimal Equilibria from Nominal GDP Targeting pp. 61-76

Thomas Hogan and William Luther

Alternatives to Paying Efficiency Wages: Why No PEOPLEFAX? pp. 77-88

Robert Tucker Omberg

Autonomy and Social Welfare: The Assessment of Institutionalization for Those Suffering from Mental Illness pp. 89-109

Randall Krieg

Volume 35, issue Spring 2020, 2020

Private Prerogative, Public Purpose: Political Entrepreneurship and Management in Frederick the Great’s Anti-Machiavel pp. 1-28

Alexander W. Salter

Immigration and Economic Freedom: Does Education Matter? pp. 29-57

Alexandre Padilla, Nicolas Cachanosky and Jonathan Beck

The Impact of Certificate of Need Laws on Emergency Department Wait Times pp. 59-75

Molly S. Myers and Kathleen M. Sheehan

US Health Care’s Biggest Problem: AMA Monopolization of the Physician Labor Supply pp. 77-103

Robin S. McCutcheon

Cost-Benefit Analysis as a Failure to Learn from the Past pp. 105-113

James Broughel

Volume 35, issue Winter 2020, 2020

Anti-Gouging Laws, Shortages, and COVID-19: Insights from Consumer Searches pp. 1-20

Rik Chakraborti and Gavin Roberts

Cross-Country Differences in Personal Protective Equipment Use pp. 21-27

William Luther

COVID-19 Case Growth vs. Outcomes: Comparing Regions in the United States pp. 29-41

Stephen C. Miller

The Allocation and Exchange of Property Rights as a Way to Understand Comparative Economic Systems and Managerial Economics pp. 43-59

John Garen

Legal Factors Affecting the Establishment of Township SMMEs in South Africa: Are They Killing Small Businesses? pp. 61-70

Michael Cant

Have Coase - Will Travel: New Ways to Teach Coase Using Old Media pp. 71-86

Jon Murphy, John Schuler and Jadrian Wooten

Ten Economic Lessons Learned from Animal Crossing During the Lockdown pp. 87-109

G. Dirk Mateer and J. Brian O’Roark

Volume 34, issue Fall 2019, 2019

Constitutions and Social Trust: An Analysis of the US States pp. 11-33

David Ahnen and Peter Calcagno

How Do Principles Textbooks Treat the Return to Entrepreneurship? The Missing Factor pp. 35-42

John Estill and Tom Means

Hayek’s Price Fan Simile: The Seeds of the Economy of Knowledge? pp. 43-58

James McClure and David Chandler Thomas

Pope Francis on Poverty and Economic Inequality: Good Intentions, Unfortunate Ideas pp. 59-88

Antonio Saravia

Expectations and NGDP Targeting: Supply-Side Problems with Demand-Side Policy pp. 89-106

Alexander Salter and Thomas Hogan

Volume 34, issue Summer 2019, 2019

Will Democracy Endure Private School Choice? The Effect of the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program on Adult Voting Behavior pp. 1-21

Corey A. DeAngelis and Patrick J. Wolf

The Undertaker’s Cut: Challenging the Rational Basis for Casket Licensure pp. 23-41

Daniel Smith and Noah J. Trudeau

Surface and Subsurface Property Rights in Minerals: The Continuing Conflict pp. 43-64

Calvin A. Kent

The Augmented Commons: How Augmented Reality Aids Agile Self-Organization pp. 81-101

Abigail Devereaux

Volume 34, issue Spring 2019, 2019

The Durability of Legislative Benefits and the Role of the Executive Branch’s Settlement Authority pp. 1-14

Bryan P. Cutsinger

Hierarchical Management Structures and Housing the Poor: An Analysis of Habitat for Humanity in Birmingham, Alabama pp. 15-37

Stefanie Haeffele and Virgil Henry Storr

Government vs. Governance: Libertarianism and Private Communities pp. 39-57

Michael Makovi

Social Capital and Social Justice: Why Liberalism Is Essential pp. 59-73

Alexander W. Craig and Nathan Goodman

State-Provided Defense as Noncomprehensive Planning pp. 75-85

Christopher Coyne and Abigail R. Hall

Liberty versus Bureaucracy on Native American Lands pp. 87-101

Jordan K. Lofthouse

The Role of Hierarchy in the Production of Salvation Goods pp. 103-116

Zachary J. Gochenour and John A. Robinson

Volume 34, issue Winter 2019, 2019

Hearts of Stone: Analyzing Anarchic Bukhtarman Stonemason Communities in Eighteenth-Century Russia pp. 1-18

V. V. Maltsev

The Hebrew Republic? Divine Authority and Self-Governance pp. 19-31

Kyle Swan

Self-Government, Political Economy, and the Christian Tradition pp. 33-53

Zachary Jacob Gochenour and Chris Fleming

Is Economic Freedom the Hidden Path to Social Justice? pp. 55-74

Jeremy Horpedahl, Jeremy Jackson and David Mitchell

Export Jobs, Special Interest Groups, and the US Presidential Election of 2016: The Case of West Virginia pp. 75-97

Tomi Ovaska and Ryo Takashima

Incentives and Economic Systems: A Classroom Exercise pp. 99-114

James R. Bruehler, Linda S. Ghent and Alan P. Grant

Volume 34, issue 2019 2019, 2019

The Concentration of Power in a Single Hand: Administrative Centralization and State and Local Drug Enforcement Policy in the United States, 1995–2016 pp. 65-80

Thomas Savidge