Public Choice

1966 - 2025

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Volume 203, issue 1, 2025

Editorial announcement pp. 1-1

Peter T. Leeson

Till We Have Red Faces: Drinking to Signal Trustworthiness in Contemporary China pp. 3-22

Wanlin Lin, Siqin Kang, Jiangnan Zhu and Li Ding

Equilibrium responses to price controls: a supply-chain approach pp. 23-52

Casey B. Mulligan

Demonstrated risk preferences and COVID-19 regulations in the United States pp. 53-75

Peter Anderson

State antiquity and economic progress: cause or consequence? pp. 77-103

M. Scott King and Claudia Kramer

Fiscal illusion at the individual level pp. 105-137

Kaetana Numa

When Goliath sells to David: explaining price gouging perceptions through power pp. 139-155

Johanna Jauernig, Matthias Uhl and Ingo Pies

Mayoral partisanship and municipal fiscal health pp. 157-181

Benedict S. Jimenez, Laiyang Ke and Minji Hong

Persuasion and gender: experimental evidence from two political campaigns pp. 183-204

Vincenzo Galasso and Tommaso Nannicini

The political economy of environmental legislation: evidence from the British Parliament pp. 205-235

Morakinyo O. Adetutu

Appealing, threatening or nudging? Assessing various communication strategies to promote tax compliance pp. 237-275

Andris Saulitis and Philipp Chapkovski

The inefficacy of land titling programs: homesteading in Haiti, 1933–1950 pp. 277-303

Craig Palsson and Seth Porter

Government incentives and firm location choices pp. 305-331

Donghyuk Kim and Byoungmin Yu

Samuel Gregg, The next American Economy: Nation, State, and markets in an Uncertain World. New York, NY: Encounter Books, 2022. Xvi + 335 pages. USD 22.49 (hardcover) pp. 333-335

Pearson Dennis

Volume 202, issue 3, 2025

Humanomics: introduction to a special issue pp. 333-339

William F. Shughart, Ravi K. Roy and Ryan Yonk

Correction to: Humanomics: introduction to a special issue pp. 341-341

William F. Shughart, Ravi K. Roy and Ryan Yonk

Sympathy with resentment: Willingness to report criminal behavior depends on the punishment pp. 343-365

Jason Aimone, Lucas Rentschler, Vernon Smith and Bart Wilson

Tullock contest alliances with proportional prize-sharing agreements: private collective action mechanisms? pp. 367-381

James Boudreau and Shane Sanders

From Adam Smith to artificial intelligence: an experimental exploration of emotion in humanomics pp. 383-399

Xiangdong Qin, Siyu Wang, Mike Zhiren Wu and Xuechun Feng

The humanomics underpinning free market productivity: synthesizing insights from social philosophy, systems thinking, and neuroeconomics pp. 401-417

Ravi K. Roy and Arthur T. Denzau

Behavioral symmetry with humanomics: public choice and moral community pp. 419-431

Diana W. Thomas and Michael D. Thomas

Expert knowledge and the administrative state pp. 433-454

Jordan K. Lofthouse and Alexander Schaefer

Costs of choice: reformulating price theory without heroic assumptions pp. 455-481

Abigail Devereaux

Max-U? Considering humanomics in public policy pp. 483-493

Ryan Yonk, Robertas Bakula, Raymond March and Veeshan Rayamajhee

Are there normative social epistemologies? Vernon Smith, Adam Smith, and the challenge of systems pp. 495-507

Michael C. Munger

Voting like a human pp. 509-528

Adam Martin and Adam Swisher

You have nothing to lose but your chains? pp. 529-556

Gabriel F. Benzecry, Nicholas A. Reinarts and Daniel J. Smith

Relationship lobbying through repeated contributions: a humanomics approach pp. 557-576

David Mitchell, Todd Nesbit and Gary A. Wagner

The spontaneous provision of criminal law pp. 577-595

Gabriel F. Benzecry and Henry Thompson

Consumers’ sovereignty and W. H. Hutt’s critique of the color bar pp. 597-610

Phillip W. Magness, Art Carden and Ilia Murtazashvili

Effort transparency and fairness pp. 611-626

Joy Buchanan, Elif E. Demiral and Ümit Sağlam

Two cheers for humanomics pp. 627-639

Lenore T. Ealy and Allen Mendenhall

Volume 202, issue 1, 2025

Ruled by robots: preference for algorithmic decision makers and perceptions of their choices pp. 1-24

Marina Chugunova and Wolfgang J. Luhan

Correction to: Ruled by robots: preference for algorithmic decision makers and perceptions of their choices pp. 25-26

Marina Chugunova and Wolfgang J. Luhan

The political economy of the original “Thucydides’ Trap”: a conflict economics perspective on the Peloponnesian war pp. 27-49

George Tridimas

Popular autocrats: why do voters support Viktor Orbán’s government in Hungary? A quantitative analysis pp. 51-75

Áron Hajnal

Democratization and knowledge in social sciences pp. 77-108

Amir Tayebi and Sheida Teimouri

Soft budget constraints and technological innovations: evidence from China pp. 109-139

Yuping Cao and Xiaojin Sun

Can fiscal transparency mitigate political budget cycles? pp. 141-166

Hyewon Kang

Rosters and connected apportionments pp. 167-191

Manshu Khanna and Haydar Evren

A tournament theory of congressional committee leadership pp. 193-215

Christian Fong and Joshua McCrain

Environmental regulation, regulatory spillovers and rent-seeking pp. 217-250

Juan Pablo González

Jurisdiction size and perceived corruption pp. 251-275

Abel François, Nicolas Lagios and Pierre-Guillaume Méon

Correction to: The supply and demand of marital contracts: the case of same‑sex marriage pp. 277-277

Clara E. Piano, Rachael Behr and Kacey Reeves West

Robert B. Ekelund, Jr.: a tribute to the scholar and the man pp. 279-280

Gregory M. Dempster, Robert Hebert and Mark Thornton

Robert B. Ekelund, Jr.: Memento Mori pp. 281-286

Robert Hebert

In memory of Robert B. Ekelund, Jr.: career, scholarship, and retrospect pp. 287-291

William Shughart

Bob Ekelund: a modern renaissance man pp. 293-295

Gramm Phil

Bob Ekelund and the method of price theory pp. 297-301

Donald J. Boudreaux

Bob Ekelund’s approach to economics pp. 303-305

Thomas Beard and T. Randolph Beard

Remembering Bob Ekelund: his impact on us, and on the economics of art pp. 307-311

John D. Jackson and Sarah Jackson Skinner

The economics of everything: Robert B. Ekelund Jr.’s contributions to the study of extra-market activities pp. 313-317

Franklin Mixon and Rand W. Ressler

Memories of Bob Ekelund: Scholar, Mentor, Friend pp. 319-320

George S. Ford and Audrey D. Kline

Robert B. Ekelund, Jr., and the economics of culture pp. 321-323

Shawn Ritenour

Bob Ekelund – a recollection pp. 325-327

David N. Laband

Home alone pp. 329-332

Thornton Mark