Randall Gregory Holcombe

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Randall Gregory Holcombe Office Address: Department of Economics Home: 3514 Limerick Drive Florida State University Tallahassee, FL 32309 Tallahassee, FL 32306 Office phone: (850) 644-7095 E-mail Address: [email protected] Date of Birth: June 4, 1950 Home page: www.RandallHolcombe.com

Education: Master of Arts in Economics, 1974; Doctor of Philosophy in Economics, 1976: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061

Dissertation Chairman: James M. Buchanan Scaife Foundation Fellowship: 1972-1973 H. B. Earhart Foundation Fellowship: 1973-1974 and 1974-1975

B.S.B.A. in Economics, with Honors, 1972: University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32061

Academic Positions:

Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306 DeVoe Moore Professor of Economics, since 1996; Professor of Economics, 1988 to 1996. Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama 36849 Lowder Professor of Economics, 1986 to 1988; Professor, 1985 to 1986; Associate Professor, 1981 to 1985; Assistant Professor, 1977 to 1981. Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843 Assistant Professor of Economics, 1975 to 1977.

Related Activities:

Senior Fellow, The James Madison Institute, Tallahassee, Florida, 2004 to present, Chairman, Research Advisory Council, 1991 to 2004; Research Advisory Council Member, 1987 to 2004.

Associated Scholar, The Ludwig von Mises Institute, Auburn, Alabama, 2012 to present. Adjunct Scholar, 1982-2012. Research Fellow, The Independent Institute, Oakland, California, 2005 to present. President, Public Choice Society, 2006-2008. President, Society for the Development of Austrian Economics, 2007. Member, Florida Governor Jeb Bush’s Council of Economic Advisors, 2000 to 2006. Member, Pacific Legal Foundation Atlantic Center Advisory Council, 2001-2006.

Randall G. Holcombe,

Advisory Board Member, The Beacon Hill Institute, Suffolk University, Boston, Massachusetts, 1996 to 2005. Advisory Board Member, Urban Futures Program, Reason Public Policy Institute, Los Angeles, California, 1997 to 2005. Member, Leon County (Florida) Council of Economic Advisors, 1996 to 1999.

Editorial Positions: Book Series Editor, Studies in Public Choice, for Springer, 2008 to present. Editorial Board Member, Public Choice, 2004 to present; Book Review Editor, 2005-2011. Editorial Board Member, The Review of Austrian Economics, 1987-1997, and 2013 to present. Editorial Board Member, The Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics, 1998 to present. Editorial Board Member, Public Choice and Constitutional Economics, 2001 to present. Editorial Board Member, Public Finance and Management, 2012 to present. Editorial Board Member, Business and Economics, 2012-present. Editorial Board Member, Molinari Review, 2014-present. Co-Editor, Korean Journal of Public Choice, 2016 to present. Contributing Editor, The Independent Review, 2003 to present. Advisory Council Member, Econ Journal Watch, 2001 to present. Advisory Board Member, Journal of Florida Studies, 2011-present. Editorial Board Member, Public Finance Review, 1995 to 2003.

Honors and Awards: Best Article Award, Atlantic Economic Journal, awarded October 12, 1996. DeVoe Moore Professorship, Florida State University, appointed in 1996. Undergraduate Teaching Incentive Award, Florida State University, 1994. Ludwig von Mises Prize for scholarship in Austrian Economics, awarded October 10, 1992. Georgescu-Roegen Prize in Economics for the best article in the Southern Economic Journal in the past year, awarded November 22, 1992. Listed in Who's Who in America since 1988. Also listed in Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in Finance and Industry, Who's Who in Science and Engineering, Who's Who in the South and Southwest, Men of Achievement, and The Dictionary of International Biography. Lowder Professorship, Auburn University, 1986-1988.


Selected Publications

Books: Public Finance and the Political Process. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1983. An Economic Analysis of Democracy. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1985. Public Sector Economics. Belmont, California: Wadsworth, 1988. Economic Models and Methodology. New York: Greenwood Press, 1989. Translated into Korean

in 2012. The Economic Foundations of Government. London: Macmillan Press Ltd, 1994. Simultaneously

published by New York University Press. Public Policy and the Quality of Life. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1995. Public Finance: Government Revenues and Expenditures in the United States Economy.

Minneapolis/St. Paul: West Publishing Company, 1996. Growth and Variability in State Revenue: An Anatomy of State Fiscal Crises (with Russell S.

Sobel). Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1997. Writing Off Ideas: Taxation, Foundations, and Philanthropy in America. New Brunswick, NJ:

Transaction, 2000. From Liberty to Democracy: The Transformation of American Government. Ann Arbor: University

of Michigan Press, 2002. Public Sector Economics: The Role of Government in the American Economy. Englewood Cliffs,

NJ: Prentice Hall, 2006. Entrepreneurship and Economic Progress. London: Routledge, 2007. Producing Prosperity: An Inquiry Into the Operation of the Market Process. London: Routledge,

2013. Liberalism and Cronyism: Two Rival Political and Economic Systems (with Andrea M. Castillo).

Arlington, VA: Mercatus Center, 2013. Advanced Introduction to the Austrian School of Economics. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar,

2014. Advanced Introduction to Public Choice. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2016. Political Capitalism: How Economic and Political Power is Made and Maintained. Cambridge:

Cambridge University Press, 2018.

Books, as Editor: 15 Great Austrian Economists. Auburn, AL: Ludwig von Mises Institute, 1999.


Smarter Growth: Market-Based Strategies for Land Use Planning in the 21st Century (co-edited with Samuel R. Staley). Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2001.

Housing America: Building Out of a Crisis (co-edited with Benjamin Powell). New Brunswick:

Transaction, 2009.

Publications in Academic and Professional Journals:

"The Florida System: A Bowen Equilibrium Referendum Process," National Tax Journal 30, No. 1 (March 1977), pp. 77-84.

"A Method for Estimating the GNP Loss from a Future Oil Embargo," Policy Sciences 8 (1977),

pp. 217-234. "The Appeal of the Minimum Wage Laws: A Dynamic Analysis" (with John Metcalf), Public

Choice 29 (Spring, 1977), pp. 139-141. "Rational Choice and the Taxation of Sin" (with M. Crain, T. Deaton, and R. Tollison), Journal

of Public Economics 8 (1977), pp. 239-245. "Taxation and Energy Policy," Oil and Gas Tax Quarterly 26, No. 2 (December 1977), pp. 224-

233. "Optimality and the Institutional Structure of Bureaucracy" (with Edward Price), Public Choice

33, No. 1 (Spring 1978), pp. 55-59. "The Strategic Petroleum Reserve," Oil and Gas Tax Quarterly 26, No. 4 (June 1978), pp. 457-

465. "The Continuing Social Contract," Social Science 53, No. 4 (Autumn 1978), pp. 211-216. "Public Choice and Public Spending," National Tax Journal 26, No. 4 (December 1978), pp.

373-383. "The Politics and Economics of Energy Policy," Oil and Gas Tax Quarterly 27, No. 3 (March

1979), pp. 337-346. "Monopoly Aspects of Political Parties" (with Mark Crain and Robert Tollison), Atlantic

Economic Journal 7, No. 2 (July 1979), pp. 54-58. "An Evaluation of Some Microeconomic Consequences of a Future Oil Embargo," Policy

Sciences 10 (1979), pp. 207-220. "Lindahl Pricing of the Law" (with Robert D. Tollison), Rivista Internazionale di Scienze

Economiche e Commerciali 26, No. 11 (November 1979), pp. 1044-1054. "Tax Referenda and the Voluntary Exchange Model of Taxation" (with Paul C. Taylor), Public

Finance Quarterly 8, No. 1 (January 1980), pp. 107-114. "The Use of Economic Analysis in Law" (with Roger E. Meiners), The Alabama Lawyer 41, No.

2 (April 1980), pp. 222-225. "An Empirical Test of the Median Voter Model," Economic Inquiry 18, No. 2 (April 1980), pp.

260-274; reprinted in Charles K. Rowley, ed., Public Choice Theory, London: Edward Elgar, 1993.


"Concepts of Public Sector Equilibrium," The National Tax Journal 33, No. 1 (March 1980), pp.

77-88. "The Effect of Futures Trading on Price Variability in the Market For Onions" (with Richard S.

Higgins), Atlantic Economic Journal 8, No. 2 (July 1980) pp. 44-52. "Corrective Taxes and Auctions of Rights in the Control of Externalities" (with Roger E.

Meiners), Public Finance Quarterly 8, No. 3 (July 1980), pp. 345-349. "A Contractarian Model of the Decline in Classical Liberalism," Public Choice 35, No. 3 (1980),

pp. 277-286. "Public Investment in a Democracy" (with Asghar Zardkoohi), Southern Economic Journal 47,

No. 1 (July 1980), pp. 210-217. "Causes of the Energy Crisis," Oil and Gas Tax Quarterly 29, No. 1 (September 1980), pp.

139-150. "The Strategic Petroleum Reserve: An Economic Perspective," The Military Engineer 73, No.

472 (March-April, 1981), pp. 89-92. "An Estimation of the Lag Structure of the Economic Impact of an Oil Embargo" (with Charles

I. Tiplitz), Policy Sciences 13 (1981), pp. 183-193. "Intra-Industry Adjustment and the Correction of an Externality" (with Edwin L. Stecher),

Atlantic Economic Journal 9, No. 3 (September 1981), pp. 79-84. "The National Debt Controversy" (with John Jackson and Asghar Zardkoohi), Kyklos 34, Fasc.

2 (1981), pp. 186-202. Reprinted in Samuel Becker and Catherine Elliot, Readings in Public Sector Economics. Lexington, Mass.: D.C. Heath, 1990, pp. 496-503.

"The Determinants of Federal Grants" (with Asghar Zardkoohi), Southern Economic Journal

48, No. 2 (October 1981), pp. 393-399. "The Contractual Alternative to Patents" (with Roger E. Meiners), International Review of Law

and Economics 1 (1981), pp. 227-231. "Corrective Taxes and Auctions of Rights in the Control of Externalities: Reply" (with Roger E.

Meiners), Public Finance Quarterly 9, No. 4 (October 1981), pp. 479-484. "Rational Choice and the Taxation of Sin: Reply" (with W. Mark Crain, Thomas H. Deaton,

and Robert D. Tollison), Journal of Public Economics 16, No. 2 (October 1981), pp. 261-263.

"The National Debt Controversy: Reply" (with John Jackson and Asghar Zardkhoohi), Kyklos

35, Fasc. 4 (1982), pp. 713-718. "Deficits, Savings, and Capital Formation," Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Economic Review

67, No. 8 (August 1982), pp. 38-44. "The Determinants of Federal Grants: Reply" (with Asghar Zardkoohi), Southern Economic

Journal 50, No. 1 (July 1983), pp. 275-276. "On the Distribution of Federal Taxes and Expenditures, and the New War Between the

States" (with Asghar Zardkoohi), Public Choice 40 (1983), pp. 165-174.


"Market Arrangements versus Government Protection of Innovative Activity" (with Roger E.

Meiners), Social Science Review 5, No. 1 (Fall 1983), pp. 1-19. "Applied Fairness Theory: Comment," American Economic Review 73, No. 5 (December

1983), pp. 1153-1156. "The Effect of Macroeconomic Variables on State and Local Government Expenditures" (with

Asghar Zardkoohi), Atlantic Economic Journal 11, No. 4 (December 1983), pp. 34-41. "The Return to the Federal Government from Investment in Higher Education" (with Lora P.

Holcombe), Public Finance Quarterly 12, No. 3 (July 1984), pp. 365-371. "Is Legislation a Public Good?" Rivista Internazionale di Scienze Economiche e Commerciali

31, No. 6 (1984), pp. 524-536. "The Effects of Heterogeneous Expectations on the Capital Structure of the Firm" (with

Richard P. Saba), Southern Economic Journal 51, No. 2 (October 1984), pp. 356-368. "Tax Shares and Government Spending in a Median Voter Model" (with Steven B. Caudill),

Public Choice 46, No. 2 (1985), pp. 197-205. "New Evidence for Flat Tax Reform," Cato Journal 5, No. 2 (Fall 1985), pp. 591-596. "Non-Optimal Unanimous Agreement," Public Choice 48, No. 3 (1986), pp. 229-244. "The Effects of the Tax Structure on the Distribution of Disposable Income," Rivista

Internazionale di Scienze Economiche e Commerciali 33, No. 6-7 (June-July 1986), pp. 585-602.

"The Market for Regulation" (with Lora P. Holcombe), Journal of Institutional and Theoretical

Economics 142, No. 4 (December 1986), pp. 684-696. "Interest Groups and the Antitrust Paradox," (with Bruce Benson and M. L. Greenhunt), Cato

Journal 6, No. 3 (Winter 1987), pp. 801-817. "Public Investment and its Effects on the Burden of the Public Debt" (with Juergen Backhaus

and Asghar Zardkoohi), Southern Economic Journal 54, No. 1 (July 1987), pp. 145-158. "Coefficient Bias due to Specification Search in Econometric Models" (with Steven B. Caudill),

Atlantic Economic Journal 15, No. 3 (September 1987), pp. 30-34. "Conditions for Coefficient Stability in Input-Output Models" (with Steven B. Caudill), Review of

Business and Economic Research 23, No. 2 (Spring 1988), pp. 29-37. "Household Production and Labor Supply" (with Steven B. Caudill), International Journal of

Manpower 9, no 3 (1988), pp. 7-9. "The Median Voter Model in Public Choice Theory," Public Choice 61, No. 2 (May 1989), pp.

115-125. "A Note on Seniority and Political Competition," Public Choice 61, No. 3 (June 1989), pp. 285-

288. "Government by Contract" (with Donald J. Boudreaux), Public Finance Quarterly 17, No. 3

(July 1989), pp. 264-280.


"Non-Optimal Unanimous Agreement Under Majority Rule: Reply," Public Choice 62, No. 1

(July 1989), pp. 89-92. "Public Investment and the Burden of the Public Debt: Reply," (with Juergen Backhaus and

Asghar Zardkoohi), Southern Economic Journal 56, No. 2 (October 1989), pp. 532-534. "The Coasian and Knightian Theories of the Firm" (with Donald J. Boudreaux), Managerial and

Decision Economics 10 (June 1989), pp. 147-154. "Taxation and the Redistribution of Income" (with Steven B. Caudill), Atlantic Economic Journal

17, No. 3 (September 1989), pp. 39-42. "Political Parties and the Legislative Principal-Agent Relationship" (with James D. Gwartney),

Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics 145, No. 4 (December 1989), pp. 669-675.

"The Tax Cost of Privatization," Southern Economic Journal 56, No. 3 (January 1990), pp. 732-

742. "Distributional Aspects of Florida's Concurrency Requirement," Florida Policy Review 5, No. 2

(Winter 1990), pp. 8-14. "Growth Management in Florida: Lessons for the National Economy," Cato Journal 10, No. 1

(Spring/Summer 1990), pp. 109-125. "Growth Management and Land Use Planning in Florida," Florida Policy Review 6, No. 1

(Summer 1990), pp. 6-12. "The Value-Added Tax and the Sales Tax," Rivista Internationale di Scienze Economiche e

Commerciali 37, No. 9 (September 1990), pp. 799-815. "Committees in Legislatures: A Property Rights Perspective" (with Glenn R. Parker), Public

Choice 70, no. 1 (April 1991), pp. 11-20. "Barriers to Entry and Political Competition," Journal of Theoretical Politics 3, No. 2 (April

1991), pp. 231-240. "Privatization of Municipal Wastewater Treatment," Public Budgeting & Finance 11, No. 3 (Fall

1991), pp. 28-42. "Constitutions as Constraints: A Case Study of Three American Constitutions," Constitutional

Political Economy 2, No. 3 (Fall 1991), pp. 303-328. "A Method for Identifying General Aviation Airports that are Candidates for Runway

Extensions: A Planning Model for State Aviation Systems" (with Henry B. Burdg), The Journal of Aviation/Aerospace Education & Research 2, No. 2 (Winter 1992), pp. 14-26.

"The Distributive Model of Government: Evidence from the Confederate Constitution,"

Southern Economic Journal 58, No 3 (January 1992), pp. 762-769. "Revolving Fund Finance: The Case of Wastewater Treatment," Public Budgeting & Finance

12, No. 3 (Fall 1992), pp. 50-65. "Are There Ratchets in the Growth of Federal Government Spending?" Public Finance

Quarterly 21, No. 1 (January 1993), pp. 33-47.


"The Origin of the Legislature," Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice 11, No. 1 (1993),

pp. 3-18. "The Regulation of Lobbyists" (with Margaret F. Brinig and Linda Schwartzstein), Public Choice

77, No. 2 (October 1993), pp. 377-384. "Federal Funding and the Cartelization of State Governments" (with Michael D. Stroup),

Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice 11, Nos. 2/3 (1993), pp. 101-109. "Is Revenue-Neutral Tax Reform Revenue Neutral?" (with Jeffrey A. Mills), Public Finance

Quarterly 22, No. 1 (January 1994), pp. 65-85. "The Welfare State, Poverty, and Economic Opportunity," Contemporary Philosophy 16, No. 1

(January/February 1994), pp. 11-14. "Empirical Evidence on the Publicness of State Legislative Activities" (with Russell S. Sobel),

Public Choice 83, Nos. 1-2 (April 1995), pp. 47-58. "The Relative Variability of State Income and Sales Taxes over the Revenue Cycle" (with

Russell S. Sobel), Atlantic Economic Journal 23, No. 2 (June 1995), pp. 97-112. "Politics and Deficit Finance" (with Jeffrey A. Mills), Public Finance Quarterly 23, No. 4

(October 1995), pp. 448-466. "The Stability of International Coalitions in United Nations Voting from 1946 to 1973" (with

Russell S. Sobel), Public Choice 86, Nos. 1-2 (January 1996), pp. 17-34. “The Role of Fictions in Society,” Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice 14, no. 1 (1996),

pp. 15-30. "The Role of Federal Funding on the Demand for State and Local Government Spending" (with

Michael D. Stroup), Atlantic Economic Journal 24, No. 2 (June 1996), pp. 131-143. "The Impact of State Rainy Day Funds in Easing State Fiscal Crises During the 1990-91

Recession" (with Russell S. Sobel), Public Budgeting & Finance 16, No. 3 (Fall 1996), pp. 28-48.

"Measuring the Growth and Variability of Tax Bases Over the Business Cycle" (with Russell S.

Sobel), National Tax Journal 49, No. 4 (December 1996), pp. 535-552. "Vibert's Vision: Constitutional Theory in Search of a Constitution," Constitutional Political

Economy 7, No. 4 (1996), pp. 281-291. "The Growth of the Federal Government in the 1920s," Cato Journal 16, No. 2 (Fall 1996), pp.

175-199. "Absence of Envy Does Not Imply Fairness," Southern Economic Journal 63, No. 3 (January

1997), pp. 797-802. "A Theory of the Theory of Public Goods," Review of Austrian Economics 10, No. 1 (1997), pp.

1-22. "Lessons From the Laffer Curve and Tax Policy in the 1980s and 1990s" (with James D.

Gwartney), Journal of Private Enterprise 13 (January 1998), pp.86-105.


“Tax Policy from a Public Choice Perspective,” National Tax Journal 51, no. 2 (June 1998), pp. 359-371.

“Constitutional Theory and the Constitutional History of Colonial America,” Independent

Review 3, no. 1 (Summer 1998), pp. 21-36. “Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth,” Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics 1, no. 2

(Summer 1998), pp. 45-62. “Interests Versus Ideology in the Ratification of the 16th and 17th Amendments” (with Donald J.

Lacombe), Economics & Politics 10, no. 2 (July 1998), pp. 143-159. “Una Teoria Sobre la Teoria de los Bienes Publicos,” Libertas 15, no. 29 (October 1998), pp.

3-31. (Spanish translation of "A Theory of the Theory of Public Goods," Review of Austrian Economics 10, No. 1 (1997), pp. 1-22.)

“The Scope of Government and the Wealth of Nations” (with James Gwartney and Robert

Lawson), Cato Journal 18, no. 2 (Fall 1998), pp. 163-190. “Veterans Interests and the Transition to Government Growth: 1870-1915,” Public Choice 99,

no. 3-4 (June 1999), pp. 311-326. ”Specification Search and Levels of Significance in Econometric Models” (with Steven B.

Caudill), Eastern Economic Journal 25, no. 3 (Summer 1999), pp. 289-300. “Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth: Reply,” Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics 2,

no. 2 (Summer 1999), pp. 73-78. “Equilibrium Versus the Invisible Hand,” Review of Austrian Economics 12, no. 2 (1999), pp.

227-243. “Economic Freedom and the Environment for Economic Growth” (with James Gwartney and

Robert Lawson), Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics 155, no. 4 (December 1999), pp. 643-663.

“Consumption Externalities and Economic Welfare” (with Russell S. Sobel), Eastern Economic

Journal 26, no. 2 (Spring 2000), pp. 157-170. “Public Goods Theory and Public Policy,” Journal of Value Inquiry 34, nos. 2-3 (September

2000), pp. 273-286.. “Absence of Envy Does Not Imply Fairness: Reply,” Southern Economic Journal 67, no. 2

(October 2000), pp. 485-487. “The Unanimous Voting Rule Is Not the Political Equivalent to Market Exchange” (with Russell

S. Sobel), Public Choice 106, nos. 3/4 (March 2001), pp. 233-242. “Public Policy Toward Pecuniary Externalities (with Russell S. Sobel),” Public Finance Review

29, no. 4 (July 2001), pp. 304-325. “Constitutions and Democracy,” Economie Publique 7, no. 1 (2001), pp. 43-58. “The Growth of Local Government in the United States from 1820 to 1870” (with Donald J.

Lacombe), Journal of Economic History 61, no. 1 (March 2001), pp. 184-189.


”The Two Contributions of Garrison’s Time and Money,” Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics 4, no. 3 (Fall 2001), pp. 45-50.

“Liberty and Democracy as Economic Systems,” Independent Review 6, no. 3 (Winter 2002),

pp. 407-425. “Political Entrepreneurship and the Democratic Allocation of Economic Resources,” Review of

Austrian Economics 15, nos. 2/3 (June 2002), pp. 143-159. Reprinted in Mangus Henrekson, Jacob Wallenberg, and Tino Sanadaji, Institutions and Entrepreneurship (Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2012).

“The Ramsey Rule Reconsidered,” Public Finance Review 30, no. 6 (November 2002), pp.

562-578. ”The Origins of Entrepreneurial Opportunities,” Review of Austrian Economics 16, no. 1

(2003), pp. 25-43. “Information, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Progress,” Advances in Austrian Economics 6

(2003), pp. 177-199. “Taxing Services,” Florida State University Law Review 30, no. 3 (Spring 2003), pp. 467-475. “The Size and Significance of the Pareto Set in Spatial Voting Models,” Public Choice 116,

nos. 1-2 (July 2003), pp. 19-29. “Eliminating Scope of Practice and Licensing Laws to Improve Health Care,” Journal of Law,

Medicine & Ethics 31, no. 2(Summer 2003), pp. 236-246. “Progress and Entrepreneurship,” Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics 6, no. 3 (Fall

2003), pp. 3-26. Reprinted in The ICFAI Journal of Entrepreneurship Development 1, no. 3 (September 2004), pp. 10-28.

“Government: Unnecessary but Inevitable,” The Independent Review 8, no. 3 (Winter 2004),

pp. 325-342. Reprinted in Mario J. Rizzo, ed., Austrian Law and Economics (Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2011), Chapter 29.

“The New Urbanism Versus the Market Process,” Review of Austrian Economics 17, nos. 2-3

(June 2004)., pp. 285-300 “The Effect of State Income Taxation on Per Capita Income Growth” (with Donald J.

Lacombe), Public Finance Review 32, no. 3 (May 2004), pp. 292-312. “Using Matched Border Counties for Policy Analysis: The Effects of Entitlement Programs on

Female-Headed Households and Female Labor Force Participation” (with Donald J. Lacombe), Eastern Economic Journal 30, no. 3 (Summer 2004), pp. 399-413.

“National Income Accounting and Public Policy,” Review of Austrian Economics 17, no. 4

(2004), pp. 387-405. “Factors Underlying the Growth of Local Government in the 19th Century United States” (with

Donald J. Lacombe), Public Choice 120, nos. 3-4(September 2004), pp. 359-377. “Economic Freedom, Institutional Quality, and Cross-Country Differences in Income and

Growth” (with James D. Gwartney and Robert A. Lawson), Cato Journal 24, no. 3 (Fall 2004), pp. 205-233.


“Echoes of Henry George in Modern Analysis: A Comment on Three Applications,” American Journal of Economics and Sociology 63, no. 5 (November 2004), pp. 1131-1138.

“The National Research Council Ranking of Research Universities: Its Impact on Research in

Economics,” Econ Journal Watch 1, no. 3 (December 2004), pp. 498-514. “Common Property in Anarcho-Capitalism,” Journal of Libertarian Studies 19, no. 2 (Spring

2005), pp. 3-26. ”Is Government Inevitable? Reply to Leeson and Stringham,” The Independent Review 9, no.

4 (Spring 2005), pp. 551-557. “Government Growth in the Twenty-First Century,” Public Choice 124, nos. 1-2 (July 2005), pp.

95-114. “The Effects of Public Investment on Private Investment in Developing Countries” (With Lutfi

Erden), Public Finance Review 33, no. 5 (September 2005), pp. 575-602. “The Linkage Between Public and Private Investment: A Co-integration Analysis of a Panel of

in Developing Countries” (with Lutfi Erden), Eastern Economic Journal 32, no. 3 (Summer 2006), pp. 479-492.

“Institutions and the Impact of Investment on Growth” (with James D. Gwartney and Robert A.

Lawson), Kyklos 59, no. 2(2006), pp. 255-273. ”Does the Invisible Hand Hold or Lead? Market Adjustment in an Entrepreneurial Economy,”

Review of Austrian Economics 19, nos. 2-3 (June 2006), pp. 189-201. “Should We Have Acted 30 Years Ago To Prevent Global Climate Change?” Independent

Review 11, no. 2 (Fall 2006), pp. 283-288. “Is Government Really Inevitable?” Journal of Libertarian Studies 21, no. 1 (Spring 2007), pp.

39-46. “Evidence on Voter Preferences from Unrestricted Choice Referendums” (with Lawrence W.

Kenny), Public Choice 131, nos. 1/2 (April 2007), pp. 197-215. “Does Licensing of Health Care Professionals Improve Health Care?” Journal of Medical

Licensure and Discipline 93, no. 3 (2007), pp. 13-19. ”The Impact of Population Density on Municipal Government Expenditures” (with DeEdgra W.

Williams), Public Finance Review 36, no. 3 (May 2008), pp. 359-373. ”Pluralism Versus Heterodoxy in Economics and the Social Sciences,” Journal of Philosophical

Economics 1, no. 2 (2008), pp. 51-72. “Does Restricting Choice in Referenda Enable Governments to Spend More?” (with Lawrence

W. Kenny), Public Choice 136, nos. 1/2 (May 2008), pp. 87-101. “Advancing Economic Analysis Beyond the Equilibrium Framework,” Review of Austrian

Economics 21, no. 4 (2008), pp. 225-249 ”Why Does Government Produce National Defense?” Public Choice 137, nos. 1/2 (October

2008), pp. 11-19.


“Public Goods Theory: A Public Choice Critique,” Korean Journal of Public Choice 3, no. 1 (December 2008), pp. 1-13.

“The Sub-Optimality of Competitive Elections: Comment,” Public Choice 138, nos. 1-2

(January 2009), pp. 217-219. “Principles and Politics: Like Oil and Water,” Review of Austrian Economics 22, no. 2 (June

2009), pp. 151-157. ”Product Differentiation and Economic Progress,” Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics 12,

no. 1 (Spring 2009), pp. 17-35. “Are There Economies of Scale in Municipal Government Expenditures?” (with DeEdgra W.

Williams), Public Finance and Management 9, no. 3 (2009), pp. 416-438. ”A Reformulation of the Foundations of Welfare Economics,” Review of Austrian Economics

22, no. 3 (September 2009), pp. 209-224 ”The Behavioral Foundations of Austrian Economics,” Review of Austrian Economics 22, no. 4

(December 2009), pp. 301-313. “Unions, Economic Freedom, and Growth” (with James D. Gwartney), Cato Journal 30, no. 1

(Winter 2010), pp. 1-22. “Urban Sprawl and Transportation Externalities” (with DeEdgra W. Williams), Review of

Regional Studies 40, no. 3 (Winter 2010), pp. 257-272. “The Effect of Changes in the Tax Structure on the Reported Income of High-Income

Individuals” (with Harnan Acuna), Public Finance Review 38, no. 3 (May 2010), pp. 321-345.

”Policy Errors in Executive and Legislative Decision-Making” (with Dmitry Ryvkin), Public

Choice 144, nos. 1/2 (2010), pp. 37-51. “The Bush-Obama Stimulus Programs and the Future of American Capitalism,” Pepperdine

Policy Review 3 (2010), pp. 55-66. “Pluralism and Heterodoxy in Economic Methodology,” Review of Austrian Economics 24, no.

1 (March 2011), pp. 57-65. “Public Choice in a Local Government Setting,” Public Choice 149, nos. 1/2 (October 2011),

pp. 1-3. “The Cartelization of Local Governments” (with DeEdgra W. Williams), Public Choice 149, nos.

1/2 (October 2011), pp. 65-74. “Rule of Law and the Size of Government” (with Cortney S. Rodet), Journal of Institutional

Economics 8, no. 1 (March 2012), pp. 49-69. “The Rise and Fall of Agglomeration Economies,” Advances in Austrian Economics 16 (2012),

pp. 211-232. “Make Economics Policy-Relevant: Depose the Omniscient Benevolent Dictator,” Independent

Review 17, no. 2 (Fall 2012), pp. 165-176.


“Planning Versus the Invisible Hand: Allies or Adversaries?” Planning Theory 12, no. 2 (May 2013), pp. 199-210.

“South Korea’s Economic Future: Industrial Policy, or Economic Democracy?” Journal of

Economic Behavior & Organization 88 (April 2013), pp. 3-13. “Crony Capitalism: By-Product of Big Government,” The Independent Review 17, no. 4 (Spring

2013), pp. 541-559. “Institutional Quality and the Tenure of Autocrats” (with Christopher J. Boudreaux), Public

Choice 156, no. 3 (2013), pp. 409-421. “Do Voters have a Duty to Promote the Common Good? A Comment on Brennan’s The Ethics

of Voting.” Reason Papers 35, no. 1 (July 2013, pp. 17-25. “Profit and Prosperity,” American Journal of Entrepreneurship 8, no. 1 (June 2013, pp. 11-23. “Economic Policy and the Creative Economy,” Korean Journal of Institutions and Economics

11 (2013), pp. 125-152. “Firms as Knowledge Repositories,” Review of Austrian Economics 26, no. 3 (2013), pp. 259-

275. “Consenting to Collective Action: The Classical Liberal Constitutional Calculus of James M.

Buchanan,” The Independent Review 18, no. 3 (Winter 2014), pp. 359-372. “The Economic Theory of Rights,” Journal of Institutional Economics 10, no. 3 (September

2014), pp. 471-491. ”The Common Pool of Transitional Profits,” Review of Austrian Economics 27, no. 4 (2014),

pp. 387-401. ”Politics as Exchange: The Classical Liberal Economics and Politics of James M. Buchanan”

(with James D. Gwartney), Constitutional Political Economy 25, no. 3 (2014), pp. 265-279. “What Stiglitz and Stockman Have in Common,” Cato Journal 34. No. 3 (Fall 2014), pp. 569-

579. “Austrian Economics and its Relevance to Korean Economic Policy,” Korean Journal of

Institutions and Economics 11 (2014), pp. 19-41. “Political Capitalism,” Cato Journal 35. no. 1 (Winter 2015), pp. 41-66. “Capital and Labor, Past and Present, in the Context of Piketty’s Capital,” Review of Austrian

Economics 28, no. 2(June 2015), pp. 195-207. ”Regulation and Corruption” (w/ Christopher J. Boudreaux), Public Choice 164, no. 1 (July

2015), pp. 75-85. “Market Institutions and Income Inequality” (with Christopher J. Boudreaux), Journal of

Institutional Economics 12, no. 2 (June 2016), pp. 263-276. “Political Capitalism and Rent-Seeking.” Korean Journal of Public Choice 4, no. 1 (2016), pp.

11-27.


“Political Incentives for Rent Creation,” Constitutional Political Economy 28, no. 1 (March 2017), pp. 62-78.

“Malinvestment,” Review of Austrian Economics 30, no. 2 (2017), pp. 153-167. ”Economic Institutions and the Durability of Democracy” (with Christopher J. Boudreaux),

Atlantic Economic Journal 45, no. 1(March 2017), pp. 17-28. “Bourgeois Virtues Foster Capitalism: Does Capitalism Foster Bourgeois Virtues? Journal of

Private Enterprise 32, no. 4 (Winter 2017), pp. 95-107. ”Is Korea’s Chaebol Era Coming to an End?” Review of Institutions and Economics

(forthcoming). “Institutional Quality and the Wealth of Autocrats” (with Christopher J. Boudreaux), European

Journal of Government and Economics (forthcoming). “Interest Group Support for Non-Group Issues” (with Robert J. Gmeiner), Constitutional

Political Economy (forthcoming). ”Is Institutional Improvement Possible?” (with Christopher J. Boudreaux), Applied Economics

Letters (forthcoming). ”Corruption and Destructive Entrepreneurship” (with Christopher J. Boudreaux and Boris N.

Nikolaev), Small Business Economics (forthcoming). ”Rules for Preventing Conflicts Between Drones and Other Aircraft,” Independent Review

(forthoming).

Contributions to Edited Volumes

"An Incentive Plan for Subsidizing Private Schools" in Richard E. Wagner, ed., Government Aid to Private Schools: Is it a Trojan Horse? Wichita: Institute for Humane Studies, 1979, pp. 47-56.

"Energy," Chapter 4 in Eugene J. McAllister, ed., Agenda for Progress: Examining Federal

Spending. Washington, D.C.: The Heritage Foundation, 1980, pp. 85-103. "The Role of Government," in Walter Block and Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr., eds., Man,

Economy, and Liberty: Essays in Honor of Murray N. Rothbard. Auburn, Alabama: Ludwig von Mises Institute, 1988, pp. 269-282.

"Social Welfare," in John Creedy, ed., Foundations of Economic Thought. Oxford: Basil

Blackwell, 1990, pp. 159-185. "The Distributional Aspects of Florida's Growth Management Act," Chapter 2 in John W.

Cooper, ed., Private Property Rights, Land Use Policy, and Growth Management. Tallahassee: Montpelier Books, 1990, pp. 5-16.

"Growth Management in Florida," Chapter 5 in John W. Cooper, ed., Private Property Rights,

Land Use Policy, and Growth Management. Tallahassee: Montpelier Books, 1990, pp. 49-62.


"The National Debt Controversy" (with John Jackson and Asghar Zardkoohi), in Samuel Becker and Catherine Elliot, Readings in Public Sector Economics. Lexington, Mass.: D.C. Heath, 1990, pp. 496-503. Reprinted from Kyklos 34, Fasc. 2 (1981), pp. 186-202.

"Income Tax," Academic American Encyclopedia. Danbury, Connecticut: Grolier, 1996; also

1992 and 1988 editions. "Library Funding and the Concept of Federalism," Chapter 1 in Alphonse F. Trezza, ed., The

Funding of Academic and Public Libraries: The Critical Issue for the 90s. New York: G.K. Hall, 1992, pp. 1-14.

"Florida's Growth Management Experiment," in John Smith, ed., Florida Agenda: The Critical

Issues. Tallahassee: James Madison Institute for Public Policy Studies, 1995, pp. C1-C17. "Florida's Spending Cap: Will It Work?" in John Smith, ed., Florida Agenda: The Critical

Issues. Tallahassee: James Madison Institute for Public Policy Studies, 1995, pp. D1-D15. "Evaluating Florida's Tax Structure," in John Smith, ed., Florida Agenda: The Critical Issues.

Tallahassee: James Madison Institute for Public Policy Studies, 1995, pp. D18-D37. "The Welfare State, Poverty, and Economic Opportunity," in John Smith, ed., Florida Agenda:

The Critical Issues. Tallahassee: James Madison Institute for Public Policy Studies, 1995, pp. F1-F9. (This is a reprint of James Madison Institute Backgrounder No. 9, originally published in 1993.)

"Selective Excise Taxation from an Interest-Group Perspective," in William F. Shughart II, ed.,

Taxing Choice: The Predatory Politics of Fiscal Discrimination. New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers, 1997, pp. 81-103.

"Rainy Day Fund," in Jay M. Shafritz, ed., The International Enclyclopedia of Public Policy and

Administration. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1998, pp. 1901-1903. "Revolving Fund," in Jay M. Shafritz, ed., The International Enclyclopedia of Public Policy and

Administration. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1998, pp. 1989-1992.

"Normative Public Finance," in Fred Thompson, ed., Handbook of Public Finance. New York: Marcel Dekker, 1998, pp. 1-42.

"Economic Freedom, Constitutional Structure, and Growth in Developing Countries" (with

James D. Gwartney), in Mwangi S. Kimenyi and John Mukum Mbaku, eds., Institutions and Collective Choice in Developing Countries: Applications of the Theory of Public Choice. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate, 1999, pp. 33-59.

"Tax Limits," in Don Racheter and Richard E. Wagner, eds., Limiting Leviathan. Cheltenham,

UK: Edward Elgar, 1999, pp. 115-139. ”Introduction: The Austrian School Past and Present,” in Randall G. Holcombe, ed., 15 Great

Austrian Economists. Auburn, AL: Ludwig von Mises Institute, 1999, pp. v-xii. "Median Voter Theorem," in Joseph Cordes, Robert Ebel, and Jane Gravelle, eds.,

Encyclopedia of Taxation and Tax Policy. Washington, D.C.: Urban Institute Press, 1999, pp. 236-238.

“Tax Policy from a Public Choice Perspective,” in Joel Slemrod, ed., Tax Policy in the Real

World. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999 pp. 397-409. Reprinted from the National Tax Journal (June 1998).


"Privatization and Incentives for Efficiency: The Case of Wastewater Treatment," Chapter 16

in Paul Seidenstat, Michael Nado, and Simon Hakim, eds., America’s Water and Wastewater Industries: Competition and Privatization. Public Utilities Reports, 2000, pp. 239-253.

”Public Choice and Public Finance,” Chapter 19 in William F. Shughart II and Laura Razzolini,

eds., The Elgar Companion to Public Choice. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2001, pp. 396-421.

”Public Choice and Economic Growth,” Chapter 29 in William F. Shughart II and Laura

Razzolini, eds., The Elgar Companion to Public Choice. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2001, pp. 628-644.

“Land Use Planning and Markets: An Overview of the Issues” (with Samuel R. Staley), in

Randall G. Holcombe and Samuel R. Staley, eds., Smarter Growth: Market-Based Strategies for Land Use Planning in the 21st Century. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2001, pp. 1-12.

“Growth Management in Action: The Case of Florida,” in Randall G. Holcombe and Samuel R.

Staley, eds., Smarter Growth: Market-Based Strategies for Land Use Planning in the 21st Century. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2001, pp. 131-154.

“Policy Implications” (with Samuel R. Staley), in Randall G. Holcombe and Samuel R. Staley,

eds., Smarter Growth: Market-Based Strategies for Land Use Planning in the 21st Century. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2001, pp. 251-265.

“The Invisible Hand and Economic Progress,” in Gary D. Libecap, ed., Entrepreneurial Inputs

and Outputs: New Studies of Entrepreneurship in the United States. Amsterdam: JAI Press, 2001, pp. 281-326.

”Learning from the Master: A Student Evaluation of Professor Buchanan,” in Geoffrey

Brennan, Hartmut Kliemt, and Robert D. Tollison, eds., Methods and Morals in Constitutional Economics: Essays in Honor of James M. Buchanan. Berlin: Springer, 2002, pp. 538-545.

"Contractual Governments in Theory and Practice" (with Donald J. Boudreaux), in David Beito,

ed., The Voluntary City. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2002, pp. 289-306. “Excise Taxation and Interest Group Politics,” in Donald P. Racheter and Richard E. Wagner,

eds., Politics, Taxation, and the Rule of Law: The Power to Tax in Constitutional Perspective. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002, pp. 123-143.

”Taxation, Production, and Redistribution,” in Juergen G. Backhaus and Richard E. Wagner,

eds., Handbook of Public Finance. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2004, pp. 139-164.

”Public Finance and the Median Voter Model,” in Charles K. Rowley and Fritz Schneider, eds.,

Encyclopedia of Public Choice. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2004, pp. 453-455.

”Committees in Legislatures,” in Charles K. Rowley and Fritz Schneider, eds., Encyclopedia of

Public Choice. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2004, pp. 100-102. ”Electoral College,” in Charles K. Rowley and Fritz Schneider, eds., Encyclopedia of Public

Choice. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2004, pp. 206-208.


”Growth of Local Government in the United States,” in Charles K. Rowley and Fritz Schneider,

eds., Encyclopedia of Public Choice. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2004, pp. 268-270.

“Why Do Florida Counties Adopt Urban Growth Boundaries?” in Timothy S. Chapin, Charles

E. Connerly, and Harrison T. Higgins, eds., Growth Management in Florida: Planning for Paradise. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate, 2007, pp. 227-240.

Why Government?” in Hartmut Kliemt and Hardy Bouillon, eds., Ordered Anarchy: Jasay and

His Surroundings (Aldreshot, UK: Ashgate, 2007). ”Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth,” in Benjamin Powell, ed., Making Poor Nations Rich:

Entrepreneurship and the Process of Economic Development (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2008), reprint of an article originally published in the Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics, 1999.

“Democracy,” in Ronald Hamowy, ed., The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism. Los Angeles:

Sage, 2008. “Government: Unnecessary But Inevitable,” in Mario J. Rizzo, ed., Austrian Law and

Economics (Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2011), Chapter 29. “Cultivating Creativity: Market Creation of Agglomeration Economies,” in David Emanuel

Andersson, Charlotta Mellander, and Ake Andersson, eds., Handbook of Creative Cities (Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2011), Chapter 19.

“Consent or Coercion? A Critical Analysis of the Constitutional Contract,” in Alain Marciano,

ed., Constitutional Mythologies (New York: Springer, 2011). pp. 9-23. “Democracy and Prosperity,” Chapter 1 in Young Back Choi, ed., Institutional Economics and

National Competitiveness (London: Routledge, 2012), pp. 1-23. “Federal Systems,” Chapter 11 in Michael Reksulak, Laura Razzolini, and William F. Shughart,

eds., The Elgar Companion to Public Choice, 2nd ed. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2013, pp. 179-194.

“Institutions and Constitutions: The Economic World of James M. Buchanan,” Ch. 2 in Dwight

R. Lee, ed., Public Choice: Past and Present (New York: Springer, 2013. ”The Rise and Fall of Growth Management in Florida,” in David Emanuel Andersson and

Stefano Moroni, eds., Cities and Private Planning: Property Rights, Entrepreneurship, and Transaction Costs. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2014, Ch. 11, pp. 232-247.

“Improving Spontaneous Orders,” in Guinevere Nell, ed., Austrian Theory & Market

Organization. New York. Palgrave Macmillan, 2014, Ch. 1, pp. 9-28. “Rent-Seeking and Constitutional Political Economy,” Chapter 26, pp. 473-487 in Roger D.

Congleton and Arye Hillman, eds., Companion to the Political Economy of Rent-Seeking. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2015.

”Unanimous Consent and Constitutional Economics,” in Jac Heckelman and Nicholas Miller,

eds., The Elgar Handbook of Social Choice and Voting. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2015, Ch. 3, pp. 35-53.


“Institutions and Entrepreneurship,” ch. 5 in Richard Cebula, Joshua Hall, and James Payne, eds., Economic Behavior, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Freedom, 2015, pp. 64-75.

“Public Choice and Austrian Economics,” ch. 21 in Peter J. Boettke and Christopher J. Coyne,

eds., The Oxford Handbook of Austrian Economics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015, pp. 491-507.

“The Politics of Taxes in the Affordable Care Act,” in Adam Hoffer and Todd Nesbit, eds., For

Your Own Good: Paternalism, Taxes, and Fiscal Discrimination in the Twenty-First Century (forthcoming).

”Theory of Free-Market Economics,” in Laurie Malashashanko, ed., American Governance

(forthcoming). “Crony Capitalism,” in Robert S. Rycroft, ed., The American Middle Class: An Economic

Encyclopedia of Progress and Poverty. Santa Barbara: Greenwood-ABC-CLIO, 2017, pp. 109-111.

”Capital, Returns, and Risk: A Critique of Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century.

Chapter 19 in Jean-Philippe Delsol, Nicolas Lecaussin, and Emmanuel, Martin, eds., Anti-Piketty: Capital for the 21st Century. Washington, DC: Cato Institute, 2017, pp. 205-214. This was also published in French (translated by the editors) as ”Capital, Rendement, et Risque: Une Critique de L’ouvrage de Thomas Piketty,” pp. 323-336 in Nicolas Lecaussin and Jean-Philippe Delsol, eds., Anti-Piketty: Vive le Capital au XXIe Siecle! Nice, France: Librechange, 2015.

”The Economic Crisis: Causes and Considerations,” in Eugene Heath, Byron Kaldis, and

Alexei Marcoux, Routledge Companion to Business Ethics, London: Routledge, (2018), pp. 293-409.

“Is Government Growth Inevitable?” in Roger D. Congleton, Bernard Grofman, and Stefan

Voigt, eds., Oxford Handbook of Public Choice. Oxford: Oxford University Press (forthcoming).

“Can Consent Limit Liberty? An Analysis of James M. Buchanan’s Classical Liberal

Contractarianism,” in Peter J. Boettke and Solomon Stein, eds., Buchanan’s Tensions: Reexamining the Political Economy and Philosophy of James M. Buchanan. Fairfax, VA: Mercatus Center (forthcoming).

Government Publications:

"Statement before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Energy Conservation and Power," DOE Authorization for F.Y. 1982 (Part 1) Serial No. 97-8. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1981, pp. 604-612.

"Synthetic Fuels Study Panel, Minority Report" (with H. A. Merklein, Thomas Moore, and

Richard Stroup), Congressional Record 126, No. 77 (June 17, 1982), pp. S7050-S7051. “Optimal Capital Gains Tax Policy: Lessons From the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s (with James D.

Gwartney), Joint Economic Committee of the United States Congress, June 1997. “The Size and Functions of Government and Economic Growth” (with James Gwartney and

Robert Lawson), Joint Economic Committee of the United States Congress, March 1998.


“Public Policy Toward Land Use: Issues for the 21st Century,” Joint Economic Committee of the United States Congress, May 2000.

Research and Policy Institute Publications:

The Economic Impact of an Interruption in United States Petroleum Imports: 1975-2000. Research Contribution 245, Center for Naval Analyses, November, 1974.

Florida's Tax Structure: An Evaluation. Backgrounder No. 3, The James Madison Institute for

Public Policy Studies, 1991. The Welfare State, Poverty, and Economic Opportunity. Backgrounder No. 9, The James

Madison Institute for Public Policy Studies, 1993. Would Florida Benefit From a Cap on Government Spending? Backgrounder No. 11, The

James Madison Institute for Public Policy Studies, 1993. Florida's Growth Management Experiment: An Analysis. Backgrounder No. 17, The James

Madison Institute for Public Policy Studies, 1995. Florida's Intangibles Tax: A Large Burden for a Small Return. Backgrounder No. 20, The

James Madison Institute for Public Policy Studies, 1997. (An earlier version was released in 1994 as Backgrounder No. 15.)

“Federal Government Growth Before the New Deal,” The Freeman 47, no. 9 (September

1997), pp. 547-551. “Constitutional Rights and Florida’s Constitution,” Madison Review 3, no. 1 (Fall 1997), pp. 33-

38. “Economic Freedom and Economic Growth,” The Freeman 48, no. 2 (February 1998), pp. 90-

93. “Florida’s State Sovereignty Land Claims,” The Journal of the James Madison Institute 1, no. 1

(May/June 1998), pp. 10-14. “Florida’s State Sovereignty Land Claims: A Government Taking of Private Property without

Compensation,” James Madison Institute Backgrounder no. 22 (July 1998). “The Neglected Potential of Simple Income Tax Reform” (with Henry N. Butler), Kansas Public

Policy Institute, July 1998. “Should We Add Entitlements to Florida’s Constitution?” The Debate 1, Issue 3 (Summer

1998), Lincoln Center for Public Service, pp. 1-6. “Government Spending and Economic Growth” (with James D. Gwartney and Robert Lawson),

James Madison Institute Backgrounder no. 24 (October 1998). ”In Defense of Urban Sprawl,” PERC Reports 17, no. 1 (February 1999), pp. 3-5. ”Live and Let Live,” PERC Reports 17, no. 1 (February 1999), pp. 8-9. “Taille de l’Etat et Richesse des Nations” (with James Gwartney and Robert Lawson), Institut

Economique de Montreal, 2000. French translation of “The Scope of Government and the Wealth of Nations,” Cato Journal 18, no. 2 (Fall 1998), pp. 163-190.


“Public Policy Toward Land Use: A Market-Oriented Approach for the 21st Century,” The

Journal of the James Madison Institute 12 (Spring 2000), pp. 18-22. “Florida’s Tax Structure: An Overview and Evaluation,” James Madison Institute Backgrounder,

Policy Report #27, October 2000. “Principles for Florida’s Sales Tax,” James Madison Institute Backgrounder, Policy Report #29,

November 2000. “Tax and Expenditure Limitations: Issues for Florida,” James Madison Institute Backgrounder,

Policy Report #32, April 2001. “Three Tax Issues for Florida,” The Journal of the James Madison Institute 22 (Fall 2002), pp.

5-11. “Florida Is Not Facing a Revenue Crisis,” The Journal of the James Madison Institute 23

(Winter 2003), pp. 20-27. “Florida’s Intangibles Tax: The Case for Repeal,” James Madison Institute Backgrounder,

Policy Report # 40, June 2003. ”Why Has Florida’s Growth Management Act Been Ineffective?” The Journal of the James

Madison Institute 28 (Spring/Summer 2004), pp. 11-14. “Is Florida’s Tax Structure Ready for the 21st Century? James Madison Institute

Backgrounder # 42, December 2004. “Paying for Growth,” The Journal of the James Madison Institute 32 (Summer 2005), pp. 5-7,

37-43. “Empowering Florida’s Taxpayers” (with Barry Poulson), James Madison Institute

Backgrounder no. 47, November 2005. “Florida’s Fiscal Constitution: Opportunities for Reform,” James Madison Institute

Backgrounder no. 50, December 2006. “Why Florida Needs Property Tax Limits,” Journal of the James Madison Institute 40 (Fall

2007), pp. 9-13. ”Florida’s Fiscal Future: Tax and Expenditure Policy in Uncertain Times,” James Madison

Institute Backgrounder no. 58, February 2009. “Creating a Public/Private Partnership for Florida’s Conservation Land Management,” James

Madison Institute Backgrounder no. 59, March 2009. “Transforming America: The Bush-Obama Stimulus Programs,” The Freeman 59, no. 7

(September 2009), pp. 34-38. “The Value Added Tax: Too Costly for the United States,” Research Paper, Mercatus Center,

George Mason University, September 21, 2010. “Protecting Florida’s Cities Through Pension Reform,” James Madison Institute Backgrounder

66, January 2011.


“The Value Added Tax: Impacts on Florida,” Mercatus on Policy No. 89 (February 2011), Mercatus Center, George Mason University.

“Taxing Internet Sales: A State and National Perspective,” Journal of the James Madison

Institute 50 (Winter 2012), pp. 8-16. “Economic Freedom: A Global Perspective,” Journal of the James Madison Institute 51

(Summer 2012), pp. 15-19. “Preserve Freedom of Contract in Florida’s Labor Markets,” James Madison Institute

Backgrounder 73, March 2013. ”Florida Retirement System Reform: Why Now?” James Madison Institute Policy Brief, April

2014. “Florida’s Fiscal Policy: Responsible Budgeting in a Growing State,” Mercatus Center Working

Paper, George Mason University, February 2015. “Reforming the Florida Retirement System,” The Journal of the James Madison Institute 56

(Spring 2015), pp. 17-20. “Government Defaults in Greece and Puerto Rico: Are We Next? The Journal of the James

Madison Institute 57 (Winter 2016), pp. 12-17.

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Massachusetts: Ballinger, 1980), in Southern Economic Journal 48, No. 1 (July 1981), pp. 257-259.

George F. Break, Financing Government in a Federal System (Washington, D.C.: The

Brookings Institution, 1980), in Southern Economic Journal 48, No. 2 (October 1981), pp. 533-535.

Alan Peacock and Francesco Forte, eds., The Political Economy of Taxation (New York: St.

Martin's Press, 1981), in Southern Economic Journal 49, No. 3 (January 1983), pp. 887-889.

P. M. Jackson, The Political Economy of Bureaucracy (Totowa, New Jersey: Barnes & Noble

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1984), in Wall Street Review of Books 13, No. 1 (Winter 1985), pp. 1-6. Richard B. McKenzie, ed., Plant Closings: Public or Private Choices? Revised Edition

(Washington, D.C.: Cato Institute, 1984), in Wall Street Review of Books 13, No. 2 (Spring 1985), pp. 123-126.

Irwin Schiff, The Great Income Tax Hoax (Hamden, Connecticut: Freedom Books, 1985), in

Wall Street Review of Books 13, No. 4 (Fall 1985), p. 332.


Robert Hall and Alvin Rabushka, The Flat Tax (Stanford: Hoover Institution Press, 1985), in Wall Street Review of Books 14, No. 1 (Winter 1986), pp. 9-14.

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Chicago Press, 1987), in Southern Economic Journal 55, No. 1 (July 1988), pp. 236-237. Richard H. Fink and Jack C. High, eds., A Nation in Debt: Economists Debate the Federal

Budget Deficit (Frederick, Maryland: University Publications of America, 1987), in Southern Economic Journal 55, No. 2 (October 1988), pp. 520-521.

Aaron Wildavsky, The New Politics of the Budgetary Process (Glenview, Illinois: Scott,

Foresman, and Company, 1988), in Public Choice 60, No. 2 (1989), pp. 193-195. Martin Shefter, Political Crisis/Fiscal Crisis (New York: Basic Books, 1989), in Public Choice

62, No. 1 (July 1989), pp. 98-99. Paul G. Hare, ed., Surveys in Public Sector Economics (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1988), in

Public Choice 63, No. 3 (1989), pp. 299-300. James M. Buchanan, Explorations into Constitutional Economics (College Station: Texas A&M

University Press, 1989), in Cato Journal 9, No. 3 (Winter 1990), pp. 743-746. Dieter Helm, ed., The Economic Borders of the State (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989),

in Constitutional Political Economy 2, No. 1 (Winter 1991), pp. 127-129. Joseph White and Aaron Wildavsky, The Deficit and the Public Interest: The Search for

Responsible Budgeting in the 1980s (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1989), in Public Choice 72, Nos. 2-3 (December 1991), pp. 242-243.

W. Mark Crain and Robert D. Tollison, eds., Predicting Politics: Essays in Empirical Public

Choice (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1990), in Public Choice 73, No. 4 (June 1992), pp. 494-496.

Elinor Ostrom, Crafting Institutions for Self-Governing Irrigation Systems (San Francisco:

Institute for Contemporary Studies, 1992), and Shui Yan Tang, Institutions for Collective Action: Self-Governance in Irrigation (San Francisco: Institute for Contemporary Studies, 1992), in Public Choice 75, No. 4 (April 1993), pp. 399-401.

Dan Usher, The Welfare Economics of Markets, Voting, and Predation (Ann Arbor: University

of Michigan Press, 1992), in Public Choice 80, Nos. 1-2 (July 1994), pp. 214-216. Fred Foldvary, Public Goods and Private Communities (Aldershot, England: Edward Elgar,

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Mark Irving Lichbach, The Rebel's Dilemma (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1995),

in Public Choice 87, Nos. 1-2 (April 1996), pp. 196-199.


Eric Monkkonen, The Local State: Public Money and American Cities (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1995), in Public Choice 91, nos. 3-4 (June 1997), pp. 425-429.

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Contrasting Visions of the State (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1999), in Public Choice 106, nos. 1-2 (January 2001), pp. 196-199.

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Cambridge University Press, 2001, in Public Choice 109, nos. 1-2 (October 2001), pp. 205-209.

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Capitalism (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2002), in the Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics 7, no. 1 (Spring 2004), pp. 79-84.

Omar Azfar and Charles A. Cadwell, eds., Market-Augmenting Government: The Institutional

Foundations for Prosperity (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2003), and Stephen


Knack, ed., Democracy, Governance, and Growth (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2003), in Public Choice 119, nos. 3-4 (2004), pp. 473-476.

Arye L. Hillman, Public Finance and Public Policy: Responsibilities and Limitations of

Government (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003), in Public Choice 120, nos. 3-4 (September 2004), pp. 468-471.

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Logic of Political Survival (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2003), in The Independent Review 9, no. 3 (Winter 2005), pp. 456-459.

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