Working Papers:

Using Terror Alert Levels to Estimate the Effect of Police on Crime (2003) (with Alexander Tabarrok) submitted to The Journal of Law and Economics.

A Micro Analysis of the Effect of Insurance Mandates on the Behavior of Diabetics: Education vs. Moral Hazard (2003) (with Thomas Stratmann) submitted to The Journal of Health Economics

Subsidizing Addiction: Do State Health Insurance Mandates Increase Alcohol Consumption? (2003) (with Thomas Stratmann) submitted to The Journal of Legal Studies.

Intra-Jurisdictional Tax Competition (2003) (with Francesco Parisi) submitted to Public Choice.

Does Medical Malpractice Reform Help States Retain Physicians and Does It Matter?(2003) (with Thomas Stratmann) submitted to The Journal of Law and Economics.

Two Dimensions of Regulatory Competition (with Francesco Parisi and Norbert Schulz) (2002) submitted to The American Law and Economics Review.

Salvation as a Selective Incentive: An Olsonian Analysis of the Faith vs. Works Cleavage (2001) revising for The International Review of Law and Economics.

Autocrats and the Environment or It's Easy Being Green (2003) revising for The European Journal of Political Economy.

Limited Autocracy (2001) revising for The Economics of Governance.

Are Mental Health Insurance Mandates Effective?: Evidence from Suicides also NBER Working Paper w9994 (2003) (with Sara Markowitz) submitted to The Journal of Law and Economics.

Wealth, Utility, and the Human Dimension (with Francesco Parisi) (2003).

Offsetting Behaviors in the Workplace (with Thomas Stratmann) (2003).

Antitrust in a Second Best World (2002)

Does Trust Matter for Charitable Giving? (2000)

The Disciplined Dictator: Using National Elections to Temper a Legislative Agenda Setter (2001)
 

Academic Publications:

The Micro Foundations of Standard Form Contracts: Price Discrimination vs. Behavioral Bias, forthcoming in Florida State University Law Review.

Econometric Analyses of U.S. Abortion Policy: A Critical Review, forthcoming in Fordham Urban Law Journal.

The IOM Report: Too Quick to Diagnose Bias (with Sally Satel) forthcoming in Perspectives in Biology and Medicine.

Functional Law and Economics: The Search for Value-Neutral Principles of Lawmaking (with Francesco Parisi) forthcoming in Chicago-Kent Law Review

The Effect of Abortion Legalization on Sexual Behavior: Evidence from Sexually Transmitted Diseases (with Thomas Stratmann), The Journal of Legal Studies, 32(2): 407-434 (June 2003).

The Differential Calculus of Consent (with Francesco Parisi) Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice, forthcoming.

The Disunity of Unanimity (with Francesco Parisi) George Mason Law & Economics Working Paper 01-28 (2001), Constitutional Political Economy, 14(2): 83-94 [lead article] (June 2003).

Does Money Make a Difference: The Relationship Between Expenditures and Test Scores in Pennsylvania's Public Schools (2000), The American Economist, 44(1): 81-87.

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Public Interest Comments:

FDA Labeling Regulations and First Amendment Issues (with Jennifer Zambone): Submitted to FDA September 13, 2002

Consumer Product Safety Commission Data Quality Guidelines: Submitted to CPSC June 27, 2002

EPA Data Quality Guidelines: Submitted to EPA May 31, 2002

Energy Standards for Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps: Submitted to DOE on October 9, 2001

Popular Press:
"Don't Despair over Disparities," The Weekly Standard: March 1, 2004.
Commentary on agency issues induced by Milton Hershey School Trust's Control of Hershey Foods (I don't know what headline was used), The Harrisburg Patriot: September 19(?), 2002
"Mental Illness Insurance Parity Could Boost Drinking," The Providence Journal: May 14, 2002
"Drug Re-importation's No-Win Solution," Regulation, Vol. 25(1) Spring 2002: 6-7.
"Securing the Airways: The downside to solidarity," National Review Online: October 11, 2001.
"Missing the Forest for the Trees," Mercatus article on Cipro patent: October 24, 2001.