Research and Scholarship
Current Projects
Cuba after Castro v. China after Mao
Jacob's Tithe and the Economics of Reciprocity
Selected Publications
“Institutional Constraints on Entrepreneurship in Kenya’s Popular Music Industry.” In African Entrepreneurship: Theory and Reality. [With Michael Farley] download
“Property Rights as a Cause of the Tragedy of the Commons: Institutional Change and the Pastoral Maasai of Kenya.” Eastern Economic Journal. [Awarded the Eastern Economics Association’s Otto Eckstein Prize for best article in 1995 and 1996.] download
“When Aggregate Demand Is Not Aggregate Demand: A Pedagogical Note on the Aggregate Demand and Supply Model.” New York Economic Review. [With Jeffrey T. Young] download
“A Public Choice and Efficiency Argument for Development Impact Fees.” In Development Impact Fees: Policy Rationale, Practice, Theory, and Issues. [With A. C. Nelson] download
“Development Rights and the Differential Assessment of Agricultural Land.” American Journal of Economics and Sociology. [With Julia Lane ] download
Other Writings
The Gates of Hell download
Does Eternal Punishment Mean Eternal Torment? download