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Edited Volumes:
Applying Public Choice Theory to Public Policy, eds. Brian Meehan, Jayme S. Lemke, and Paul Dragos Aligica. Lexington Books, forthcoming.
Elinor Ostrom and the Bloomington School: Building a New Approach to Policy and the Social Sciences, eds. Jayme S. Lemke and Vlad Tarko, Agenda Publishing, 2021.
Exploring the Political Economy and Social Philosophy of F. A. Hayek, eds. Peter J. Boettke, Jayme Lemke, and Virgil Henry Storr, Rowman & Littlefield International, 2018.
Articles and Book Chapters:
“Can Gender Quotas Help Break the Glass Ceiling?,” The Independent Review, forthcoming (with Rosemarie Fike).
“Gender in Classical Liberal Thought.” In Routledge Handbook on Classical Liberalism, eds. Richard Epstein, Mario Rizzo, and Liya Palagashvili, forthcoming.
“The Origins and Persistence of Discriminatory Institutions and Ideologies.” In The Legacy of Robert Higgs, ed. Christopher J. Coyne, 2024, pp. 34-54..
“Karen Vaughn: Building an Austrian Approach to Public Choice,” The Independent Review, 2023 28(2), 291-300.
“Her Own Property: Lizzie’s Diamonds and Rosalie’s Fortune,” Studies in Emergent Order, 2023 11(11-12), 37-47 (with Sarah Skwire).
“Polycentric Institutions of Intimacy,” in Living Better Together: Social Relations and Economic Governance in the Work of Ostrom and Zelizer, eds. Stefanie Haeffele and Virgil Henry Storr, Palgrave MacMillan, 2023, pp. 135-162.
"Libertarianism and the Bloomington School." In Routledge Companion to Libertarianism (Benjamin Ferguson and Matt Zwolinski, eds.), 2022, pp. 534-547 (with Jordan Lofthouse).
“Defending the Weak Will of the People: An Economic Perspective on Collective Will in Democratic Societies,” George Mason Law Review, 2022, 29(2): 471-86 (with Virgil Henry Storr).
“Elinor Ostrom,” in Essential Women of Liberty, ed. Don Boudreaux, Fraser Institute, 2022.
“Better Together: Political Economy, Institutional Analysis, and Environmental Policy,” in Elinor Ostrom and the Bloomington School: Building a New Approach to Policy and the Social Sciences, eds. Jayme Lemke and Vlad Tarko, Agenda Publishing, 2021.
“Withdrawing Consent: Polycentric Defenses Against Domination,” The Independent Review, 2020, 25(2): 265-277.
“Methodological Confusions and the Science Wars in Economics,” The Review of Austrian Economics, 2020, 33(1-2): 87–106 (with John Kroencke).
“Club Women and the Provision of Local Public Goods,” in Public Choice Analyses of American Economic History: Volume 3, eds. Joshua Hall and Marcus Witcher, 2019 (with Julia Norgaard).
"Assessing For-Profit Colleges," in Unprofitable Schooling: Examining Causes of, and Fixes for, America’s Broken Ivory Tower, eds. Todd J. Zywicki and Neal McCluskey, Washington, D.C.: Cato Institute, 2019 (with William F. Shughart II).
“Groups, Sorting, and Inequality in Constitutional Political Economy” in James M. Buchanan: A Theorist of Political Economy and Social Philosophy, ed. Richard E. Wagner, Palgrave MacMillan, 2018.
“Constitutional Hopes and Post-constitutional Fears: The Role of Rational Construction in Skeptical Public Choice,” in Buchanan’s Tensions: Reexamining the Political Economy and Philosophy of James M. Buchanan, Peter J. Boettke and Solomon Stein (eds.), Arlington, VA: Mercatus Center at George Mason University, 2018 (with Peter J. Boettke).
“Why Statehood? A Note on Interpreting Jurisdictional Competition in U.S. History," Journal of Prices & Markets, 6(1) 2018: 16-22.
“A Practical Approach to Understanding: The Possibilities and Limitations of Applied Work in Political Economy,” in The Austrian and Bloomington Schools of Political Economy (Advances in Austrian Economics Vol. 22), eds. Paul Dragos Aligica, Paul A. Lewis, and Virgil Henry Storr, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2017, pp. 81-102 (with Jonathan Lingenfelter).
“Interjurisdictional Competition and the Married Women’s Property Acts,” Public Choice, 2016, 166(3): 291-313.
“Richard Vedder and the Future of Higher Education Reform,” Cato Journal, 2016, 36(1): 143-164 (with William F. Shughart II).
“Re-evaluating Community Policing in a Polycentric System,” Journal of Institutional Economics, 2016, 12(02): 305-325 (with Peter J. Boettke and Liya Palagashvili).
“An Austrian Approach to Class Structure,” in New Thinking in Austrian Political Economy (Advances in Austrian Economics Vol. 19), ed. Christopher J. Coyne and Virgil H. Storr, 2015, pp. 167-192.
“Polycentricity, Self-governance, and the Art & Science of Association,” The Review of Austrian Economics, 2015, 28(3): 311-335 (with Peter J. Boettke and Liya Palagashvili).
“Wife Sales,” Review of Behavioral Economics, 2014, 1: 349-379 (with Peter T. Leeson and Peter J. Boettke).
“Lessons from Doing Bad by Doing Good for the Private Philanthropic Organization”, Studies in Emergent Order, 2014, 7: 113-123.
"Riding in cars with boys: Elinor Ostrom's adventures with the police," Journal of Institutional Economics, 2013, 9(4): 407-425 (with Peter Boettke and Liya Palagashvili).
“Travel Visas,” Public Choice, 2012, 153(1): 17-36 (with Robert A. Lawson).
“Polycentrism, self-governance, and the case of married women’s rights reform,” in Emily Chamlee-Wright, ed., Annual Proceedings of the Wealth and Well-Being of Nations Volume 4: Self-Governance, Polycentrism, and the Social Order (Beloit College Press), 2012, pp. 69-88.
"Lessons from The Cultural and Political Economy of Recovery," American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 2012, 71(1): 215-228 (with Christopher J. Coyne).
“Polycentricity in Disaster Relief,” Studies in Emergent Order, 2011, 4: 45-57. (with Christopher J. Coyne).
Other Pieces
“Using Public Choice Economics to Understand Public Debt,” Foundation for Teaching Economics curriculum on Public Budgets, Deficits and Debt, July 2020 (with Jordan Lofthouse).
“Some Jobs Aren’t Needed,” New York Times Room for Debate, January 17, 2011 (with Tyler Cowen).
“10 Percent Unemployment Forever?” Foreign Policy, January 5, 2011 (with Tyler Cowen).
Edited Volumes:
Applying Public Choice Theory to Public Policy, eds. Brian Meehan, Jayme S. Lemke, and Paul Dragos Aligica. Lexington Books, forthcoming.
Elinor Ostrom and the Bloomington School: Building a New Approach to Policy and the Social Sciences, eds. Jayme S. Lemke and Vlad Tarko, Agenda Publishing, 2021.
Exploring the Political Economy and Social Philosophy of F. A. Hayek, eds. Peter J. Boettke, Jayme Lemke, and Virgil Henry Storr, Rowman & Littlefield International, 2018.
Articles and Book Chapters:
“Can Gender Quotas Help Break the Glass Ceiling?,” The Independent Review, forthcoming (with Rosemarie Fike).
“Gender in Classical Liberal Thought.” In Routledge Handbook on Classical Liberalism, eds. Richard Epstein, Mario Rizzo, and Liya Palagashvili, forthcoming.
“The Origins and Persistence of Discriminatory Institutions and Ideologies.” In The Legacy of Robert Higgs, ed. Christopher J. Coyne, 2024, pp. 34-54..
“Karen Vaughn: Building an Austrian Approach to Public Choice,” The Independent Review, 2023 28(2), 291-300.
“Her Own Property: Lizzie’s Diamonds and Rosalie’s Fortune,” Studies in Emergent Order, 2023 11(11-12), 37-47 (with Sarah Skwire).
“Polycentric Institutions of Intimacy,” in Living Better Together: Social Relations and Economic Governance in the Work of Ostrom and Zelizer, eds. Stefanie Haeffele and Virgil Henry Storr, Palgrave MacMillan, 2023, pp. 135-162.
"Libertarianism and the Bloomington School." In Routledge Companion to Libertarianism (Benjamin Ferguson and Matt Zwolinski, eds.), 2022, pp. 534-547 (with Jordan Lofthouse).
“Defending the Weak Will of the People: An Economic Perspective on Collective Will in Democratic Societies,” George Mason Law Review, 2022, 29(2): 471-86 (with Virgil Henry Storr).
“Elinor Ostrom,” in Essential Women of Liberty, ed. Don Boudreaux, Fraser Institute, 2022.
“Better Together: Political Economy, Institutional Analysis, and Environmental Policy,” in Elinor Ostrom and the Bloomington School: Building a New Approach to Policy and the Social Sciences, eds. Jayme Lemke and Vlad Tarko, Agenda Publishing, 2021.
“Withdrawing Consent: Polycentric Defenses Against Domination,” The Independent Review, 2020, 25(2): 265-277.
“Methodological Confusions and the Science Wars in Economics,” The Review of Austrian Economics, 2020, 33(1-2): 87–106 (with John Kroencke).
“Club Women and the Provision of Local Public Goods,” in Public Choice Analyses of American Economic History: Volume 3, eds. Joshua Hall and Marcus Witcher, 2019 (with Julia Norgaard).
"Assessing For-Profit Colleges," in Unprofitable Schooling: Examining Causes of, and Fixes for, America’s Broken Ivory Tower, eds. Todd J. Zywicki and Neal McCluskey, Washington, D.C.: Cato Institute, 2019 (with William F. Shughart II).
“Groups, Sorting, and Inequality in Constitutional Political Economy” in James M. Buchanan: A Theorist of Political Economy and Social Philosophy, ed. Richard E. Wagner, Palgrave MacMillan, 2018.
“Constitutional Hopes and Post-constitutional Fears: The Role of Rational Construction in Skeptical Public Choice,” in Buchanan’s Tensions: Reexamining the Political Economy and Philosophy of James M. Buchanan, Peter J. Boettke and Solomon Stein (eds.), Arlington, VA: Mercatus Center at George Mason University, 2018 (with Peter J. Boettke).
“Why Statehood? A Note on Interpreting Jurisdictional Competition in U.S. History," Journal of Prices & Markets, 6(1) 2018: 16-22.
“A Practical Approach to Understanding: The Possibilities and Limitations of Applied Work in Political Economy,” in The Austrian and Bloomington Schools of Political Economy (Advances in Austrian Economics Vol. 22), eds. Paul Dragos Aligica, Paul A. Lewis, and Virgil Henry Storr, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2017, pp. 81-102 (with Jonathan Lingenfelter).
“Interjurisdictional Competition and the Married Women’s Property Acts,” Public Choice, 2016, 166(3): 291-313.
“Richard Vedder and the Future of Higher Education Reform,” Cato Journal, 2016, 36(1): 143-164 (with William F. Shughart II).
“Re-evaluating Community Policing in a Polycentric System,” Journal of Institutional Economics, 2016, 12(02): 305-325 (with Peter J. Boettke and Liya Palagashvili).
“An Austrian Approach to Class Structure,” in New Thinking in Austrian Political Economy (Advances in Austrian Economics Vol. 19), ed. Christopher J. Coyne and Virgil H. Storr, 2015, pp. 167-192.
“Polycentricity, Self-governance, and the Art & Science of Association,” The Review of Austrian Economics, 2015, 28(3): 311-335 (with Peter J. Boettke and Liya Palagashvili).
“Wife Sales,” Review of Behavioral Economics, 2014, 1: 349-379 (with Peter T. Leeson and Peter J. Boettke).
“Lessons from Doing Bad by Doing Good for the Private Philanthropic Organization”, Studies in Emergent Order, 2014, 7: 113-123.
"Riding in cars with boys: Elinor Ostrom's adventures with the police," Journal of Institutional Economics, 2013, 9(4): 407-425 (with Peter Boettke and Liya Palagashvili).
“Travel Visas,” Public Choice, 2012, 153(1): 17-36 (with Robert A. Lawson).
“Polycentrism, self-governance, and the case of married women’s rights reform,” in Emily Chamlee-Wright, ed., Annual Proceedings of the Wealth and Well-Being of Nations Volume 4: Self-Governance, Polycentrism, and the Social Order (Beloit College Press), 2012, pp. 69-88.
"Lessons from The Cultural and Political Economy of Recovery," American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 2012, 71(1): 215-228 (with Christopher J. Coyne).
“Polycentricity in Disaster Relief,” Studies in Emergent Order, 2011, 4: 45-57. (with Christopher J. Coyne).
Other Pieces
“Using Public Choice Economics to Understand Public Debt,” Foundation for Teaching Economics curriculum on Public Budgets, Deficits and Debt, July 2020 (with Jordan Lofthouse).
“Some Jobs Aren’t Needed,” New York Times Room for Debate, January 17, 2011 (with Tyler Cowen).
“10 Percent Unemployment Forever?” Foreign Policy, January 5, 2011 (with Tyler Cowen).