Peer-Reviewed Publications

"Local Government Investment and Long-Run Economic Growth," Journal of Social, Political, and Economic Studies, 34, 2 (Summer 2009), 244-59.

"State Fiscal Crises: Are Rapid Spending Increases to Blame?" (with David Mitchell, University of South Alabama), Cato Journal, 28, 3 (Fall 2008), 435-48.

"Housing Tenure and Mobility with an Acquisition-Based Property Tax: The Case of Florida," (with Howard Finch (FGCU) and Gary Jackson (FGCU)), Journal of Housing Research, 16, 2 (Fall 2007), 117-29.

"Economic Freedom, Corruption, and Growth" (with Mushfiq Swaleheen, FGCU), Cato Journal, 27, 3 (Fall 2007), 343-58. ( 16 pages)

"Interjurisdictional Competition and Local Government Spending in U.S. Metropolitan Areas," Public Finance Review, 34, 2 (March 2006): 173-94. ( 23 pages)

"Local Decentralization and Local Economic Growth: A Cross-Sectional Examination of U.S. Metropolitan Areas," Journal of Urban Economics, 57 (January 2005): 55-72. ( 18 pages)

Public Policy Studies, Op-Eds and Other Articles

"Higher Taxes, Less Growth: The Impact of Tax Burden on Economic Growth in U.S. Metropolitan Areas," NFAP Policy Brief, April 2009, National Foundation for American Policy, Arlington, Virginia, on the NFAP website.

"State budgets: Rapid spending increases come home," Fort Worth (TX) Star- Telegram, Sunday February 22, 2009.

List of over five dozen publications authored during my seven years at the Cato Institute (including 27 policy studies for Cato and other public policy research organizations and 40 op-ed articles for the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Investor's Business Daily, Chicago Tribune, and other publications).

Works in Progress

"The Virtues of Competition in the Market for Local Collective Goods" (under review at Journal for the New Europe).

"Taxes and Economic Growth in U.S. Metropolitan Areas" with Mushfiq Swaleheen (FGCU) (revisions in progress; targeted for National Tax Journal).

"Local Government Finance and Entrepreneurial Activity in U.S. Metropolitan Areas" with Brad Hobbs (FGCU) and Stephan Gohmann (University of Louisville)(revisions in progress; targeted for Journal of Business Venturing).

"The Determinants of the Severity of State Fiscal Crises" with David Mitchell (University of South Alabama) (revisions in progress; targeted for Public Budgeting and Finance).

"More Competition, More Economic Growth?: A Panel Study of Local Government in U.S. Metropolitan Areas" (revisions in progress; to be presented for third time in 11/09; targeted for Journal of Urban Economics).

"A Case Study of the Cape Coral, Florida Utility Expansion" with Howard Finch (FGCU) and Shelton Weeks (FGCU) (in progress; targeted for Journal of Economics and Finance Education).

"Capitalization of Local Government Spending and Taxes into Housing Values in U.S. Metropolitan Areas" with Matt Holian (San Jose State University) (in progress; to be presented for first time in 4/10).

"An Economic Freedom Index for U.S. Metropolitan Areas" with Brad Hobbs (FGCU) and Stephan Gohmann (University of Louisville) (in progress).

"Does Interjurisdictional Competition Reduce Local Bureaucrats' Salaries? A New Test of the Leviathan Model" (in progress).

"The Effect of Controlled School Choice on the Provision of Education in Florida" (in progress).