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Alexander T. Tabarrok
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Alexander Tabarrok is Research Director for The Independent Institute, Assistant Editor of The Independent Review, Bartley J. Madden Chair in Economics at the Mercatus Center, and Associate Professor of Economics at George Mason University. He received his Ph.D. in economics from George Mason University, and he has taught at the University of Virginia and Ball State University. Co-author (with Daniel Klein) of The Independent Institute web site, FDAReview.org, Dr. Tabarrok is the editor of The Independent Institute books, Entrepreneurial Economics: Bright Ideas from the Dismal Science (Oxford University Press), The Voluntary City: Choice, Community, and Civil Society (with David Beito and Peter Gordon, University of Michigan Press), and Changing the Guard: Private Prisons and the Control of Crime.

His papers have appeared in the Journal of Law and Economics, Public Choice, Economic Inquiry, Journal of Health Economics, Journal of Theoretical Politics, The American Law and Economics Review, Kyklos and many other journals. Dr. Tabarrok is an author of the monograph, An Analysis of Proposals for Constitutional Change in New Zealand and he has contributed chapters to a number of books. Dr. Tabarrok is the recipient of the Snavely Award, and he has been an Earhart Foundation Fellow and George A. and Frances Ball Foundation Fellow. Articles by Dr. Tabarrok have appeared in magazines and newspapers across the United States.

Books
Judge and Jury 2006
Changing the Guard 2003
Entrepreneurial Economics 2002
Liberty for Women 2002
The Voluntary City 2002
Events
Entrepreneurial Economics for Fun, Profit and a Better, Freer World May 3, 2002
Common Law, Merchant Law, and Democratic Legislation February 18, 2001
Can America’s Electoral System Be Fixed? February 6, 2001
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The Independent Review
The Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Privateers Spring 2007
Assessing the FDA via the Anomaly of Off-Label Drug Prescribing Summer 2000
Privatizing Social Security Spring 1999
Commentary
Capitalism: Hollywood’s Miscast Villain June 7, 2010
The Meat Market January 9, 2010
How To Get a Liver When You Need One June 30, 2009
Home Sweet Investment March 18, 2008
Oakland’s Gun Buyback Misfires February 23, 2008
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Open Letters
Open Letter on Immigration June 19, 2006
Presentations
Arguments for Federalism September 20, 2001
Immigration Integration May 24, 2001
The “War on Drugs” is a War on People October 30, 2000
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Research Articles
The Blessed Monopolies December 1, 2001
Monopolies for Children? Pediatric Exclusivity and the Orphan Drug Act December 13, 2000
Working Papers
Do Off-Label Drug Practices Argue Against FDA Efficacy Requirements? October 2, 2003
The Anomaly of Off-Label Drug Prescriptions November 1, 1999
Runaway Judges? Selection Effects and the Jury September 2, 1999
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