Working Papers are research articles that have been submitted to the Institute or written by our Fellows, but have not yet been published or peer reviewed. The Institute maintains this index of working papers in order to help disseminate, discuss, and improve important ideas. Authors welcome informed comments. If you would like to submit your paper for possible inclusion please email the paper’s abstract to the Institute’s research director, Alexander Tabarrok.

Date	Title	Author(s)
7/26/2012	Retail Innovations in American Economic History	Art Carden
4/1/2012	A Brief History of Checkpoints (And What to do About Them)	Patrick Adams
3/7/2011	Iraq, Afghanistan, War, and Money: A Look at Two Presidencies	Anthony Gregory
11/17/2010	Life Expectancy, Health Care, and Economics	Kirby R. Cundiff
9/22/2010	The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and the Political Economy of California Water Allocation	Leo K. Simon Susan Stratton Sayre Rachael E. Goodhue
12/21/2009	Private Policing in San Francisco	Edward P. Stringham
11/3/2009	Keys to Economics of Global Warming	Sungno Niggol Seo
10/30/2009	Internal Enforcement	Keith D. Malone
8/18/2009	Love's Imperative	José Maria J. Yulo
10/17/2007	Privatizing the Adjudication of Disputes	Bryan Caplan Edward P. Stringham
8/20/2007	Jacob K. Javits and Latin American Economic Integration	Salvador Rivera Ph.D.
3/6/2007	Mere Economic Science	David J. Theroux
12/14/2006	The Radical Libertarian Political Economy of 19th Century Preacher David Lipscomb	Edward P. Stringham
12/12/2006	Taxing Development: The Law and Economics of Traffic Impact Fees	Edward P. Stringham Benjamin W. Powell John B. Estill
11/30/2006	Somalia After State Collapse: Chaos or Improvement?	Benjamin W. Powell Ryan Ford Alex Nowrasteh
1/19/2006	Is Future Conflict with China Unavoidable?	Ivan Eland
8/18/2005	A Geo-Spatial Macro-Economic Analysis of Climate Change	Sungno Niggol Seo
5/23/2005	An Experimental Investigation of Hobbesian Jungles	Bart J. Wilson Benjamin W. Powell
5/9/2005	Development Aid and Economic Freedom: Are They Related?	Benjamin W. Powell Matt E. Ryan
4/20/2005	Government and the Economy: The World Wars	Robert Higgs
4/20/2005	Government and the Economy since World War II	Robert Higgs
3/14/2005	Is Cybersecurity a Public Good? Evidence from the Financial Services Industry	Benjamin W. Powell
3/14/2005	“Not Merely Perfidious but Ungrateful”: The U.S. Takeover of West Florida	Robert Higgs
9/28/2004	State Development Planning: Did it Create an East Asian Miracle?	Benjamin W. Powell
9/27/2004	Sweatshops and Third World Living Standards: Are the Jobs Worth the Sweat?	Benjamin W. Powell David B. Skarbek
6/2/2004	Coasian Contracts in the Coeur d’Alene Mining District	Robert Higgs
5/20/2004	Institutional Foundations of Economic Freedom	Xavier de Vanssay Zane Spindler Vincent Hildebrand
4/8/2004	Prostitution and Sex Crimes	Kirby R. Cundiff
10/5/2003	Individual Unemployment Accounts	Stephen M. Colarelli Lawrence Brunner
10/3/2003	The Ongoing Growth of Government in the Economically Advanced Countries	Robert Higgs
10/2/2003	Do Off-Label Drug Practices Argue Against FDA Efficacy Requirements?	Alexander Tabarrok Daniel B. Klein
10/1/2003	The Lighthouse as a Private-Sector Collective Good	Fred E. Foldvary
6/2/2003	Wartime Socialization of Investment	Robert Higgs
5/1/2002	International Money and Common Currencies in Historical Perspective	James R. Lothian Gerald P. Dwyer Jr.
12/1/2001	The Demand for Democide	King Banaian
10/1/2001	Development of the American Railroad Network During the Early 19th Century	Clifford F. Thies
9/1/2001	Privateering and National Defense: Naval Warfare for Private Profit	Larry J. Sechrest
8/2/2001	Economic Principles of Constitutions	Jurgen G. Backhaus
8/1/2001	Constitutional Causes for Technological Leadership: Why Europe?	Jurgen G. Backhaus
6/1/2001	Nation of Origin Bias and the Enforcement of Immigration Laws by the Immigration and Naturalization Service	Jim F. Couch Brett A. King William H. Wells Peter M. Williams
5/4/2001	Political Yardstick Competition, Economic Integration, and Constitutional Choice in a Federation	Martin R. Bodenstein Heinrich W. Ursprung
5/3/2001	Do Civil and Political Repression Really Boost Foreign Direct Investments?	Philipp W. Harms Heinrich W. Ursprung
5/2/2001	Teacher Training and Texas Education Reform	J. E. Stone
5/1/2001	Homicide Rates and Substance Control Policy	Kirby R. Cundiff
4/8/2001	Do Good Laws Make Good Citizens?	Robert D. Cooter
4/7/2001	You Get What You Pay For: Result-Based Compensation for Health Care	David A. Hyman Charles Silver
4/6/2001	The Positive Correlation of Price and Concentration in Staples: Market Power or Indivisibility?	Craig M. Newmark
4/5/2001	Minimum Wages For Women Only	Clifford F. Thies
4/4/2001	The Changing United States Health Care System	Robert B. Helms
4/3/2001	Public Health and the Placebo: The Legacy of the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act	Russell S. Sobel