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Working Papers

Working Papers are research articles that have been submitted to the Independent Institute or written by our Fellows, but have not yet been published or peer reviewed. Independent 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 Independent’s Research Director, William F. Shughart II.

Love’s Imperative
A Study on Kant and Kolbe
An Experimental Investigation of Hobbesian Jungles
Nation of Origin Bias and the Enforcement of Immigration Laws by the Immigration and Naturalization Service
Freedom of Speech, Cyberspace, Harassment Law, and the Clinton Administration
Freedom of Speech, Information Privacy, and the Troubling Implications of a Right to Stop People from Speaking About You
Political Yardstick Competition, Economic Integration, and Constitutional Choice in a Federation
Do Civil and Political Repression Really Boost Foreign Direct Investments?
Development of the American Railroad Network During the Early 19th Century
Private versus Public Enterprise
Minimum Wages For Women Only
Mere Economic Science
C. S. Lewis and the Poverty of Naturalism
Do Off-Label Drug Practices Argue Against FDA Efficacy Requirements?
Testing an Argument by Structured Conversations with Experts
The Anomaly of Off-Label Drug Prescriptions
Runaway Judges? Selection Effects and the Jury
The Effect of Electoral Institutions on Tort Awards
Private Policing in San Francisco
Privatizing the Adjudication of Disputes
The Radical Libertarian Political Economy of 19th Century Preacher David Lipscomb
Taxing Development: The Law and Economics of Traffic Impact Fees
Teacher Training and Texas Education Reform
A Study in Contradiction
Institutional Foundations of Economic Freedom
A time-series cross-section analysis
Constitutional Design and Economic Freedom
Public Health and the Placebo
The Legacy of the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act
Sweatshops and Third World Living Standards: Are the Jobs Worth the Sweat?
The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and the Political Economy of California Water Allocation
You Get What You Pay For: Result-Based Compensation for Health Care


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