Journal Articles:

 

"Is Codification of Informal Property Institutions Necessary for Economic Development?" with

Carrie B. Kerekes.  2006.  Journal for the New Europe 3(2): 27-57.

 

 "Foreign Aid and Human Development: The Impact of Foreign Aid to the Health Sector,"  2008. 

Southern Economic Journal, forthcoming.

 

"Unveiling de Soto's Mystery: Property Rights, Capital Formation, & Economic Develoment," with 

            Carrie B. Kerekes. 2008. Journal of Institutional Economics, forthcoming.

 

“The (Lack of) Impact of Government Land Titling: Case Study Evidence from Rural Peru.”

(with Carrie B. Kerekes). Revista de Economía y Derecho, forthcoming.

 

"Propertyless in Peru, Even With a Government Land Title," with Carrie B. Kerekes. 2008.

         Under Review.

 

 "Retiree Migration, Local Economic Development and Education Finance," with Mehmet

Serkan Tosun and Pavel Yakovlev. 2008. Under Review.

 

“Anarchy and Development: An Application of the Theory of Second Best,” with Peter T.

Leeson, 2008.  Under Review.

 

"Securing Private Property: The Relative Importance of Formal versus Informal Institutions," with

        Carrie B. Kerekes. 2008. 

 

Culture Eroded or Enriched? The Impact of Trade Openness on Culture," with Christopher J. Coyne,

         2008. Under Review.

 

Working Papers:

   

"Institutional Arrangements and Economic Performance: The Relationship between Formal and         Informal Institutions," 2008.

 

"Exploring the Failure of ForeignAid," 2008. 

 

Other Publications

 

“Focus On West Virginia Internationally,” with George Hammond in West Virginia Economic

Outlook 2005, Bureau of Business and Economic Research, West Virginia University.

 

“Focus On West Virginia County Performance,” with George Hammond in West Virginia

Economic Outlook 2005, Bureau of Business and Economic Research, West Virginia

University.

 

“Focus On West Virginia State Comparison,” West Virginia Economic Outlook 2005, Bureau of

Business and Economic Research, West Virginia University.

 

Book Chapters:

 

“The Cultural Opposition to Capitalism: Mythbusting Through Our Past,” in Russell S. Sobel,

eds., Unleashing Capitalism: Why Prosperity Stops at the West  Virginia State Line,

and How to Fix It. 2007.

 

“Retirees and Economic Development in West Virginia,” forthcoming in Demographic

Economics Research Perspectives, with Mehmet Tosun, Arzu Sen, and Pavel Yakovlev.

 

Policy Papers:

 

Retirees and Economic Development in West Virginia, with Mehmet Serkan Tosun, Arzu Sen,

and Pavel Yakovlev, May 2006.