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Jac Heckelman

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Terminal Degree:1994 Department of Economics; University of Maryland (from RePEc Genealogy)

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Department of Economics
Wake Forest University

Winston-Salem, North Carolina (United States)
http://www.wfu.edu/academics/economics/
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Working papers

  1. Heckelman, Jac C & Wilson, Bonnie, 2023. "Aid, Reform, and Interest Groups," MPRA Paper 118182, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  2. Mostapha Diss & Keith Dougherty & Jac Heckelman, 2023. "When ties are possible: Weak Condorcet winners and Arrovian rationality," Post-Print hal-04419865, HAL.
  3. Wilson, Bonnie & Heckelman, Jac, 2021. "Targeting Inflation Targeting: The Influence of Interest Groups," MPRA Paper 118090, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  4. Bonnie Wilson & Jac Heckelman, 2015. "Interest Groups, Democracy, and Policy Volatility," Working Papers 2015-02, Saint Louis University, Department of Economics.
  5. Bonnie Wilson & Jac Heckelman, 2015. "Fractionalization, Rent Seeking, and Economic Freedom," Working Papers 2015-03, Saint Louis University, Department of Economics.
  6. Jac C. Heckelman & Andrew T. Young, 2014. "How Global is Globalization?," Working Papers 14-08, Department of Economics, West Virginia University.
  7. Bonnie Wilson & Jac Heckelman, 2012. "Institutions, Lobbying, and Economic Performance," Working Papers 2012-02, Saint Louis University, Department of Economics.
  8. Andreas Freytag & Jac C. Heckelman, 2011. "Has assistance from USAID been successful in promoting and sustaining democracy? Evidence from the transition economies of Eastern Europe and Eurasia," Jena Economics Research Papers 2011-017, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena.
  9. Heckelman, Jac C. & Knack, Stephen & Rogers, F. Halsey, 2011. "Crossing the threshold : an analysis of IBRD graduation policy," Policy Research Working Paper Series 5531, The World Bank.
  10. Bonnie Wilson & Jac Heckelman, 2010. "The Political Economy of Investment: Sclerotic Effects from Interest Groups," Working Papers 2012-03, Saint Louis University, Department of Economics.
  11. Jac, Heckelman, 2009. "The connection between democratic freedoms and growth in transition economies," MPRA Paper 21533, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  12. Bonnie Wilson & Jac Heckelman, 2008. "Interest Groups and the "Rise and Decline" of Growth," Working Papers 2012-01, Saint Louis University, Department of Economics, revised Jun 2013.
  13. Bonnie Wilson & Dennis Coates & Jac Heckelman, 2008. "Democracy and Volatility: Do Special-Interest Groups Matter?," Working Papers 2008-01, Saint Louis University, Department of Economics, revised Aug 2009.
  14. Bonnie Wilson & Dennis Coates & Jac Heckelman, 2007. "Determinants of Interest Group Formation," Working Papers 2007-03, Saint Louis University, Department of Economics.
  15. Bonnie Wilson & Dennis Coates & Jac Heckelman, 2007. "Special-Interest Groups and Volatility," Working Papers 2007-04, Saint Louis University, Department of Economics.
  16. Heckelman, Jac & Knack, Stephen, 2005. "Foreign aid and market-liberalizing reform," Policy Research Working Paper Series 3557, The World Bank.
  17. Bonnie Wilson & Dennis Coates & Jac Heckelman, "undated". "Special-Interest Groups and Growth," Working Papers 2007-01, Saint Louis University, Department of Economics.

Articles

  1. Diss, Mostapha & Dougherty, Keith & Heckelman, Jac C., 2023. "When ties are possible: Weak Condorcet winners and Arrovian rationality," Mathematical Social Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 123(C), pages 128-136.
  2. Jac C. Heckelman, 2023. "Negative voting social welfare functions: a characterization," Review of Economic Design, Springer;Society for Economic Design, vol. 27(1), pages 125-132, February.
  3. Jac C. Heckelman & Bonnie Wilson, 2021. "Targeting inflation targeting: the influence of interest groups," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 189(3), pages 533-554, December.
  4. Jac C. Heckelman & Robi Ragan, 2021. "Symmetric Scoring Rules And A New Characterization Of The Borda Count," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, vol. 59(1), pages 287-299, January.
  5. Jac C. Heckelman, 2021. "Characterizing plurality using the majoritarian condition: a new proof and implications for other scoring rules," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 189(3), pages 335-346, December.
  6. Dougherty, Keith L. & Heckelman, Jac C., 2020. "The probability of violating Arrow’s conditions," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 65(C).
  7. Heckelman, Jac C. & Wilson, Bonnie, 2019. "The growth-maximizing level of regulation: Evidence from a panel of international data," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 59(C), pages 354-368.
  8. Heckelman, Jac C. & Young, Andrew, 2018. "How Global is Globalization?," Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy, Mid-Continent Regional Science Association, vol. 48(3), August.
  9. Jac C. Heckelman & Bonnie Wilson, 2018. "Fractionalization and Economic Freedom," Public Finance Review, , vol. 46(2), pages 158-176, March.
  10. Jac C. Heckelman, 2017. "Tullock on the organization of scientific inquiry," Constitutional Political Economy, Springer, vol. 28(1), pages 1-17, March.
  11. Paul D. Carlsen & Jac C. Heckelman, 2016. "State bloc versus individual delegate voting at the constitutional convention: Did it make a difference?," Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 82(3), pages 781-800, January.
  12. Jac C. Heckelman & Bonnie Wilson, 2016. "Interest Groups, Democracy, And Policy Volatility," Contemporary Economic Policy, Western Economic Association International, vol. 34(2), pages 223-233, April.
  13. Jac C. Heckelman, 2016. "A note on majority rule and neutrality with an application to state votes at the Constitutional Convention of 1787," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 167(3), pages 245-255, June.
  14. Jac Heckelman, 2015. "Guest editor’s introduction to the symposium on the 50th anniversary of Olson’s Logic of Collective Action," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 164(3), pages 191-193, September.
  15. Jac C. Heckelman & Bonnie Wilson, 2014. "Interest Groups and the “Rise and Decline” of Growth," Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 81(2), pages 435-456, October.
  16. John Dinan & Jac C. Heckelman, 2014. "Support for Repealing Prohibition: An Analysis of State-Wide Referenda on Ratifying the 21st Amendment," Social Science Quarterly, Southwestern Social Science Association, vol. 95(3), pages 636-651, September.
  17. Heckelman, Jac C., 2013. "Cross–country convergence of financial reforms," European Economic Letters, European Economics Letters Group, vol. 2(1), pages 20-23.
  18. Heckelman, Jac & Dinan, John, 2013. "Empirical Evidence Regarding Regional Political Convergence in the United States," Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy, Mid-Continent Regional Science Association, vol. 43(2).
  19. Heckelman, Jac C. & Dougherty, Keith L., 2013. "A Spatial Analysis of Delegate Voting at the Constitutional Convention," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 73(2), pages 407-444, June.
  20. Jac C. Heckelman, 2013. "Income convergence among U.S. states: crosssectional and time series evidence," Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Economics Association, vol. 46(3), pages 1085-1109, August.
  21. Jac C. Heckelman & Bonnie Wilson, 2013. "Institutions, Lobbying, and Economic Performance," Economics and Politics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 25(3), pages 360-386, November.
  22. Jac C. Heckelman & Frederick H. Chen, 2013. "Strategy Proof Scoring Rule Lotteries for Multiple Winners," Journal of Public Economic Theory, Association for Public Economic Theory, vol. 15(1), pages 103-123, February.
  23. Jac Heckelman & Sandeep Mazumder, 2013. "Are we there yet? On the convergence of financial reforms," Economics of Governance, Springer, vol. 14(4), pages 385-409, November.
  24. Andreas Freytag & Jac C. Heckelman, 2012. "Has Assistance from USAID been Successful for Democratization? Evidence from the Transition Economies of Eastern Europe and Eurasia," Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, vol. 168(4), pages 636-657, December.
  25. Stephen Knack & F. Rogers & Jac Heckelman, 2012. "Crossing the threshold: A positive analysis of IBRD graduation policy," The Review of International Organizations, Springer, vol. 7(2), pages 145-176, June.
  26. Dennis Coates & Jac Heckelman & Bonnie Wilson, 2011. "Special-interest groups and growth," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 147(3), pages 439-457, June.
  27. Jac C. Heckelman, 2010. "The Connection between Democratic Freedoms and Growth in Transition Economies," Applied Economics Quarterly (formerly: Konjunkturpolitik), Duncker & Humblot, Berlin, vol. 56(2), pages 121-146.
  28. Coates, Dennis & Heckelman, Jac C. & Wilson, Bonnie, 2010. "The political economy of investment: Sclerotic effects from interest groups," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 26(2), pages 208-221, June.
  29. Jac Heckelman, 2010. "Relationships among democratic freedoms in the former Soviet Republics: a causality analysis," Constitutional Political Economy, Springer, vol. 21(1), pages 80-96, March.
  30. Jac C. Heckelman & Keith L. Dougherty, 2010. "Personalty interests at the Constitutional Convention: new tests of the Beard thesis," Cliometrica, Journal of Historical Economics and Econometric History, Association Française de Cliométrie (AFC), vol. 4(2), pages 207-228, June.
  31. Jac C. Heckelman & Keith L. Dougherty, 2010. "Majority Rule versus Supermajority Rules: Their Effects on Narrow and Broad Taxes," Public Finance Review, , vol. 38(6), pages 738-761, November.
  32. Jac C. Heckelman, 2010. "Aid and Democratization in the Transition Economies," Kyklos, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 63(4), pages 558-579, November.
  33. Jac C Heckelman & Benjamin Powell, 2010. "Corruption and the Institutional Environment for Growth," Comparative Economic Studies, Palgrave Macmillan;Association for Comparative Economic Studies, vol. 52(3), pages 351-378, September.
  34. Jac C. Heckelman & Stephen Knack, 2009. "Aid, Economic Freedom, And Growth," Contemporary Economic Policy, Western Economic Association International, vol. 27(1), pages 46-53, January.
  35. Jac C. Heckelman & Stephen Knack, 2008. "Foreign Aid and Market‐Liberalizing Reform," Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 75(299), pages 524-548, August.
  36. Jac C Heckelman & John H Wood, 2008. "Joint Determination of Regulations by the Regulator and the Regulated: Commercial Bank Reserve Requirements, 1875–1979," Eastern Economic Journal, Palgrave Macmillan;Eastern Economic Association, vol. 34(2), pages 158-171, Spring.
  37. Jac C. Heckelman & Andrew J. Yates, 2008. "Senate Elections With Independent Candidates," Journal of Theoretical Politics, , vol. 20(1), pages 31-46, January.
  38. Keith Dougherty & Jac Heckelman, 2008. "Voting on slavery at the Constitutional Convention," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 136(3), pages 293-313, September.
  39. Dennis Coates & Jac C. Heckelman, 2007. "Symposium: Marking the 25th Anniversary of Mancur Olson's The Rise and Decline of Nations," Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 74(1), pages 1-3, July.
  40. Bonnie Wilson & Jac Heckelman & Dennis Coates, 2007. "Special-Interest Groups and Volatility," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 15(18), pages 1-13.
  41. Heckelman, Jac C. & Dougherty, Keith L., 2007. "An Economic Interpretation of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 Revisited," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 67(4), pages 829-848, December.
  42. Jac Heckelman & John Dinan, 2007. "Voting on voting with the feet: a cross-county analysis of the Tennessee popular referenda to secede from the union," Constitutional Political Economy, Springer, vol. 18(2), pages 83-97, June.
  43. Dennis Coates & Jac Heckelman & Bonnie Wilson, 2007. "Determinants of interest group formation," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 133(3), pages 377-391, December.
  44. Jac C. Heckelman, 2007. "Explaining the Rain: The Rise and Decline of Nations after 25 Years," Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 74(1), pages 18-33, July.
  45. Heckelman, Jac C., 2006. "To Form a More Perfect Union: A New Economic Interpretation of the United States Constitution. By Robert A. McGuire. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. Pp. xii, 395. $19.95," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 66(1), pages 255-257, March.
  46. Dougherty, Keith L. & Heckelman, Jac C., 2006. "A Pivotal Voter from a Pivotal State: Roger Sherman at the Constitutional Convention," American Political Science Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 100(2), pages 297-302, May.
  47. Frederick Chen & Jac Heckelman, 2005. "Winning probabilities in a pairwise lottery system with three alternatives," Economic Theory, Springer;Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET), vol. 26(3), pages 607-617, October.
  48. Jac C. Heckelman, 2005. "Proxies for Economic Freedom: A Critique of the Hanson Critique," Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 72(2), pages 492-501, October.
  49. Robert Whaples & Jac C. Heckelman, 2005. "Public Choice Economics: Where is there Consensus?," The American Economist, Sage Publications, vol. 49(1), pages 66-78, March.
  50. Dinan, John & Heckelman, Jac C., 2005. "The anti-tobacco movement in the Progressive Era: A case study of direct democracy in Oregon," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 42(4), pages 529-546, October.
  51. Jac C. Heckelman & John H. Wood, 2005. "Political Monetary Cycles Under Alternative Institutions: The Independent Treasury And The Federal Reserve," Economics and Politics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 17(3), pages 331-350, November.
  52. Heckelman, Jac C. & Stroup, Michael D., 2005. "A comparison of aggregation methods for measures of economic freedom," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 21(4), pages 953-966, December.
  53. Hakan Berument & Jac C. Heckelman, 2005. "Fractionalization Effect and Government Financing," The International Journal of Applied Economics, Department of General Business, Southeastern Louisiana University, vol. 2(1), pages 37-49, March.
  54. Jac C. Heckelman, 2004. "Randall G. Holcombe, From Liberty to Democracy: The Transformation of American Government," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 119(1_2), pages 255-258, April.
  55. Jac C. Heckelman, 2004. "A Spatial Model of U.S. Senate Elections," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 118(1_2), pages 87-103, January.
  56. Coates, Dennis & Heckelman, Jac C, 2003. "Interest Groups and Investment: A Further Test of the Olson Hypothesis," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 117(3-4), pages 333-340, December.
  57. Jac C. Heckelman, 2003. "Probabilistic Borda rule voting," Social Choice and Welfare, Springer;The Society for Social Choice and Welfare, vol. 21(3), pages 455-468, December.
  58. Jac C. Heckelman & Andrew J. Yates, 2003. "And a Hockey Game Broke Out: Crime and Punishment in the NHL," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, vol. 41(4), pages 705-712, October.
  59. Heckelman, Jac C, 2002. "Electoral Uncertainty and the Macroeconomy: The Evidence from Canada," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 113(1-2), pages 179-189, October.
  60. Jac C. Heckelman & Michael D. Stroup, 2002. "Which Economic Freedoms Contribute to Growth? Reply," Kyklos, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 55(3), pages 417-420, August.
  61. Jac C. Heckelman & Andrew J. Yates, 2002. "Incumbency preservation through electoral legislation: The case of the secret ballot," Economics of Governance, Springer, vol. 3(1), pages 47-57, March.
  62. Jac C. Heckelman, 2002. "On the Measurement of Comparative Economic Freedom across Nations," International Journal of Business and Economics, School of Management Development, Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan, vol. 1(3), pages 251-261, December.
  63. Jac C. Heckelman, 2002. "Variable Rational Partisan Business Cycles: theory and some evidence," Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Economics Association, vol. 35(3), pages 568-585, August.
  64. Yates, Andrew J. & Heckelman, Jac C., 2001. "Rent-setting in multiple winner rent-seeking contests," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 17(4), pages 835-852, November.
  65. Michael D. Stroup & Jac C. Heckelman, 2001. "Size Of The Military Sector And Economic Growth: A Panel Data Analysis Of Africa And Latin America," Journal of Applied Economics, Universidad del CEMA, vol. 4, pages 329-360, November.
  66. Heckelman, Jac C., 2001. "Reply to a comment on sequential elections and overlapping terms: voting for US senate," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 46(4), pages 441-444, December.
  67. Heckelman, Jac C., 2001. "Partisan Business Cycles under Variable Election Dates," Journal of Macroeconomics, Elsevier, vol. 23(2), pages 261-275, April.
  68. Jac C. Heckelman, 2000. "Economic Freedom and Economic Growth: A Short-run Causal Investigation," Journal of Applied Economics, Universidad del CEMA, vol. 3, pages 71-91, May.
  69. Jac C. Heckelman & Michael D. Stroup, 2000. "Whcich Economic Freedoms Contribute to Growth?," Kyklos, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 53(4), pages 527-544, November.
  70. Heckelman, Jac C, 2000. "Consistent Estimates of the Impact of Special Interest Groups on Economic Growth," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 104(3-4), pages 319-327, September.
  71. Heckelman, Jac C., 2000. "Sequential elections and overlapping terms: voting for US Senate," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 42(1), pages 97-108, May.
  72. Heckelman, Jac C., 1999. "Opening the West: Federal Internal Improvements Before 1860. By Laurence J. Malone. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1998. Pp. xvi, 155. $59.95," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 59(2), pages 554-555, June.
  73. Jac C. Heckelman & Hakan Berument, 1998. "Political Business Cycles and Endogenous Elections," Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 64(4), pages 987-1000, April.
  74. J. C. Heckelman, 1998. "Employment and Gubernatorial Elections during the Gilded Age," Economics and Politics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 10(3), pages 297-309, November.
  75. Jac Heckelman, 1998. "Financing divided and unified partisan governments," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 5(12), pages 789-791.
  76. Heckelman, Jac C. & Wallis, John Joseph, 1997. "Railroads and Property Taxes," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 34(1), pages 77-99, January.
  77. Heckelman, Jac & Whaples, Robert, 1996. "Political business cycles before the Great Depression," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 51(2), pages 247-251, May.
  78. Heckelman, J C, 1995. "The Effect of the Secret Ballot on Voter Turnout Rates," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 82(1-2), pages 107-124, January.
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Chapters

  1. Jac C. Heckelman & John H. Wood, 2018. "Political Selection of Federal Reserve Bank Cities," Studies in Public Choice, in: Joshua Hall & Marcus Witcher (ed.), Public Choice Analyses of American Economic History, chapter 0, pages 135-153, Springer.
  2. Jac C. Heckelman & Nicholas R. Miller, 2015. "Introduction: issues in social choice and voting," Chapters, in: Jac C. Heckelman & Nicholas R. Miller (ed.), Handbook of Social Choice and Voting, chapter 1, pages 1-12, Edward Elgar Publishing.
  3. Jac C. Heckelman, 2015. "Properties and paradoxes of common voting rules," Chapters, in: Jac C. Heckelman & Nicholas R. Miller (ed.), Handbook of Social Choice and Voting, chapter 15, pages 263-283, Edward Elgar Publishing.

Books

  1. Jac C. Heckelman & Nicholas R. Miller (ed.), 2015. "Handbook of Social Choice and Voting," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, number 15584.

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NEP is an announcement service for new working papers, with a weekly report in each of many fields. This author has had 7 papers announced in NEP. These are the fields, ordered by number of announcements, along with their dates. If the author is listed in the directory of specialists for this field, a link is also provided.
  1. NEP-POL: Positive Political Economics (4) 2007-09-02 2007-09-02 2008-08-14 2023-09-04
  2. NEP-CDM: Collective Decision-Making (2) 2007-09-02 2008-08-14
  3. NEP-DEV: Development (2) 2005-12-14 2023-09-04
  4. NEP-AFR: Africa (1) 2005-12-14
  5. NEP-CFN: Corporate Finance (1) 2007-09-02
  6. NEP-FDG: Financial Development and Growth (1) 2023-09-04
  7. NEP-INT: International Trade (1) 2014-08-20
  8. NEP-MAC: Macroeconomics (1) 2014-08-20
  9. NEP-PBE: Public Economics (1) 2007-09-02
  10. NEP-TRA: Transition Economics (1) 2011-04-09

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