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Dan Usher

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Working papers

  1. Dan Usher, 2017. "Interpreting Arrow’s Impossibility Theorem," Working Paper 1384, Economics Department, Queen's University.
  2. Usher, Dan, 2017. "Interpreting Arrow’s Impossibility Theorem," Queen's Economics Department Working Papers 274710, Queen's University - Department of Economics.
  3. Usher, Dan, 2017. "Utilitarianism, Voting and the Redistribution of Income," Queen's Economics Department Working Papers 274711, Queen's University - Department of Economics.
  4. Usher, Dan, 2016. "A Utilitarian Measure of Economic Growth," Queen's Economics Department Working Papers 274682, Queen's University - Department of Economics.
  5. Usher, Dan, 2014. "How High Might the Revenue-maximizing Tax Rate Be?," Queen's Economics Department Working Papers 274660, Queen's University - Department of Economics.
  6. Usher, Dan, 2013. "Two Sources of Bias in Estimating the Peak of the Laffer Curve," Queen's Economics Department Working Papers 274645, Queen's University - Department of Economics.
  7. Usher, Dan, 2011. "Three Stories about the Chance of Casting a Pivotal Vote," Queen's Economics Department Working Papers 273764, Queen's University - Department of Economics.
  8. Usher, Dan, 2011. "Campaign Advertising, Redistribution and the Gap between Incomes of Rich and Poor," Queen's Economics Department Working Papers 274077, Queen's University - Department of Economics.
  9. Usher, Dan, 2011. "What Exactly Is A Duty to Vote ?," Queen's Economics Department Working Papers 273765, Queen's University - Department of Economics.
  10. Usher, Dan, 2011. "Why the Legal System is Not Necessarily Less Efficient than the Income Tax In Redistributing Income," Queen's Economics Department Working Papers 273696, Queen's University - Department of Economics.
  11. Usher, Dan, 2011. "An Alternative Explanation of the Chance of Casting a Pivotal Vote," Queen's Economics Department Working Papers 273738, Queen's University - Department of Economics.
  12. Usher, Dan, 2010. "Bargaining and Voting," Queen's Economics Department Working Papers 273744, Queen's University - Department of Economics.
  13. Dan Usher, 2010. "Three Papers On Bargaining," Working Paper 1239, Economics Department, Queen's University.
  14. Usher, Dan, 2009. "Bargaining Unexplained," Queen's Economics Department Working Papers 273694, Queen's University - Department of Economics.
  15. Usher, Dan, 2007. "The Reform of Equalization Payments," Queen's Economics Department Working Papers 273597, Queen's University - Department of Economics.
  16. Usher, Dan, 2006. "Should the Samuelson Rule Be Modified to Account for the Marginal Cost of Public Funds?," Queen's Economics Department Working Papers 273541, Queen's University - Department of Economics.
  17. Usher, Dan, 2004. "Comments on "The Optimal Supply of Public Goods and the Distortionary Cost of Taxation"," Queen's Economics Department Working Papers 273456, Queen's University - Department of Economics.
  18. Usher, Dan, 2004. "The Distributive Implications of Patents on Indivisible Goods," Queen's Economics Department Working Papers 273454, Queen's University - Department of Economics.
  19. Usher, Dan, 2003. "Testing the Citizen-Candidate Model," Queen's Economics Department Working Papers 273440, Queen's University - Department of Economics.
  20. Usher, Dan, 2002. "The Marginal Cost of Public Funds is the Ratio of Mean Income to median Income," Queen's Economics Department Working Papers 273438, Queen's University - Department of Economics.
  21. Dan Usher, 2001. "Majority Rule," Levine's Working Paper Archive 563824000000000045, David K. Levine.
  22. Usher, Dan, 2001. "Mysterious Bargaining," Queen's Economics Department Working Papers 273427, Queen's University - Department of Economics.
  23. Dan Usher, 1999. "Personal Goods, Efficiency And The Law," Working Paper 985, Economics Department, Queen's University.
  24. Dan Usher, 1998. "Public Provision Of Indivisible Private Goods In Short Supply," Working Paper 977, Economics Department, Queen's University.
  25. Dan Usher, 1998. "The Justification Of Private Property," Working Paper 970, Economics Department, Queen's University.
  26. Dan Usher, 1998. "The Colour Of The Judge's Eyes: Efficiency As A Criterion For The Legislature And For The Courts," Working Paper 969, Economics Department, Queen's University.
  27. Usher, Dan, 1993. "The Interests of English Canada," Queen's Economics Department Working Papers 273297, Queen's University - Department of Economics.
  28. Dan Usher, 1993. "Education as a Deterrent to Crime," Working Paper 870, Economics Department, Queen's University.
  29. Usher, Dan, 1990. "The Significance of the Probabilistic Voting Theorem," Queen's Economics Department Working Papers 273185, Queen's University - Department of Economics.
  30. Usher, Dan, 1990. "The Birth of the Liberal Society," Queen's Economics Department Working Papers 273173, Queen's University - Department of Economics.
  31. Dan Usher, 1989. "Six Models of Advertising Welfare," Working Paper 756, Economics Department, Queen's University.
  32. Dan Usher, 1987. "The Rise and Fall of the Public Sector in the Estimation of the Economists," Working Paper 685, Economics Department, Queen's University.
  33. Dan Usher, 1987. "Intensity of Preference Under Representative Government," Working Paper 686, Economics Department, Queen's University.
  34. Dan Usher & Merwan Engineer, 1986. "The Distribution of Income in a Despotic Society," Working Paper 653, Economics Department, Queen's University.
  35. Dan Usher, 1986. "Tax Evasion and the Marginal Cost of Public Funds," Working Paper 637, Economics Department, Queen's University.
  36. Dan Usher, 1986. "The Dynastic Cycle and the Stationary State," Working Paper 671, Economics Department, Queen's University.
  37. Dan Usher, 1983. "Production and Predation: The Welfare Economics of Theft," Working Paper 535, Economics Department, Queen's University.
  38. Dan Usher, 1983. "Production and Predation: The Sources of Inefficiency," Working Paper 534, Economics Department, Queen's University.
  39. Dan Usher, 1982. "The Benefits and Cost of Firm-Specific Investment Grants: A Study of Five Federal Programs," Working Paper 511, Economics Department, Queen's University.
  40. Dan Usher, 1982. "The Private Cost of Public Funds: Variations on Themes by Browning, Atkinson and Stern," Working Paper 481, Economics Department, Queen's University.
  41. Dan Usher, 1979. "How Should the Redistributive Power of the State be Divided Between Federal and Provincial Governments?," Working Paper 328, Economics Department, Queen's University.
  42. Dan Usher, 1976. "The Economics of Tax Incentives to Encourage Investment, with Special Reference to Malaysia," Working Paper 219, Economics Department, Queen's University.
  43. Dan Usher, 1976. "The Welfare Economics of the Socialization of Commodities," Working Paper 218, Economics Department, Queen's University.
  44. Dan Usher, 1975. "The Problem of Equity," Working Paper 181, Economics Department, Queen's University.
  45. Dan Usher, 1974. "Consumer Surplus, Real Income and Cardinal Utility," Working Paper 146, Economics Department, Queen's University.
  46. Dan Usher, 1973. "The Measurement of Economic Growth," Working Paper 145, Economics Department, Queen's University.
  47. Dan Usher, 1973. "The Suitability of the Divisia Index for the Measurement of Economic Aggregates," Working Paper 109, Economics Department, Queen's University.
  48. Dan Usher, 1972. "The Concept of Real Income," Working Paper 99, Economics Department, Queen's University.
  49. Dan Usher, 1970. "Demand Theory and Empirical Demand Curves," Working Paper 23, Economics Department, Queen's University.
  50. Dan Usher, 1969. "The Meaning and Measurement of Aggregate Technical Change," Working Paper 12, Economics Department, Queen's University.
  51. Dan Usher, 1969. "The Price of Capital and the Real Rate of Interest," Working Paper 15, Economics Department, Queen's University.

Articles

  1. Dan Usher, 2014. "An alternative explanation of the chance of casting a pivotal vote," Rationality and Society, , vol. 26(1), pages 105-138, February.
  2. Dan Usher, 2012. "Bargaining and voting," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 151(3), pages 739-755, June.
  3. Dan Usher, 2012. "Bargaining unexplained," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 151(1), pages 23-41, April.
  4. Dan Usher, 2012. "Property rights, the social contract and the requirements for democratic government: reflections on The Calculus of Consent," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 152(3), pages 371-380, September.
  5. Dan Usher, 2007. "The Reform of Equalization Payments," Canadian Public Policy, University of Toronto Press, vol. 33(3), pages 337-366, September.
  6. Dan Usher, 2006. "The Marginal Cost of Public Funds Is the Ratio of Mean Income to Median Income," Public Finance Review, , vol. 34(6), pages 687-711, November.
  7. Dan Usher, 2005. "Assessing the citizen – candidate model," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 125(1), pages 43-65, July.
  8. Dan Usher, 2002. "Public Provision of Indivisible Private Goods in Short Supply," Public Finance Review, , vol. 30(5), pages 385-415, September.
  9. Usher, Dan, 2001. "The Colour of the Judge's Eyes: Efficiency as a Criterion for the Legislature and for the Courts," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 107(3-4), pages 333-357, June.
  10. Usher, Dan, 2001. "Personal goods, efficiency and the law," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 17(4), pages 673-703, November.
  11. Usher, Dan, 1998. "The Coase theorem is tautological, incoherent or wrong," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 61(1), pages 3-11, October.
  12. Dan Usher, 1997. "Education as a Deterrent to Crime," Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Economics Association, vol. 30(2), pages 367-384, May.
  13. Dan Usher, 1996. "Rawls, rules and objectives: A critique of the two principles of justice," Constitutional Political Economy, Springer, vol. 7(2), pages 103-126, June.
  14. Dan Usher, 1995. "A Reply," Canadian Public Policy, University of Toronto Press, vol. 21(1), pages 94-106, March.
  15. Usher, Dan, 1995. "Victimization, Rent-Seeking and Just Compensation," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 83(1-2), pages 1-20, April.
  16. Dan Usher, 1995. "The Interests of English Canada," Canadian Public Policy, University of Toronto Press, vol. 21(1), pages 72-84, March.
  17. Dan Usher, 1994. "Income And The Hamiltonian1," Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, vol. 40(2), pages 123-141, June.
  18. Dan Usher, 1994. "The Significance of the Probabilistic Voting Theorem," Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Economics Association, vol. 27(2), pages 433-445, May.
  19. Dan Usher, 1992. "Europe," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 524(1), pages 203-205, November.
  20. Usher, Dan, 1991. "Economic interests and institutions : Daniel W. Bromley, (Basil Blackwell, Cambridge, MA, 1989), pp. vii + 265, $49.95," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 15(1), pages 164-166, January.
  21. Usher, Dan, 1989. "The Dynastic Cycle and the Stationary State," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 79(5), pages 1031-1044, December.
  22. D. Usher & M. Engineer, 1987. "The distribution of income in a despotic society," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 54(3), pages 261-276, August.
  23. Usher, D, 1987. "Theft as a Paradigm for Departures from Efficiency," Oxford Economic Papers, Oxford University Press, vol. 39(2), pages 235-252, June.
  24. Usher, Dan, 1986. "Police, Punishment, and Public Goods," Public Finance = Finances publiques, , vol. 41(1), pages 96-115.
  25. Usher, Dan, 1986. "Tax Evasion and the Marginal Cost of Public Funds," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, vol. 24(4), pages 563-586, October.
  26. Usher, Dan, 1984. "An elephantine theory of depressions," Journal of Macroeconomics, Elsevier, vol. 6(4), pages 477-480.
  27. Usher, Dan, 1984. "An Instructive Derivation of the Expression for the Marginal Cost of Public Funds," Public Finance = Finances publiques, , vol. 39(3), pages 406-411.
  28. Dan Usher, 1982. "Economics," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 464(1), pages 239-240, November.
  29. Usher, Dan, 1980. "The Welfare Basis of Real Income Comparisons: A Comment," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 18(4), pages 1544-1547, December.
  30. Dan Usher, 1980. "A Reply [How Should the Redistributive Power of the State be Divided between Federal and Provincial Governments?]," Canadian Public Policy, University of Toronto Press, vol. 6(4), pages 667-669, Autumn.
  31. Dan Usher, 1980. "How Should the Redistributive Power of the State be Divided between Federal and Provincial Governments?," Canadian Public Policy, University of Toronto Press, vol. 6(1), pages 16-29, Winter.
  32. Dan Usher, 1978. "The English Response to the Prospect of the Separation of Quebec," Canadian Public Policy, University of Toronto Press, vol. 4(1), pages 57-70, Winter.
  33. Usher, Dan, 1977. "The economics of tax incentives to encourage investment in less developed countries," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 4(2), pages 119-148, June.
  34. Usher, Dan, 1977. "Public Property and the Effects of Migration upon Other Residents of the Migrants' Countries of Origin and Destination," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 85(5), pages 1001-1020, October.
  35. Usher, Dan, 1977. "The welfare economics of the socialization of commodities," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 8(2), pages 151-168, October.
  36. D. Usher, 1976. "The Measurement Of Real Income," Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, vol. 22(4), pages 305-329, December.
  37. Dan Usher, 1975. "Some Questions About the Regional Development Incentives Act," Canadian Public Policy, University of Toronto Press, vol. 1(4), pages 557-575, Autumn.
  38. D. Usher, 1974. "The Suitability Of The Divisia Index For The Measurement Of Economic Aggregates," Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, vol. 20(3), pages 273-288, September.
  39. Usher, Dan, 1971. "The Price of Capital and the Real Rate of Interest," Oxford Economic Papers, Oxford University Press, vol. 23(1), pages 1-18, March.
  40. Dan Usher, 1970. "The Effects of Distribution Cost on Elasticities of Demand and Supply," Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Economics Association, vol. 3(3), pages 432-447, August.
  41. Usher, Dan, 1969. "On the Social Rate of Discount: Comment," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 59(5), pages 925-929, December.
  42. Dan Usher, 1965. "The Derivation Of Demand Curves From Indifference Curves," Oxford Economic Papers, Oxford University Press, vol. 17(1), pages 24-46.
  43. Dan Usher, 1965. "Traditional Capital Theory," The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd, vol. 32(2), pages 169-186.
  44. Dan Usher, 1961. "The Debt‐Equity Ratio," Journal of Finance, American Finance Association, vol. 16(1), pages 103-104, March.
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Chapters

  1. Dan Usher, 1990. "The Rise and Fall of the Public Sector in the Estimation of the Economists," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Athanasios Asimakopulos & Robert D. Cairns & Christopher Green (ed.), Economic Theory, Welfare and the State, chapter 3, pages 28-62, Palgrave Macmillan.
  2. Dan Usher, 1980. "Introduction to "The Measurement of Capital"," NBER Chapters, in: The Measurement of Capital, pages 1-22, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  3. Dan Usher, 1976. "Measuring Real Consumption from Quantity Data, Canada 1935-1968," NBER Chapters, in: Household Production and Consumption, pages 585-647, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  4. Dan Usher, 1973. "An Imputation to the Measure of Economic Growth for Changes in Life Expectancy," NBER Chapters, in: The Measurement of Economic and Social Performance, pages 193-232, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

Books

  1. Dan Usher, 1994. "NationAl accounting and economic theory: The Collected Papers of Dan Usher," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, volume 0, number 444, June.
  2. Dan Usher, 1980. "The Measurement of Capital," NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number ushe80-1, March.
  3. Usher, Dan (ed.), 1980. "The Measurement of Capital," National Bureau of Economic Research Books, University of Chicago Press, number 9780226843001.

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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 17 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 (7) 2010-05-29 2010-11-06 2011-05-07 2011-05-07 2017-07-02 2017-07-16 2018-09-10. Author is listed
  2. NEP-PBE: Public Economics (6) 2006-02-05 2006-05-13 2007-02-24 2009-08-22 2013-12-15 2015-01-09. Author is listed
  3. NEP-CDM: Collective Decision-Making (5) 2010-05-29 2010-05-29 2010-11-06 2011-05-07 2011-05-07. Author is listed
  4. NEP-UPT: Utility Models and Prospect Theory (5) 2006-02-05 2006-02-05 2016-03-10 2017-07-16 2018-09-10. Author is listed
  5. NEP-GTH: Game Theory (3) 2009-08-16 2010-05-29 2010-11-06
  6. NEP-MAC: Macroeconomics (3) 2013-12-15 2016-03-10 2017-07-16
  7. NEP-HPE: History and Philosophy of Economics (2) 2010-11-06 2011-05-07
  8. NEP-IUE: Informal and Underground Economics (2) 2013-12-15 2015-01-09
  9. NEP-PUB: Public Finance (2) 2013-12-15 2015-01-09
  10. NEP-DES: Economic Design (1) 2017-07-02
  11. NEP-EXP: Experimental Economics (1) 2009-08-16
  12. NEP-LAB: Labour Economics (1) 2010-05-29
  13. NEP-LAW: Law and Economics (1) 2009-08-22
  14. NEP-MIC: Microeconomics (1) 2011-05-07
  15. NEP-PKE: Post Keynesian Economics (1) 2009-08-22
  16. NEP-REG: Regulation (1) 2009-08-22
  17. NEP-URE: Urban and Real Estate Economics (1) 2007-02-24

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