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Alexander Tabarrok

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First Name:Alexander
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http://mason.gmu.edu/~atabarro/
Twitter: @atabarrok
Terminal Degree:1994 Economics Department; George Mason University (from RePEc Genealogy)

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Economics Department
George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia (United States)
http://economics.gmu.edu/
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Working papers

  1. Timothy N. Cason & Alex Tabarrok & Robertas Zubrickas, 2021. "Early Refund Bonuses Increase Successful Crowdfunding," Purdue University Economics Working Papers 1326, Purdue University, Department of Economics.
  2. Kremer, Michael & Więcek, Witold & Ahuja, Amrita & Simoes Gomes Junior, Alexandre & Snyder, Christopher & Tabarrok, Alex & Tan, Brandon, 2021. "Could Vaccine Dose Stretching Reduce COVID-19 Deaths?," CEPR Discussion Papers 16324, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  3. Amrita Ahuja & Susan Athey & Arthur Baker & Eric Budish & Juan Camilo Castillo & Rachel Glennerster & Scott Duke Kominers & Michael Kremer & Jean Lee & Candice Prendergast & Christopher M. Snyder & Al, 2021. "Preparing for a Pandemic: Accelerating Vaccine Availability," Working Papers 2021-08, Becker Friedman Institute for Research In Economics.
  4. Kremer, Michael & Więcek, Witold & Ahuja, Amrita & Chaudhuri, Esha & Simoes Gomes Junior, Alexandre & Snyder, Christopher & Tabarrok, Alex & Tan, Brandon, 2021. "Testing fractional doses of COVID-19 vaccines," CEPR Discussion Papers 16599, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  5. Klein, Daniel & Tabarrok, Alexander, 2003. "Do Off-Label Drug Practices Argue Against FDA Efficacy Requirements? Testing an Argument by Structured Conversations with Experts," Ratio Working Papers 28, The Ratio Institute.
  6. Helland, Eric & Tabarrok, Alex, 2002. "The Effect of Electoral Institutions on Tort Awards," Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics, Working Paper Series qt8rm9358c, Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics.
  7. Jonathan Klick & Alexander Tabarrok, "undated". "Using Terror Alert Levels to Estimate the Effect of Police on Crime," American Law & Economics Association Annual Meetings 1042, American Law & Economics Association.

Articles

  1. Tandel, Vaidehi & Gandhi, Sahil & Tabarrok, Alex, 2023. "Building networks: Investigating the quid pro quo between local politicians & developers," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 164(C).
  2. Scott Duke Kominers & Alex Tabarrok, 2022. "Vaccines and the Covid-19 pandemic: lessons from failure and success [‘Many Say They’re Confused About Whether, When to Get Second Booster’]," Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Oxford University Press and Oxford Review of Economic Policy Limited, vol. 38(4), pages 719-741.
  3. Witold Więcek & Amrita Ahuja & Esha Chaudhuri & Michael Kremer & Alexandre Simoes Gomes & Christopher M. Snyder & Alex Tabarrok & Brandon Joel Tan, 2022. "Testing fractional doses of COVID-19 vaccines," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 119(8), pages 2116932119-, February.
  4. Markus B Bjoerkheim & Alex Tabarrok, 2022. "Covid in the nursing homes: the US experience [‘The US Bought Rapid Covid-19 Tests to Help Control the Virus. Now Many Are Unused’]," Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Oxford University Press and Oxford Review of Economic Policy Limited, vol. 38(4), pages 887-911.
  5. Robert Tucker Omberg & Alex Tabarrok, 2022. "Is it possible to prepare for a pandemic? [‘Preparing for a Pandemic: Accelerating Vaccine Availability’]," Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Oxford University Press and Oxford Review of Economic Policy Limited, vol. 38(4), pages 851-875.
  6. Cason, Timothy N. & Tabarrok, Alex & Zubrickas, Robertas, 2021. "Early refund bonuses increase successful crowdfunding," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 129(C), pages 78-95.
  7. Shruti Rajagopalan & Alex Tabarrok, 2021. "Simple rules for the developing world," European Journal of Law and Economics, Springer, vol. 52(2), pages 341-362, December.
  8. Gandhi, Sahil & Tandel, Vaidehi & Tabarrok, Alexander & Ravi, Shamika, 2021. "Too slow for the urban march: Litigations and the real estate market in Mumbai, India," Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 123(C).
  9. Amrita Ahuja & Susan Athey & Arthur Baker & Eric Budish & Juan Camilo Castillo & Rachel Glennerster & Scott Duke Kominers & Michael Kremer & Jean Lee & Canice Prendergast & Christopher M. Snyder & Ale, 2021. "Preparing for a Pandemic: Accelerating Vaccine Availability," AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association, vol. 111, pages 331-335, May.
  10. Alex Tabarrok, 2020. "Janek Wasserman: The Marginal Revolutionaries: how Austrian economists fought the war of ideas," Business Economics, Palgrave Macmillan;National Association for Business Economics, vol. 55(3), pages 166-168, July.
  11. Helland, Eric & Tabarrok, Alexander, 2019. "Why Are the Prices So Damn High? Health, Education, and the Baumol Effect," Annals of Computational Economics, George Mason University, Mercatus Center, May.
  12. Michael D. Makowsky & Thomas Stratmann & Alex Tabarrok, 2019. "To Serve and Collect: The Fiscal and Racial Determinants of Law Enforcement," The Journal of Legal Studies, University of Chicago Press, vol. 48(1), pages 189-216.
  13. Nathan Goldschlag & Alex Tabarrok, 2018. "Is regulation to blame for the decline in American entrepreneurship?," Economic Policy, CEPR, CESifo, Sciences Po;CES;MSH, vol. 33(93), pages 5-44.
  14. Pizzola, Brandon & Tabarrok, Alexander, 2017. "Occupational licensing causes a wage premium: Evidence from a natural experiment in Colorado’s funeral services industry," International Review of Law and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 50(C), pages 50-59.
  15. Tyler Cowen & Alex Tabarrok, 2016. "A Skeptical View of the National Science Foundation's Role in Economic Research," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 30(3), pages 235-248, Summer.
  16. Alex Tabarrok, 2016. "Lessons from the Economics of Crime: What Reduces Offending? , by P. J. Cook , S. Machin , O. Marie and G. Mastrobuoni (eds) ( The MIT Press , Cambridge, Massachusetts , 2013 ), pp. 240 ," The Economic Record, The Economic Society of Australia, vol. 92(298), pages 501-503, September.
  17. Eli Dourado & Alex Tabarrok, 2015. "Public choice perspectives on intellectual property," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 163(1), pages 129-151, April.
  18. Alex Tabarrok, 2015. "James Buchanan as Intellectual Entrepreneur," Journal of Private Enterprise, The Association of Private Enterprise Education, vol. 30(Summer 20), pages 111-115.
  19. Alex Tabarrok, 2014. "Thomas Piketty's terrifying vision. A review essay of Thomas Piketty, "Capital in the Twenty-First Century", transl. by Arthur Goldhammer, Cambridge (MA), Belknap-Harvard University Press, 2," History of Economic Ideas, Fabrizio Serra Editore, Pisa - Roma, vol. 22(2), pages 155-162.
  20. Briggs, Justin Thomas & Tabarrok, Alexander, 2014. "Firearms and suicides in US states," International Review of Law and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 37(C), pages 180-188.
  21. Tyler Cowen & Alex Tabarrok, 2014. "The Industrial Organization of Online Education," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 104(5), pages 519-522, May.
  22. Shawn P. Miller & Alexander Tabarrok, 2014. "Ill-Conceived, Even If Competently Administered: Software Patents, Litigation, and Innovation—A Comment on Graham and Vishnubhakat," Econ Journal Watch, Econ Journal Watch, vol. 11(1), pages 37-45, January.
  23. Alexander Tabarrok, 2013. "Private Education In India: A Novel Test Of Cream Skimming," Contemporary Economic Policy, Western Economic Association International, vol. 31(1), pages 1-12, January.
  24. Eric A. Helland & Alexander Tabarrok, 2012. "Product Liability and Moral Hazard: Evidence from General Aviation," Journal of Law and Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 55(3), pages 593-630.
  25. Alex Tabarrok, 2010. "Reviews: Boulevard of Broken Dreams: Why Public Efforts to Boost Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Have Failed – and What to Do About It," The Economic Record, The Economic Society of Australia, vol. 86(274), pages 458-459, September.
  26. Tabarrok Alexander & Helland Eric, 2009. "Measuring Criminal Spillovers: Evidence from Three Strikes," Review of Law & Economics, De Gruyter, vol. 5(1), pages 251-268, May.
  27. Daniel B. Klein & Alexander Tabarrok, 2008. "Do Off‐Label Drug Practices Argue Against FDA Efficacy Requirements? A Critical Analysis of Physicians' Argumentation for Initial Efficacy Requirements," American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 67(5), pages 743-775, November.
  28. Tabarrok, Alexander, 2008. "The hot-toy problem," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 67(2), pages 512-516, August.
  29. Eric Helland & Alexander Tabarrok, 2007. "Does Three Strikes Deter?: A Nonparametric Estimation," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 42(2).
  30. Eric Helland & Jonathan Klick & Alexander Tabarrok, 2005. "Data Watch: Tort-uring the Data," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 19(2), pages 207-220, Spring.
  31. Klick, Jonathan & Tabarrok, Alexander, 2005. "Using Terror Alert Levels to Estimate the Effect of Police on Crime," Journal of Law and Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 48(1), pages 267-279, April.
  32. Alexander Tabarrok, 2004. "How to Get Real About Organs," Econ Journal Watch, Econ Journal Watch, vol. 1(1), pages 11-18, April.
  33. Helland, Eric & Tabarrok, Alexander, 2004. "The Fugitive: Evidence on Public versus Private Law Enforcement from Bail Jumping," Journal of Law and Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 47(1), pages 93-122, April.
  34. Helland Eric & Tabarrok Alexander, 2004. "Using Placebo Laws to Test "More Guns, Less Crime"," The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, De Gruyter, vol. 4(1), pages 1-9, January.
  35. Alexander Tabarrok, 2004. "Reply to Byrne and Thompson," Econ Journal Watch, Econ Journal Watch, vol. 1(1), pages 26-28, April.
  36. Eric Helland & Alexander Tabarrok, 2003. "Race, Poverty, and American Tort Awards: Evidence from Three Data Sets," The Journal of Legal Studies, University of Chicago Press, vol. 32(1), pages 27-58, January.
  37. Tabarrok Alexander, 2002. "Patent Theory versus Patent Law," The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, De Gruyter, vol. 1(1), pages 1-26, October.
  38. Eric Helland & Alexander Tabarrok, 2002. "The Effect of Electoral Institutions on Tort Awards," American Law and Economics Review, American Law and Economics Association, vol. 4(2), pages 341-370.
  39. Tabarrok, Alexander, 2001. "President Perot or Fundamentals of Voting Theory Illustrated with the 1992 Election," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 106(3-4), pages 275-297, March.
  40. Alexander Tabarrok, 2000. "Believe in Pascal's Wager? Have I Got a Deal for You!," Theory and Decision, Springer, vol. 48(2), pages 123-128, March.
  41. Tyler Cowen & Alexander Tabarrok, 2000. "An Economic Theory of Avant‐Garde and Popular Art, or High and Low Culture," Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 67(2), pages 232-253, October.
  42. Helland, Eric & Tabarrok, Alexander T, 2000. "Runaway Judges? Selection Effects and the Jury," The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Oxford University Press, vol. 16(2), pages 306-333, October.
  43. Tabarrok, Alexander & Helland, Eric, 1999. "Court Politics: The Political Economy of Tort Awards," Journal of Law and Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 42(1), pages 157-188, April.
  44. Alexander Tabarrok & Lee Spector, 1999. "Would the Borda Count Have Avoided the Civil War?," Journal of Theoretical Politics, , vol. 11(2), pages 261-288, April.
  45. Tabarrok, Alexander, 1999. "Book Review," International Review of Economics & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 8(4), pages 479-481, November.
  46. Tabarrok, Alexander, 1998. "The Private Provision of Public Goods via Dominant Assurance Contracts," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 96(3-4), pages 345-362, September.
  47. Alexander Tabarrok & Tyler Cowen, 1998. "Who Benefits from Progress?," Kyklos, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 51(3), pages 379-397, August.
  48. Alex Tabarrok, 1998. "V. A. Ginsburgh and P.-M. Menger (eds.), Economics of the Arts: Selected Essays," Journal of Cultural Economics, Springer;The Association for Cultural Economics International, vol. 22(4), pages 285-287, December.
  49. Alexander Tabarrok, 1997. "A simple model of crime waves, riots, and revolutions," Atlantic Economic Journal, Springer;International Atlantic Economic Society, vol. 25(3), pages 274-288, September.
  50. Tabarrok, Alexander, 1996. "Genetic testing and human welfare: reply to Hall," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 15(3), pages 381-384, June.
  51. Alexander Tabarrok, 1995. "Irrelevance Propositions are Irrelevant," Kyklos, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 48(3), pages 409-417, August.
  52. Cowen, Tyler & Tabarrok, Alexander, 1995. "Good Grapes and Bad Lobsters: Applying the Alchian and Allen Theorem," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, vol. 33(2), pages 253-256, April.
  53. Tabarrok, Alexander, 1994. "Genetic testing: An economic and contractarian analysis," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 13(1), pages 75-91, March.
  54. Alexander Tabarrok, 1994. "A Survey, Critique, and New Defense of Term Limits," Cato Journal, Cato Journal, Cato Institute, vol. 14(2), pages 333-350, Fall.

Chapters

  1. Alex Tabarrok, 2022. "William Baumol and the Cost Disease," Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology, in: Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology: Including a Symposium on the Work of William J. Baumol: Heterodox Inspirations and Neocla, volume 40, pages 11-26, Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
  2. Shruti Rajagopalan & Alexander Tabarrok, 2014. "Lessons from Gurgaon, India’s private city," Chapters, in: David Emanuel Andersson & Stefano Moroni (ed.), Cities and Private Planning, chapter 10, pages 199-231, Edward Elgar Publishing.
  3. Alexander Tabarrok & Paul Heaton & Eric Helland, 2010. "The Measure of Vice and Sin: A Review of the Uses, Limitations and Implications of Crime Data," Chapters, in: Bruce L. Benson & Paul R. Zimmerman (ed.), Handbook on the Economics of Crime, chapter 3, Edward Elgar Publishing.
  4. Jonathan Klick & Alexander Tabarrok, 2010. "Police, Prisons, and Punishment: The Empirical Evidence on Crime Deterrence," Chapters, in: Bruce L. Benson & Paul R. Zimmerman (ed.), Handbook on the Economics of Crime, chapter 6, Edward Elgar Publishing.

Books

  1. Tabarrok, Alexander (ed.), 2002. "The Entrepreneurial Economist: Bright Ideas from the Dismal Science," OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press, number 9780195145038.

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  1. NEP-HEA: Health Economics (4) 2004-01-18 2021-02-22 2021-03-08 2021-09-06
  2. NEP-COM: Industrial Competition (1) 2004-01-18
  3. NEP-EDU: Education (1) 2004-01-18
  4. NEP-GTH: Game Theory (1) 2021-05-31
  5. NEP-ISF: Islamic Finance (1) 2021-09-06

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