Ennio E Piano
Biographic Data
| ID | 3084791 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ennio E Piano |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ennio E |
| FAMILY NAME | Piano |
| SIGNATURE | PIANO E E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Middle Tennessee State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2332-625X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 36 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Constitutional change among American Indian tribes: An economic perspective
This paper explores the constitutional history of American Indian tribes since the 1930s. We compile a novel data set on 1,016 constitutional change episodes by 290 tribes. We leverage this information to explore the determinants of variation in tribal constitutional change over time and across tribes. First, we show that the location of tribes influences their propensity to amend, with tribes from the Great Plains and Eastern regions doing so at…
Competition Within the Church: Market Entry and the Rise of Traditional Catholicism in the United States
The Catholic Church enacted broad reforms after the Second Vatican Council (1962–1965), notably to the liturgies that Catholics must attend every Sunday. However, there has been a revival of pre‐Vatican II practices recently, such as the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM). We explore the role played in this resurgence by the entry of a traditionalist Catholic competitor (the Society of Saint Pius X) in the market for religious services. Using data from…
A theory of the city‐state: The rise and decline of the rule of law in Medieval Italy
We leverage theoretical insights from political economy to study several aspects of the institutional development of the Italian city‐states during the High Middle Ages (1000–1350). A society's regime type depends on its domestic balance of power. When the ruled can credibly threaten to punish a rogue ruler, the rule of law prevails. If the ruler can easily overpower the ruled, despotism results instead. The transition from one regime to the othe…
The calculus of american indian consent: The law and economics of tribal constitutions
Risky business? A review of Jonathan Nelson & Richard Zeckhauser’s Risk in Renaissance Art: Production, Purchase and Reception
Drafting the Great Army: The Political Economy of Conscription in Napoleonic France
Napoléon Bonaparte revolutionized the practice of war with his reliance on a mass national army and large-scale conscription. This system faced one major obstacle: draft evasion. This article discusses Napoléon's response to widespread draft evasion. First, we show that draft dodging rates across France varied with geographic characteristics. Second, we provide evidence that the regime adopted a strategy of discriminatory conscription enforcement…
Specialization and the firm in Renaissance Italian art
Rent seeking and the decline of the Florentine school
Scalp-taking
At their arrival in North America, travelers from the Old Continent were exposed to a radically different civilization. Among the many practices that captured their imagination was scalp-taking. During a battle, the Native American warrior would often stop after having killed or subdued the enemy and cut off his scalp. In this article, we develop an economic theory of this gruesome practice. We argue that scalp-taking constituted an institutional…
State capacity and public choice: A critical survey
Outlaw and economics: Biker gangs and club goods
Today, outlaw motorcycle gangs are best known for their involvement in an international criminal network dealing in narcotics, human trafficking, and arms smuggling. Law enforcement agencies in three continents have identified groups like the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club, the Outlaws Motorcycle Club, and the Bandidos Motorcycle Club as a major threat to public safety. Before their descent into organized crime, outlaw bikers captured the imaginati…
Free riders: The economics and organization of outlaw motorcycle gangs
State capacity and public choice: A critical survey
Free riders: The economics and organization of outlaw motorcycle gangs
Rent seeking and the decline of the Florentine school
Outlaw and economics: Biker gangs and club goods
Today, outlaw motorcycle gangs are best known for their involvement in an international criminal network dealing in narcotics, human trafficking, and arms smuggling. Law enforcement agencies in three continents have identified groups like the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club, the Outlaws Motorcycle Club, and the Bandidos Motorcycle Club as a major threat to public safety. Before their descent into organized crime, outlaw bikers captured the imaginati…
The calculus of american indian consent: The law and economics of tribal constitutions
Constitutional change among American Indian tribes: An economic perspective
This paper explores the constitutional history of American Indian tribes since the 1930s. We compile a novel data set on 1,016 constitutional change episodes by 290 tribes. We leverage this information to explore the determinants of variation in tribal constitutional change over time and across tribes. First, we show that the location of tribes influences their propensity to amend, with tribes from the Great Plains and Eastern regions doing so at…
Drafting the Great Army: The Political Economy of Conscription in Napoleonic France
Napoléon Bonaparte revolutionized the practice of war with his reliance on a mass national army and large-scale conscription. This system faced one major obstacle: draft evasion. This article discusses Napoléon's response to widespread draft evasion. First, we show that draft dodging rates across France varied with geographic characteristics. Second, we provide evidence that the regime adopted a strategy of discriminatory conscription enforcement…
Scalp-taking
At their arrival in North America, travelers from the Old Continent were exposed to a radically different civilization. Among the many practices that captured their imagination was scalp-taking. During a battle, the Native American warrior would often stop after having killed or subdued the enemy and cut off his scalp. In this article, we develop an economic theory of this gruesome practice. We argue that scalp-taking constituted an institutional…
Free riders: The economics and organization of outlaw motorcycle gangs
Outlaw and economics: Biker gangs and club goods
Today, outlaw motorcycle gangs are best known for their involvement in an international criminal network dealing in narcotics, human trafficking, and arms smuggling. Law enforcement agencies in three continents have identified groups like the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club, the Outlaws Motorcycle Club, and the Bandidos Motorcycle Club as a major threat to public safety. Before their descent into organized crime, outlaw bikers captured the imaginati…
State capacity and public choice: A critical survey
Scalp-taking
At their arrival in North America, travelers from the Old Continent were exposed to a radically different civilization. Among the many practices that captured their imagination was scalp-taking. During a battle, the Native American warrior would often stop after having killed or subdued the enemy and cut off his scalp. In this article, we develop an economic theory of this gruesome practice. We argue that scalp-taking constituted an institutional…
Specialization and the firm in Renaissance Italian art
Rent seeking and the decline of the Florentine school
Risky business? A review of Jonathan Nelson & Richard Zeckhauser’s Risk in Renaissance Art: Production, Purchase and Reception
Drafting the Great Army: The Political Economy of Conscription in Napoleonic France
Napoléon Bonaparte revolutionized the practice of war with his reliance on a mass national army and large-scale conscription. This system faced one major obstacle: draft evasion. This article discusses Napoléon's response to widespread draft evasion. First, we show that draft dodging rates across France varied with geographic characteristics. Second, we provide evidence that the regime adopted a strategy of discriminatory conscription enforcement…
A theory of the city‐state: The rise and decline of the rule of law in Medieval Italy
We leverage theoretical insights from political economy to study several aspects of the institutional development of the Italian city‐states during the High Middle Ages (1000–1350). A society's regime type depends on its domestic balance of power. When the ruled can credibly threaten to punish a rogue ruler, the rule of law prevails. If the ruler can easily overpower the ruled, despotism results instead. The transition from one regime to the othe…
The calculus of american indian consent: The law and economics of tribal constitutions
Constitutional change among American Indian tribes: An economic perspective
This paper explores the constitutional history of American Indian tribes since the 1930s. We compile a novel data set on 1,016 constitutional change episodes by 290 tribes. We leverage this information to explore the determinants of variation in tribal constitutional change over time and across tribes. First, we show that the location of tribes influences their propensity to amend, with tribes from the Great Plains and Eastern regions doing so at…
Competition Within the Church: Market Entry and the Rise of Traditional Catholicism in the United States
The Catholic Church enacted broad reforms after the Second Vatican Council (1962–1965), notably to the liturgies that Catholics must attend every Sunday. However, there has been a revival of pre‐Vatican II practices recently, such as the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM). We explore the role played in this resurgence by the entry of a traditionalist Catholic competitor (the Society of Saint Pius X) in the market for religious services. Using data from…
Economics (10 works) · Political science (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Politics (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (5 works) · Historical Economic and Social Studies (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Public finance (4 works) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (3 works)