William R Dougan
Biographic Data
| ID | 3822622 |
|---|---|
| NAME | William R Dougan |
| GIVEN NAMES | William R |
| FAMILY NAME | Dougan |
| SIGNATURE | DOUGAN W R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Clemson University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 43 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Robert D. Tollison
Efficiency in the provision of pure public goods by private citizens
The cost of rent seeking
Are rents fully dissipated
Twain's Law of Politics
This article models the electoral process as a game of incomplete information in which voters choose between candidates on the basis of the likelihood that each will fulfill the campaign promises made. The electorate's uncertainty about the future behavior of its representatives means that some candidates will win seats even though they are not committed to performing as promised. Moreover, because such candidates have more actions available to t…
The Cost of Rent Seeking
The Rationality of Ideology
The Fisher Hypothesis under Different Monetary Regimes
We examine the relation between inflation and nominal interest rates under the various monetary regimes in effect in the United States since the turn of the century. Our data include a newly constructed time series of short-term municipal bond yields observed annually since 1902. The results generally support the hypothesis that after-tax nominal yields adjust point-for-point with rationally forecasted inflation for the postwar years, but strongl…
The effects of constitutional restraints on governmental spending
Railway abandonments, cross-subsidies, and the theory of regulation
International Relations and Politics
Giffen Goods and the Law of Demand
The paradoxical aspect of the Giffen Paradox is the inability of demand theory to explain why Giffen goods are apparently so rare. The resolution of the paradox arises from the distinction between the shape of market demand curves and the sequence of equilibrium prices that will be observed in markets in which quantity supplied changes. The sense in which the Giffen case is "unlikely" to occur is that the probability of identifying a Giffen good …
The effects of constitutional restraints on governmental spending
Are rents fully dissipated
The Cost of Rent Seeking
Efficiency in the provision of pure public goods by private citizens
Railway abandonments, cross-subsidies, and the theory of regulation
Giffen Goods and the Law of Demand
The paradoxical aspect of the Giffen Paradox is the inability of demand theory to explain why Giffen goods are apparently so rare. The resolution of the paradox arises from the distinction between the shape of market demand curves and the sequence of equilibrium prices that will be observed in markets in which quantity supplied changes. The sense in which the Giffen case is "unlikely" to occur is that the probability of identifying a Giffen good …
Giffen Goods and the Law of Demand
The paradoxical aspect of the Giffen Paradox is the inability of demand theory to explain why Giffen goods are apparently so rare. The resolution of the paradox arises from the distinction between the shape of market demand curves and the sequence of equilibrium prices that will be observed in markets in which quantity supplied changes. The sense in which the Giffen case is "unlikely" to occur is that the probability of identifying a Giffen good …
International Relations and Politics
Railway abandonments, cross-subsidies, and the theory of regulation
The Fisher Hypothesis under Different Monetary Regimes
We examine the relation between inflation and nominal interest rates under the various monetary regimes in effect in the United States since the turn of the century. Our data include a newly constructed time series of short-term municipal bond yields observed annually since 1902. The results generally support the hypothesis that after-tax nominal yields adjust point-for-point with rationally forecasted inflation for the postwar years, but strongl…
The effects of constitutional restraints on governmental spending
The Rationality of Ideology
The Cost of Rent Seeking
Are rents fully dissipated
Twain's Law of Politics
This article models the electoral process as a game of incomplete information in which voters choose between candidates on the basis of the likelihood that each will fulfill the campaign promises made. The electorate's uncertainty about the future behavior of its representatives means that some candidates will win seats even though they are not committed to performing as promised. Moreover, because such candidates have more actions available to t…
The cost of rent seeking
Efficiency in the provision of pure public goods by private citizens
Robert D. Tollison
Economics (10 works) · Political science (8 works) · Law (6 works) · Public finance (6 works) · Macroeconomics (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (4 works) · Law and economics (4 works) · Public economics (4 works) · Economic theories and models (3 works)