Robert E McCormick
Biographic Data
| ID | 6037386 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert E McCormick |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert E |
| FAMILY NAME | McCormick |
| SIGNATURE | MCCORMICK R E |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 43 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Bob Tollison was a good sentence
Chivalry in golf
Crime on the Court, Another Look
Athletics versus Academics? Evidence from SAT Scores
Crime on the Court
This paper addresses the question, What happens to the arrest rate when the number of law enforcers increases? One implication of the analysis is that arrest statistics are a poor instrumental variable for judging the quality of law enforcement. Increasing the number of police can increase of decrease the number of arrests. An increased probability of arrest induces fewer criminal acts; hence the ambiguity. Because of this result, we apply the th…
Politicians, Legislation, and the Economy
Rent-seeking competition in political parties
Legislatures as Unions
We present a model of the legislature as a union, where in some states the legislative wage is set in the constitution (the analogue to competition) and in others it is set by the legislators (monopoly). We test the implications of the model with respect to relative legislator wages in the two types of states and with respect to other aspects of the legislature as a union. All of the implications hold up quite well in empirical tests. Indeed, as …
Legislatures as Unions
We present a model of the legislature as a union, where in some states the legislative wage is set in the constitution (the analogue to competition) and in others it is set by the legislators (monopoly). We test the implications of the model with respect to relative legislator wages in the two types of states and with respect to other aspects of the legislature as a union. All of the implications hold up quite well in empirical tests. Indeed, as …
Athletics versus Academics? Evidence from SAT Scores
Crime on the Court
This paper addresses the question, What happens to the arrest rate when the number of law enforcers increases? One implication of the analysis is that arrest statistics are a poor instrumental variable for judging the quality of law enforcement. Increasing the number of police can increase of decrease the number of arrests. An increased probability of arrest induces fewer criminal acts; hence the ambiguity. Because of this result, we apply the th…
Crime on the Court, Another Look
Rent-seeking competition in political parties
Legislatures as Unions
We present a model of the legislature as a union, where in some states the legislative wage is set in the constitution (the analogue to competition) and in others it is set by the legislators (monopoly). We test the implications of the model with respect to relative legislator wages in the two types of states and with respect to other aspects of the legislature as a union. All of the implications hold up quite well in empirical tests. Indeed, as …
Rent-seeking competition in political parties
Politicians, Legislation, and the Economy
Crime on the Court
This paper addresses the question, What happens to the arrest rate when the number of law enforcers increases? One implication of the analysis is that arrest statistics are a poor instrumental variable for judging the quality of law enforcement. Increasing the number of police can increase of decrease the number of arrests. An increased probability of arrest induces fewer criminal acts; hence the ambiguity. Because of this result, we apply the th…
Athletics versus Academics? Evidence from SAT Scores
Crime on the Court, Another Look
Chivalry in golf
Bob Tollison was a good sentence
Political science (8 works) · Economics (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Public finance (3 works) · Sports Analytics and Performance (3 works) · Competition (biology (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Econometrics (2 works) · Economic Theory and Institutions (2 works)