Bryan Mccannon
Biographic Data
| ID | 712332 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bryan Mccannon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bryan |
| FAMILY NAME | Mccannon |
| SIGNATURE | MCCANNON B |
| AFFILIATIONS | West Virginia University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2433-2803 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Does starting a Division III college football program benefit the institution
Gender identity and access to higher education
Our research examines the potential gender identity discrimination within higher education in the U.S. An audit study was conducted by sending emails to admission counselors, where the messages varied in the inclusion of gender pronouns in the signature line. The results indicate a higher response rate for emails which included preferred pronouns, with a response rate increase of approximately four percentage points, regardless of the type of pro…
The right to counsel
We exploit a dataset of criminal trials in 19th century London to evaluate the impact of an accused's right to counsel on convictions. While lower‐level crimes had an established history of professional representation prior to 1836, individuals accused of committing a felony did not, despite the prosecution being conducted by professional attorneys. The Prisoners' Counsel Act 1836 remedied this and first introduced the right to counsel in common …
Experts and arbitration outcomes
We explore the use of experts in arbitration proceedings by analysing public procurement contract disputes in Italy. Balancing cost with accuracy, participants to a contract select arbitration when speedy dispute resolution is valued highly. Alternative dispute resolution mechanisms tend to give appointed arbitrators discretion in how to proceed. Consequently, principal‐agent problems can arise. Using an inverse‐probability‐weighted approach, we …
District attorney compensation and performance
Measuring a contract's breadth
We use a computational linguistic algorithm to measure the topics covered in teacher contracts. Topic modeling metrics are used to assess a contract's expansiveness. Our topic, diversity measurement, is then related to the prevalence of support staff. If more specialized services are provided, then contracts should be broader as they cover more employment relationships. We confirm a strong, statistically significant relationship and, thus, have a…
Behavioral economics and public choice
Judicial Elections and Criminal Case Outcomes
We investigate judicial elections’ impact on criminal case handling. We argue that judges face a trade-off between criminal and civil cases when exerting time and effort. During reelection, when the importance of good decision-making is heightened, if civil cases are sufficiently more important, then error rates in criminal cases increase. This effect is reversed for those who have a greater intrinsic motivation or handle only criminal cases. We …
Consolidation of Prosecutor Offices
We investigate the impact of the consolidation of local agencies publicly providing services, focusing on the prosecution of crime. In many states in the United States, prosecution is a county office with a head prosecutor directing decisions. Other states merge counties into prosecutorial districts. We show that, along with the cost savings that arises, the evidence suggests that prosecutorial services benefit from increasing returns to scale. T…
Psychological game theory in public choice
Microfinance and Prosocial Behaviors
Microfinance is an important component of the fight against poverty. We ask whether access to microfinance loans by the poor relates to their prosocial behaviors. A lab-in-the-field study in southern, rural Uganda is done. A public-good game is used to measure subjects' willingness to free-ride. We document higher levels of contributions by those who have previously received a microloan. We explore potential explanations such as differing social-…
Arbitration in classical Athens
Who pays taxes? Liturgies and the Antidosis procedure in Ancient Athens
Leadership and motivation for public goods contributions
Results from a leader–follower public goods game are presented. An individual, when randomly selected to make a contribution knowing others will observe the selection, gives more than in the simultaneous‐move public goods game. Followers adopt a quasi‐matching strategy where they systematically donate less than the leader, but contribute more when the leader does and contribute less when the leader free rides. The net result is increased provisio…
Endogenous competence and a limit to the Condorcet Jury Theorem
The effect of the election of prosecutors on criminal trials
Excessive Labour Raiding
Labour raiding refers to firms recruiting and hiring employed workers. The literature on labour raiding supports the idea that raiding sorts workers into their most productive positions. I present a model where an outside firm decides whether or not to pay to learn the match‐quality of an employed worker and the employer decides whether or not to pay its worker a high wage that pre‐empts the raiding. I show that the employer may pay a low wage an…
The effect of the election of prosecutors on criminal trials
Psychological game theory in public choice
Leadership and motivation for public goods contributions
Results from a leader–follower public goods game are presented. An individual, when randomly selected to make a contribution knowing others will observe the selection, gives more than in the simultaneous‐move public goods game. Followers adopt a quasi‐matching strategy where they systematically donate less than the leader, but contribute more when the leader does and contribute less when the leader free rides. The net result is increased provisio…
Endogenous competence and a limit to the Condorcet Jury Theorem
Behavioral economics and public choice
Excessive Labour Raiding
Labour raiding refers to firms recruiting and hiring employed workers. The literature on labour raiding supports the idea that raiding sorts workers into their most productive positions. I present a model where an outside firm decides whether or not to pay to learn the match‐quality of an employed worker and the employer decides whether or not to pay its worker a high wage that pre‐empts the raiding. I show that the employer may pay a low wage an…
The effect of the election of prosecutors on criminal trials
Endogenous competence and a limit to the Condorcet Jury Theorem
Who pays taxes? Liturgies and the Antidosis procedure in Ancient Athens
Leadership and motivation for public goods contributions
Results from a leader–follower public goods game are presented. An individual, when randomly selected to make a contribution knowing others will observe the selection, gives more than in the simultaneous‐move public goods game. Followers adopt a quasi‐matching strategy where they systematically donate less than the leader, but contribute more when the leader does and contribute less when the leader free rides. The net result is increased provisio…
Arbitration in classical Athens
Microfinance and Prosocial Behaviors
Microfinance is an important component of the fight against poverty. We ask whether access to microfinance loans by the poor relates to their prosocial behaviors. A lab-in-the-field study in southern, rural Uganda is done. A public-good game is used to measure subjects' willingness to free-ride. We document higher levels of contributions by those who have previously received a microloan. We explore potential explanations such as differing social-…
Judicial Elections and Criminal Case Outcomes
We investigate judicial elections’ impact on criminal case handling. We argue that judges face a trade-off between criminal and civil cases when exerting time and effort. During reelection, when the importance of good decision-making is heightened, if civil cases are sufficiently more important, then error rates in criminal cases increase. This effect is reversed for those who have a greater intrinsic motivation or handle only criminal cases. We …
Consolidation of Prosecutor Offices
We investigate the impact of the consolidation of local agencies publicly providing services, focusing on the prosecution of crime. In many states in the United States, prosecution is a county office with a head prosecutor directing decisions. Other states merge counties into prosecutorial districts. We show that, along with the cost savings that arises, the evidence suggests that prosecutorial services benefit from increasing returns to scale. T…
Psychological game theory in public choice
Behavioral economics and public choice
District attorney compensation and performance
Measuring a contract's breadth
We use a computational linguistic algorithm to measure the topics covered in teacher contracts. Topic modeling metrics are used to assess a contract's expansiveness. Our topic, diversity measurement, is then related to the prevalence of support staff. If more specialized services are provided, then contracts should be broader as they cover more employment relationships. We confirm a strong, statistically significant relationship and, thus, have a…
Experts and arbitration outcomes
We explore the use of experts in arbitration proceedings by analysing public procurement contract disputes in Italy. Balancing cost with accuracy, participants to a contract select arbitration when speedy dispute resolution is valued highly. Alternative dispute resolution mechanisms tend to give appointed arbitrators discretion in how to proceed. Consequently, principal‐agent problems can arise. Using an inverse‐probability‐weighted approach, we …
Does starting a Division III college football program benefit the institution
Gender identity and access to higher education
Our research examines the potential gender identity discrimination within higher education in the U.S. An audit study was conducted by sending emails to admission counselors, where the messages varied in the inclusion of gender pronouns in the signature line. The results indicate a higher response rate for emails which included preferred pronouns, with a response rate increase of approximately four percentage points, regardless of the type of pro…
The right to counsel
We exploit a dataset of criminal trials in 19th century London to evaluate the impact of an accused's right to counsel on convictions. While lower‐level crimes had an established history of professional representation prior to 1836, individuals accused of committing a felony did not, despite the prosecution being conducted by professional attorneys. The Prisoners' Counsel Act 1836 remedied this and first introduced the right to counsel in common …
Political science (14 works) · Economics (12 works) · Law (11 works) · Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (8 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems (7 works) · Business (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Microeconomics (6 works) · Social Psychology (5 works)