OVERALL RESEARCH INTERESTS

bulletPublic Sector Economics.
bulletPublic Finance
bulletPublic Choice Health Economics
bulletDefence Economics
bulletEconomics of Charitable Behaviour

PUBLICATIONS

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Books
(with J G Cullis) Public Finance and Public Choice: Alternative Perspectives, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998.

Journal Articles
(with J Hudson) Political Parties, Political Integrity and Public Policy: a Transactions Costs Approach, Political Studies, vol 49, no 1, 2001, pp 70-88.
(with J Hudson ) Measuring the Efficiency of Stochastic Signals of Product Quality, Information Economics and Policy, vol 13, 2001, 35-49.
(with J G Cullis and C Propper) "Waiting and Medical Treatment: Analyses and Policies", Chapter 28 in A. J. Culyer and J. P. Newhouse (eds), North Holland Handbook on Health Economics, Amsterdam: Elsevier 2000.
(with J Hudson) "Civic Duty and Expressive Voting: Is Virtue its Own Reward?" Kyklos, vol 53, Fasc 1 2000, pp.3-16.
(with J G Cullis) " 'Individual Failure' and the Analytics of Social Policy ", Journal of Social Policy, vol 29, no 1, 2000.pp.73-93
Rent Seeking and Defence Expenditure", Defence and Peace Economics, vol 10, no 2, 1999, pp 117-224.
(with F. Balassone) " Tax Evasion and Tax Rates: Properties of a Penalty Structure" Public Finance Review ,vol 26, no 3, May 1998, pp 270-85.
(with J G Cullis) "In-kind versus Cash Transfers: Assessing Disbursement" Public Finance Review, vol 25, no 1, January 1997 pp 25-43.
(with J Hudson) "The Quality of Political Leadership: A Case Study of John Major", British Journal of Political Science, vol 26. 1996, pp.292-44
(with J. Hudson) "Standardization and the Costs of Assessing Quality", European Journal of Political Economy, vol 12, no.2, Sept, 1996, pp.355-62.
(with J. Hudson) "Signalling Product Quality: When is Price Relevant", Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, vol 30, no.2, August, 1996 pp 251-66.
Rents from In-Kind Subsidy: 'Charity' in the Public Sector, Public Choice, vol 86, nos. 3-4 March, 1996, pp. 359-87.
(with J G Cullis) " Decision Making in Quasi Markets: A Pedagogic Analysis" Journal of Health Economics, vol 15, no. 2, 1996 pp.187-208.
(with J G Cullis) "What A Difference a Day makes.... Concern About a New Approach to the Valuation of Human Life", Journal of Public Economics, vol, 61, no.3, 1996, pp 455-7.
(with J G Cullis) " Legitimate and Illegitimate Transfers: Dealing with 'Political' Cost Benefit Analysis", International Review of Law and Economics, vol 6, no.2, June, 1996.

Prizes:
( with J. G. Cullis and A Lewis) "Public versus Private Provision of Altruism: Can Fiscal Policy Make Individuals 'Better' People?" Kyklos, vol 51, Fasc 1, 1998, pp3-24. ( -Awarded the 'Founders' Prize' by the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics).

TEACHING

bulletEC20079 Economics of Politics

bulletEC20169 Public Finance

bulletEC30035 Public Choice

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