Dissertation

Title: The Growth of Government and Democracy in America, 1790-1860: Theory and History from an Economic Perspective

Dissertation Abstract and Full Text (scroll down for PDF)

Committee: Richard Wagner (chair), Peter Leeson, Peter Boettke, Rosemarie Zagarri

Defended: April 2009

Articles Under Review

"Government Growth in Antebellum America: Variation in the Size and Scope of State Governments, 1790-1860."

"Political exchange and the voting franchise: Universal democracy as an emergent process," further revisions requested at Constitutional Political Economy.

"Democratic Externalities of Education: Measuring the Benefits of Better Educated Voters."

Working Papers

"The Expansion of Democracy in America: The Importance of Public Goods Provision."

Published Comments

"Protecting Cultural Monuments Against Terrorism: A Comment" (with Jason Briggeman). Defence and Peace Economics, forthcoming.

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With my committee: Peter Boettke, Rosemarie Zagarri, and Richard Wagner, April 2009 (Pete Leeson not pictured)