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Biofuels Policies and Welfare: Is the Stick of Mandates Better than the Carrot of Subsidies?: Author(s): Harvey E. Lapan, GianCarlo Moschini; ISU Economics Working Paper #09010, June 9, 2009; [Abstract] [Download PDF]
The Federal Stimulus Plan and Sustaining Jobs in the Iowa Economy: Author(s): David A. Swenson; ECON Staff Report, March 1, 2009; [Abstract] [Download PDF]
Optimal Wage Taxation When Human Capital and Employment Are Endogenous: Author(s): Brent Kreider; Economic Inquiry, Vol. 46, No.4, pp. 660-675, October, 2008; [Abstract] [Download PDF]
Strategic environmental policy under free trade with transboundary pollution: Author(s): Shiva Sikdar, Harvey E. Lapan; ISU Economics Working Paper #08017, May 1, 2008; [Abstract] [Download PDF]
Food Stamps and Food Insecurity: What Can Be Learned in the Presence of Non-classical Measurement Error?: Author(s): Craig Gundersen, Brent Kreider; Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 43, No.2, pp. 352-82, Spring, 2008; [Abstract] [Download PDF]
Optimal Banking Sector Recapitalization: Author(s): P. Marcelo Oviedo, Shiva Sikdar; ISU Economics Working Paper #08002, January 4, 2008; [Abstract] [Download PDF]
The Economic Impact of Ethanol Production in Iowa: Author(s): David A. Swenson; ECON Staff Report, January 1, 2008; [Abstract] [Download PDF]
Unit vs. Ad Valorem Taxes in Multi-Product Cournot Oligopoly: Author(s): Harvey E. Lapan, David A. Hennessy; ISU Economics Working Paper #07007, April 10, 2007; [Abstract] [Download PDF]
What Trickled Down? Federalism, State Government Fiscal Stress, and Local Government Outcomes: Author(s): David A. Swenson; ECON Staff Report, March 1, 2006; [Abstract] [Download PDF]
The State Fiscal Costs of a First-Time Farmer Tax Exemption: Author(s): David A. Swenson; ECON Staff Report, October 1, 2004; [Abstract] [Download PDF]
Estate Planning for Farmers: Meeting the 'Material Participations' Test: Author(s): Neil E. Harl; Estate Tax Planning Advisor, Vol. 2, No.2, pp. 8-11, February, 2003; [Abstract]
Economic Rationales For and Against Place-Based Policy: Author(s): Maureen Kilkenny, David Kraybill; Proceeding, 2003 Rural Sociological Society Annual Meetings, www.ruralsociology.org, 2003; [Abstract] [Download PDF]
Local Fiscal Strategy to Retain Heterogeneous Firms: Author(s): Maureen Kilkenny, Tigran Melkonyan; Journal of Regional Science, Vol. 42, No.4, pp. 753-771, November, 2002; [Abstract] [Download PDF]
Potential Cost Savings and Framework of Strategies for Improved Delivery of Government Services: Author(s): Mark A. Edelman; ISU Economics Working Paper #NDN0122, May 2000; [Abstract] [Download PDF]
Pareto-Improving Redistribution and Pure Public Goods: Author(s): Richard Cornes, Todd Sandler; German Economic Review, Vol. 1, No.2, pp. 169-186, May, 2000; [Abstract]
Iowa Wetlands: Perceptions and Values: Author(s): Christopher Azevedo, Joseph A. Herriges, Catherine L. Kling; March, 2000; [Abstract] [Download PDF]
A Classroom Experiment about Tradable Permits: Author(s): Maureen Kilkenny; Review of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 22, No.2, pp. 586-606, 2000; [Abstract]
NATO Burden-Sharing: Past and Future: Author(s): Keith Hartley, Todd Sandler; Journal of Peace Research, Vol. 36, No.6, pp. 665-680, November, 1999; [Abstract]
Interregional Fiscal Accounting: Author(s): Maureen, Kilkenny; Growth and Change, Vol. 30, No.4, pp. 567-589, Fall, 1999; [Abstract]
The Economics of Defense, translated into Japanese by Shoichi Fukaya: Author(s): Todd Sandler, Keith Hartley; Nihon Hyoronsha Publishing Co., Tokyo, pp. 400, 1999; [Abstract]
Fiscal SAMs and Fiscal Federalism: Author(s): Maureen Kilkenny, Alicia Failde; Technical Report 98 TR-41, CARD Staff Report, Center for Agriculture and Rural Development, Ames, Iowa, December, 1998; [Abstract]
The Uncertain Benefits of Environmental Reform in Open Economies: Author(s): Larry Karp, Jinhua Zhao, Sandeep Sacheti; ISU Economics Working Paper #NDN0009, August 29, 1999; [Abstract] [Download PDF]
Firm Relocation Threats and Copy Cat Costs: Author(s): Darin Wohlgemuth, Maureen Kilkenny; International Regional Science Review, Vol. 21, No.2, pp. 139-162, 1998; [Abstract]
Piecemeal Reform of Trade and Environmental Policy When Cosumption Also Pollutes: Author(s): Mark R. Metcalfe, John C. Beghin; ISU Economics Working Paper #NDN0013, January 1, 1998; [Abstract] [Download PDF]
Macrodynamic Implications of Income Transfer Policies for Human Capital Investment and School Effort: Author(s): Peter Orazem, Leigh Tesfatsion; Journal of Economic Growth, Vol. 2, pp. 305-329, November, 1997; [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Publisher's Link]