Adam J. Hoffer

University of Wisconsin - La Crosse

Assistant Professor

1725 State Street

La Crosse, WI 54601

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

20

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10

Scholarly Papers (20)

1.

Did You Say that Voting is Ridiculous?: Using South Park to Teach Public Choice

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 24 Feb 2020
Adam J. Hoffer and George R. Crowley
University of Wisconsin - La Crosse and Troy University - Manuel H. Johnson Center for Political Economy
Downloads 980 (49,077)
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south park, voting, elections, teaching public choice

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The Effects of Conference Realignment on NCAA Athletic Departments

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 16 Mar 2015
Adam J. Hoffer and Jared Pincin
University of Wisconsin - La Crosse and The King's College
Downloads 307 (204,171)
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expenditures, athletic subsidy, athletic departments, conference realignment

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Does Salary Discrimination Persist for Foreign Athletes in the NBA?

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 07 Jun 2013
Adam J. Hoffer and Ryan Friedel
University of Wisconsin - La Crosse and University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
Downloads 303 (207,147)
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basketball, wage discrimination, foreign born, NBA, marginal product of labor

4.

The Theory and Practice of Selective Consumption Taxation

Excerpt from Adam J. Hoffer and Todd Nesbit, eds., For Your Own Good: Taxes, Paternalism, and Fiscal Discrimination in the Twenty-First Century. Arlington, VA: Mercatus Center at George Mason University, 2018.
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 27 Apr 2018
Adam J. Hoffer and William F. Shughart
University of Wisconsin - La Crosse and Huntsman School of Business
Downloads 228 (275,873)

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selective taxation, taxation, tax policy, behavioral economics, tax subsidies, sin taxes

5.

Economic Freedom and Migration: A Metro Area-Level Analysis

Forthcoming in Southern Economic Journal
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 16 Apr 2020
Imran Arif, Adam J. Hoffer, Dean Stansel and Donald Lacombe
Appalachian State University, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse, Southern Methodist University (SMU) - Bridwell Institute for Economic Freedom and Texas Tech University
Downloads 190 (327,253)
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migration, metropolitan areas, economic freedom

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The Effects of Revenue Changes on NCAA Athletic Departments' Expenditures

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 16 Mar 2015
Adam J. Hoffer and Jared Pincin
University of Wisconsin - La Crosse and The King's College
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NCAA expenditures, athletic subsidy, athletic departments, bureaucracy

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Are Voters Rational on the Margin?: A Spatial Analysis of Voter Turnout in U.S. Presidential Elections

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 06 Apr 2014
Adam J. Hoffer
University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
Downloads 175 (352,405)
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voter turnout, spatial panel model, electoral vote density, district method, rational voter model

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Small-Business Financing after the Financial Crisis: Lessons from the Literature

Stephen Matteo Miller, Adam Hoffer, David Wille, "Small-Business Financing after the Financial Crisis – Lessons from the Literature", Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy, Vol. 6.3, 315-339, DOI: 10.1108/JEPP-D-17-00005, Mercatus Working Paper, Mercatus Center at George Mason University, Arlington, VA, August 2016
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 25 Aug 2016 Last Revised: 03 Dec 2018
Stephen Matteo Miller, Adam J. Hoffer and David Wille
George Mason University - Mercatus Center, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse and George Mason University
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Finance, Financial Crisis, Financial Service, Bank Lending, Borrowing, Credit, Debt, Capital Structure, Financing, Regulation, Policy, Small Business

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Teaching the Principles of Money and Banking Through Games and Experiments

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 03 Nov 2011
Adam J. Hoffer
University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
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money and banking, market for loanable funds, teaching, education, games, experiments

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The Political Economy of Cigarette Taxation

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 18 Jan 2013
Adam J. Hoffer
University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
Downloads 129 (453,113)

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cigarette taxation, special interest groups, spatial methods, spillover effects

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Earmarking Tax Revenues: Leviathan's Secret Weapon?

Excerpt from Adam J. Hoffer and Todd Nesbit, eds., For Your Own Good: Taxes, Paternalism, and Fiscal Discrimination in the Twenty-First Century. Arlington, VA: Mercatus Center at George Mason University, 2018., Mercatus Research Paper
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 01 May 2018
George R. Crowley and Adam J. Hoffer
Troy University - Manuel H. Johnson Center for Political Economy and University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
Downloads 123 (470,204)

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taxes, consumption taxes, consumer behavior, tax policy

12.

Fixing Fallacies

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 08 Jan 2013
Adam J. Hoffer
University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
Downloads 97 (558,471)

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fallacies, facts, misperception, economic education, teaching

13.

Selective Consumption Tax Policy and Income-Expenditure Elasticities of Obesity-Linked Consumption Goods

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 06 Dec 2014 Last Revised: 08 Dec 2014
Adam J. Hoffer, Rejeana Gvillo and William F. Shughart
University of Wisconsin - La Crosse, University of Memphis and Huntsman School of Business
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income-expenditure elasticity, selective consumption tax policy, sin taxes, obesity

14.

Bureaucratic Behavior: Budget Cuts, Imperfect Information, and the 2013 Sequester

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 26 Jul 2014
Adam J. Hoffer
University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
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bureaucracy, bureaucrat, budget cuts, federal sequester, sequestration, imperfect information

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An Artefactual Field Experiment of Group Discrimination Between Sports Fans

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 08 Jul 2021
Craig A. Depken, Adam J. Hoffer and Abdul H. Kidwai
University of North Carolina at Charlotte - The Belk College of Business Administration - Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse and University of Wisconsin - La Crosse - Department of Economics
Downloads 70 (673,979)

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discrimination, sports fans, experiment, dictator game, behavioral economics.

16.

Moving Forward: Tax Policy Lessons

Excerpt from Adam J. Hoffer and Todd Nesbit, eds., For Your Own Good: Taxes, Paternalism, and Fiscal Discrimination in the Twenty-First Century. Arlington, VA: Mercatus Center at George Mason University, 2018.
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 07 May 2018
Adam J. Hoffer and Todd Nesbit
University of Wisconsin - La Crosse and West Virginia University - College of Business & Economics
Downloads 58 (739,735)

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taxation, tax policy, tax subsidies, paternalism, behavioral economics, public policy

17.

Choice Under the Shadow of Conflict: An Experimental Investigation

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 20 May 2015
Adam J. Hoffer
University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
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shadow of conflict, conflict experiment, laboratory experiment

18.

Excise Tax Setting in a Dynamic Space-Time Framework

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 01 Jul 2015
Adam J. Hoffer and Donald J. Lacombe
University of Wisconsin - La Crosse and Texas Tech University, College of Human Sciences, Department of Personal Financial Planning, Students
Downloads 53 (771,222)
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horizontal tax competition, dynamic space-time model, spatial econometrics

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Rockonomix

Kim Holder, Adam Hoffer, Abdullah Al-Bahrani & Solina Lindahl, (2015) Rockonomix, The Journal of Economic Education, 46:4, 443-443, DOI:10.1080/00220485.2015.1071216
Posted: 16 Feb 2016
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse, Northern Kentucky University - Department of Economics and Finance and Independent

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Economic Education, Music, Teaching

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The Political Economy of Tobacco Control Spending

Applied Economics Letters, Vol. 19, No. 18, 2012
Posted: 08 Aug 2012
Adam J. Hoffer and Adam Pellillo
University of Wisconsin - La Crosse and La Salle University

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tobacco control funding, tobacco production, political economy, special interest