William Hankins

Jacksonville State University, Alabama

Assistant Professor of Economics

700 Pelham Rd N

Jacksonville, AL 36265

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (12)

1.

Corporate Decision-Making in the Presence of Political Uncertainty: The Case of Corporate Cash Holdings

The Financial Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 23 Mar 2018 Last Revised: 26 Aug 2019
Jacksonville State University, Alabama, Samford University, University of South Carolina Upstate and Bank of England
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Cash Holdings, Economic Policy Uncertainty, SVAR, U.S. Partisan Conflict

Does Partisan Conflict Impact the Cash Holdings of Firms? A Sign Restrictions Approach

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 19 Oct 2016 Last Revised: 20 Oct 2016
Jacksonville State University, Alabama, University of South Carolina Upstate, Bank of England and Samford University
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Partisan Conflict, Cash Holdings, Economic Policy Uncertainty, VAR, Sign Restriction

Does Partisan Conflict Impact the Cash Holdings of Firms? A Sign Restrictions Approach

Bank of England Working Paper No. 638
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 30 Dec 2016
Jacksonville State University, Alabama, University of South Carolina Upstate, Bank of England and Samford University
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Partisan conflict, cash holdings, economic policy uncertainty, VAR, sign restrictions

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Finally, Nebraska: A Synthetic Control Analysis of Legislative Structure

Hankins, W.B., 2020. Finally, Nebraska: A synthetic control analysis of legislative structure. State Politics & Policy Quarterly, 20(1), pp.3-22.
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 15 Jun 2014 Last Revised: 24 Feb 2022
William Hankins
Jacksonville State University, Alabama
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Bicameralism, Unicameralism, Nebraska, Synthetic Control Method

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Partisan Conflict, Policy Uncertainty and Aggregate Corporate Cash Holdings

Journal of Macroeconomics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 26 Mar 2018 Last Revised: 26 Aug 2018
University of South Carolina Upstate, Bank of England, Jacksonville State University, Alabama and Samford University
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Partisan Conflict, Cash Holdings, Economic Policy Uncertainty, VAR, Sign Restrictions, Local Projections

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Party Polarization, Political Alignment, and Federal Grant Spending at the State Level

Economics of Governance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 23 Apr 2014 Last Revised: 03 Sep 2017
William Hankins, Gary A. Hoover and Paul Pecorino
Jacksonville State University, Alabama, University of Oklahoma and University of Alabama - Department of Economics, Finance and Legal Studies
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Federal Spending, Majoritarian, Political Alignment, Political Polarization

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Partisan Determinants of Federal Highway Grants

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6603
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 07 Sep 2017
Frank Goetzke, William Hankins and Gary A. Hoover
University of Louisville - School of Urban & Public Affairs, Jacksonville State University, Alabama and University of Oklahoma
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Federal Highway Administration Grants, Political Alignment, Political Ideology

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Does US Partisan Conflict Matter for the Euro Area?

Economics Letters, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 23 Dec 2015
University of South Carolina Upstate, Jacksonville State University, Alabama and Bank of England
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Partisan conflict, Economic policy uncertainty, U.S.-Euro area spillovers, Bayesian VAR

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Revisiting the Effect of Supermajority Requirements on Fiscal Outcomes

Southern Economic Journal
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 05 Aug 2020 Last Revised: 18 Mar 2022
William Hankins
Jacksonville State University, Alabama
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Government Expenditures, Supermajority Requirement, Tax Revenue

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Government Spending, Shocks, and the Role of Legislature Size: Evidence from the American States

Hankins, W. B. (2015). Social Science Quarterly, 96: 1059–1070. doi: 10.1111/ssqu.12157
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 13 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 22 Dec 2015
William Hankins
Jacksonville State University, Alabama
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Government Spending, Legislature Size

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The Impact of Uncertainty Shocks on State-Level Employment

Journal of Macroeconomics, Vol. 73, 2022
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 06 Apr 2022 Last Revised: 12 May 2022
William Hankins, Chak Hung Jack Cheng and Anna-Leigh Stone
Jacksonville State University, Alabama, University of South Carolina Upstate and Samford University
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FAVAR, Uncertainty, Employment, State-level Effects

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The Relationship between Legislature Size and Fiscal Policy: A Cross-Country Examination

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 13 Aug 2014
William Hankins
Jacksonville State University, Alabama
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Government Spending, Law of 1/n, Legislature Size

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Do Democratic Governors Lower Economic Freedom? A Regression Discontinuity Approach

Hankins, W.B. and Hoover, G.A., 2019. Do Democratic governors lower economic freedom? A regression discontinuity approach. Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice, 34(2), pp.101-126.
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 06 Apr 2022
William Hankins and Gary A. Hoover
Jacksonville State University, Alabama and University of Oklahoma
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Economic Freedom, Political Parties, Public Economics, Regression Discontinuity