Edward J. Lopez

Western Carolina University - College of Business

Professor of Economics and BB&T Distinguished Professor of Capitalism

College of Business

Forsyth 315E

Cullowhee, NC 28723

United States

http://www.edwardjlopez.com

Liberty Fund, Inc.

Features Editor, EconLib

11301 N. Meridian Street

Carmel, IN 46032

United States

http://www.econlib.org

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

30

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Ideas:
“  I am a public choice economist focusing on institutional change. My recent topics include bottom-up socialism, coordination between think tanks & academia, eminent domain in Michigan cf. North Carolina, campaign finance, and the intellectual history of James Buchanan. Current papers include using elasticity to track infectious disease outbreaks and the formalization of informal rules. I am writing a book that brings a fiscal rules approach to current U.S. fiscal policy analysis. On my horizon, I have in mind a popular book that mixes the work of William Baumol, Armen Alchian, and Henry Manne to reframe design copyists as adaptive-imitative entrepreneurs.  ”

Scholarly Papers (30)

1.

Pass a Law, Any Law, Fast! State Legislative Responses to the Kelo Backlash

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 18 Oct 2007 Last Revised: 17 Jun 2008
Edward J. Lopez, R. Todd Jewell and Noel D. Campbell
Western Carolina University - College of Business, Texas State University, San Marcos - Department of Finance and Economics and University of Central Arkansas
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eminent domain, state legislation, property rights, Kelo v. City of New London, limited dependent variables, duration analysis

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The Problem with the Holdout Problem

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 26 Mar 2013
Edward J. Lopez and J. R. Clark
Western Carolina University - College of Business and University of Tennessee, Chattanooga
Downloads 227 (259,291)

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holdouts, eminent domain, takings, market failure, government failure, Kelo

The Problem with the Holdout Problem

Review of Law and Economics, Volume 9, Issue 2 (Sep 2013)
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 12 Nov 2014 Last Revised: 20 Dec 2014
Edward J. Lopez and J. R. Clark
Western Carolina University - College of Business and The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Downloads 70 (642,440)

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holdouts, eminent domain, takings, market failure, government failure

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The Cognitive Dimension of Institutions

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 04 Aug 2018
James Caton and Edward J. Lopez
North Dakota State University - Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics and Western Carolina University - College of Business
Downloads 222 (265,689)
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Economic Methodology, Analysis of Collective Decision-Making, Search, Learning, Information and Knowledge, Communication, Belief, Unawareness

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The Political Economy of Congressional Term Limits

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 29 Mar 1998
Edward J. Lopez
Western Carolina University - College of Business
Downloads 182 (318,709)
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Is Political Ideology Endogenous? Evidence from the Business Cycle

University of North Texas Working Paper No. 00-05
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 12 Feb 2001
Edward J. Lopez and Carlos D. Ramirez
Western Carolina University - College of Business and George Mason University - Department of Economics
Downloads 166 (345,664)
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Legislator Ideology, Political Party Ideology, Legislator Voting

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Paying Teachers for Advanced Degrees: Evidence on Student Performance from Georgia

The Journal of Private Enterprise, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 18 Jun 2008
Noel D. Campbell and Edward J. Lopez
University of Central Arkansas and Western Carolina University - College of Business
Downloads 165 (347,431)

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teacher pay, student performance, cost benefit analysis

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Divided We Vote

Public Choice, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 02 Nov 2010 Last Revised: 15 Dec 2010
Peter Calcagno and Edward J. Lopez
College of Charleston - Department of Economics and Western Carolina University - College of Business
Downloads 163 (351,084)

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divided government, limited government, midterm cycles, split ticket voting, American states

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Socialism from the Bottom Up: Where Lawson and Powell Meet Hayek and Buchanan

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 05 Mar 2020
Edward J. Lopez
Western Carolina University - College of Business
Downloads 143 (390,852)

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socialism, paternalism, parentalism

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Who Will Deregulate the Deregulators?

Public Choice, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 19 Feb 2008
Edward J. Lopez
Western Carolina University - College of Business
Downloads 125 (433,925)

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deregulation, natural monopoly, entrerepeurship, institutions, institutional change

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Kelo and its Discontents: The Worst (or Best?) Thing to Happen to Property Rights

The Independent Review, Vol. 11, No. 3, pp.397-416, Winter 2007
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 05 Jun 2010
Edward J. Lopez and Sasha M. Totah
Western Carolina University - College of Business and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 113 (468,295)
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property rights, takings, eminent domain, kelo

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Informal Norms Trump Formal Constraints: The Evolution of Fiscal Policy Institutions in the United States

The Journal of Institutional Economics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 10 Oct 2016
Peter Calcagno and Edward J. Lopez
College of Charleston - Department of Economics and Western Carolina University - College of Business
Downloads 112 (471,400)
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Deficits, Fiscal Norms, Institutions, Informal Institutions

Property Takings in Developed Versus Developing Countries: Economics, Politics, and the Limits of the Holdout Problem

The Annual Proceedings of The Wealth and Well-Being of Nations
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 05 Jun 2010
Edward J. Lopez
Western Carolina University - College of Business
Downloads 58 (707,654)

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Property Takings in Developed Versus Developing Countries: Economics, Politics, and the Limits of the Holdout Problem

THE ANNUAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE WEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF NATIONS, p. 109, Emily Chamlee-Wright, ed., Beloit College, 2010
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 16 Oct 2011
Edward J. Lopez
Western Carolina University - College of Business
Downloads 53 (738,156)

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property taking, institutional difference, holdout problem

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Third-Degree Price Discrimination: Apology Not Necessary

Atlantic Economic Journal, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 03 Aug 2010
Edward J. Lopez and David J. Molina
Western Carolina University - College of Business and University of North Texas
Downloads 82 (578,656)

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price discrimination, third-degree, consumer surplus, monopoly regulation

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Mr. Smith and the Economy: The Influence of Economic Conditions on Individual Legislator Voting

Public Choice, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 11 Dec 2007
Edward J. Lopez and Carlos D. Ramirez
Western Carolina University - College of Business and George Mason University - Department of Economics
Downloads 74 (613,364)

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legislator voting, political polarization, macroeconomic aspect of political economy

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A Cognitive Framework for the Social Sciences

NDSU Public Choice and Private Enterprise Research Paper No. 18-5
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 16 Nov 2018
James Caton and Edward J. Lopez
North Dakota State University - Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics and Western Carolina University - College of Business
Downloads 71 (627,371)

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The Lost Republic? A Review of Lawrence Lessig's Republic, Lost

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 07 Nov 2016
Edward J. Lopez
Western Carolina University - College of Business
Downloads 69 (636,890)

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Corruption, Campaign Finance, Congress

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Rediscovering Buchanan’s Rediscovery: Non-Market Exchange Versus Antiseptic Allocation

Forthcoming, Public Choice, 2020.
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 28 May 2020
Nicolas Cachanosky and Edward J. Lopez
University of Texas at El Paso and Western Carolina University - College of Business
Downloads 65 (656,732)

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Buchanan, catallactics, collective action, public choice

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Individual Sovereignty and Coproduction of Knowledge Governance

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 16 Dec 2020
Edward J. Lopez
Western Carolina University - College of Business
Downloads 58 (693,706)

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knowledge commons, institutional entrepreneurship, individual sovereignty

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Deficit as Policy: Widening the Scope of Debt-Financed Spending in the United States, 1792-Present Chapter 1 What is the Modern Budget Era Problem?

AIER Public Policy Working Paper No. Forthcoming
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 07 Nov 2023 Last Revised: 30 Nov 2023
Peter Calcagno and Edward J. Lopez
College of Charleston - Department of Economics and Western Carolina University - College of Business
Downloads 48 (753,741)

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Deficit, Debt, Debt finance, Modern Budget Era, Modern Budget Era Problem, Fiscal Rules, Balanced Budget Rule, Deficit as Policy Rule, Fiscal Commons

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Introduction to the Public Choice Society at 50 Years Symposium

Public Choice, Vol. 163, No. 1-2, 2015
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 16 Oct 2016
Edward J. Lopez
Western Carolina University - College of Business
Downloads 38 (824,728)

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Public Choice Society, Virginia Political Economy, Experimental Economics, Bloomington Political Economy, Social Choice

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Exchange Opportunities between Think Tanks and Academia: Allocation versus Symbiosis in the Structure of Intellectual Production

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 05 Dec 2022
Edward J. Lopez
Western Carolina University - College of Business
Downloads 29 (900,387)

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ideas, think tanks, structure of intellectual production, status quo, institutional change

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New Anti-Merger Theories

Cato Journal, Vol. 20, No. 3, 2001
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 03 Apr 2021
Edward J. Lopez
Western Carolina University - College of Business
Downloads 28 (909,619)

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antitrust policy, merger guidelines, unilateral effects, innovation markets

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Review of Mario Vargas Llosa's The Call of the Tribe

Number of pages: 5 Posted: 08 Dec 2023
Edward J. Lopez
Western Carolina University - College of Business
Downloads 21 (978,553)

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collectivism, individualism, twentieth century

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Congressional Voting on Term Limits

Public Choice 112: 405-431, 2002.
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 05 Apr 2001 Last Revised: 01 Apr 2020
Edward J. Lopez
Western Carolina University - College of Business
Downloads 19 (999,829)
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Term limits, legislator voting, vote switching

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The Long-Term Impact of Kelo v. City of New London: Comparing State Legislative and Judicial Responses

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 19 Jul 2024
Edward J. Lopez, H. Justin Pace and Jon Murphy
Western Carolina University - College of Business, Western Carolina University - College of Business and Nicholls State University
Downloads 17 (1,021,643)

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eminent domain, economic development takings, holdout problem, property rights

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Deficit as Policy: Widening the Scope of Debt-Financed Spending in the United States, 1792-Present Chapter 3 A Fiscal Rules Approach to Explain the Modern Budget Era Problem

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 12 Feb 2024
Peter Calcagno and Edward J. Lopez
College of Charleston - Department of Economics and Western Carolina University - College of Business
Downloads 7 (1,131,925)

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Deficit, Debt, Debt finance, Modern Budget Era, Modern Budget Era Problem, Fiscal Rules, Balanced Budget Rule, Deficit as Policy Rule, Fiscal Commons

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I, Vaccine: Or, How to Appreciate the Beautifully Simple

Posted: 10 May 2021
Edward J. Lopez
Western Carolina University - College of Business

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Below-Market Housing Mandates as Takings: Measuring Their Impact

in "Property Wrongs: The Law and Economics of Takings," ed. Bruce Benson, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010, Independent Policy Report, 2007
Posted: 08 Mar 2021
Tom Means, Edward Peter Stringham and Edward J. Lopez
The Independent Institute, Trinity College and Western Carolina University - College of Business

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Price controls, below market housing mandates, exclusionary zoning, inclusionary zoning

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Term Limits: Causes and Consequences

Posted: 22 Oct 2001
Edward J. Lopez
Western Carolina University - College of Business

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Price Theory, Vote Scores, and Campaign Expenditures: Signaling or Ideology?

George Mason University Working Paper 98.06
Posted: 24 Apr 1998
Edward J. Lopez and Noel D. Campbell
Western Carolina University - College of Business and University of Central Arkansas

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