John V. Nye

George Mason University - Department of Economics

Professor of Economics and Bastiat Chair in Political Economy

4400 University Drive

Fairfax, VA 22030

United States

Mercatus Center

3434 Washington Blvd., 4th Floor

Arlington, VA 22201

United States

National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow)

Myasnitskaya street, 20

Moscow, Moscow 119017

Russia

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Scholarly Papers (27)

1.

Did the Soviets Collude? A Statistical Analysis of Championship Chess 1940-64

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 01 Jun 2006 Last Revised: 18 Feb 2014
Charles C. Moul and John V. Nye
Miami University of Ohio - Department of Economics and George Mason University - Department of Economics
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Tournaments, Collusion, Chess

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Big Five Personality Traits and Academic Performance in Russian Universities

Higher School of Economics Research Paper No. WP BRP 10/PSY/2013
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 17 May 2013
George Mason University - Department of Economics, National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow) and National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow)
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personality traits, academic success, psychology of education, Big Five, academic performance measurement

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Taking Institutions Seriously: Rethinking the Political Economy of Development in the Philippines

Asian Development Review, Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 1-21, 2011
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 23 Jun 2011
John V. Nye
George Mason University - Department of Economics
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political economy, institutional development

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The Pigou Problem

Regulation, Vol. 31, No. 2, Summer 2008
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 22 Aug 2008
John V. Nye
George Mason University - Department of Economics
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Pigovian tax, Pigou, taxation, tax, externalities, externality, transfers, regulation, global warming, pollution, gasoline, coase,

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Tax Britannica: Nineteenth Century Tariffs and British National Income

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 05 Sep 2001
Sami F. Dakhlia and John V. Nye
University of Tennessee, Chattanooga - Department of Finance and George Mason University - Department of Economics
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Britain, optimal tariff, free trade, protectionism, Corn Laws, Trade Restrictiveness Index, simulations, computable general equilibrium

What Determines Trust? Human Capital vs. Social Institutions: Evidence from Manila and Moscow

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 12-54
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 05 Nov 2012
George Mason University - Department of Economics, National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow), George Mason University - Department of Economics, George Mason University - Department of Economics and National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow)
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What Determines Trust? Human Capital vs. Social Institutions: Evidence from Manila and Moscow

Higher School of Economics Research Paper No. WP BRP 18/EC/2012
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 03 Nov 2012
George Mason University - Department of Economics, National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow), George Mason University - Department of Economics, George Mason University - Department of Economics and National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow)
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trust, education, human capital, institutions

Do Black Mayors Improve Black Employment Outcomes? Evidence from Large U.S. Cities

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 10-11
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 13 Apr 2010 Last Revised: 05 Nov 2013
John V. Nye, Ilia Rainer and Thomas Stratmann
George Mason University - Department of Economics, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and George Mason University - Buchanan Center Political Economy
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Do Black Mayors Improve Black Employment Outcomes? Evidence from Large U.S. Cities

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 06 Apr 2010 Last Revised: 05 Nov 2013
John V. Nye, Ilia Rainer and Thomas Stratmann
George Mason University - Department of Economics, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and George Mason University - Buchanan Center Political Economy
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Race, Ethnicity, Discrimination, Employment, Urban Politics

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Human Capital in the Creation of Social Capital: Evidence from Diplomatic Parking Tickets

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 11-27
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 30 Jun 2011
Garett Jones and John V. Nye
George Mason University - Department of Economics and George Mason University - Department of Economics
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Establishing a New Order: The Growth of the State and the Decline of Witch Trials in France

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 11-43
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 03 Oct 2011
George Mason University - Department of EconomicsState University of New York (SUNY) - Buffalo, George Mason University - Department of Economics and George Mason University - Department of Economics
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Economic History, Fiscal Capacity, France, Witchcraft, Legal Capacity

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Raising Dragons

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 15-18
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 02 Jan 2015 Last Revised: 08 Mar 2015
John V. Nye and Melanie Meng Xue
George Mason University - Department of Economics and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)
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Economic Development, Culture, Fertility, China

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Does Political Competition Matter for Public Goods Provision? - Evidence from Russian Regions

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 12-55
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 05 Nov 2012 Last Revised: 16 Nov 2012
John V. Nye and Olga Vasilyeva
George Mason University - Department of Economics and Economic Research Institute Far East Branch Russian Academy of Science
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Wiring China: The Impact of Telegraph Construction on Grain Market Integration in Late Imperial China, 1870-1911

Economic History Review, forthcoming., GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 21-22
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 16 Aug 2021 Last Revised: 16 Sep 2021
Yu Hao, Yuanzhe Li and John V. Nye
School of Econonmics, Peking University, Peking University and George Mason University - Department of Economics
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telegraph, information transmission, market integration, merchant groups

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Two Wrongs Make a Right: The Market for Illegal Goods in the Presence of Corruption

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 11-01
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 02 Feb 2011
Desiree Desierto and John V. Nye
George Mason University - Department of Economics and George Mason University - Department of Economics
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The Causal Effect of Market Participation on Trust: An Experimental Investigation Using Randomized Control

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 11-38
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 03 Oct 2011 Last Revised: 06 Mar 2013
George Mason University - Department of EconomicsDerasat, Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science, George Mason University - Department of Economics, Trinity University and George Mason University - Department of Economics
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trust, markets, institutions, belief, priming

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Why Do Elites Permit Reform?

THE ANNUAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE WEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF NATIONS, p. 53, Emily Chamlee-Wright, ed., Beloit College, 2009
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 22 Oct 2011
John V. Nye
George Mason University - Department of Economics
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elites, social reform

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Information Transmission and Market Integration: The Impact of Telegraph Construction on the Grain Markets in Late Imperial China

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 20-17
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 28 May 2020 Last Revised: 15 Jun 2020
Yu Hao, Yuanzhe Li and John V. Nye
Peking University - School of Economics, Peking University and George Mason University - Department of Economics
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Chinese history, information, telegraph, grain prices

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The Effects of Prenatal Testosterone on Adult Wages: Evidence from Russian RLMS Data and Measured 2D:4D Digit Ratios

Higher School of Economics Research Paper No. WP BRP 71/EC/2014
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 11 Nov 2014 Last Revised: 22 Nov 2014
George Mason University - Department of Economics, National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow), National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow) and National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow)
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Adult wages, Prenatal Testosterone, Female earnings

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From Internal Taxes to National Regulation: Evidence from a French Wine Tax Reform at the turn of the Twentieth Century

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 10-21
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 21 Aug 2010 Last Revised: 17 Sep 2013
Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Department of Economics, George Mason University - Department of EconomicsState University of New York (SUNY) - Buffalo and George Mason University - Department of Economics
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Regulation, State and Local Taxation, Markets

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2D:4D and Life Outcomes: Evidence from the Russian RLMS Survey

Higher School of Economics Research Paper No. WP BRP 78/EC/2014
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 28 Nov 2014
George Mason University - Department of Economics, National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow) and National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow)
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Prenatal testosterone, 2D:4D, level of education, occupations, lifetime outcomes

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2D:4D Asymmetry and Academic Perfomance: Evidence from Moscow and Manila

Higher School of Economics Research Paper No. WP BRP 01/EDU/2012, GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 12-17
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 16 Feb 2012 Last Revised: 31 May 2012
National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow), National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow), George Mason University - Department of Economics, George Mason University - Department of Economics and George Mason University - Department of Economics
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academic performance, university admissions, 2d:4d ratio

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The Scholarly Benefits of Physical Fitness

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 04 Nov 2012 Last Revised: 01 Jul 2013
Sergey V. Popov and John V. Nye
Cardiff University - Cardiff Business School and George Mason University - Department of Economics
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GPA, BMI, communication, education

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The Universal Link between Higher Education and Pro-Market Values

Higher School of Economics Research Paper No. WP BRP 225/EC/2020
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 24 Mar 2020
George Mason University - Department of Economics, affiliation not provided to SSRN, National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow) and University of New Brunswick - Fredericton
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Education, world, liberal values, price control, RLMS-HSE, European Values Survey, Life in Transition Survey, World Values Survey

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Does Education or Underlying Human Capital Explain Liberal Economic Attitudes?

Higher School of Economics Research Paper No. WP BRP 40/EC/2013
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 27 Nov 2013
John V. Nye and Sergiy Polyachenko
George Mason University - Department of Economics and National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow)
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Non-cognitive abilities, human capital, IV, trust, market liberal preferences, Russia

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Does Higher Education Contribute to a Change in Attitudes to Government Price Control in Russia?

Higher School of Economics Research Paper No. WP BRP 146/EC/2016, GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 16-40
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 16 Aug 2016 Last Revised: 07 Apr 2017
George Mason University - Department of Economics, National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow) and National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow)
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market economy, values, education, Russia, attitudes, RLMS

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2D:4D and Lifetime Educational Outcomes: Evidence from the Russian RLMS Survey

Higher School of Economics Research Paper No. WP BRP 145/EC/2016
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 16 Aug 2016 Last Revised: 07 Apr 2017
George Mason University - Department of Economics, National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow) and National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow)
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2D:4D, prenatal testosterone, education, RLMS, Russia

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Does Fortune Favor Dragons?

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol. 78, Nos. 1-2, 2011
Posted: 04 Nov 2010 Last Revised: 20 Mar 2012
Noel D. Johnson, Noel D. Johnson and John V. Nye
George Mason University - Department of EconomicsState University of New York (SUNY) - Buffalo and George Mason University - Department of Economics

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Family Planning, Human Capital, Superstition, Preference Formation

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Permanent and Transitory Shocks in Real Output: Estimates from Nineteenth Century and Postwar Economies

Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, Vol. 30, No. 2 (May 1998)
Posted: 17 Feb 1998
John W. Keating and John V. Nye
Washington University in St. Louis and George Mason University - Department of Economics

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