William F. Shughart

Huntsman School of Business

J. Fish Professor in Public Choice

3565 Old Main Hill

Logan, UT 84322-3565

United States

The Independent Institute

Research Director and Senior Fellow

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The Consequences of the US DOJ's Antitrust Activities: A Macroeconomic Perspective

Public Choice, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 13 Sep 2007
Andrew T. Young and William F. Shughart
Texas Tech University - Rawls College of Business and Huntsman School of Business
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Antitrust, Real Business Cycles, Technology Shocks, Markup Shocks, Aggregate Fluctuations

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

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Antitrust Enforcement in the Obama Administration's First Term: A Regulatory Approach

Policy Analysis No. 739
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 04 May 2014
William F. Shughart and Diana Weinert Thomas
Huntsman School of Business and Creighton University
Downloads 105 (344,037)

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antitrust, merger, rent seeking, merger law enforcement, Antitrust Remedies, Sherman Act

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Regressive Effects: Causes and Consequences of Selective Consumption Taxation

MERCATUS WORKING PAPER
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 12 Jul 2018
Adam Hoffer, Rejeana Gvillo, William F. Shughart and Michael D. Thomas
Clemson University - Midwest Center for Economic Engagement and Research, University of Memphis, Huntsman School of Business and Creighton University
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Predicting State Failure: Different Paths into the Abyss

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 28 Dec 2010 Last Revised: 27 Mar 2013
Atin Basuchoudhary, James T. Bang and William F. Shughart
Virginia Military Institute, Virginia Military Institute and Huntsman School of Business
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State Failure, Predicting, Classification Tree

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What Did Economists Do? Euvoluntary, Voluntary, and Coercive Institutions for Collective Action

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 23 Nov 2013
William F. Shughart and Diana Weinert Thomas
Huntsman School of Business and Creighton University
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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

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Antitrust Agonistes

Law & Economics Center at George Mason University Scalia Law School Research Paper Series No. 22-014
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 26 Oct 2021 Last Revised: 10 Mar 2022
William F. Shughart
Huntsman School of Business
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Rule of Law, Competition Policy, Sherman Act, Clayton Act, Public Choice

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Selective Consumption Taxes in Historical Perspective

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: 22 Posted: 27 Apr 2018
William F. Shughart
Huntsman School of Business
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taxation, sin taxes, economic history, Alexander Hamilton, whiskey, alcohol

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Checks and Balances at the OK Corral: Restraining Leviathan

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 31 Jan 2009
Atin Basuchoudhary, Michael Reksulak and William F. Shughart
Virginia Military Institute, Georgia Southern University and Huntsman School of Business
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Constitutional Political Economy, Contestable Markets, Barriers to Entry

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And the Beat Goes on: Further Evidence on Voting on the Form of County Governance in the Midst of Public Corruption

Kyklos, Vol. 62, Issue 1, pp. 65-84, February 2009
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 19 Jan 2009
Gökhan R. Karahan, R. Morris Coats and William F. Shughart
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Nicholls State University and Huntsman School of Business
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