Academics
Selected Department Publications
2008 and Forthcoming
"Property Tax Responses to State Aid Cuts in the Recent Fiscal Crisis," Richard Dye and Andrew Reschovsky, Budgeting and Finance.
"A Theory of Efficiency Wage with Multiple Unemployment Equilibria: How a Higher Minimum Wage Law Can Curb Unemployment," Amanda Felkey and Kaushik Basu, Oxford Economics Papers.
"Accounting for the Differences in Ph.D. Creation Rates Across Liberal Arts Colleges," Robert Lemke in Doctoral Education and the Faculty of the Future, Ronald Ehrenberg (editor), Cornell University Press.
"Measuring the Effects of State Incom Tax Incentives on Private Conservation," Jeff Sundberg, State Tax Notes.
2007
"Professional Sports, Hurrican Katrina, and the Economic Redevelopment of New Orleans," Robert Baade and Victor Matheson, Contemporary Economic Policy.
"Estimating the Economic Impact of Natural and Social Disasters with an Application to Hurrican Katrina," Robert Baade, Robert Baumann, and Victor Matheson, Urban Studies.
"Selling the Game: Measuring the Economic Impact of Professional Sports Through Taxable Sales," Robert Baade, Robert Baumann, and Victor Matheson, Southern Economic Journal.
"A Tale of Two Stadiums: Comparing the Economic Impact of Chicago's Wrigley Field and U.S. Cellular Field," Robert Baade, Mariaya Nikolova ('07), and Victor Matheson, Geographische Rundschau International Edition.
"Teardowns and Land Values in the Chicago Metropolitan Area," Richard Dye and Daniel P. McMillen, Journal of Urban Economics.
"Surprise! An Unintended Consequence of Assessment Limitations," Richard Dye and Daniel McMillen, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy's Land Lines.
"Gamblers' Love for Variety and Substitution among Lotto Games," Kent Grote and Victor Matheson, Journal of Gambling, Business, and Economics.
"Examining the 'Halo Effect' in Lotto Games," Kent Grote and Victor Matheson, Applied Economics Letters.
"Extending Monopoly Power under Joint Production: A Case Study of the Red Cross and the Blood Centers of America," Robert Lemke and Kristina Lybecker, Journal of Industrial Organization Education.
"The Transition from Welfare to Work," Robert Lemke, Robert Witt, and Ann Dryden Witte, Eastern Economic Journal.
"Freedom and Transparency: Democracies, Non-Democracies, and Conventional Arms Transfers," Robert Lemke and James Marquardt, Democracy and Security.
"Biodiversity, Profitability, and Vegetation Structure in a Mexican Coffee Agroecosystem," Jeff Sundberg, Caleb Gordon, Robert Manson, and Andrea Cruz-Angon, Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Environment.
2006
"Have Public Finance Principles been Shut Out in Financing New Stadiums for the NFL?," Robert Baade and Victor Matheson, Public Finance and Management.
"In Search of a Fair Bet in the Lottery," Kent Grote and Victor Matheson, Eastern Economic Journal.
"Dueling Jackpots: Are Competing Lotto Games Complements or Substitutes?," Kent Grote and Victor Matheson, Atlantic Economic Journal.
"Can No Child Left Behind Close the Gaps in Pass Rates on Standardized Tests?," Claus Hoerandner ('06) and Robert Lemke, Contemporary Economic Policy.
"Student Assessments, Non-Test-Takers, and School Accountability," Claus Hoerandner ('06), Robert Lemke, and Robert McMahon ('06), Education Economics.
"When Winning is the Only Thing: Pure Strategy Nash Equilibria in a Three Candidate Spatial Voting Model," Robert Lemke and Richard Chisik, Social Choice and Welfare.
"Private Provision of a Public Good: Land Trust Membership," Jeff Sundberg, Land Economics.
History Repeats Itself: Child Labor in Latin America," Carolyn Tuttle, Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal.
2005
"Are Property Tax Limitations More Binding Over Time?," Richard Dye, Therese McGuire and Daniel McMillen, National Tax Journal.
"State Revenue Stability: Alternative Conceptualizations," Richard Dye and David Merriman, 2004 Proceedings of the National Tax Association,.
"Illinois’ Individual Income Tax and General Sales Tax: Options for Reform," Richard Dye and Therese McGuire, a report to the Illinois Tax Foundation, State Tax Notes.
"Rationality and Efficiency in Lotto Games," Kent Grote and Victor Matheson, in Information Efficiency in Betting Markets, Leighton Vaughan-Williams (ed.), Cambridge University Press.
2004
"The Quest for the Cup: Assessing the Economic Impact of the World Cup," Robert Baade and Victor Matheson, Journal of Regional Studies.
"Death Effect on Collectible Prices," Robert Baade and Victor Matheson, Applied Economics.
"Race and Riots: Examining the Economic Impact of the Rodney King Riots," Robert Baade and Victor Matheson, Urban Studies.
"State Revenue Cyclicality," Richard Dye, National Tax Journal.
"Lotto Fever: Do Lottery Players Act Rationally around Large Jackpots?", Kent Grote and Victor Matheson, Economics Letters.
"Do Estate and Gift Taxes Affect the Timing of Private Transfers?," Robert Lemke, Douglas Bernheim, and John Karl Scholz, Journal of Public Economics.
"Dynamic Bargaining with Action-Dependent Valuations," Robert Lemke, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control.
"Estimating the Union Wage Effect for Public School Teachers when all Teachers are Unionized," Robert Lemke, Eastern Economic Journal.
"Child Labor," in Grolier Encyclopedia of Victorian Era, Carolyn Tuttle, Scholastic Inc.
"Factory Legislation," in Grolier Encyclopedia of Victorian Era, Carolyn Tuttle, Scholastic Inc.
2003
Evaluating Subsidies for Professional Sports in the United States and Europe: A Public-Sector Primer," Robert Baade, Oxford Review of Economic Policy.
"The Effect of Tax Increment Financing on Land Use," Richard Dye and David F. Merriman, in The Property Tax, Land Use, and Land-Use Regulation, Edward Elgar series on Fiscal Federalism and State-Local Finance, Dick Netzer (ed.).
"Jacking up the Jackpot: Are Lotto Consumers Fooled by Annuity Payments?", Kent Grote and Victor Matheson, Public Finance Review.
"Skill, Parental Income, and IV Estimation of the Returns to Schooling," Robert Lemke and Isaac Rischall, Applied Economic Letters.
"Child Labor," in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History, Carolyn Tuttle, Oxford University Press.
"Children," in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History, Carolyn Tuttle, Oxford University Press.
2002
"Property Taxes, Schools, and Sprawl," Richard Dye and Therese J. McGuire, in Suburban Sprawl: Private Decisions and Public Policy, Wim Wiewel and Joseph J. Persky (eds.), M.E. Sharp.
"Inter-firm Complementarities in R&D: A Re-examination of the Relative Performance of Joint Ventures," Robert Lemke, Nejat Anbarci, and Santanu Roy, in International Journal of Industrial Organization.
2001
"Home Run or Wild Pitch? Assessing the Economic Impact of Major League Baseball's All-Star Game," Robert Baade and Victor Matheson, Journal of Sports Economics.
"The Impact of Property Taxes and Property Tax Classification on Business Activity in the Chicago Metropolitan Area," Richard Dye, Therese J. McGuire, and David F. Merriman, Journal of Regional Science.
2000
"Home Field Advantage? Does the Metropolis or Neighborhood Derive Benefit from a Professional Sports Stadium?, Robert Baade in The Economics and Politics of Sport Facilities, Wilbur C. Rich (Ed.), Quorum Books.
"High Octane? Grading the Economic Impact of the Daytona 500," Robert Baade and Victor Matheson, Marquette Sports Law Journal.
"An Assessment of the Economic Impact of the American Football Championship, the Super Bowl, on Host Communities," Robert Baade and Victor Matheson, Reflects Perspectives.
"The Effects of Tax Increment Financing on Economic Development," Richard Dye and David Merriman, Journal of Urban Economics.
1999
"An Analysis of why and how the United States' Judiciary has interpreted the Question of Professional Sports and Economic Development," Robert Baade in The Economi Impact of Sports Events, Claude Jeanrenaud (Ed.), Centre International D'Etude du Sport.
Hard at Work in Factories and Mines: The Economics of Child Labor During the British Industrial Revolution, Carolyn Tuttle, Westview Press.
1998
"Do Limits Matter? Evidence on the Effects of Tax Limitations on Student Performance," Richard Dye, Thomas A. Downes, and Therese J. McGuire, Journal of Urban Economics.
"A Model of Tax Increment Financing Adoption Incentives," Richard Dye and Jeffrey Sundberg, Growth And Change.