Research Publications

Zoning Restrictions and Business Starts: A Brief Exploration of Small- and Medium-Sized Metro Areas

By Paul Bernert and Stephen Slivinski

2021-09-14

How Perceived Economic Mobility Might Affect Charitable Giving

By H. Christian Kim

2021-07-13

Playing the Long Game: How to Think About the Arizona Flat Tax Proposal

By Stephen Slivinski

2021-06-23

Jobless Benefits and Cities: How Federal Unemployment Payouts Can Influence the Return to Work

By Stephen Slivinski and Paul Bernert

2021-06-07

How a $15 Federal Minimum Wage Could Harm Businesses, Workers, and Consumers in Lower-Income Cities

By Stephen Slivinski and Paul Bernert

2021-05-10

Being Economically Stuck

By H. Christian Kim

2021-04-12

Grounds for Optimism on Democracy?: Agricultural Development and the Chances of Democratization

By Henry Thomson

2021-03-08

Tax Reform Principles for Arizona in a Post-Pandemic World

By Stephen Slivinski

2021-02-08

Economic Mobility, Materialistic Pursuit and Well-Being

By H. Christian Kim

2020-12-07

A Cosmetology Board Capture Index: Measuring the Influence of Self-Interest in Occupational Licensing

By Stephen Slivinski

2020-11-02

Two Bubbles and a Plague

By Antoin Murphy

Some Notes on the Chicago School of Economics and Economic Liberty

By Ross Emmett

Membership of Occupational Licensing Boards and the Barriers to Entry

By Stephen Slivinski

Getting Back to Work: Permitting and Licensing

By Anastasia Boden and Stephen Slivinski

The Ease of Doing Business and Growth in Small to Medium-Sized Businesses

By Stephen Slivinski

You Can Take It with You: A Case for Occupational Licensing Reciprocity

By Stephen Slivinski

Multilateral Disarmament: A State Compact to End Corporate Welfare

By Byron Schlomach, Stephen Slivinski, and James M. Hohman

Second Chances: The Importance of Occupational Licensing Reform to Arkansas’s Criminal Justice Reform Initiatives

By Stephen Slivinski and Thomas Snyder

Conform and Reform: How Arizona Policymakers Can Use Federal Tax Reform as a Spur to Reform Arizona’s Income Tax System

By Stephen Slivinski and Paul Bernert

Weighing Down the Bootstraps: The Heavy Burden of Occupational Licensing on Immigrant Entrepreneurs

By Stephen Slivinski

Turning Shackles into Bootstraps: Why Occupational Licensing Reform Is the Missing Piece of Criminal Justice Reform

By Stephen Slivinski

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Research Publications