This page lists scholarly work; for my philosophy-and-pop-culture chapters, see here.
“Reflections on the State of Economics and Ethics,” in Conrad Heinmann and Julian Reiss (eds), The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Economics (Routledge, 2022), pp. 234-243
“The Neglect of Rights in Law and Economics,” GNLU Journal of Law & Economics, vol. II, 2019, pp. 22-39.
“With All Due Respect: A Kantian Approach to Economics,” in Mark D. White (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Ethics and Economics (Oxford, 2019)
“More Harm Than Benefit: The Ramifications of the Neglect of Rights in Economics,” in Wilfred Dolfsma and Ioana Negru (eds), The Ethical Formation of Economists (Routledge, 2019).
“Nudging – Ethical and Political Dimensions of Choice Architectures,” in Holger Strassheim and Silke Beck (eds), Handbook of Behavioural Change and Public Policy (Edward Elgar, 2019).
“Criminal Justice in Gotham: The Role of the Dark Knight,” in Damien Picariello (ed.), Politics in Gotham: The Batman Universe and Political Thought (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019)
“On the Relationship Between Economics and Ethics,” Annals of the Fondazione Luigi Einaudi, 52(2), 2018, pp.45-56.
“Preferences All the Way Down: Questioning the Neoclassical Foundations of Behavioral Economics and Libertarian Paternalism,” Oeconomia, 7(3), 2017, pp. 353-73.
“Judging the Efficacy and Ethics of Positive Psychology for Government Policymaking,” in The Routledge International Handbook of Critical Positive Psychology, edited by Tim Lomas, Nick Brown, and Francisco Jose Eiroá-Orosa (Routledge, 2017), pp. 532-45.
“Nudging Debt: On the Ethics of Behavioral Paternalism in Personal Finance,” forthcoming in Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning, 28(2), 2017, pp. 225-34.
"Dignity on the Line: The Kantian Ethics and Economics of Work,” in Fair Work: Ethics, Social Policy, Globalization, edited by Kory Schaff (Rowman & Littlefield International, 2017)
“Nudging Merit Goods: Conceptual, Normative, and Practical Connections,” Forum for Social Economics (online June 23, 2016)
“The Ethical Issues behind Expanding the Right to Try Preapproval Drugs and Medical Devices,” Mercatus Research (peer reviewed), Mercatus Center, November 2016.
“Overview of Behavioral Economics and Policy," in Nudge Theory in Action: Behavioral Design in Policy and Markets, edited by Sherzod Abdukadirov, Palgrave, 2016, pp. 15-36.
“The Crucial Importance of Interests in Libertarian Paternalism,” in Nudging - Possibilities, Limitations and Applications in European Law and Economics, edited by Klaus Mathis and Avishalom Tor, Springer, 2016, pp. 21-38.
“Bad Medicine: Does the Unique Nature of Health Care Decisions Justify Nudges?”, in Nudging Health: Health Law and Behavioral Economics, edited by I. Glenn Cohen, Holly F. Lynch, and Christopher T. Robertson, John Hopkins University Press, 2016, pp. 72-82.
“On the Justification of Antitrust: A Matter of Rights and Wrongs” and "Response to Long and Barr's Comments," The Antitrust Bulletin, 61(2), 2016, pp. 323-335, 346-350
"The Neglected Nuance of Beccaria's Theory of Punishment," European Journal of Law and Economics (online February 17, 2016)
"The Virtues of a Kantian Economics," in Economics and the Virtues: Building a New Moral Foundation, edited with Jennifer A. Baker, Oxford University Press, 2016, pp. 94-115
“Judgment: Balancing Principle and Policy,” Review of Social Economy, 73(3), 2015, 223-241
"On the Relevance of Wrongfulness to the Concept of Externalities," OEconomia, 5(3), 2015, pp. 313-329
“Teaching Ethics When Hero Battles Hero,” Marvel Comics’ Civil War and the Age of Terror: Critical Essays on the Comic Saga, edited by Kevin M. Scott, McFarland, 2015, pp. 189-199
“The Neglect of Consent in Economics: A Comment on Marciano,” Homo Oeconomicus, 2015, 32(2), pp. 369-372
“Securing an Ethical Foundation for Law and Social Economics” (updated, revised, and retitled version of earlier chapter), in The Elgar Companion to Social Economics, 2nd edition, edited by John B. Davis and Wilfred Dolfsma, Edward Elgar, 2015, pp. 649-661
“A Modest Comment on McMullin: A Kantian Account of Modesty,” Journal of Philosophical Research, 2015, vol. 40, 1-5.
“Retributivist Justice and Dignity: Finding a Role for Economics in Criminal Justice,” in Law and Social Economics: Essays in Ethical Values for Theory, Practice, and Policy, edited by Mark D. White, Palgrave Macmillan, 2015, pp. 77-96.
“A Kantian-Economic Approach to Altruism in the Household,” Palgrave Communications 1, 2015, article #15005, pp. 1-6.
“The Problems with Measuring and Using Happiness for Policy Purposes,” Mercatus Center, 2014
"Retributivism" and "Lex talionis," in Encyclopedia in Law and Economics (Springer), 2014
“On Beccaria, the Economics of Crime, and the Philosophy of Punishment,” Philosophical Inquiries, 2014, 2(2), pp. 121-137.
"Can We—or Should We—Measure Well-Being?", Review of Social Economy, 2013, 71(4), pp. 526-533
“The Pursuit of a Measure of Happiness” (review article), Review of Social Economy, 2013, 71(4), pp. 534-539
“Paternalism, Moralism, and Markets,” in The Routledge Companion to Social and Political Philosophy, edited by Gerald Gaus and Fred D’Agostino, Routledge, 2013, pp. 788-799.
“Strategic Trade Policy with Generalized Welfare Functions” (with Sudesh Mujumdar), Global Business & Finance Review, 2012, 17(1), 13-20.
“Kantian Moral Psychology and Criminal Behavior,” Journal of Criminal Psychology, 2012, 2(1), 67-76.
“Value in Economics: Accentuate the Qualitative, But Don’t Eliminate the Quantitative,” in Values: Sources and Readings on a Key Concept of the Globalized World, edited by Ivo DeGennaro, Brill, 2012, pp. 331-347.
“Pro Tanto Retributivism: Judgment and the Balance of Principles in Criminal Justice,” in Retributivism: Essays on Theory and Policy, edited by Mark D. White, Oxford University Press, 2011, pp. 129-145.
“We’ve Been Nudged: The Effects of the Downturn on Dignity and Responsibility,” in Consequences of Economic Downturn: Beyond the Usual Economics, edited by Martha A. Starr, Palgrave Macmillan, 2011, pp. 103-118.
“Markets and Dignity: The Essential Link (with an Application to Health Care),” in Accepting the Invisible Hand: Market-Based Approaches to Social-Economic Problems, edited by Mark D. White, Palgrave Macmillan, 2010, pp. 1-21.
“Same-Sex Marriage: The Irrelevance of the Economic Approach to Law,” International Journal of Law in Context, 2010, 6(2), pp. 139-149.
“Behavioral Law and Economics: The Assault on Consent, Will, and Dignity,” in New Essays on Philosophy, Politics & Economics: Integration and Common Research Projects, edited by Gerald Gaus, Christi Favor, and Julian Lamont, Stanford University Press, 2010, pp. 203-223.
“Resisting Procrastination: Kantian Autonomy and the Role of the Will,” in The Thief of Time: Philosophical Essays on Procrastination, edited by Chrisoula Andreou and Mark D. White, Oxford University Press, 2010, pp. 216-232
“Adam Smith and Immanuel Kant: On Markets, Duties, and Moral Sentiments,” Forum for Social Economics, 2010, 39(1), pp. 53-60.
“Deontology,” “Dignity,” and “Immanuel Kant,” in Handbook of Economics and Ethics, edited by Jan Peil and Irene van Staveren (Edward Elgar), 2009, pp. 77-83, 84-90, 301-307 (respectively).
“In Defense of Deontology and Kant: A Reply to van Staveren,” Review of Political Economy, 2009, 21(2), pp. 315-323.
“Kantian Ethics and the Prisoners’ Dilemma,” Eastern Economic Journal, 2009, 35(2), pp. 137-143.
“Pareto, Consent, and Respect for Dignity: A Kantian Perspective,” Review of Social Economy, 2009, 67(1), pp. 49-70; reprinted in Ethics and Economics: New Perspectives, edited by Mark D. White and Irene van Staveren, Routledge, 2009, pp. 120-141.
“Retributivism in a World of Scarcity,” in Theoretical Foundations of Law and Economics, edited by Mark D. White, Cambridge University Press, 2009, pp. 253-271.
“Law and Economics,” International Encyclopedia of Public Policy, vol. 3, edited by Philip O’Hara, 2008, GPERU, pp. 314-327.
“Criminal Justice: Punishment and Retribution,” International Encyclopedia of Public Policy, vol. 4, edited by Philip O’Hara, 2008, GPERU, pp. 63-73.
“Social Law and Economics and the Quest for Dignity and Rights,” in The Elgar Companion to Social Economics, edited by John B. Davis and Wilfred Dolfsma, 2008, Edward Elgar, pp.575-594.
“Time, Speeding Behavior, and Optimal Penalties,” Journal of Socio-Economics, 37(1), February 2008, 384-399.
“A Kantian Critique of Antitrust: On Morality and Microsoft,” Journal of Private Enterprise, 22(2), Spring 2007, 161-190; recipient of the 2009 Templeton Enterprise Award, article category, first place
“Does Homo Economicus Have a Will?”, in Economics and the Mind, edited by Barbara Montero and Mark D. White, Routledge, 2007, 143-158.
“A Kantian Critique of Neoclassical Law and Economics,” Review of Political Economy, 18(2), April 2006, 235-252.
“Multiple Utilities and Weakness of Will: A Kantian Perspective,” Review of Social Economy, 64(1), March 2006, 1-20.
“Reply: Can Homo Economicus Follow Kant’s Categorical Imperative,” Journal of Socio-Economics, 34(4), August 2005, 568-571.
“A Social Economics of Crime (Based on Kantian Ethics),” in Law & Economics: Alternative Economic Approaches to Legal and Regulatory Issues, edited by Margaret Oppenheimer and Nicholas Mercuro, M.E. Sharpe, 2005, 351-373.
“Economic Analysis of Tort Law: Austrian and Kantian Perspectives” (with Edward Stringham), in Law & Economics: Alternative Economic Approaches to Legal and Regulatory Issues, edited by Margaret Oppenheimer and Nicholas Mercuro, M.E. Sharpe, 2005, 374-392.
“Preaching to the Choir: A Response to Fairness Versus Welfare,” Review of Political Economy, 16(4), October 2004, 507-515.
“A Simple Model of Intertemporal Price Discrimination,” Eastern Economic Journal, 30(3), Summer 2004, 487-492.
“Can Homo Economicus Follow Kant’s Categorical Imperative?”, Journal of Socio-Economics, 33(1), March 2004, 89-106.
“Kantian Dignity and Social Economics,” Forum for Social Economics, 32(2), Spring 2003, 1-11 (actual publication date: January 2004.)
“Intra-Industry Trade and Strategic Trade Policy in the Presence of Public Firms” (with Debashis Pal), International Economic Journal, 17(4), Winter 2003, 29-41.
“Reconciling Homo Economicus and Dewey’s Ethics,” Journal of Economic Methodology, 10(2), June 2003, 223-243.
“Strategic Trade Policy Under Polynomial Costs,” Economics Bulletin, 6(6), 2002, 1-5.
“Political Manipulation of a Public Firm’s Objective Function,” Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 49(4), December, 2002, 55-67.
“Managerial Incentives and the Decision to Hire Managers in Markets with Public and Private Firms”, European Journal of Political Economy, 17(4), November 2001, 877-896.
“Mixed Oligopoly, Privatization and Strategic Trade Policy” (with Debashis Pal), Southern Economic Journal, 65(2), October 1998, 264-281.
“Mixed Oligopoly, Privatization and Subsidization,” Economics Letters, 53(2), November 1996, 189-195.