Bryan Caplan - Publications

Affiliations: 
Economics George Mason University, Washington, DC 
Area:
General Economics

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Year Citation  Score
2016 Caplan B. Soames’s new conception of propositions Philosophical Studies. 1-17. DOI: 10.1007/s11098-016-0633-3  0.31
2013 Caplan B, Crampton E, Grove WA, Somin I. Systematically Biased Beliefs About Political Influence: Evidence from the Perceptions of Political Influence on Policy Outcomes Survey Ps Political Science & Politics. 46: 760-767. DOI: 10.1017/S1049096513001030  0.441
2013 Gochenour Z, Caplan B. An entrepreneurial critique of Georgism Review of Austrian Economics. 26: 483-491. DOI: 10.1007/S11138-013-0218-8  0.514
2013 Caplan B, Tillman C. Benacerraf's revenge Philosophical Studies. 166: 111-129. DOI: 10.1007/s11098-012-0064-8  0.307
2012 Caplan B. The myth of the rational voter and political theory Collective Wisdom: Principles and Mechanisms. 319-337. DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511846427.014  0.389
2012 Caplan B, Miller SC. Positive versus normative economics: What's the connection? Evidence from the Survey of Americans and Economists on the Economy and the General Social Survey Public Choice. 150: 241-261. DOI: 10.1007/S11127-010-9700-Z  0.394
2011 Caplan B. The myth of the rational voter: Why democracies choose bad policies The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies 0.427
2010 Caplan B. Persuasion, slack, and traps: How can economists change the world? Public Choice. 142: 1-8. DOI: 10.1007/S11127-009-9521-0  0.516
2009 Caplan B. Majorities against utility: Implications of the failure of the miracle of aggregation Social Philosophy and Policy. 26: 198-211. DOI: 10.1017/S0265052509090086  0.424
2008 Caplan B, Stringham EP. Privatizing the adjudication of disputes Theoretical Inquiries in Law. 9. DOI: 10.2202/1565-3404.1195  0.393
2008 Caplan B. What if the Median Voter Were a Failing Student The Economists' Voice. 5: 1-5. DOI: 10.2202/1553-3832.1394  0.323
2008 Althaus S, Caplan B, Friedman J, Somin I, Taleb NN. Roundtable 1: Public ignorance: Rational, irrational, or inevitable? Critical Review. 20: 423-444. DOI: 10.1080/08913810802642950  0.351
2008 Caplan B. Reply to my critics Critical Review. 20: 377-413. DOI: 10.1080/08913810802567264  0.368
2008 Caplan B. Mises' democracy-dictatorship equivalence theorem: A critique Review of Austrian Economics. 21: 45-59. DOI: 10.1007/S11138-007-0028-Y  0.453
2007 Beaulier S, Caplan B. Behavioral economics and perverse effects of the welfare state Kyklos. 60: 485-507. DOI: 10.1111/J.1467-6435.2007.00382.X  0.457
2007 Caplan B. Have the experts been weighed, measured, and found wanting? Critical Review. 19: 81-91. DOI: 10.1080/08913810701499668  0.337
2007 Caplan B. Beyond conventional economics: The limits of rational behaviour in political decision making Public Choice. 131: 505-507. DOI: 10.1007/S11127-007-9142-4  0.372
2006 Caplan B. The economics of Szasz: Preferences, constraints and mental illness Rationality and Society. 18: 333-366. DOI: 10.1177/1043463106066377  0.372
2006 Caplan B. Terrorism: The relevance of the rational choice model Public Choice. 128: 91-107. DOI: 10.1007/S11127-006-9046-8  0.405
2006 Caplan B. How do voters form positive economic beliefs? Evidence from the survey of Americans and economists on the economy Public Choice. 128: 367-381. DOI: 10.1007/S11127-006-9026-Z  0.376
2005 Caplan B, Stringham E. Mises, Bastiat, public opinion, and public choice Review of Political Economy. 17: 79-105. DOI: 10.1080/0953825042000313825  0.437
2005 Caplan B. Toward a new consensus on the economics of socialism: Rejoinder to my critics Critical Review. 17: 203-220. DOI: 10.1080/08913810508443636  0.363
2004 Caplan B, Cowen T. Do we underestimate the benefits of cultural competition? American Economic Review. 94: 402-407. DOI: 10.1257/0002828041302154  0.347
2004 Caplan B. Is socialism really “impossible”? Critical Review. 16: 33-52. DOI: 10.1080/08913810408443598  0.339
2004 Caplan B. George Tsebelis, Veto Players: How Political Institutions Work Public Choice. 121: 260-262. DOI: 10.1007/S11127-004-0810-3  0.379
2003 Caplan B. The logic of collective belief Rationality and Society. 15: 218-242. DOI: 10.1177/1043463103015002003  0.444
2003 Caplan B. The idea trap: The political economy of growth divergence European Journal of Political Economy. 19: 183-203. DOI: 10.1016/S0176-2680(03)00002-8  0.47
2003 Caplan B. Stigler-Becker versus Myers-Briggs: Why preference-based explanations are scientifically meaningful and emperically important Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. 50: 391-405. DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2681(02)00031-8  0.338
2003 Caplan B. Probability and the synthetic a Priori : A reply to block Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics. 6: 77-83. DOI: 10.1007/S12113-003-1025-Z  0.365
2002 Caplan B. Sociotropes, systematic bias, and political failure: Reflections on the survey of Americans and economists on the economy Social Science Quarterly. 83: 416-435. DOI: 10.1111/1540-6237.00092  0.464
2002 Caplan B. Systematically biased beliefs about economics: Robust evidence of judgemental anomalies from the survey of Americans and economists on the economy Economic Journal. 112: 433-458. DOI: 10.1111/1468-0297.00041  0.419
2002 Caplan B. How does war shock the economy? Journal of International Money and Finance. 21: 145-162. DOI: 10.1016/S0261-5606(01)00046-8  0.362
2001 Caplan B. Has Leviathan been bound? A theory of imperfectly constrained government with evidence from the states Southern Economic Journal. 67: 825-847. DOI: 10.2307/1061573  0.382
2001 Caplan B. Rational ignorance versus rational irrationality Kyklos. 54: 3-26. DOI: 10.1111/1467-6435.00138  0.429
2001 Caplan B. What makes people think like economists? Evidence on economic cognition from the "survey of Americans and economists on the economy", Journal of Law and Economics. 44: 395-426. DOI: 10.1086/322812  0.403
2001 Caplan B. Standing Tiebout on his head: Tax capitalization and the monopoly power of local governments Public Choice. 108: 101-122. DOI: 10.1023/A:1017564623294  0.405
2001 Caplan B. Rational irrationality and the microfoundations of political failure Public Choice. 107: 311-331. DOI: 10.1023/A:1010311704540  0.422
2001 Caplan B. Daniel Shaviro, When Rules Change: An Economic and Political Analysis of Transition Relief and Retroactivity Public Choice. 106: 193-195. DOI: 10.1023/A:1005252811893  0.384
2001 Caplan B. When is two better than one? How federalism mitigates and intensifies imperfect political competition Journal of Public Economics. 80: 99-119. DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(00)00106-7  0.469
1999 Caplan B. The Austrian search for realistic foundations Southern Economic Journal. 65: 823-838. DOI: 10.2307/1061278  0.409
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