"Putting the 'Con' Into Constitutions: The Economics of Prison Gangs" Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization. Forthcoming.

"Criminal Constitutions" (with P. Leeson) Global Crime. Forthcoming.

"Self-Governance in San Pedro Prison" The Independent Review: A Journal of Political Economy 14(4) 2010: 569-585.

"Alertness, Local Knowledge, and Johnny Appleseed" Review of Austrian Economics 22(4) 2009: 415-424.

"What Can Aid Do?" (with P. Leeson) Cato Journal 29(3) 2009: 391-397.

"F.A. Hayek's Influence on Nobel Prize Winners" Review of Austrian Economics 22(1) 2009: 109-112.

"Market Failure and Natural Disasters: A Reexamination of Anti-Gouging Laws" Public Contract Law Journal 37(4) 2008: 771-780.

"The Price is Right: Regulation, Reputation, and Recovery" (with B. Skarbek) Dartmouth Law Journal 6(2) 2008: 235-276.

"Occupational Licensing and Asymmetric Information: Post-Hurricane Evidence from Florida" Cato Journal 28(1) 2008: 71-80.

"Sweatshop Wages and Third-World Living Standards: Are the Jobs Worth the Sweat?" (with B. Powell) Journal of Labor Research 27(2) 2006: 263-274.



"Adam's Apple: Using Johnny Appleseed to Teach the Invisible Hand" (with J. Hall) in Expanding Teaching and Learning Horizons in Economic Education, Frank G. Mixon, Jr. and Richard J. Cebula (eds.) New York: Nova Science Publishers. 2009:199-206.

"Restricting Reconstruction: Occupational Licensing and Natural Disasters" Conditionally Accepted to appear in The Political Economy of Hurricane Katrina and Community Rebound, Emily Chamlee-Wright and Virgil H. Storr (eds.)



"Anarchy, Groups, and Conflict: An Experiment on the Emergence of Protective Associations" Adam Smith, David Skarbek, and Bart Wilson.

"The Political Economy of Prison Gangs"

"Sweatshops" David Skarbek, Emily Schaeffer, Brian Skarbek, and Erin Stapp

"Street Gangs" David Skarbek and Russell Sobel