The winner-take-all method of allocating Electoral College votes (in 48 of the 50 states) in US presidential elections has promoted interesting behaviours by politicians and states that are evident throughout US (economic) history. This analysis explores the impact that being a ‘battleground...

This study provides new empirical evidence on the impact of the federal budget deficit on the <italic>real</italic> interest rate yields on intermediate-term debt issues of the US Treasury, represented herein by the <italic>ex post</italic> real interest rate yields on 3-year Treasury notes and 7-year Treasury notes, two...

This study empirically extends the Tiebout hypothesis of 'voting with one's feet' in two ways. First, it provides updated estimates using net migration data for the period 2000--2008. Second, in addition to investigating variables reflecting public education outlays, property taxation and income...

This study of the impact of economic freedom, regulatory quality and the relative burden of taxation on the <italic>level</italic> of per capita real income/GDP among OECD nations over the period 2003 to 2007 adopts a modified version of the <italic>overall</italic> economic freedom index computed by the Heritage Foundation...