| An analytical history of terrorism, 1945–2000 WF Shughart Public choice 128, 7-39, 2006 | 287 | 2006 |
| Private school enrollment and public school performance JF Couch, WF Shughart, AL Williams Public Choice 76 (4), 301-312, 1993 | 216 | 1993 |
| On ethnic conflict and the origins of transnational terrorism A Basuchoudhary, WF Shughart Transnational Terrorism, 165-188, 2019 | 198 | 2019 |
| Free entry and efficient rent seeking RS Higgins, WF Shughart, RD Tollison 40 Years of Research on Rent Seeking 1, 121-132, 1985 | 171 | 1985 |
| Katrinanomics: The politics and economics of disaster relief WF Shughart Public Choice 127, 31-53, 2006 | 168 | 2006 |
| Free entry and efficient rent seeking RS Higgins, WF Shughart, RD Tollison 40 Years of Research on Rent Seeking 1, 121-132, 1985 | 166 | 1985 |
| Bureaucracy WA Niskanen, WF Shughart, L Razzolini | 160 | 1973 |
| The causes and consequences of antitrust: The public-choice perspective FS McChesney, WF Shughart University of Chicago Press, 1995 | 155 | 1995 |
| The political economy of the New Deal JF Couch, WF Shughart II The Political Economy of the New Deal, 177-222, 1998 | 141 | 1998 |
| The organization of industry WF Shughart II Dame Publications, 1997 | 139 | 1997 |
| The disinterest in deregulation RE McCormick, WF Shughart, RD Tollison The American Economic Review 74 (5), 1075-1079, 1984 | 134 | 1984 |
| On the incentives of judges to enforce legislative wealth transfers GM Anderson, WF Shughart, RD Tollison The Journal of Law and Economics 32 (1), 215-228, 1989 | 127 | 1989 |
| The random character of merger activity WF Shughart, RD Tollison The RAND Journal of Economics, 500-509, 1984 | 123 | 1984 |
| Antitrust policy and interest-group politics WF Shughart II Quorum Books, 1990 | 119 | 1990 |
| The political economy of immigration restrictions WF Shughart, RD Tollison, MS Kimenyi Yale J. on Reg. 4, 79, 1986 | 113 | 1986 |
| The growth of social security: Electoral push or political pull? RD Congleton, WF ShughartII Economic Inquiry 28 (1), 109-132, 1990 | 104 | 1990 |
| Preliminary evidence on the use of inputs by the Federal Reserve System WF Shughart, RD Tollison Central Bankers, Bureaucratic Incentives, and Monetary Policy, 67-90, 1986 | 104 | 1986 |
| The political economy of the IRS M Young, M Reksulak, WF Shughart Economics & Politics 13 (2), 201-220, 2001 | 102 | 2001 |
| The Elgar companion to public choice WF Shughart, L Razzolini Edward Elgar Publishing, 2003 | 98 | 2003 |
| Public choice WF Shughart II Liberty fund, 2008 | 76 | 2008 |
