A test of the property-rights theory of the firm: water utilities in the United States WM Crain, A Zardkoohi The Journal of Law and Economics 21 (2), 395-408, 1978 | 363 | 1978 |
Legislative organization and government spending: cross-country evidence JC Bradbury, WM Crain Journal of public Economics 82 (3), 309-325, 2001 | 235 | 2001 |
Institutional distortions, economics freedom, and growth A Ali, WM Crain Cato J. 21, 415, 2001 | 220 | 2001 |
The impact of regulatory costs on small firms NV Crain, WM Crain Diane Publishing, 2005 | 205 | 2005 |
The politics of infrastructure WM Crain, LK Oakley The Journal of Law and Economics 38 (1), 1-17, 1995 | 181 | 1995 |
Terrorized economies NV Crain, WM Crain Public Choice 128, 317-349, 2006 | 174 | 2006 |
Economic growth regressions for the American states: A sensitivity analysis WM Crain, KJ Lee Economic inquiry 37 (2), 242-257, 1999 | 140 | 1999 |
Constitutional change in an interest-group perspective WM Crain, RD Tollison The Journal of Legal Studies 8 (1), 165-175, 1979 | 139 | 1979 |
Budget process and spending growth WM Crain, JC Miller III Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 31, 1021, 1989 | 136 | 1989 |
Volatile states: Institutions, policy, and the performance of American state economies WM Crain University of Michigan Press, 2003 | 135 | 2003 |
On the structure and stability of political markets WM Crain Journal of Political Economy 85 (4), 829-842, 1977 | 134 | 1977 |
Effects of term limits on fiscal performance: Evidence from democratic nations JM Johnson, WM Crain Public Choice 119 (1), 73-90, 2004 | 131 | 2004 |
Time inconsistency and fiscal policy: Empirical analysis of US States, 1969–89 WM Crain, RD Tollison Journal of Public Economics 51 (2), 153-159, 1993 | 131 | 1993 |
Legislative organization of fiscal policy WM Crain, TJ Muris The Journal of Law and Economics 38 (2), 311-333, 1995 | 118 | 1995 |
The size and composition of government spending in multi-party systems CG Scartascini, WM Crain Essays on Government Growth: Political Institutions, Evolving Markets, and …, 2021 | 107 | 2021 |
Campaign expenditures and political competition WM Crain, RD Tollison The Journal of law and Economics 19 (1), 177-188, 1976 | 102 | 1976 |
Cost and output in the legislative firm WM Crain The Journal of Legal Studies 8 (3), 607-621, 1979 | 98 | 1979 |
The impact of performance-based budgeting on state fiscal performance WM Crain, JB O’Roark Economics of governance 5, 167-186, 2004 | 91 | 2004 |
The executive branch in the interest-group theory of government WM Crain, RD Tollison The Journal of Legal Studies 8 (3), 555-567, 1979 | 89 | 1979 |
Consumer choice and the popular music industry: A test of the superstar theory WM Crain, RD Tollison Empirica 29 (1), 1, 2002 | 87 | 2002 |