Research

Dove, John A. and Noah J. Trudeau.  “Occupational Licensing Restrictions and Early-Stage Entrepreneurship: A State-Level Analysis.”  Forthcoming at Applied Economics Letters.

Dove, John A. and William J. Byrd. (2025).  “Assessing State Resilience: Lynching and its        Ramifications on State Credit in the US.”  Kyklos. 78(2): 305-321.

Dove, John A. and Laura R. Dove.  (2023).  “Institutions and Incarceration: The Role of Economic Freedom at the MSA Level.”  Social Science Quarterly.  104(4): 436-463.

Dove, John A. (2023). “One Size Fits All?  The Differential Impact of Federal Regulation on Entrepreneurial Activity Across US States.” Journal of Regulatory Economics. 63(1-2): 57-73.

Dove, Laura R. and John A. Dove. (2023). “Legal Institutions, Perceptions, and Entrepreneurship: An Empirical Investigation.”  Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice. 38(1): 58-88.

Poelmans, Eline, John A. Dove, Jason E. Taylor, Ranjit S. Dighe.  (2022).  “Factors   Influencing the Timing and Type of State-Level Prohibitions Prior to 1920.” Public Choice.  192(3): 201-226.

Dove, John A. and William J. Byrd.  (2022).  “Judicial Independence and Lynching in Historical Context: An Analysis Of US States.  Cliometrica.  16(3): 639-672.

Dove, John A. and Andrew T. Young.  (2021).  “What is a Classical Liberal Constitution?” The Independent Review. 26(3): 385-405.

Byrd, William J. and John A. Dove.  (2021).  “Dismantling the South-West Coalition: Further Evidence of Distributive Politics in Preemption Legislation.” Economics of Governance. 22(3): 193-214.

Dove, John A.  (2020).  “Detroit: A Microcosm of Municipal Finance, Bankruptcy, and Recovery.”  Essays in Economic and Business History.  38(1): 335-342.

Dove, John A. and Laura R. Dove. (2020). “State Tort Reform and Entrepreneurial Activity.” Review of Law & Economics. 16(3): 1-45.

Dove, John A.  (2020).  “Opportunity Entrepreneurship and Regulation: A State Level Analysis.” Applied Economics Letters.  27(12): 987-991.

Dove, John A.  (2019).  “Do Tax and Expenditure Limits Influence Federal Lobbying by State and Local Governments?  Evidence from a Panel Dataset.”  Public Finance & Management. 19(1): 128-150.

Dove, John A. and Andrew T. Young.  (2019).  “US State Constitutional Entrenchment and Default in the Nineteenth Century.” Journal of Institutional  Economics. 15(6): 963-982.

Dove, John A. (2019)  “Is There a Relationship Between TELs and Default? Evidence from US Municipalities.” Papers in Regional Science.  98(1): 433-450.

Dove, John A.  (2018).  “It’s Easier to Contract than to Pay: Judicial Independence and U.S. Municipal Default in the 19th Century.”  Journal of Comparative Economics. 46(4): 1062-1081.

Dove, John A. and Daniel Sutter.  (2018).  “Is There a Tradeoff Between Economic Development Incentives and Economic Freedom?  Evidence from the US States.” Review of Regional Studies.  48(1): 55-69.

Poelmans, Eline, John A. Dove, and Jason E. Taylor.  (2018).  “The Politics of Beer:   Analysis of The Congressional Votes for the Beer Bill of 1933.” Public Choice. 174(1-2): 81-106.

Dove, John A., Courtney A. Collins, and Daniel J. Smith.  (2018).  “The Impact of Public Pension Governance Structures on State Bond Ratings.”  Economics of Governance.  19(1): 51-73.

Dove, John A.  (2017).  “The Relationship between Local Government Economic Freedom and Bond Ratings.”  Journal of Financial Economic Policy.  9(4): 435-449.

Dove, John A.  (2017).  “Judicial Independence and US State Bond Ratings: An Empirical Investigation.”  Public Budgeting & Finance.  37(3): 24-46.

Dove, John A.  (2017).  “Some Additional Evidence on the Interplay between Corruption, Taxes, and Firm Entry Using US States.”  Applied Economics Letters. 24(18): 1307-1310.

Dove, John A.  (2017).  “Local Government Type and Municipal Bond Ratings: What’s the Relationship?”  Applied Economics.  49(24): 2339-2351. 

Dove, John A.  (2017).  “Property Tax Limits, Balanced Budget Rules, and Line-Item Vetoes: A Long-Run View.”  Eastern Economic Journal.  43(2): 288-317.

Crowley, George R., John A. Dove, and Daniel Sutter.  (2017).  “Voter Preferences, Institutions, and Economic Freedom.”  Contemporary Economic Policy.  35(1): 76-92

Dove, John A.  (2016).  “The Economic Effects of Judicial Selection.”  Faulkner Law Review.  8(1): 157-173.

Dove, John A.  (2016).  “U.S. State Fiscal Constraints and Railroad Development through the 19th Century.”  Scandinavian Economic History Review. 64(3): 243- 257.

Sobel, Russell S. and John A. Dove.  (2016).  “Analyzing the Effectiveness of State Regulatory Review.”  Public Finance Review.  44(4): 446-477.

Dove, John A.  (2016).  “Do Fiscal Constraints Prevent Default?  Historical Evidence from U.S. Municipalities.”  Economics of Governance.  17(2): 185-209. 

Dove, John A.  (2016).  “Judicial Independence and Economic Freedom across the U.S. States.”  Applied Economics Letters.  23(1): 78-83.

Dove, John A.  (2015).  “The Impact of Contracting and Property Rights Institutions  on Entrepreneurship in the United States.”  American Journal of  Entrepreneurship.  8(1): 1-21.

Dove, John A.  (2015).  “The Effect of Judicial Independence on Entrepreneurship in the US States.”  Economic Systems.  39(1): 72-96. 

Dove, John A. and Laura R. Dove.  (2014).  “An Examination of Multistate Antitrust   Enforcement by U.S. State Attorneys General.” Journal of Applied Economics and Policy.  32: 43-71.

Dove, John A.  (2014).  “Antitrust Enforcement by State Attorneys General: Institutional, Legal and Political Considerations.”  Business and Politics.  16(2): 291-312. 

Dove, John A., Gary M. Pecquet, and Clifford F. Thies.  (2014).  “The Michigan Free  Bank Experience: Wild Cat Banking or Interference with Contract?” Essays in Economic and Business History.  32: 47-79.   

Dove, John A.  (2014).  “Financial Markets, Fiscal Constraints, and Municipal Debt: Lessons and Evidence from the Panic of 1873.”  Journal of Institutional  Economics. 10(1): 71-106.

Young, Andrew T., and John A. Dove.  (2013).  “Policing the Chain Gang: Panel Cointegration Analysis of the Stability of the Suffolk System, 1825-1858.” Journal of Macroeconomics. 37: 182-196.

Collins, Courtney A. and John A. Dove.  (2013).  “Analyzing Electoral Timing and Outcomes through Georgia’s Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax.”  Public Finance and Management. 13(4): 288-304.

Dove, John A.  (2012).  “Public Protection versus Public Choice: An Analysis of Merger Enforcement Behavior by State Attorneys General.”  Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice. 28(2-3): 115-132.

Dove, John A.  (2012).  “Credible Commitments and Constitutional Constraints: State Debt Repudiation and Default in Nineteenth Century America.” Constitutional Political Economy.  23(1): 66-93. 

Coyne, Christopher J., Russell S. Sobel, and John A. Dove.  (2010).  “The Non-Productive Entrepreneurial Process.”  Review of Austrian Economics. 23(4): 333-346.