Stephen Coate

Kiplinger Professor of Public Policy

Selected Publications

Socially Optimal Districting: A Theoretical and Empirical Exploration (with Brian Knight)
Quarterly Journal of Economics, forthcoming

Inefficiency in Legislative Policy Making: A Dynamic Analysis (with Marco Battaglini)
American Economic Review, forthcoming

Market Provision of Broadcasting: A Welfare Analysis (with Simon Anderson)
Review of Economic Studies, Vol. 72, No.4, October 2005, 947-972

A Group Rule-Utilitarian Approach to Voter Turnout: Theory and Evidence (with Michael Conlin)
American Economic Review, Vol. 94, No. 5, December 2004, 1476-1504

Pareto Improving Campaign Finance Policy
American Economic Review, Vol. 94, No. 3, June 2004, 628-655

Elected versus Appointed Regulators: Theory and Evidence (with Timothy Besley)
Journal of the European Economic Association, Vol. 1, No. 5, September 2003, 1176-1205

Sources of Inefficiency in a Representative Democracy: A Dynamic Analysis (with Timothy Besley)
American Economic Review, Vol. 88, No. 1, March 1998, 139-156

An Economic Model of Representative Democracy (with Timothy Besley)
Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 112, No. 1, February 1997, 85-106

On the Form of Transfers to Special Interests (with Stephen Morris)
Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 103, No. 6, December 1995, 1210-1235

Altruism, the Samaritan's Dilemma and Government Transfer Policy
American Economic Review, Vol. 85, No. 1, March 1995, 46-57

Will Affirmative Action Policies Eliminate Negative Stereotypes? (with Glenn Loury)
American Economic Review, Vol. 83, No. 5, December 1993, 1220-1240

The Economics of Rotating Savings and Credit Associations (with Timothy Besley and Glenn Loury)
American Economic Review, Vol. 83, No. 4, September 1993, 792-81