Stephen Coate

Kiplinger Professor of Public Policy

Working Papers

A Dynamic Theory of Public Spending, Taxation and Debt (with Marco Battaglini)
Revised February 2007

Pareto Efficient Income Taxation with Stochastic Abilities (with Marco Battaglini)
Revised October 2006

Socially Optimal Districting: A Theoretical and Empirical Exploration (with Brian Knight)
September 2006

Socially Optimal Districting: An Empirical Investigation (with Brian Knight)
Revised May 2006

Inefficiency in Legislative Policy-Making: A Dynamic Analysis (with Marco Battaglini)
Revised May 2006

Socially Optimal Districting (with Brian Knight)
Revised May 2006

The Performance of the Pivotal-Voter Model in Small-Scale Elections: Evidence from Texas Liquor Referenda (with Michael Conlin and Andrea Moro)
September 2004

Issue Unbundling via Citizens' Initiatives (with Timothy Besley)
April 2002