Journal Articles

Book Chapters & Book Reviews

Emily Skarbek

Book Review: Adam Smith: His Life, Thought, and Legacy, Edited by Ryan Patrick Hanley. The Adam Smith Review, forthcoming.


Book Review: Institutional Diversity in Self-Governing Societies: The Bloomington School and Beyond, Edited by Filippo Sabetti and Dario Castiglione. The Independent Review, 2018, 23 (2).


Book Chapter: “F.A. Hayek and the Early Foundations of Spontaneous Order”, in F. A. Hayek and the Modern Economy: Economic Organization and Activity eds. Sandra Peart and David Levy, Palgrave 2013.

Book Chapter: “Earth, Wind, and Fire!  Federalism and Incentives in Natural Disaster Response” (with A. Kashdan) in After Katrina: The Political Economy of Disaster and Community Rebound eds. Emily Chamlee-Wright and Virgil H. Storr.

"Analytic Narratives in Political Economy" (with D. Skarbek), History of Political Economy 55 (4) 2023: 609–638.


"Fiscal Equivalence: Principle and Predation in the Public Administration of Justice", Social Philosophy & Policy, 38(1) 2022.


“Aid, Ethics, and the Samaritan’s Dilemma: Strategic Courage in Constitutional Entrepreneurship”, Journal of Institutional Economics 12(2) 2016: 371-393.

“The Chicago Fire of 1871: A Bottom Up Approach to Disaster Relief” Public Choice  160(1) 2014: 155-180.

  • Winner, Gordon Tullock Prize for Best Article Published in Public Choice by Junior Scholar.


“Experts and Entrepreneurs” Advances in Austrian Economics 17, 2012: 99-110.

"Associations and Order in The Cultural and Political Economy of Recovery" (with P. Green) Studies in Emergent Order, 4, 2011: 69-77.
 
"Sweatshops and Non-Monetary Compensation: Evidence from El Salvador” (with D. Skarbek, B. Skarbek, E. Skarbek) American Journal of Economics and Sociology 71(3) 2012: 539-561

"From Promiscuity to Commitment:  Peter J. Boettke's Approach to Mentoring 'Mainline' Economists" Journal of Private Enterprise 26(1) 2011: 143-152.

"Coordinating the Reconstruction of Haiti" Journal of International Peace Operations 6(2) 2010: 25-27.

“The Context of Context: The Evolution of F.A. Hayek’s Epistemic Turn in Economics and Politics” (with P. Boettke and N. Snow). Advances in Austrian Economics 13, 2010: 69-86.

“The Political Economy of Urban Reconstruction,  Development, and Planning.” Erasmus Journal of Philosophy and Economics 2(1) 2009: 148-151.

"Remittances and Reputations of Hawala Money Transfer Systems: Self-Enforcing Exchange on an International Scale." Journal of Private Enterprise 24(1) 2008: 95-117.

“The Economics of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge” (with W. Block) Energy and Environment 18(1) 2007: 74-85.