Evaluating the Social Optimality of Durable Public Good Provision using the Housing Price Response to Public Investment, International Economic Review, forthcoming (with Yanlei Ma).
Property Taxation, Zoning, and Efficiency in a Dynamic Tiebout Model, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, forthcoming (with Levon Barseghyan).
A Political Economy Theory of Fiscal Policy and Unemployment Journal of the European Economic Association, forthcoming (with Marco Battaglini).
Bureaucrats, Voters, and Public Investment Journal of Public Economics, Vol 119, November 2014, 35-48 (with Levon Barseghyan).
Fiscal Policy over the Real Business Cycle: A Positive Theory Journal of Economic Theory, Vol 148, No. 6, November 2013, 2223-2265. (with Levon Barseghyan and Marco Battaglini).
Government Form and Public Spending: Theory and Evidence from U.S. Municipalities American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, Vol 3, No. 3, August 2011, 82-112 (with Brian Knight).
Pet Overpopulation: An Economic Analysis The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, Vol 10, No. 1 (Advances), December 2010, Article 106 (with Brian Knight).
Issue Unbundling via Citizens' Initiatives Quarterly Journal of Political Science, Vol 3, No.4, December 2008, 379-397 (with Timothy Besley).
The Performance of Pivotal-Voter Models in Small-Scale Elections: Evidence from Texas Liquor Referenda Journal of Public Economics, Vol 92, No. 3-4, April 2008, 582-596 (with Michael Conlin and Andrea Moro).
Pareto Efficient Income Taxation with Stochastic Abilities Journal of Public Economics, Vol 92, No. 3-4, April 2008, 844-868 (with Marco Battaglini).
A Dynamic Theory of Public Spending, Taxation, and Debt American Economic Review, Vol 98, No. 1, March 2008, 201-236 (with Marco Battaglini).
Socially Optimal Districting: A Theoretical and Empirical Exploration Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol 122, No. 4, November 2007, 1409-1471 (with Brian Knight).
Inefficiency in Legislative Policy-Making: A Dynamic Analysis American Economic Review, Vol 97, No. 1, March 2007, 118-149 (with Marco Battaglini).
Market Provision of Broadcasting: A Welfare Analysis Review of Economic Studies, Vol. 72, No.4, October 2005, 947-972 (with Simon Anderson).
A Group Rule-Utilitarian Approach to Voter Turnout: Theory and Evidence American Economic Review, Vol. 94, No. 5, December 2004, 1476-1504 (with Michael Conlin).
Political Competition with Campaign Contributions and Informative Advertising Journal of the European Economic Association, Vol 2, No. 5, September 2004, 772-804.
Pareto Improving Campaign Finance Policy American Economic Review, Vol. 94, No. 3, June 2004, 628-655.
Centralized versus Decentralized Provision of Local Public Goods: A Political Economy Analysis Journal of Public Economics, Vol 87, No. 12, December 2003, 2611-2637 (with Timothy Besley).
Elected versus Appointed Regulators: Theory and Evidence Journal of the European Economic Association, Vol. 1, No. 5, September 2003, 1176-1205 (with Timothy Besley).
On the Public Choice Critique of Welfare Economics Public Choice, Vol 114, No. 3-4, March 2003, 253-273 (with Timothy Besley).
Lobbying and Welfare in a Representative Democracy Review of Economic Studies, Vol. 68, No. 1, January 2001, 67-82 (with Timothy Besley).
An Efficiency Approach to the Evaluation of Policy Changes Economic Journal, Vol. 110, No. 463, April 2000, 437-455.
Policy Persistence American Economic Review, Vol. 89, No. 5, December 1999, 1327-1336 (with Stephen Morris).
Sources of Inefficiency in a Representative Democracy: A Dynamic Analysis American Economic Review, Vol. 88, No. 1, March 1998, 139-156 (with Timothy Besley).
An Economic Model of Representative Democracy Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 112, No. 1, February 1997, 85-106 (with Timothy Besley).
On the Form of Transfers to Special Interests Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 103, No. 6, December 1995, 1210-1235 (with Stephen Morris).
The Design of Income Maintenance Programs Review of Economic Studies, Vol. 62, No. 2, April 1995, 187-221 (with Timothy Besley).
Altruism, the Samaritan's Dilemma and Government Transfer Policy American Economic Review, Vol. 85, No. 1, March 1995, 46-57.
Group Lending, Repayment Incentives and Social Collateral Journal of Development Economics, Vol. 41, No. 1, February 1995, 1-18 (with Timothy Besley).
Rotating Savings and Credit Associations, Credit Markets and Efficiency Review of Economic Studies, Vol. 61, No. 4, October 1994, 710-719 (with Timothy Besley and Glenn Loury).
Pecuniary Redistribution through In-kind Programs Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 55, No. 1, September 1994, 19-40 (with Stephen Johnson and Richard Zeckhauser).
Will Affirmative Action Policies Eliminate Negative Stereotypes? American Economic Review, Vol. 83, No. 5, December 1993, 1220-1240 (with Glenn Loury).
The Economics of Rotating Savings and Credit Associations American Economic Review, Vol. 83, No. 4, September 1993, 792-81 (with Timothy Besley and Glenn Loury).
Reciprocity without Commitment: Characterization and Performance of Informal Risk-Sharing Arrangements Journal of Development Economics, Vol. 40, No. 1, February 1993, 1-24 (with Martin Ravallion).
Understanding Welfare Stigma: Taxpayer Resentment and Statistical Discrimination Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 48, No. 1, July 1992, 165-183 (with Timothy Besley).
Labor Market Discrimination, Imperfect Information and Self Employment Oxford Economic Papers, Vol. 44, No. 2, April 1992, 272-288 (with Sharon Tennyson).
Workfare vs. Welfare: Incentive Arguments for Work Requirements in Poverty Alleviation Programs American Economic Review, Vol. 82, No. 1, March 1992, 249-261 (with Timothy Besley).
Public Provision of Private Goods and the Redistribution of Income American Economic Review, Vol. 81, No. 4, September 1991, 979-984 (with Timothy Besley).
Public Utility Pricing and Capacity Choice under Risk: A Rational Expectations Approach Journal of Regulatory Economics, Vol. 1, No. 4, December 1989, 305-317 (with John Panzar).
Cash versus Direct Food Relief Journal of Development Economics, Vol. 30, No. 2, April 1989, 199-224.
Contact Information
Stephen Coate
Kiplinger Professor of Public Policy
476 Uris Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
E-mail: sc163@cornell.edu
Phone: (607) 255-1912
Fax: (607) 255-2818