William F. Shughart II

J. Fish Smith Professor in Public Choice

Department(s):
  • Economics and Finance

William F. Shughart

Education

Ph.D., Economics, Texas A&M University, 1978
MS, Economics, Texas A&M University, 1970
BA, Economics, Texas A&M University, 1969

Interactions

Economics and Finance Seminar Speaker - April 2012
Dean's Convocation Speaker - March 2, 2012

Biography

William F. Shughart II is the J. Fish Smith Professor in Public Choice at Utah State University; Distinguished Research Advisor and Senior Fellow of The Independent Institute; and past President of the Public Choice Society and the Southern Economic Association. He is a Distinguished Fellow of the Southern Economic Association, a Research Fellow of the Antonin Scalia Law School’s Law and Economics Center, and a Fellow of the Public Choice and Public Policy Project at the American Institute for Economic Research. A former economist at the Federal Trade Commission, Professor Shughart received his Ph.D. in economics from Texas A&M University, and he has taught at George Mason University, Clemson University, the University of Mississippi, and the University of Arizona.

Professor Shughart was editor-in-chief of Public Choice from 2005 to 2022 and his books include Taxing Choice: The Predatory Politics of Fiscal Discrimination; The Elgar Companion to Public Choice (second edition published April 2013); The Organization of Industry; Antitrust Policy and Interest-Group Politics; Modern Managerial Economics (with W. Chappell and R. Cottle); Policy Challenges and Political Responses: Public Choice Perspectives on the Post-9/11 World (with R. Tollison); The Political Economy of the New Deal (with J. Couch); The Causes and Consequences of Antitrust (ed. with F. McChesney); The Economics of Budget Deficits (with C. Rowley and R. Tollison); and The Oxford Handbook of Managerial Economics (with C. Thomas).

Professor Shughart is the author of more than 140 articles for scholarly journals and 68 chapters in edited volumes. His 360+ popular articles have also appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Oklahoman, San Francisco Chronicle, Investor’s Business Daily, San Jose Mercury News, Philadelphia Inquirer, San Francisco Examiner, Kansas City Star, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Washington Times, Detroit Free Press, Clarion-Ledger, Vision Hispana, National Post, The Hill, USA Today, Fortune, the American Thinker and many other publications.

Videos

William F. Shughart II Talks About IRS Audit Practices


Dean's Convocation: William Shughart II

Journal Articles

Academic Journal

  • Shughart, W., (2017). Robert D. Tollison, In Memoriam. The Independent Review, 22:1, 153-157.
  • Shughart, W., (2017). Rest in Peace, Bob Tollison. Public Choice, 171:1-2, 1-5.
  • Hansen, M., Shughart, W., Yonk, R., (2017). Political Party Impacts on Direct Democracy: The 2015 Greek Austerity Referendum. Atlantic Economic Journal, 0197-4254:45(1), 5-15.
  • Hoffer, A.J, Gvillo, R., Shughart, W., Thomas, M.D, (2017). Income-Expenditure Elasticities of Less-Healthy Consumption Goods. Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy, 6:1, 127-148.
  • Lacombe, D.J, Coats, R.M, Shughart, W., Karahan, G.R, (2017). Corruption and Voter Turnout: A Spatial Econometric Approach. Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy, 46:2, 168-185.
  • Shughart, W., (2017). A Personal Remembrance. Southern Economic Journal, 83:3, 630-636.
  • Shughart, W., Thomas, .W, (2016). Intellectual Property Rights, Public Choice, Networks, and the New Age of Informal IP Regimes. Supreme Court Economic Review, 23:1, 169-192.
  • Shughart, W., Tollison, R.D, (2016). On the Extraordinary Scholarly Life and Times of Gordon Tullock. Constitutional Political Economy, 27:2, 227-247.
  • Shughart, W., (2015). Teaching Public Choice at the Master's Level. Journal of Economics and Finance Education, 14:2, 5-22.
  • Hoffer, A.J, Shughart, W., Thomas, M., (2014). Sin Taxes and Sindustry: Revenue, Paternalism, and Political Interest. The Independent Review, 19:1, 47-64.
  • Shughart, W., Thomas, D., (2014). What Did Economists Do? Euvoluntary, Voluntary, and Coercive Institutions for Collective Action. Southern Economic Journal, 80:4, 926-937.
  • Yoon, Y.J, Shughart, W., (2013). Stackelberg on the Danube: Games in the Anticommons. Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice, 31:1-3, 167-183.
  • Reksulak, M., Shughart, W., (2012). What Should Government Do? Problems of Social Cost, Externalities and all That. Public Choice, 152:1-3, 103-114.
  • Reksulak, M., Shughart, W., (2012). Tarring the Trust: The Political Economy of Standard Oil. Southern California Law Review Postscript, 85:5, 23-32. *
  • Dolar, B., Shughart, W., (2012). The Patriot Act's Differential Impact on Large and Small Banks: Evidence from California's High-Risk Money Laundering and Related Financial Crime Areas. Journal of Banking Regulation, 13:2, 127-146.
  • Matthews, M.B, Shughart, W., Stevenson, T.P, (2011). Political Arithmetic: New Evidence on the "Small-State Bias" in Federal Spending. Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice, 29:1-3, 55-75.
  • Reksulak, M., Shughart, W., (2011). Of Rebates and Drawbacks: The Standard Oil (N.J.) Company and the Railroads. Review of Industrial Organization, 38:3, 267-283.
  • Shughart, W., (2011). Disaster Relief as Bad Public Policy. The Independent Review, 15:4, 1-21.
  • Reksulak, M., Shughart, W., What Should Government Do? Problems of Social Cost, Externalities and all That. Public Choice
  • Dolar, B., Shughart, W., (2011). Enforcement of the USA Patriot Act’s Anti-Money Laundering Provisions: Have Regulators Fol-lowed a Risk-Based Approach?. Global Finance Journal, 22:1, 19-33.
  • Shughart, W., (2011). The New Deal and Modern Memory. Southern Economic Journal, 77:3, 515-542.
  • McChesney, F.S, Shughart, W., (2010). Public Choice Theory and Antitrust Policy. Public Choice, 142:3-4, 385-406.
  • Shughart, W., (2010). Robert D. Tollison, 65 Years On. Public Choice, 142:3-4, 261-264. *
  • Young, A.T, Shughart, W., (2010). The Consequences of the US DOJ’s Antitrust Activities: A Macroeconomic Perspective. Public Choice, 142:3-4, 409-422.
  • Kimenyi, M.S, Shughart, W., (2010). The Political Economy of Constitutional Choice: A Study of the 2005 Kenyan Constitutional Re-ferendum. Constitutional Political Economy, 21:1, 1-27.
  • Basuchoudhary, A., Shughart, W., (2010). On Ethnic Conflict and the Origins of Transnational Terrorism”. Defence and Peace Economics, 21:1, 65-87.
  • Karhan, G.R, Shughart, W., Coats, R.M, (2009). And the Beat Goes On: Voting on the Form of County Governance in the Midst of Public Cor-ruption. Kyklos, 62:1, 65-84.
  • Reksulak, M., Shughart, W., Tollison, R.D, (2008). Innovation and the Opportunity Cost of Monopoly. Managerial and Decision Economics, 29:8, 619-627.
  • Reksulak, M., Shughart, W., (2008). Taxonomy: Racism versus Fiscal Conservatism in Voting on Segregationist Provisions in Ala-bama’s Constitution”. Constitutional Political Economy, 19, 61-80.
  • Dolar, B., Shughart, W., (2007). The Wealth Effects of the USA Patriot Act: Evidence from the Banking and Thrift Industries. Journal of Money Laundering Control, 10:3, 300-317.
  • McChesney, F.S, Shughart, W., (2007). Delivered Pricing in Theory and Policy Practice. Antitrust Bulletin, 52:2, 205-228.
  • Reksulak, M., Karahan, G.R, Shughart, W., (2007). Flags of Our Fathers: Voting on Confederate Symbols in the State of Georgia. Public Choice, 131, 83-99.

Professional Journal

  • Escaleras, M., Calcagno, P.T, Shughart, W., (2012). Corruption and Voter Participation: Evidence from the U.S. States. Public Finance Review, 40:6, 789-815.

Public or Trade Journal

  • Shughart, W., (2008). The Importance of Adequate Government Response: Hurricane Highlights a Failure of Governmental Management of Natural Disasters. Journal of International Peace Operations, 3:4, 9-10. *

Books

  • Reksulak, M., Razzolini, L., Shughart, W., (2013). The Elgar Companion to Public Choice, Second Edition. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. *

Book Chapters

  • Shughart, W., (2019). Why Not a Football Degree?: Reading Critically, Writing Well: A Reader and Guide, 12th ed.. Bedford/St. Martin's/Macmillan Learning *
  • Lemke, J.S, Shughart, W., (2019). Assessing For-Profit Colleges: Unprofitable Schooling: Examining Causes of, and Fixes for, America's Broken Ivory Tower. Cato Institute Press
  • Shughart, W., homas, D.W, (2019). Interest Groups and Regulatory Capture: Oxford Handbook of Public Choice. Oxford University Press
  • Shughart, W., Thomas, D., (2015). Regulatory Rent Seeking: Companion to the Political Economy of Rent Seeking. Edward Elgar *
  • McChesney, F.S, Reksulak, M., Shughart, W., (2015). Competition Policy in Public Choice Perspective . Oxford University Press *
  • Bunker, R.B, Shughart, W., (2014). The Economic Impact of Tax Policy Incentives: An Analysis of the Gulf Opportunity Zone Act of 2005: Advances in Taxation. Emerald Publishing Group
  • Shughart, W., (2014). Supplying Private Goods and Collective Goods at Public Choice: Secrets of Economics Editors. MIT Press *
  • Shughart, W., (2013). Foreword: Patent Trolls: Predatory Litigation and the Smothering of Innovation. The Independent Institute *
  • Shughart, W., (2013). Why Not a Football Degree?: Reading Critically, Writing Well: A Reader and Guide, 10th ed.. Bedford/St. Martin's *
  • Shughart, W., Thomas, C.R, (2013). Quasi-Rent. Palgrave Macmillan *
  • Basuchoudhary, A., Shughart, W., (2013). On Ethnic Conflict and the Origins of Transnational Terrorism, Defence and Peace Economics 21(1) (February 2010), pp. 65–87; reprinted in Joshua D. Freilich and Steven M. Chermak (eds.), The Library of Essays on Transnational Crime, Farnham, Surrey, UK: Ashgate Publishing, 2013 (forthcoming).: Transnational Terrorism. Library of Essays on Transnational Crime. Ashgate *
  • Reksulak, M., Razzolini, L., Shughart, W., (2013). Individual Choice and Collective Choice: An Overview, in Michael Reksulak, Laura Razzolini and William F, Shughart II (eds.), The Elgar Companion to Public Choice, 2nd ed.. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. *
  • Shughart, W., (2011). Antitrust Policy, in Paul J. Quirk and William Cunion (eds.), Governing America: Major Policies and Decisions of Federal, State, and Local Governments from 1789 to the Present, Vol. I. Facts on File
  • Basuchoudhary, A., Reksulak, M., Shughart, W., (2011). Checks and Balances at the OK Corral: Restraining Leviathan, in Alain Marciano (ed.), Constitutional Mythologies: New Perspectives on Controlling the State. Berlin: Springer
  • Shughart, W., (2011). Terrorism in Rational Choice Perspective, in Christopher J. Coyne and Rachel L, Mathers (eds.), The Handbook on the Political Economy of War. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.
  • Shughart, W., (2010). Cost Inflation in Intercollegiate Athletics: And Some Modest Proposals for Controlling It, in Joshua C. Hall (ed.), Doing More with Less: Making Colleges Work Better.
  • Shughart, W., (2010). Microsoft, in Roger Chapman (ed.), Culture Wars: An Encyclopedia of Issues, Voices, and Viewpoints, vol. 2. M. E. Sharp
  • Shughart, W., (2010). Tobacco Settlements, in Roger Chapman (ed.), Culture Wars: An Encyclopedia of Issues, Voices, and Viewpoints, vol. 2. M. E. Sharp
  • Shughart, W., (2009). Foreword to Charles K. Rowley and Nathanael Smith, Economic Contractions in the United States: A Failure of Government. The Locke Institute
  • Basuchoudhary, A., Shughart, W., (2008). Ethnicity and Terrorism, in René A. Larche (ed.), Global Terrorism Issues and Developments . Nova Science Publishers
  • Shughart, W., (2008). Industrial Concentration, in David R. Henderson (ed.), The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics. Liberty Fund
  • Shughart, W., (2008). Public Choice, in David R. Henderson (ed.), The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics. Liberty Fund
  • Couch, J.F, Shughart, W., (2008). Toll Bridge over Troubled Waters: New Deal Agriculture Programs in the South, in Jürgen G. Backhaus (ed.), Political Economy, Linguistics and Culture: Crossing Bridges, vol. 5 of European Heritage in Economics and the Social Sciences . Springer
  • Shughart, W., (2007). On Microsoft and the Continuation of Competition by Other Means, in Craig Berry (ed.), Frontiers of Freedom [Part Two]: Perspectives on Global Intellectual Property Rules in a Digital Age. Knowledge Politics
  • Hicks, M.J, Shughart, W., (2007). Quit Playing Favorites: Why Business Subsidies Hurt our Economy, in Russell S. Sobel with Joshua C. Hall and Matt E. Ryan (eds.), Unleashing Capitalism: Why Prosperity Stops at the West Virginia Border and How to Fix It . The Public Policy Foundation of West Virginia *

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    Teaching

    ECN 5700 - Economics of Public Choice, Fall 2023
    , Spring 2023
    ECN, POLS 3170 - Law and Economics, Spring 2023
    ECN 5700 - Economics of Public Choice, Fall 2022
    ECN, POLS 3170 - Law and Economics, Spring 2022
    ECN 5700 - Economics of Public Choice, Fall 2021
    ECN, POLS 3170 - Law and Economics, Spring 2021
    ECN 5700 - Economics of Public Choice, Fall 2020
    ECN, POLS 3170 - Law and Economics, Spring 2020
    ECN 5700 - Economics of Public Choice, Fall 2019
    HONR 4900 - Honors Thesis/Capstone, Spring 2019
    APEC, ECN 2010 - Introduction to Microeconomics, Spring 2019
    ECN, POLS 3170 - Law and Economics, Spring 2019
    ECN 5700 - Economics of Public Choice, Fall 2018
    APEC, ECN 2010 - Introduction to Microeconomics, Spring 2018
    ECN, POLS 3170 - Law and Economics, Spring 2018
    ECN 5700 - Economics of Public Choice, Fall 2017
    ECN, POLS 3170 - Law and Economics, Spring 2017
    ECN 5500 - Public Finance, Spring 2017
    ECN 5700 - Economics of Public Choice, Spring 2016
    ECN, POLS 3170 - Law and Economics, Spring 2016
    ECN 5500 - Public Finance, Fall 2015
    ECN 5700 - Economics of Public Choice, Spring 2015
    ECN,POLS 3170 - Law and Economics, Spring 2015
    ECN 5500 - Public Finance, Fall 2014
    ECN 5700 - Economics of Public Choice, Spring 2014
    ECN,POLS 3170 - Law and Economics, Spring 2014
    ECN 5500 - Public Finance, Fall 2013
    ECN 5700 - Economics of Public Choice, Spring 2013
    ECN,POLS 3170 - Law and Economics, Spring 2013
    ECN 5500 - Public Finance, Fall 2012
    APEC,ECN 2010 - Introduction to Microeconomics, Spring 2012
    ECN,POLS 3170 - Law and Economics, Spring 2012
    ECN 5500 - Public Finance, Fall 2011