Publications

Journal Articles

[16] Immigration and economic freedom of the US states: Does the institutional quality of immigrants' origin countries matter? Contemporary Economic Policy, 41(3), 489-513 (2022).

https://doi.org/10.1111/coep.12595

With Nicolás Cachanosky (University of Texas at El Paso)

[15] Latin America Left-Populism, Price of Commodities, and Economic Crises. Journal of Private Enterprise Education, 36(2), 1-17 (2021).

http://journal.apee.org/index.php/PARTE1_2021_Journal_of_Private_Enterprise_Vol_36_No_2_Summer

With Nicolás Cachanosky (University of Texas at El Paso)

[14] Immigration and Institutional Change: Did Mass Immigration Cause Peronism in Argentina? Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 184 (April), 1-15 (2021).

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167268121000408

With Nicolás Cachanosky (University of Texas at El Paso) and Alejandro Gómez (Universidad del CEMA, Argentina)

[13] Immigration, Economic Freedom, and Ideology International Trade Journal, 34(1), 5-17 (2020). https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08853908.2019.1695026

With Nicolás Cachanosky (University of Texas at El Paso)

[12] Immigration and Economic Freedom: Does Education Matter? (2020) Journal of Private Enterprise, 35(1), 29-57 (2020).

http://journal.apee.org/index.php/2020_Journal_of_Private_Enterprise_Vol_35_No_1_Spring_parte2

With Nicolás Cachanosky (University of Texas at El Paso) and Jonathan Beck (Undergraduate Student)

[11] A Panel Data Analysis of Latin American Populism. Constitutional Political Economy 31, 329–343 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10602-020-09302-w

With Nicolás Cachanosky (2020)

[10] Latin American Populism in the Twenty-First Century. The Independent Review, 24(2), 206-226 (2019). www.independent.org/publications/tir/article.asp?id=1416

With Nicolás Cachanosky (University of Texas at El Paso)

[9] The Grecian Horse: Does Immigration Lead to the Deterioration of American Institutions? Public Choice, 30(2), 169-192 (2018).

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11127-018-0509-5

With Nicolás Cachanosky (University of Texas at El Paso)

[8] A Mathematical Version of Garrison's Model. Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics, 19(3), 225-247 (2017). https://mises.org/library/mathematical-version-garrisons-model

With Nicolás Cachanosky (University of Texas at El Paso)

[7] Indirectly Productive Entrepreneurship. Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy, 5(2), 161-175 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1108/JEPP-03-2015-0016

With Nicolás Cachanosky (University of Texas at El Paso)

[6] Should the Government Regulate Insider Trading? Journal of Libertarian Studies, 22(1), 379-398 (2011).

http://www.mises.org/library/should-government-regulate-insider-trading

[5] Padilla, A., Gardiner, B. (2009). Insider Trading: Is There an Economist in the Room? Journal of Private Enterprise, 24(2), 113-136 (2009).

http://journal.apee.org/index.php/Spring2009_9

With Brian Gardiner (Undergraduate Student)

[4] Block, W., Westley, C., Padilla, A. (2008). Internal vs. External Explanations: A New Perspective on the History of Economics. Procesos De Mercado: Revista Europea De Economía Política, 5(2), 35-132 (2008).

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1903913

With Walter Block (Loyola University at New Orleans) and Christopher Westley (Florida Golf Coast University)

[3] How Do We Think About Insider Trading? An Economist's Perspective on How the Insider Trading Debate Has Influenced the Way We Think About Insider Trading. Journal of Law, Economics, and Policy, 4(2), 249-271 (2008).

[2] The Regulation of Insider Trading as an Agency Problem. Florida State University Business Review, 5, 63-79 (2006).

https://www.fsubusinessreview.com/issues#h.p_SYGizwwqTP70

[1] Can Agency Theory Justify the Regulation of Insider Trading? The Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics, 5(1), 3-38 (2002).

https://doi.org/10.1007/s12113-002-1015-6

Book Chapter

[3] Immigration and Economic Freedom. In Niclas Berggren (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Economic Freedom, Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. (Forthcoming in 2024).

[2] Employment VISAs: An International Comparison. In Benjamin W. Powell (Ed.), The Economics of Immigration: Market-Based Approaches, Social Science, and Public Policy. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 92-144 (2015).

With Nicolás Cachanosky (University of Texas at El Paso)

[1] Insider Trading: What Is Seen and What Is Not Seen. In Stephen M. Bainbridge (Ed.), Cheltenham, UK/Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., pp. 251-265 (2013).