Alexandre Padilla

Publications

Refereed Journal Articles

  1. "Insider Trading, Agency Problems, and the Separation of Property and Control." The Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics (2000).
  2. "Can Agency Theory Justify the Regulation of Insider Trading?" The Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics, 5(1), 3–38 (2002). doi:10.1007/s12113-002-1015-6
  3. "The Regulation of Insider Trading as an Agency Problem." Florida State University Business Review, 5, 63–79 (2006).
  4. "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).
  5. "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). With Walter Block and Christopher Westley. Link
  6. "Insider Trading: Is There an Economist in the Room?" Journal of Private Enterprise, 24(2), 113–136 (2009). With Brian Gardiner. Link
  7. "Should the Government Regulate Insider Trading?" Journal of Libertarian Studies, 22(1), 379–398 (2011). Link
  8. "Indirectly Productive Entrepreneurship." Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy, 5(2), 161–175 (2016). With Nicolás Cachanosky. doi:10.1108/JEPP-03-2015-0016
  9. "A Mathematical Version of Garrison's Model." Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics, 19(3), 225–247 (2017). With Nicolás Cachanosky. Link
  10. "Economic and Philosophical Implications of Hayek's 'Knowledge Problem'." Libertas: Segunda Época, 2(1), 67–79 (2017). With Nicolás Cachanosky.
  11. "The Grecian Horse: Does Immigration Lead to the Deterioration of American Institutions?" Public Choice, 174(3), 351–405 (2018). With Nicolás Cachanosky. Link
  12. "Latin American Populism in the Twenty-First Century." The Independent Review, 24(2), 206–226 (2019). With Nicolás Cachanosky. Link
  13. "Immigration, Economic Freedom, and Ideology." International Trade Journal, 34(1), 5–17 (2020). With Nicolás Cachanosky. Link
  14. "Immigration and Economic Freedom: Does Education Matter?" Journal of Private Enterprise, 35(1), 29–57 (2020). With Nicolás Cachanosky and Jonathan Beck. Link
  15. "A Panel Data Analysis of Latin American Populism." Constitutional Political Economy, 31, 329–343 (2020). With Nicolás Cachanosky. doi:10.1007/s10602-020-09302-w
  16. "Immigration and Institutional Change: Did Mass Immigration Cause Peronism in Argentina?" Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 184, 1–15 (April 2021). With Nicolás Cachanosky and Alejandro Gómez. Link
  17. "Latin America Left-Populism, Price of Commodities, and Economic Crises." Journal of Private Enterprise Education, 36(2), 1–17 (2021). With Nicolás Cachanosky. Link
  18. "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). With Nicolás Cachanosky. doi:10.1111/coep.12595
  19. "The Institutional Impact of Left-Leaning Populism in Latin America." European Journal of Political Economy, 86(C), Article 102629 (2025). With Nicolás Cachanosky, João Pedro Bastos, and Karla C. Hernández. doi:10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2024.102629
  20. "Foreign Education, Gender Legal Rights, and Economic Freedom." Contemporary Economic Policy (2025). With Christina Peters and Maria C. Tackett. doi:10.1111/coep.12698

Book Chapters

  1. "Insider Trading: What Is Seen and What Is Not Seen." In Stephen M. Bainbridge (Ed.). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., pp. 251–265 (2013).
  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, pp. 92–144 (2015). With Nicolás Cachanosky.
  3. "Immigration and Economic Freedom." In Niclas Berggren (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Economic Freedom. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. (Forthcoming 2024).

Book Reviews

  1. Review of Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein, Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness. Review of Austrian Economics, 22, 425–429 (2009).
  2. Review of Todd J. Zywicki and Peter J. Boettke (Eds.), Research Handbook on Austrian Law and Economics. Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics, 31 (2018).
  3. Review of Bruce Caldwell (Ed.), Mont Pèlerin 1947: Transcripts of the Founding Meeting of the Mont Pèlerin Society. Review of Austrian Economics (2022).
  4. Review of Alex Nowrasteh and Benjamin Powell, Wretched Refuse? The Political Economy of Immigration and Institutions. Review of Austrian Economics, 36, 483–491 (2023).

Popular Press

  1. "There ain't no such thing as a free education." Denver 7 360 (June 9, 2023). With Glenn Furton.
  2. "No, Every Vote Really Doesn't Count." The Daily Caller (November 7, 2016). With Arthur A. Fleisher.
  3. "Oliver Stone: Meet Friedrich Hayek." The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty (May 18, 2015).
  4. "GOP needs to evolve on state and local marijuana laws." The Hill (December 7, 2014).
  5. "Commonwealth should follow Philly's lead on pot." The Philadelphia Inquirer (September 17, 2014).
  6. "How to make an experiment fail: Regulate the lights out of it." The Daily Caller (January 29, 2014).
  7. "Reform immigration and stop wasting talent." The Hill (January 21, 2014).
  8. "Put urban economic legends to sleep." Denver Business Journal, 65(31), A13 (2013).
  9. "With Its War on E-Cigarettes, The University of California Ignores Real Crimes." Forbes (December 20, 2013).
  10. "Denver council's paternalistic behavior on pot a bigger problem." Denver Post (December 3, 2013).
  11. "Amendment 64 good for the government, citizens of Colorado." Denver Post (October 9, 2012).
  12. "Why California shouldn't force porn stars to wear condoms." Daily Caller (September 28, 2012).
  13. "Bad news for the land of the free." Daily Caller (September 25, 2012).
  14. "Letter to the Editor: The negative effects of raising the minimum wage." Denver Post (September 4, 2012).
  15. "For convention, Tampa needs a 'free market' attitude about prostitution." The Tampa Tribune (August 25, 2012).
  16. "Free this vice." Pittsburgh Tribune Review (August 23, 2012).
  17. "Not-So-Safe Sex." Forbes (December 7, 2009).