Bobby McCormick · Professor and BB&T Scholar · The John E. Walker Department of Economics






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Recent Research
Sports and Economics

University Data

Environmental Economics

On the Relation Between Net Carbon Emissions and Income--Carbon Sinks Global Warming, Are Rich People Cool?
(This paper was presented at the Liberty Fund Conference at Chico Hot Springs, November 29-December 2, 2001)

Studies on the Economic Impact of the Video Poker Industry in South Carolina

Miscellaneous Other Research Topics

Some of my Published Research

"Legislators as Unions," Journal of Political Economy 86(1) (February 1978):63-78 with Robert Tollison.
"A Theory of Cost and Intermittent Production," Journal of Business 56(2) (April 1983):139-53, with Mike Maloney.
"Crime on the Court," Journal of Political Economy 92 (April 1984):223-35 with Robert Tollison.
"On the Recovery of Sunk Costs," Journal of Business 57(4) (October 1984):417-42 with Kenneth French.
"The Disinterest in Deregulation," American Economic Review 74 (December 1984):1075-79 with William Shughart II and Robert Tollison.
"Athletics Versus Academics? Evidence From SAT Scores," Journal of Political Economy, 95(5) (October 1987):1103-16 with Maurice Tinsley.
"An Examination of the Role that Intercollegiate Athletic Participation Plays in Academic Achievement: Athletes' Feats in the Classroom," Journal of Human Resources, 28(3) (Summer 1993): 555-570 with Mike Maloney."
Managerial Decision Making and Capital Structure," Journal of Business, 66(2) (April 1993):189-217 with Mike Maloney and Mark Mitchell.