Alex Tabarrok
-
Bartley J. Madden Chair in Economics, Mercatus Center at George Mason UniversityProfessor of Economics, George Mason University
Alex Tabarrok is the Bartley J. Madden Chair in Economics at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University and a professor of economics at George Mason University. He has written extensively about health care policy, patent-system reform, the effectiveness of bounty hunters, how judicial elections bias judges, and how local poverty rates impact trial decisions by juries. He has also written about methods for increasing the supply of human organs for transplant, the regulation of pharmaceuticals by the FDA, and voting systems. During the pandemic, Tabarrok was an advisor to the US government on using incentives to accelerate vaccine production. Tabarrok's papers have appeared in Science, The Journal of Human Resources, The Journal of Law and Economics, the Journal of Health Economics, The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) and many other journals.
Tabarrok is the coauthor, with Mercatus colleague Tyler Cowen, of the popular economics blog Marginal Revolution and cofounder of the online educational platform Marginal Revolution University. He is the coauthor of Modern Principles of Economics and his popular articles have appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, and many other prestigious publications.
For a current list of publications, see Alex's Google Scholar page and his personal website.
Latest Work
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
Grand Innovation Prizes to Address Pandemics: A Primer
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Alex Tabarrok on Higher-Ed Inflation: Productivity Hasn't Budged Since Socrates
- | Monetary Policy Monetary Policy
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Macro Musings Macro Musings
Alex Tabarrok on the Elements of Economic Growth and the Decline of Dynamism
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Books Books
Why Are the Prices So Damn High?
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Occupational Licensing Causes a Wage Premium: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Colorado's Funeral Services Industry
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
How Uber and Airbnb Won
- | TV Appearance TV Appearance
Alex Tabarrok Talks to John Stossel on Fox Business
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
James Buchanan as Intellectual Entrepreneur
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Matchmaker, Make Me a Market
Latest Work
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
Grand Innovation Prizes to Address Pandemics: A Primer
- | Monetary Policy Monetary Policy
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Macro Musings Macro Musings
Alex Tabarrok on the Elements of Economic Growth and the Decline of Dynamism
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Alex Tabarrok on Higher-Ed Inflation: Productivity Hasn't Budged Since Socrates
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Books Books
Why Are the Prices So Damn High?
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Occupational Licensing Causes a Wage Premium: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Colorado's Funeral Services Industry
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
How Uber and Airbnb Won
- | TV Appearance TV Appearance
Alex Tabarrok Talks to John Stossel on Fox Business
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
James Buchanan as Intellectual Entrepreneur
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Matchmaker, Make Me a Market
Latest Work
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
From off-label prescribing towards a new FDA
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Do Off-Label Drug Practices Argue against FDA Efficacy Requirements?
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Book Chapter: Medical drugs and devices
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
The Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Privateers
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles