Thomas Stratmann
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Education:
| Ph.D. University of Maryland, College Park |
1990 |
| M.A. University of Maryland, College Park |
1988 |
| Vordiplom (B.A.) Free University of Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany |
1985 |
Honors and Fellowships:
| Duncan Black Prize for “How Prices Matter in Politics: The Returns to Campaign Advertising” |
2010 |
Mercator Research Professor, German Science Foundation (DFG),
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen |
August 2006 - July 2007 |
| Duncan Black Award |
2005 |
| John M. Olin Visiting Professor, University of Chicago |
2003 - 2004 |
| Friedrich von Hayek Visiting Professor, University of Vienna, Austria |
May 2003 - June 2003 |
| CESifo Research Fellow |
2002 |
| Visiting Fellowship, Australian National University - not accepted |
Summer 2001 |
| John M. Olin Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Chicago |
1993 - 1994 |
| Teaching Fellowship, University of Maryland |
1985-1990 |
| Department of Economics Teaching Award, University of Maryland |
Spring 1988 |
| Fellowship of Free University of Berlin |
1985 |
Employment History:
University Professor of Economics and Law, Deapartment of Economics,
George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia |
2010 - present |
| Research Fellow - The Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science, George Mason University |
2010 - present |
| Research Professor - Ifo Institut Muenchen |
January 2009 - present |
| Research Fellow - The Center for Public Choice, George Mason University |
1999 - present |
| Professor, Department of Economics, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia |
1999 - 2010 |
| Visiting Scholar, International Monetary Fund |
December 2009 - January 2010 |
Mercator Research Professor, German Science Foundation (DFG),
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen |
August 2006 - July 2007 |
| Visiting Scholar, International Monetary Fund |
March 2005 - April 2005 |
| Visiting Professor, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin |
June 2004 |
| John M. Olin Visiting Professor, Center for the Study of the Economy and the State,
University of Chicago, Illinois |
2003 - 2004 |
| Friedrich von Hayek Visiting Professor, University of Vienna, Austria |
May 2003 - June 2003 |
| CESifo Research Fellow |
2002 - present |
| Visiting Professor, University of Munich Center for Economic Studies |
December 2001 - January 2002 |
| Visiting Professor, University of Vienna, Austria |
1998 - 1999 |
| Visiting Professor, University of Konstanz, Germany |
May - July 1996 |
| Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics
Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana |
1995 - 1999 |
| John M. Olin Visiting Assistant Professor, Center for the Study of the Economy and the State University of Chicago, Illinois |
1993 - 1994 |
| Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana |
1990 - 1995 |
| Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, University of Maryland |
1985 - 1990 |
Professional Memberships:
- American Economic Association
- Public Choice Society
- Royal Economic Society
- Southern Economic Association
Refereed Journal Articles:
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Klick, Jon, Sven Neelsen, and Thomas Stratmann. (2012) (Forthcoming).
"The Effect of Abortion Liberalization on Sexual Behavior: International Evidence."
American Law and Economics Review.
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Stratmann, Thomas and J. W. Verret. (2012). "Does Shareholder Proxy Access Damage Share Value in Small Publicly Traded Companies?" Stanford Law Review.
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Stratmann, Thomas and John W. Welborn. (2012). "The Options Market Maker Exception to SEC Regulation SHO."
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Houser, Daniel and Thomas Stratmann. (2012). "Gordon Tullock and Experimental Economics." Public Choice.
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Neelsen, Sven and Thomas Stratmann. (2012). "Long-Run Effects of Fetal Influenza Exposure: Evidence from Switzerland." Social Science and Medicine.
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Makowsky, Michael D. and Thomas Stratmann. (2011). "More Tickets, Fewer Accidents:
How Cash-Strapped Towns make for Safer Roads." Journal of Law and Economics.
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Houser, Daniel, Rebecca B. Morton, and Thomas Stratmann. (2011). "Turned On
or Turned Out? Campaign Advertising, Information, and Voting." Journal of European Political Economy.
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Fink, Alexander and Thomas Stratmann. (2011). "Institutionalized
Bailouts and Fiscal Policy: The Political Economy of Soft Budget Constraints."
Kyklos International Review for Social Sciences.
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Neelsen, Sven and Thomas Stratmann. (2011). "Effects
of Prenatal and Early Life Malnutrition: Evidence from the Greek Famine."
Journal of Health Economics.
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Stratmann, Thomas. (2010). "Do Low
Contribution Limits Insulate Incumbents from Competition?" Election Law Journal. ( Correction 2011)
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Akitoby, Bernardin and Thomas Stratmann. (2010). "The
Value of Institutions for Financial Markets: Evidence from Emerging Markets." Review
of World Economics.
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Stratmann, Thomas. (2009). "How Prices
Matter in Politics: The Returns from Campaign Advertising." Public Choice.
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Makowsky, Michael and Thomas Stratmann. (2009). "Political Economy at Any Speed: What Determines Traffic Citations?"American Economic Review.
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Akitoby, Bernardin and Thomas Stratmann. (2008). "Fiscal Policy and Financial Markets." Economic Journal.
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Klick, Jonathan and Thomas
Stratmann. (2008). "Do
Spa Visits Improve Health: Evidence from German Micro Data." Eastern
Economic Journal..
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Houser, Daniel and Thomas Stratmann.
(2008). "Selling
Favors in the Lab: Experiments on Campaign Finance Reform." Public
Choice.
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Klick, Jonathan and Thomas
Stratmann. (2008). "Abortion Access and Risky Sex Among Teens: Parental Involvement Laws and Sexually
Transmitted Diseases." Journal of Law, Economics and Organization.
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Klick, Jonathan and Thomas
Stratmann. (2007). "Diabetes
Treatments and Moral Hazard." Journal of Law and Economics.
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Klick, Jonathan and Thomas
Stratmann. (2007). "Malpractice
Reform and Physicians in High Risk Specialties." Journal of Legal
Studies.
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Stratmann, Thomas and Francisco J.
Aparicio-Castillo. (2007). "Campaign Finance Reform and Electoral Competition: Comment." Public
Choice.
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Drazen, Allen, Nuno Limão, and Thomas Stratmann.
(2007). "Political Contribution Caps and Lobby Formation: Theory and Evidence."
Journal of Public Economics.
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Stratmann, Thomas. (2006). "Contribution
Limits and the Effectiveness of Campaign Spending." Public Choice.
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Stratmann, Thomas. (2006). "Is
Spending More Potent For or Against a Proposition? Evidence From Ballot
Measures." American Journal of Political Science.
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Stratmann, Thomas and Francisco J.
Aparicio-Castillo. (2006). "Competition
Policy for Elections: Do Campaign Contribution Limits Matter?" Public Choice.
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Klick, Jonathan and Thomas
Stratmann. (2006). "Subsidizing
Addiction: Do State Health Insurance Mandates Increase Alcohol Consumption?"
Journal of Legal Studies.
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Stratmann, Thomas. (2005). "The
Effectiveness of Money in Ballot Measure Campaigns."Southern California Law Review.
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Stratmann, Thomas. (2005). "Ballot Access Restrictions and Candidate Entry in Elections." European Journal of Political Economy.
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Kroszner,
Randall S. and Thomas Stratmann. (2005). "Corporate
Campaign Contributions, Repeat Giving, and the Rewards to Legislator
Reputation." Journal of Law and Economics.
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Stratmann, Thomas. (2005). "Some Talk:
Money in Politics. A (partial) review of the literature." Public
Choice.
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Stratmann, Thomas and Jared Garner. (2004). "
Judicial Selection: Politics, Biases, and Constituency Demands." Public Choice.
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Mueller, Dennis C. and
Thomas Stratmann. (2003). "The Economic Effects of Democratic Participation." Journal of Public Economics.
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Klick, Jonathan and Thomas
Stratmann. (2003). "The Effect of
Abortion Legalization on Sexual Behavior: Evidence from Sexually Transmitted
Diseases." Journal of Legal Studies.
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Stratmann, Thomas. (2002). "
Can Special Interests Buy Congressional Votes: Evidence from Financial Services Legislation." Journal of Law and
Economics.
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Stratmann, Thomas and Martin Baur.
(2002). "
Plurality Rule, Proportional Representation, and the
German Bundestag: How Incentives to Pork-barrel Differ across Electoral
Systems." American Journal of Political Science.
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Stratmann, Thomas. (2000)."
Congressional Voting over Legislative Careers: Shifting
Positions and Changing Constraints." American Political Science Review.
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Kroszner,
Randall S. and Thomas Stratmann. (2000). "
Congressional Committees as Reputation-building Mechanisms. Business and Politics.
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Stramann, Thomas. (1999)."What
Do Medical Services Buy? Effects of Doctor Visits on Work Day Loss."
Eastern Economic Journal.
- Kroszner,
Randall S. and Thomas Stratmann. (1998). "
Interest-Group Competition and the Organization of
Congress: Theory and Evidence from Financial Services' Political Action
Committees." American Economic Review.
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Stratmann, Thomas. (1998)."
The Market for Congressional Votes: Is Timing of
Contributions Everything?" Journal of
Law and Economics.
- Stratmann, Thomas. (1996). "
How Reelection Constituencies Matter: Evidence from
Political Action Committees' Contributions and Congressional Voting."
Journal of Law and Economics.
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Stratmann, Thomas. (1996)."Instability of Collective Decisions? Testing for Cyclical Majorities." Public Choice.
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Stratmann, Thomas. (1995).
"Logrolling in the U.S. Congress." Economic Inquiry.
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Stratmann, Thomas. (1995)."
Campaign Contributions and Congressional Voting: Does the Timing of Contributions Matter?" The Review of Economics and
Statistics.
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Mueller, Dennis C. and
Thomas Stratmann. (1994). "Informative
and persuasive campaigning." Public Choice.
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Stratmann, Thomas. (1992)."
The Effects of Logrolling on Congressional
Voting." American Economic Review.
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Stratmann, Thomas. (1992)."
Are Contributors Rational: Untangling Strategies of
Political Action Committees." Journal of Political Economy.
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Stratmann, Thomas. (1991)."What Do Campaign Contributions Buy? Deciphering Causal
Effects of Money and Votes." Southern Economic Journal.
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Stratmann, Thomas. (1990). "A Diagrammatic Representation of Inequality." Public Finance
Quarterly.
Papers in Edited Collections:
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Stratmann, Thomas. (2012) (Forthcoming). "Campaign Finance," in The Elgar Companion to Public Choice.
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Neelsen, Sven and Thomas Stratmann. (2012) (Forthcoming). "Early-Life Famine Exposure and Later-Life Outcomes: Evidence from Survivors of the Greek Famine," in Early-Life Famine and Adult Health. Editor: Alexander Vaiserman.
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Klick, Jonathan, John MacDonald and Thomas Stratmann. (2012). "
"Mobile Phones and Crime Deterrence: An Underappreciated Link," in:
Handbook of Law and Economics: Criminal Law. Editor: Keith Hylton.
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Akitoby, Bernardin and Thomas Stratmann. (2011). "" in
Sovereign Debt:
From Safety to Default.
Editor: Robert Kolb.
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Klick, Jonathan and Thomas Stratmann. (2011).
"Abortion Access and Risky Sex," in
Research Handbook on the Economics of Family Law. Editors: Lloyd Cohen and Joshua Wright.
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Stratmann, Thomas. (2009). "Campaign Spending and Ballot Measures," in Financing Referendum Campaigns, Palgrave. Editor: Simon Hug.
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Stratmann, Thomas. (2007). "Mandatory
and Affordable Health Insurance: Comment," in Regional Economic
Development, October 2007 Vol. 3(1), Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis,
ed.
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Stratmann, Thomas. (2007). "Ballot
Initiatives," in The Encyclopedia of Political Communication, SAGE
Reference Project. Christina Holtz-Bacha and Lynda Kaid, eds..
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Stratmann, Thomas. (2006). "Party-Line
Voting and Committee Assignments in the German Mixed Member System," in
Democratic Constitutional Design and Public Policy: Analysis and
Evidence. Roger Congleton, ed.
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Stratmann, Thomas. (2003).
"Logrolling," in The Encyclopedia of Public Choice. Charles K. Rowley and Friedrich Schneider, eds. Kluwer
Academic Publishers.
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Stratmann, Thomas. (2003). "Campaign
Contributions and Campaign Finance," in The Encyclopedia of Public
Choice. Charles K.
Rowley and Friedrich
Schneider, eds. Kluwer Academic Publishers.
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Stratmann, Thomas. (2001). "The Effects
of Logrolling on Congressional Voting," reprinted in The Economics of Politics,
Dennis C. Mueller,
ed. in The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics-
Series, Mark Blaug, ed.
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Stratmann, Thomas. (2000). "The
Political Economy of Superfund," in The Politics of Environmentalism,
Terry Anderson, Hoover
Institution, ed.
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Stratmann, Thomas. (1996).
"Logrolling," in The Handbook of Public Choice. Dennis C. Mueller, ed.
Basil Blackwell Press.
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Anderson, Terry and Thomas
Stratmann. (1993). "The Political Economy of Public Sector Growth in the United
States: A Survey," in Public Sector Growth: Theories and International
Evidence. N. Gemmell and E. Elgar, eds.
Other Articles:
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Stratmann, Thomas. (2011). "Campaign Contributions – What Do They Buy and Should They be Capped?"
CESifo DICE Report, 9(1), pp. 17-20, 05.
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Stratmann, Thomas, Wolfgang Ochel, Oliver Röhn, and Anja Rohwer (2008). “Reduction of Employment Protection in OECD Countries: Its Driving Forces.” CESifo DICE Report, 6(4), Winter 2008, pp. 29-35.
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Stratmann, Thomas and Jonathan Klick (2003).
"First, Do No Harm..." Regulation, Spring 2003, p.9.
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Stratmann, Thomas. (2003). "Do Strict
Electoral Campaign Finance Rules Limit Corruption?" CESinfoDICE Report,
1(1), Spring 2003, pp 24-27.
Working Papers:
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Grants Awarded:
- PEW Charitable Trusts (through Brennan Center for Justice) 2008
- Earhart Foundation 2006
- National Science Foundation, "Campaign Finance Laws" 2003
- International Foundation for Research in Experimental Economic (IFREE) 2003
- Carnegie Foundation of New York 2002
- Earhart Foundation 2002
- Earhart Foundation 1999
- National Research Initiative, USDA, Sabbatical Award 1998
- Trade Research Center, Bozeman, MT 1997
- National Science Foundation, "The Market for Congressional Votes" 1995
- Montanans on a New Track for Science (funded by the National Science Foundation), "Instability in Collective Decision" 1993
- Political Economy Research Center, Bozeman, Montana 1992
Teaching Experience:
- Econometrics
- Empirical Microeconomics
- Health Economics
- Public Choice
- Public Finance
- Current Issues in American Economic Policy
- Microeconomic Theory
- Intermediate Microeconomics
- Macroeconomic Principles
- Ökonomische Theorie der Politik (University of Konstanz, Germany)
- International Economics II: Public Choice (Diplomatische Akademie Wien, Austria)
- Economic Theory of Regulation (Literaturseminar, University of Wien, Austria)
Reviewed for:
American Economic Review, American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, British Journal of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies, Eastern Economic Journal, Economic Inquiry, Economic Journal, Economics and Politics, Economics of Governance, European Journal of Political Economy (Member of Editorial Board 2001-2005, 2011-present), International Tax and Public Finance, Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Journal of Law and Economics, Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Public Economics, National Science Foundation, Political Behavior, Public Choice (Member of Editorial Board 2004 - present), Quarterly Journal of Economics, Review of Economic Studies, Social Science Quarterly, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Southern Economic Journal (Associate Editor, 1997-2001, 2003-2006, Co-Editor, 2001-2003).
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