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Research Division
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
P.O. Box 442
St. Louis, MO 63166-0442
Phone: (314) 444-8601
Fax: (314) 444-8731
Email: tom.a.garrett@stls.frb.org

Vitae

Biography

Published Papers

"Government Growth and Private Contributions to Charity"
with Russell M. Rhine
Public Choice, April 2010, 143(1-2), pp. 103-20.

"War and Pestilence as Labor Market Shocks: U.S. Manufacturing Wage Growth 1914-1919"
Economic Inquiry, October 2009, 47(4), pp. 711-25.

"Income and Lottery Sales: Transfers Trump Income from Work and Wealth"
with Cletus C. Coughlin
Public Finance Review, July 2009, 37(4), pp. 447-69.

"Inter-temporal Differences in the Income Elasticity of Demand for Lottery Tickets"
with Cletus C. Coughlin
National Tax Journal, March 2009, 62(1), pp. 77-99.

"Red Ink in the Rearview Mirror: Local Fiscal Conditions and the Issuance of Traffic Tickets"
with Gary A. Wagner
Journal of Law and Economics, February 2009, 52(1), pp. 71-90.

"Evaluating State Tax Revenue Variability: A Portfolio Approach"
Applied Economics Letters, February 2009, 16(3), pp. 243-6.

"Do Casinos Export Bankruptcy?"
with Mark W. Nichols
Journal of Socio-Economics, August 2008, 37(4), pp. 1481-94.

More Published Papers

Articles in Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Publications

Review

Regional Economic Development

The Regional Economist

Central Banker

Bridges

National Economic Trends

Other Publications, Book Reviews, and Edited Volumes

"The Political Economy of FEMA Disaster Payments"
with Russell S. Sobel
Charles Rowley and Friedrich Schneider, eds., The Encyclopedia of Public Choice, Kluwer, 2003.

"Betting on the Future: Policy Issues and Implications for the West Virginia Lottery"
with Russell S. Sobel
The West Virginia Public Affairs Reporter, The Institute for Public Affairs, West Virginia University, Spring 1999.

"Earmarking Property Tax Revenues for Educations: Now You See Them Now You Don't"
with Robert Lawson
Perspectives on Current Issues, The Buckeye Institute, April 1998.

More Publications, Book Reviews, and Edited Volumes

Working Papers

2010-011A "Crime and Arrests: Deterrence or Resource Reallocation?" - March 2010
with Lesli S. Ott
Abstract | Full Text (PDF)

2010-010A "Personal-Bankruptcy Cycles" - March 2010
with Howard J. Wall
Abstract | Full Text (PDF)

2010-006A "Economic Freedom and Employment Growth in U.S. States" - March 2010
with Russell M. Rhine
Abstract | Full Text (PDF)

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Education

Degree Institution Major Date
Ph.D. West Virginia University,
Morgantown, West Virginia
Economics
1998
M.A. West Virginia University,
Morgantown, West Virginia
Economics 1997
B.S. Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania,
Shippensburg, Pennsylvania
Economics 1993

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