Dennis Epple

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Thomas Lord University Professor of Economics;
Head of Economics

Teaching and Research Interests:

• Public economics, economics of education, industrial organization and applied econometrics.

Useful Links:

• Vita
• Computing Equilibrium: School Competition Model
• Simultaneous Equation Econometrics: Data, Documentation, and Further Results
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Published Papers: 

• Inefficiencies from Metropolitan Political and Fiscal Decentralization: Failures of Tiebout Competition
  The Review of Economic Studies, Forthcoming.
  (with: Stephen Calabrese, R. Romano)
  
  
• The Intergenerational Conflict Over the Provisions of Public Education
  Journal of Public Economics, In press.
  (with: R. Romano, Holger Sieg)
  
  
• Inefficiencies from Metropolitan Political and Fiscal Decentralization: Failures of Tiebout Competition
  Review of Economic Studies, Forthcoming.
  (with: S. Calabrese, R. Romano)
  
  
• Identification and Semiparametric Estimation of Equilibrium Models of Local Jurisdictions
  American Economic Journal - Microeconomics, Forthcoming.
  (with: Michael Peress, Holger Sieg)
  
  
• A New Approach for Estimating the Housing Production Function
  American Economic Review 100(3), 2010; 905-924.
  (with: Holger Sieg, B. Gordon)
  
  
• School Finance Reform: Assessing General Equilibrium Effects
  Journal of Public Economics 92(5-6), June 2008; 1326-1351.
  (with: Maria Ferreyra)
  
  
• On the Political Economy of Zoning
  Journal of Public Economics 91(1-2), February 2007; 25-49.
  (with: Stephen Calabrese, R. Romano)
  
  
• Profiling in Bargaining Over College Tuition
  Economic Journal 116, November 2006; 459-79.
  (with: Holger Sieg, R. Romano, Sinan Sarpca)
  For Further Information
  
  
• Local Public Good Provision: Voting, Peer Effects, and Mobility
  Journal of Public Economics, Lead Article 90(6-7), August 2006; 959-1364.
  (with: Stephen Calabrese, T. Romer, Holger Sieg)
  
  
• Admission, Tuition, and Financial Aid Policies in the Market for High Education
  Econometrica 74(4), July 2006; 885-928.
  (with: Holger Sieg, R. Romano)
  
  
• Simultaneous Equation Econometrics: The Missing Example
  Economic Inquiry 44(2), April 2006; 374-384.
  (with: Bennett McCallum)
  
  
• Non-Fiscal Residential Zoning
  The Tiebout Model at Fifty: Essays in Public Economics in Honor of Wallace Oates, 2006; 211-231.
  (with: Stephen Calabrese, R. Romano)
  
  
• Sprawl and Jurisdictional Fragmentation: Comments
  Brookings-Wharton Papers on Urban Affairs, 2006; 244-250.
  
  
• Profiling in Bargaining Over College Tuitions
  Economic Journal 116, 11/01/2006; 459-79.
  (with: R. Romano, Sinan Sarpca, Holger Sieg)
  For Further Information
  
  
• Local Public Good Provision: Voting, Peer Effects, and Mobility
  Journal of Public Economics 90(6-7), 2006; 959-981.
  (with: Holger Sieg, Stephen Calabrese, T. Romer)
  
  
• Neighborhood Schools, Choice, and the Distribution of Educational Benefits
  in The Economics of School Choice (C. Hoxby, Ed.) National Bureau of Economic Research, 2003.
  (with: R. Romano)
  
  
• Peer Effects, Financial Aid, and Selection of Students into Colleges
  Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2003.
  (with: Holger Sieg, R. Romano)
  
  
• On the Demographic Composition of Colleges and Universities in Market Equilibrium
  American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings 92(3), 2002; 310-314.
  (with: R. Romano, Holger Sieg)
  
  
• Local Government Fiscal Structure and Metropolitan Consolidation
  Brookings-Wharton Papers on Urban Affairs, 2002; 1-32.
  (with: Stephen Calabrese, Cassidy)
  
  
• Interjurisdictional Sorting and Majority Rule: An Empirical Analysis
  Econometrica 69(6), November 2001; 1437-1466.
  (with: T. Romer, Holger Sieg)
  
  
• Estimating Equilibrium Models of Local Jurisdictions
  Journal of Political Economy (Lead Article) 107(4), August 1999; 645-681.
  (with: Holger Sieg)
  
  
• Competition Between Private and Public Schools: Vouchers and Peer Group Effects
  American Economic Review, 1998.
  (with: R. Romano)
  
  
• Public Provision of Private Goods
  Journal of Political Economy, February 1996.
  (with: R. Romano)
  
  
• An Empirical Investigation of the Micro Structure of Knowledge Acquisition and Transfer through Learning by Doing
  Operations Research 44, 1996; 77-86.
  (with: Linda Argote, K. Murphy)
  
  
• The Acquisition, Transfer and Depreciation of Knowledge in Service Organizations: Productivity in Franchises
  Management Science 44, 1995; 1750-1762.
  (with: Linda Argote, E. Darr)
  
  
• Mobility and Redistribution
  Journal of Political Economy, 1991.
  (with: T. Romer)
  
  
• Organizational Learning Curves; A Method for Investigating Intra-plant Transfer of Knowledge Acquired Through Learning by Doing
  Organization Science 2, February 1991; 58-70.
  (with: Linda Argote, R Devadas)
  
  
• Sequential Voting with Endogenous Voter Forecasts
  American Political Science Review, March 1990.
  (with: Joseph Kadane)
  
  
• The Persistence and Transfer of Learning in Industrial Settings
  Management Science 36, 1990; 140-154.
  (with: Linda Argote, S. Beckman)
  
  
• Learning Curves in Manufacturing
  Science 247, 1990; 920-924.
  (with: Linda Argote)
  
  
• Hedonic Prices and Implicit Markets: Estimating Demand and Supply Functions for Differentiated Products
  Journal of Political Economy, February, 1987.
  
  
• State Restrictions on Local Debt: Their Role in Preventing Default
  Journal of Public Economics 29, 1986; 199-221.
  (with: Chester Spatt)
  
  
• Environmental Pollution: Modeling Occurrence, Detection and Deterrence
  Journal of Law and Economics, April, 1984.
  (with: M. Visscher)
  
  
• The Implications of Competition Among Jurisdictions: Does Tiebout Need Politics?
  Journal of Political Economy, December 1981.
  (with: A. Zelenitz)
  
  
• The Roles of Jurisdictional Competition and of Collective Choice Institutions in the Market for Local Public Goods
  American Economic Review, May 1981.
  (with: A. Zelenitz)
  
  
• Helium: Investments in the Future
  The Bell Journal of Economics, Autumn 1980.
  (with: Lester Lave)
  
  
• A Search for Testable Implications of the Tiebout Hypothesis
  Journal of Political Economy, June 1978.
  (with: M. Visscher, A. Zelenitz)
  
  
• Product Safety: Liability Rules, Market Structure and Imperfect Information
  American Economic Review, March 1978.
  (with: A. Raviv)
  
  

Working Papers: 

• On the Political Economy of Tax Limits
  July, 2011.
  (with: Stephen Calabrese)
  
  
• Political Economy of Tax Systems
  April, 2011.
  (with: Stephen Calabrese, R. Romano)
  
  
• Local Head Taxes
  July, 2010.
  (with: Stephen Calabrese, R. Romano)
  
  

Awards:

• Fellow of the Econometric Society, Elected - 2003
• Excellence in Teaching Award, GSIA

Editorial Boards:

• Journal of Public Economic Theory (Editorial Board), 2004
• Journal of Public Economics (Co-Editor), 2006-
• Journal of Public Economics (Editorial Board), 2002-2006
• Quarterly Journal of Economics (Editorial Board), 2001-2005
• B.E. Journals of Economic Analysis and Policy (Editorial Board), 2001-
• Economics and Geography (Editorial Board), 1999-
• American Economic Review (Editorial Board), 1999-2003
• American Economic Review (Co-Editor), 1994-1999

Boards:

• I Have A Dream Foundation, Pittsburgh
• Committee on Education Finance: Equity, Adequacy and Productivity, National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences, 1996-1999

Other Professional Activities:

• Program Committee, Econometric Society Winter Meetings 2009
• Program Co-Chair with Stan Zin, Econometric Society North American Summer Meetings 2008
• Member of the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Economic Inequality and Social Interactions
• Research Associate, Natural Bureau of Economic Research 1998-
• National Fellow, Hoover Institute 1984-1985
• Research Grants, National Science Foundation 1983-2006