Intellectual inquiry to understand more completely both the long-term benefits of free-trade and the transition path toward those outcomes ...
Located below are working papers (many available for download) and citations for published proceedings or peer-reviewed articles. Where a piece of research has been presented at an academic conference, a note has been made (in case you have seen the paper presented); where a download-able working paper is a revised form (newer than the form that was presented at the listed conference) an additional notation is listed.
On the leftyou will find working papers.
On the right you will find published works with the relevant citation that you can use to source the paper.
Skipton, C. "Trade Openness, the Market for Governance, and Long-Run Economic Growth," Paper presented at the 2007 Academy of Economics and Finance (AEF) meetings, Jacksonville (FL), Feb. 2007.
"Measuring Trade Openness, 1980-2000," paper presented at the 2003 Association of Private Enterprise Education (APEE) meetings, Las Vegas (NV), Apr. 2003.
"Economic Freedom and Growth" (with J. Gwartney, R. Holcombe, and R. Lawson), Paper presentation at the 1999 Association of Private Enterprise Education (APEE) meetings, Orlando (FL), Apr. 1999.
Peer-Reviewed published works:
Skipton, C., Papp, R., and Matulich, E., (2006), "Moving from 'Dumb' to 'Smart' Classrooms: Technology Options and Implementation Issues," Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2006, 3(6), pp. 19-27.
Skipton, C., and Matulich, E., (2005), "Classroom Instructional Technology: Options for Securing Equipment," Journal of College Teaching & Learning, Vol. 3 (Number 3); pp. 57-66.
Published proceedings:
Skipton, C. and Verrault, D., "Business Ethics and Free Markets: A Social Contracts Perspective," Papers and Proceedings of the 2007 Academy of Economics and Finance (AEF) meetings held in Jacksonville, FL, Feb. (2007), edited by Robert T. Burrus, Jr. and J. Edward Graham, Jr..
Note: This publication is a substantive rework (a summary version) of the original working paper (listed in the left column); though this proceedings shares the same title it is only about 25% the working paper's original length and represents only a partial translation of the working paper's larger topic.
Public Record published works: (These pieces are available for download on this web-page from the JEC tab)
Skipton, C.,The Measurement of Trade Openness (Ph.D. dissertation, Florida State University, Aug. 2003)).Trade Openness, Income Levels, and Economic Growth (with J. Gwartney and R. Lawson)in Economic Freedom of the World: 2001 Annual Report, (co-published by the Fraser Institute (Canada), the Cato Institute (US), the Institute of Economic Affairs (England), & institutes in 52 other countries, 2001).
Trade Openness, Income Levels, and Economic Growth (with J. Gwartney and R. Lawson)in Economic Freedom of the World: 2001 Annual Report, (co-published by the Fraser Institute (Canada), the Cato Institute (US), the Institute of Economic Affairs (England), & institutes in 52 other countries, 2001).
A More Comprehensive Index of Economic Freedom for 58 Countries (with J. Gwartney and R. Lawson)in Economic Freedom of the World: 2001 Annual Report, (co-published by the Fraser Institute (Canada), Cato Institute (US), Institute of Economic Affairs (England), and institutes in 52 other countries, 2001).
