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Joshua Hall

Joshua Hall is Milan Puskar Dean and Professor of Economics, all in the John Chambers College of Business & Economics at West Virginia University. He was the 2019-2020 Benedum Distinguished Scholar in Behavioral and Social Sciences and a 2015-2016 WVU Foundation Outstanding Teaching Award Recipient. He is also editor of the Journal of Regional Analysis & Policy. He earned his bachelor and master degrees in economics from Ohio University and his Ph.D. from West Virginia University in 2007. Prior to returning to WVU, he was the Elbert H. Neese, Jr. Professor of Economics at Beloit College. He has published a number of times in Public Choice and has over 15 median voter papers published in a number of economics journals.  He has edited or co-edited 17 books, ten of which were published by Springer. 



Katherine Starr is a PhD student at West Virginia University studying public economics and health economics. 

Empirical Applications of the Median Voter Model

Empirical Applications of the Median Voter Model

This book contains eight empirical applications of the median voter model. There exists a large literature in economics explaining public policy outcomes using the median voter model.  The papers in this volume contribute to our understanding of how the institutional context of voting matters for collective decision-making.

Empirical Applications of the Median Voter Model

Empirical Applications of the Median Voter Model

This book contains eight empirical applications of the median voter model. There exists a large literature in economics explaining public policy outcomes using the median voter model.  The papers in this volume contribute to our understanding of how the institutional context of voting matters for collective decision-making.