Charles M. North

 Research

Journal Articles:

Ralston, Jason, Jason Aimone, Lucas Rentschler, Charles North. “Prosecutor Plea Bargaining and Conviction Rate Structure: Evidence from an Experiment.” Public Choice (forthcoming)

Hudja, Stanton, Wilson Law, Jason Ralston, Jason Aimone, Lucas Rentschler, and Charles North. “An Experimental Exploration of Reasonable Doubt.” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (forthcoming).

Aimone, Jason A., Charles M. North, and Lucas Rentschler. “Priming the Jury by Asking for Donations: An Empirical and Experimental Study.” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 160: 158-67 (April 2019).

Edwards, Finley C., Ernest S. Fletcher, Jr., and Charles M. North. “Do Students Respond to Their Grades? Evidence from Introductory Finance.” Journal of Economic Insight, 44(2):1-22 (2018).

North, Charles M., Wafa Hakim Orman, and Carl R. Gwin. “Religion, Corruption, and the Rule of Law.” Journal of Money, Credit & Banking, 45(5):757-79 (August 2013).

North, Charles M., James R. Garven, and Carl R. Gwin. “Rainfall or Rainmaking?  Lawyers, Courts, and the Price of Mold Insurance in Texas.” Journal of Risk and Insurance, 79(3):817-39 (September 2012).

North, Charles M. “Not Just Guidelines: Pirate Codes and the Emergence of Property Rights in The Invisible Hook.” Review of Austrian Economics, 23(3):307-13 (September 2010).

Ewing, Bradley T., Charles M. North, and Beck A. Taylor. “The Employment Effects of a ‘Good Cause’ Discharge Standard in Montana.” Industrial & Labor Relations Review 59(1): 17-33 (October 2005).

North, Charles M., and Beck A. Taylor. “The Biblical Underpinnings of Tit-for-Tat:  Scriptural Insights Into Axelrod’s The Evolution of Cooperation.” Faith & Economics 44: 1-25 (Fall 2004).

North, Charles M., and Carl R. Gwin.  “Religious Freedom and the Unintended Consequences of the Establishment of Religion.”  Southern Economic Journal, 71(1): 103-17 (July 2004).

North, Charles M.  “Remedies for Misrepresentation in Applications in the Presence of Fraudulent Intent.”  Atlantic Economic Journal, 29(2):  162-76 (June 2001).

Michael Chiorazzi, Barbara A. Baccari, Karen R. Cashion, Christopher R. Hart, Donald M. Nielsen, Charles M. North, and William T. O’Neil. “Empirical Studies in Civil Procedure:  A Selected Annotated Bibliography,” Law & Contemporary Problems, Vol. 51, No. 3, pp. 87-207 (Summer 1988).  

Book Chapters:

English, Linda K., and Charles M. North. “Religion and Economic Growth.” In Klaus F. Zimmerman, ed. Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics. Heidelberg: Springer Cham (forthcoming). 

North, Charles M. “The Economics of Religion.” In Jeffrey Levin, Religion and the Social Sciences: Basic and Applied Research Perspectives. West Conshohocken, PA: Templeton Press (2018).

North, Charles M. “Regulation of Religious Markets.” In Paul Oslington, ed. Oxford Handbook of Christianity and Economics. Oxford: Oxford University Press (2014).

North, Charles M., and Carl R. Gwin. “Religion and the Emergence of the Rule of Law.” In Ilkka Pyysiainen, ed. Religion, Economy, and Cooperation. Berlin: De Gruyter (2010).

North, Charles M., Wafa Hakim Orman, and Carl R. Gwin. “Giving: The Rich, the Poor, and the Widow’s Mite.” In Rodney Stark, ed. What Americans Really Believe. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press (2008).

Orman, Wafa Hakim, Charles M. North, and Carl R. Gwin. “Going to College, Getting a Job: What Happens when Mom and Dad Take Their Kids to Church.” In Rodney Stark, ed. What Americans Really Believe. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press (2008).

Other Publications:

North, Charles M., and Jason Ralston. “Chances for Jurors to Donate Pay May Alter Verdicts.” Arkansas Business (March 29, 2021).

North, Charles M. Book Review of The Captured Economy:  How the Powerful Enrich Themselves, Slow Down Growth, and Increase Inequality, Brink Lindsey and Steven M. Teles, Faith & Economics 76:231-35 (Fall 2020).

North, Charles M. Book Review of Economic Growth: Unleashing the Potential of Human Flourishing, Edd S. Noell, Stephen L. S. Smith, and Bruce G. Webb, Faith & Economics 65: 65-68 (Spring 2015).

North, Charles M. Book Review of The Oxford Handbook of the Economics of Religion, Rachel M. McCleary, ed. Faith & Economics 63: 60-64 (Spring 2014).

North, Charles M. Book Review of Economic Origins of Roman Christianity, Robert B. Ekelund, Jr., and Robert D. Tollison. Public Choice 154(3-4): 333-35 (March 2013).

North, Charles M., and Bob Smietana. Good Intentions: Nine Hot-Button Issues Viewed Through the Eyes of Faith. Chicago: Moody Publishers (2008).

North, Charles, Chris Pullig, Laura Indergard, and Jacqueline Simpson. “Housing Prices Likely to Turn Around in 2009, Survey Finds.” Keller Center Research Report (November 2008).

North, Charles M. Book Review of The Marketplace of Christianity, Robert B. Ekelund, Jr., Robert F. Hébert, and Robert D. Tollison. Faith & Economics 49: 56-60 (Spring 2007).

North, Charles M., and Carl R. Gwin.  “What the Evidence Says about Church and State.” Texas Baptists Committed, October 2003, pp. 19-21.

Gwin, Carl R., and Charles M. North.  Book Review of God and Mammon: Protestants, Money, and the Market, 1790-1860, Mark Noll (ed.).  Faith & Economics No. 40. pp. 38-39 (Fall 2002).

North, Charles M.  “Ask the Expert: Seasonally Adjusted Data.”  Texas Labor Market Review, August 2001, p. 10.