Zane Spindler, Professor
PhD, Michigan State University, 1968

Address:
Department of Economics
School of Business and Management (SBM)
American University of Sharjah
P.O. Box 26666
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Room: NAB112
Office: +(971) 6 515 2543
E-mail: zspindler@aus.edu

Research Interests:

1.  Public Choice, Public Policy.

Selected Publications:

1.  2006 “War as Rent-Seeking: A Public Choice Perspective on the Pacific War.” Public Organization Review. (Co-authored with B. Dollery) November (Springer Online First).
2. 2006 “On Sharks and Seagulls: US versus EU Policy Differences” (Co-authored with de Vanssay & Hildebrand) New Economist, May 16.
3. 2005 “Alternative Monetary Systems and the Quest for Stability: Can a Free Banking System Deliver in South Africa?” (Co-authored with M. Bader and A. Saville) South African Journal of Economics 73: 4 (December).
4. 2005 “Constitutional Foundations of Economic Freedom: A time-series cross-section analysis.” (Co-authored with X. de Vanssay & V. Hildebrand) Constitutional Political Economy 16: 4 (December) 327-346.       
5. 2004 “Public Choice Perspectives on Monetary Regimes.” South African Journal of Economics 72: 1 (March) 50-82.
6. 2004 “Nanshin: Budget-Maximizing Behavior, the Imperial Japanese Navy and the origins of the Pacific War." (Co-authored with B. Dollery and C. Parsons). Public Organization Review 4 (2) 135-155.
7. 2003 "Constitutional Design for a Rent Seeking Society" (Co authored with X. de Vanssay) Constitutional Political Economy 14: 2 (June) 95-105.
8. 2003 "How Do 'Parasites' Serve Their Host?" Public Finance Review31: 6 (November) 695-699.
9. 2002 "Privatization as a Rent-Seeking Ideology," Economia 53 (1) 31-42.
10. 2002 "Constitutions and Economic Freedom," (Co-authored with X. de Vanssay) South African Journal of Economics 70: 3 (September) 1135-1147.
11. 2001 "Squatting As a Transition Problem in South Africa," (Co-authored with C. Nathan) Economics of Transition 9 (3) 557-573.
12. 2001 "The Political Economy of Capital Gains Taxation in South Africa: Parts 1 & 2" The South African Journal of Economics and Management Science 4 (1 &2) 1-25 & 234-253.

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Please see Zane's personal website for a more extensive CV, and downloadable articles & course materials: http://www.sfu.ca/~spindler/