Ph.D. University of Maryland, College Park, 1990
M.A. University of Maryland, College Park, 1988
Vordiplom (B.A.) Free University of Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany, 1985
Property and Environmental Research Center – Lone Mountain Fellowship, Summer 2016
Property and Environmental Research Center – Julian Simon Fellow, Summers 2014 - 2015
Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics Lab Fellow at Harvard University, 2013-2015
Duncan Black Prize for “How Prices Matter in Politics: The Returns to Campaign Advertising”, 2010
Mercator Research Professor, German Science Foundation (DFG), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen, August 2006 - July 2007
Duncan Black Award, 2005
John M. Olin Visiting Professor, University of Chicago, 2003 - 2004
Friedrich von Hayek Visiting Professor, University of Vienna, Austria, May 2003 - June 2003
CESifo Research Fellow, 2002
Visiting Fellowship, Australian National University - not accepted, Summer 2001
John M. Olin Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Chicago, 1993 - 1994
Teaching Fellowship, University of Maryland, 1985-1990
Department of Economics Teaching Award, University of Maryland, Spring 1988
Fellowship of Free University of Berlin, 1985
University Professor of Economics and Law, Department of Economics, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, 2010 - present
Faculty Member – Center for Micro-Economic Policy Research, GMU, 2013 - present
Research Fellow - The Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science, George Mason University, 2010 - present
Research Professor - Ifo Institut Muenchen, January 2009 - present
Research Fellow - The Center for Public Choice, George Mason University, 1999 - present
Professor, Department of Economics, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, 1999 - 2010
Visiting Scholar, International Monetary Fund, December 2009 - January 2010
Mercator Research Professor, German Science Foundation (DFG), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen, August 2006 - July 2007
Visiting Scholar, International Monetary Fund, March 2005 - April 2005
Visiting Professor, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin, June 2004
John M. Olin Visiting Professor, Center for the Study of the Economy and the State, University of Chicago, Illinois, 2003 - 2004
Friedrich von Hayek Visiting Professor, University of Vienna, Austria CESifo Research Fellow, May 2003 - June 2003
Visiting Professor, University of Munich Center for Economic Studies Visiting Professor, University of Vienna, Austria, 1998 - 1999
Visiting Professor, University of Konstanz, Germany, May - July 1996
Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, 1995 - 1999
John M. Olin Visiting Assistant Professor, Center for the Study of the Economy and the State University of Chicago, Illinois, 1993 - 1994
Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, 1990 - 1995
Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, University of Maryland, 1985 - 1990
Doran, C, and Stratmann, T. (2021). "How does liability affect prices? Railroad sparks and timber." International Review of Law & Economics.
Doran, Colin and Thomas Stratmann. (2020). “The Relationship between Economic Freedom and Poverty Rates: Cross-Country Evidence” Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics.
Stratmann, Thomas. (2019). “Testing for the Effect of Campaign Expenditure Limits.” Supreme Court Economic Review.
Kling, Dan and Thomas Stratmann. (2019). “Repeated Treatment in a GOTV Field Experiment: Distinguishing between Intensive and Extensive Margin Effects.” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization.
Makowsky, Michael D., Thomas Stratmann and Alex Tabarrok. (2019). “To Serve and Collect: The Fiscal and Racial Determinants of Law Enforcement.” Journal of Legal Studies.
Asatryan, Zareh, César Castellón and Thomas Stratmann. (2018). “Balanced Budget Rules and Fiscal Outcomes: Evidence from Historical Constitutions.” Journal of Public Economics. Volume 167, November, pp. 105-119.
Cheryl Litman and Thomas Stratmann. (2018). “Judging on thin ice: the effects of group membership on evaluation.” Oxford Economic Papers. Volume 70, Issue 3, July, pp. 763–783.
Aimone, Jason A., Luigi Butera, Thomas Stratmann. (2018). "Altruistic punishment in elections.” European Journal of Political Economy. Volume 53, July, pp. 149-160.
Maaser, Nicola and Thomas Stratmann. (2018). “Election rules, legislators' incentives, and policy outcomes: Evidence from the mixed member system in Germany.” European Journal of Political Economy. Volume 54, September, pp. 227-239.
Stratmann, Thomas (2017) “The political economy of sales taxes and sales tax exemptions.” Public Choice. Volume 171, Issue 1–2, April, pp. 207–221.
Armor, David J., Chenna Reddy Cotla, Thomas Stratmann. (2017). “Spurious relationships arising from aggregate variables in linear regression.” Quality & Quantity. Volume 51, Issue 3, May, pp. 1359–1379.
Russ, Jacob W. and Thomas Stratmann. (forthcoming).“ Divided Interests: The Increasing Detrimental Fractionation of Indian Land Ownership ” Unlocking the Wealth of Indian Nations. Ed. Terry L. Anderson. Lexington Books.
Makowsky, Michael D., Thomas Stratmann, and Alex Tabarrok. (2016). " To Serve and Collect: The Fiscal and Racial Determinants of Law Enforcement."
Stratmann, Thomas and John W. Welborn. (2016)."Informed Short Selling, Fails-to-Deliver, and Abnormal Returns." Journal of Empirical Finance.
Mitchell, Matthew and Thomas Stratmann. (2016). "A Tragedy of the Anticommons: Local Option Taxation and Cell Phone Tax Bills." Public Choice.
Maaser, Nicola and Thomas Stratmann. (2016). "Distributional Consequences of Political Representation." European Economic Review.
Hendergren, Dave and Thomas Stratmann. (2016). "Is There Adverse Selection in Life Insurance Markets?" Economic Inquiry.
Stratmann, Thomas and John W. Welborn. (2016). “Informed Short Selling, Fails-to-Deliver, and Abnormal Returns.” Journal of Empirical Finance.
Mitchell, Matthew and Thomas Stratmann. (2016). “A Tragedy of the Anticommons: Local Option Taxation and Cell Phone Tax Bills.” Public Choice.
Maaser, Nicola and Thomas Stratmann. (2016). “Distributional Consequences of Political Representation.” European Economic Review.
Hedengren, Dave and Thomas Stratmann (2016). “Is There Adverse Selection in Life Insurance Markets?” Economic Inquiry.
Houser, Daniel, Sandra Ludwig, and Thomas Stratmann. (2015). “Deception and Political Participation: Theory and Laboratory Evidence.” Economic Inquiry.
Stratmann, Thomas and J.W. Verret. (2015). “How Does Corporate Political Activity by Citizens United v. FEC Affect Shareholder Wealth?” Journal of Law and Economics.
Leive, Adam and Thomas Stratmann. (2015). “Cancer Screening Guidelines and Mortality.” Journal of Population Economics.
Fink, Alexander and Thomas Stratmann. (2015). “U.S. Housing Prices and the Fukushima Nuclear Accident: To Update, or Not to Update, that is the Question.” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization.
Makowsky, Mike and Thomas Stratmann (2014). “Politics, Unemployment, and the Enforcement of Immigration Law.” Public Choice.
Nye, John, Ila Rainer, and Thomas Stratmann. (2014). "Do Black Mayors Improve Black Relative to White Employment Outcomes?” Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization.
Stratmann, Thomas. (2013). “The Effects of Earmarks on the Likelihood of Reelection.” European Journal of Political Economy.
Stratmann Thomas and John Welborn. (2013). “The Option Market Makers Exception to Regulation SHO." Journal of Financial Markets.
Klick, Jon, Sven Neelsen, and Thomas Stratmann. (2012) "The Effect of Abortion Liberalization on Sexual Behavior: International Evidence." American Law and Economics Review.
Stratmann, Thomas and J. W. Verret. (2012). “Does Shareholder Proxy Access Damage Share Value in Small Publicly Traded Companies?" Stanford Law Review.
Houser, Daniel and Thomas Stratmann. (2012). “Gordon Tullock and Experimental Economics.” Public Choice.
Neelsen, Sven and Thomas Stratmann. (2012). “Long-Run Effects of Fetal Influenza Exposure: Evidence from Switzerland.” Social Science and Medicine.
Makowsky, Michael D. and Thomas Stratmann. (2011). “More Tickets, Fewer Accidents: How Cash- Strapped Towns make for Safer Roads.” Journal of Law and Economics.
Houser, Daniel, Rebecca B. Morton, and Thomas Stratmann. (2011). “Turned On or Turned Out? Campaign Advertising, Information, and Voting.” Journal of European Political Economy.
Fink, Alexander and Thomas Stratmann. (2011). “Institutionalized Bailouts and Fiscal Policy: The Political Economy of Soft Budget Constraints.” Kyklos International Review for Social Sciences.
Neelsen, Sven and Thomas Stratmann. (2011). “Effects of Prenatal and Early Life Malnutrition: Evidence from the Greek Famine.” Journal of Health Economics.
Stratmann, Thomas. (2010). “Do Low Contribution Limits Insulate Incumbents from Competition?” Election Law Journal. ( Correction 2011)
Akitoby, Bernardin and Thomas Stratmann. (2010). “The Value of Institutions for Financial Markets: Evidence from Emerging Markets.” Review of World Economics.
Stratmann, Thomas. (2009). “How Prices Matter in Politics: The Returns from Campaign Advertising.” Public Choice.
Makowsky, Michael and Thomas Stratmann. (2009). “Political Economy at Any Speed: What Determines Traffic Citations?” American Economic Review.
Akitoby, Bernardin and Thomas Stratmann. (2008). "Fiscal Policy and Financial Markets." Economic Journal.
Klick, Jonathan and Thomas Stratmann. (2008). "Do Spa Visits Improve Health: Evidence from German Micro Data." Eastern Economic Journal.
Houser, Daniel and Thomas Stratmann. (2008). "Selling Favors in the Lab: Experiments on Campaign Finance Reform." Public Choice.
Klick, Jonathan and Thomas Stratmann. (2008). "Abortion Access and Risky Sex Among Teens: Parental Involvement Laws and Sexually Transmitted Diseases." Journal of Law, Economics and Organization.
Klick, Jonathan and Thomas Stratmann. (2007). "Diabetes Treatments and Moral Hazard." Journal of Law and Economics.
Klick, Jonathan and Thomas Stratmann. (2007). "Malpractice Reform and Physicians in High Risk Specialties." Journal of Legal Studies.
Stratmann, Thomas and Francisco J. Aparicio-Castillo. (2007). "Campaign Finance Reform and Electoral Competition: Comment." Public Choice.
Drazen, Allen, Nuno Limão, and Thomas Stratmann. (2007). "Political Contribution Caps and Lobby Formation: Theory and Evidence." Journal of Public Economics.
Stratmann, Thomas. (2006). "Contribution Limits and the Effectiveness of Campaign Spending." Public Choice.
Stratmann, Thomas. (2006). "Is Spending More Potent For or Against a Proposition? Evidence From Ballot Measures." American Journal of Political Science.
Stratmann, Thomas and Francisco J. Aparicio-Castillo. (2006). "Competition Policy for Elections: Do Campaign Contribution Limits Matter?" Public Choice.
Klick, Jonathan and Thomas Stratmann. (2006). "Subsidizing Addiction: Do State Health Insurance Mandates Increase Alcohol Consumption?" Journal of Legal Studies.
Stratmann, Thomas. (2005). "The Effectiveness of Money in Ballot Measure Campaigns." Southern California Law Review.
Stratmann, Thomas. (2005). "Ballot Access Restrictions and Candidate Entry in Elections." European Journal of Political Economy.
Kroszner, Randall S. and Thomas Stratmann. (2005). "Corporate Campaign Contributions, Repeat Giving, and the Rewards to Legislator Reputation." Journal of Law and Economics.
Stratmann, Thomas. (2005). "Some Talk: Money in Politics. A (partial) review of the literature." Public Choice.
Stratmann, Thomas and Jared Garner. (2004). " Judicial Selection: Politics, Biases, and Constituency Demands." Public Choice.
Mueller, Dennis C. and Thomas Stratmann. (2003). "The Economic Effects of Democratic Participation." Journal of Public Economics.
Klick, Jonathan and Thomas Stratmann. (2003). "The Effect of Abortion Legalization on Sexual Behavior: Evidence from Sexually Transmitted Diseases." Journal of Legal Studies.
Stratmann, Thomas. (2002). " Can Special Interests Buy Congressional Votes: Evidence from Financial Services Legislation." Journal of Law and Economics.
Stratmann, Thomas and Martin Baur. (2002). " Plurality Rule, Proportional Representation, and the German Bundestag: How Incentives to Pork-barrel Differ across Electoral Systems." American Journal of Political Science.
Stratmann, Thomas. (2000)." Congressional Voting over Legislative Careers: Shifting Positions and Changing Constraints." American Political Science Review.
Kroszner, Randall S. and Thomas Stratmann. (2000). " Congressional Committees as Reputation-building Mechanisms. Business and Politics.
Stramann, Thomas. (1999)."What Do Medical Services Buy? Effects of Doctor Visits on Work DayLoss." Eastern Economic Journal.
Kroszner, Randall S. and Thomas Stratmann. (1998). " Interest-Group Competition and the Organization of Congress: Theory and Evidence from Financial Services' Political Action Committees." American Economic Review.
Stratmann, Thomas. (1998)." The Market for Congressional Votes: Is Timing of Contributions Everything?" Journal of Law and Economics.
Stratmann, Thomas. (1996). " How Reelection Constituencies Matter: Evidence from Political Action Committees' Contributions and Congressional Voting." Journal of Law and Economics.
Stratmann, Thomas. (1996)."Instability of Collective Decisions? Testing for Cyclical Majorities." Public Choice.
Stratmann, Thomas. (1995). "Logrolling in the U.S. Congress." Economic Inquiry.
Stratmann, Thomas. (1995)." Campaign Contributions and Congressional Voting: Does the Timing ofContributions Matter?" The Review of Economics and Statistics.
Mueller, Dennis C. and Thomas Stratmann. (1994). "Informative and persuasive campaigning." Public Choice.
Stratmann, Thomas. (1992)." The Effects of Logrolling on Congressional Voting." American Economic Review.
Stratmann, Thomas. (1992)." Are Contributors Rational: Untangling Strategies of Political Action Committees." Journal of Political Economy.
Stratmann, Thomas. (1991)."What Do Campaign Contributions Buy? Deciphering Causal Effects ofMoney and Votes." Southern Economic Journal.
Stratmann, Thomas. (1990). "A Diagrammatic Representation of Inequality." Public Finance Quarterly.
Russ, Jacob W. and Thomas Stratmann. (forthcoming). “ Divided Interests: The Increasing Detrimental Fractionation of Indian Land Ownership ” Unlocking the Wealth of Indian Nations. Ed. Terry L. Anderson. Lexington Books.
Neelsen, Sven and Thomas Stratmann. (2012). "Early-Life Famine Exposure and Later-Life: Outcomes: Evidence from Survivors of the Greek Famine," in Early-Life Famine and Adult Health. Editor: Alexander Vaiserman.
Stratmann, Thomas. (2012). "Campaign Finance," in The Elgar Companion to Public Choice.
Neelsen, Sven and Thomas Stratmann. (2012). "Early-Life Famine Exposure and Later-Life Outcomes: Evidence from Survivors of the Greek Famine," in Early-Life Famine and Adult Health. Editor: Alexander Vaiserman.
Klick, Jonathan, John MacDonald and Thomas Stratmann. (2012). " "Mobile Phones and Crime Deterrence: An Underappreciated Link," in: Handbook of Law and Economics: Criminal Law. Editor: Keith Hylton.
Akitoby, Bernardin and Thomas Stratmann. (2011). "" in Sovereign Debt: From Safety to Default. Editor: Robert Kolb.
Klick, Jonathan and Thomas Stratmann. (2011). "Abortion Access and Risky Sex," in Research Handbook on the Economics of Family Law. Editors: Lloyd Cohen and Joshua Wright.
Stratmann, Thomas. (2009). "Campaign Spending and Ballot Measures," in Financing Referendum Campaigns,Palgrave. Editor: Simon Hug.
Stratmann, Thomas. (2007). "Mandatory and Affordable Health Insurance: Comment," in Regional Economic Development, October 2007 Vol. 3(1), Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, ed.
Stratmann, Thomas. (2007). "Ballot Initiatives," in The Encyclopedia of Political Communication, SAGE Reference Project. Christina Holtz-Bacha and Lynda Kaid, eds..
Stratmann, Thomas. (2006). "Party-Line Voting and Committee Assignments in the German Mixed Member System," in Democratic Constitutional Design and Public Policy: Analysis and Evidence. Roger Congleton, ed.
Stratmann, Thomas. (2003). "Logrolling," in The Encyclopedia of Public Choice. Charles K. Rowley andFriedrich Schneider, eds. Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Stratmann, Thomas. (2003). "Campaign Contributions and Campaign Finance," in The Encyclopedia of Public Choice. Charles K. Rowley and Friedrich Schneider, eds. Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Stratmann, Thomas. (2001). "The Effects of Logrolling on Congressional Voting," reprinted in The Economics of Politics, Dennis C. Mueller, ed. in The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics- Series, Mark Blaug, ed.
Stratmann, Thomas. (2000). "The Political Economy of Superfund," in The Politics of Environmentalism, Terry Anderson, Hoover Institution, ed.
Stratmann, Thomas. (1996). "Logrolling," in The Handbook of Public Choice. Dennis C. Mueller, ed. Basil Blackwell Press.
Anderson, Terry and Thomas Stratmann. (1993). "The Political Economy of Public Sector Growth in the United States: A Survey," in Public Sector Growth: Theories and International Evidence. N. Gemmell and E. Elgar, eds.
Stratmann, Thomas. (2011). "Campaign Contributions – What Do They Buy and Should They be Capped?" CESifo DICE Report, 9(1), pp. 17-20, 05.
Stratmann, Thomas, Wolfgang Ochel, Oliver Röhn, and Anja Rohwer (2008). “Reduction of Employment Protection in OECD Countries: Its Driving Forces.” CESifo DICE Report, 6(4), Winter 2008, pp. 29-35.
Stratmann, Thomas and Jonathan Klick (2003). "First, Do No Harm..." Regulation, Spring 2003, p.9.
Stratmann, Thomas. (2003). "Do Strict Electoral Campaign Finance Rules Limit Corruption?" CESinfoDICE Report, 1(1), Spring 2003, pp 24-27.
Southern Economic Journal: Associate Editor, 1997-2001, 2003-2006, Co-Editor, 2001-2003.
European Journal of Political Economy: Member of Editorial Board 2001-2005, 2011- present, Editor 2013- present.
Public Choice: Member of Editorial Board 2004 – present.
American Economic Review, American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, British Journal of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies, Eastern Economic Journal, Economic Inquiry, Economic Journal, Economics and Politics, Economics of Governance, European Journal of Political Economy, International Tax and Public Finance, Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Journal of Law and Economics, Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Public Economics, National Science Foundation, Political Behavior, Public Choice, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Review of Economic Studies, Social Science Quarterly, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Southern Economic Journal.
American Economic Association
Public Choice Society
Royal Economic Society
Southern Economic Association
Saftra Center for Ethics, Harvard University, 2013 - 2014
Earhart Foundation, 2011
PEW Charitable Trusts (through Brennan Center for Justice), 2008
Earhart Foundation, 2006
National Science Foundation, "Campaign Finance Laws," 2003
International Foundation for Research in Experimental Economic (IFREE), 2003
Carnegie Foundation of New York, 2002
Earhart Foundation, 2002
Earhart Foundation, 1999
National Research Initiative, USDA, Sabbatical Award, 1998
Trade Research Center, Bozeman, MT, 1997
National Science Foundation, "The Market for Congressional Votes," 1995
Montanans on a New Track for Science (funded by the National Science Foundation), "Instability in Collective Decision," 1993
Political Economy Research Center, Bozeman, Montana, 1992
Econometrics
Empirical Microeconomics
Health Economics
Public Choice
Public Finance
Current Issues in American Economic Policy
Microeconomic Theory
Intermediate Microeconomics
Macroeconomic Principles
Ökonomische Theorie der Politik (University of Konstanz, Germany)
International Economics II: Public Choice (Diplomatische
Akademie Wien, Austria) Economic Theory of Regulation (Literaturseminar, University of Wien, Austria)
German, Native Speaker
English, Fluent in writing, reading, speaking
French, Proficient in writing, reading, speaking
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