Ryan Yonk
Articles
Industrial Policy’s Short-Run Booms Risk Long-Term Failures
“Small firms like GF will enjoy morsels, but legacy firms like Intel — who are already more immune to market shocks and decline — make subsidies into a buffet.” ~Ryan M. Yonk and Jacob Bruggeman
Is There Any Such Thing as Legislation Anymore?
“With congressional opposition to a legislative approach clear, the Administration decided to work through the Department of Education to use the HEROES Act to accomplish administratively what they had been unable to do legislatively.” ~ Ryan Yonk and Laura Arce
Pandemics and Liberty: An Introduction
“There will be more pandemics, and how (and how well) we can address them strongly depends on learning from contemporary and historical successes and failures. This volume aspires to take a step in this direction.” ~ Ryan M. Yonk & Raymond J. March
Goodbye, Anthony Fauci
“Dr. Fauci’s career has been one of maximizing budgets and influence for his agencies and himself, all the while handling multiple public health crises with less than stellar outcomes.” ~ Ryan M. Yonk & David Waugh
Can The Fed Save Us?
“The realities of Public Choice should make everyone think twice when asserting that the Fed or any agency should be doing something specific to fix the economy and that they will be able to make the right choice.” ~ Fernando M. D’Andrea & Ryan M. Yonk
Environmentalism as Religion: Unpacking the Congregation
“Academics, such as Vogel et al., have learned to use these tools to stretch their limited findings into a full-blown rallying cry for their own preferred policies; in this case, socialism on a global scale.” ~ Jessica Rood & Ryan M. Yonk
Who are the Patients? Exploring Approaches to Rural Hospital Market Area Determination
RM Yonk, RQ Herzberg, C Fawson, C Martin. E3 Journal of Business Management and Economics. 4 (1), 020-030, 2013
Women and Economic Freedom
J Smith, M Hansen, R Yonk. UCUR 2016, 2015
Green Revenue? Local Governments and Wilderness Designation
RM Yonk, RT Simmons, BC Steed. Institute of Political Economy Utah State University, 2016
The Effect of Controversial Ballot Measures on State Level Turnout During Midterm and Presidential Election Years 1990-2010
S Reilly, R Yonk. APSA 2011 Annual Meeting Paper, 2011
Touchdown, Slam Dunk, or Home Run: How Media Coverage of Athletics Shapes Perceptions of Local Education Quality
R Yonk. Political Perspectives 5 (1), 89-111, 2011
In and Out of the Commons: Extractive Public Entrepreneurship and the Aggie Blue Bikes Program
DW Thomas, R Yonk, S Young. Available at SSRN 1716974, 2010
How Occupational Licensing Effects Women and Minorites
CM Cowan, O Mackelprang, J Caldwell, F Harrigan, R Yonk. UCUR 2017, 2016
“The Impacts of the Renewable Fuel Standard on Local Communities”
RM Yonk, L Stevens, A Wardle, J Hall. Oil and Gas Quarterly 66 (1), 2017
An ecological assessment of the Northern Yellowstone Range.
JC Mosley, J Fidel, HE Hunter, PO Husby, CE Kay, JG Mundinger, …. Rangelands 40 (6), 177-223, 2018
From Equality and the Rule of Law to the Collapse of Egalitarianism
JR Harrigan, RM Yonk. The Independent Review 22 (1), 27-36, 2017
In and out of the commons: public entrepreneurship and the Blue Bikes program
DW Thomas, RM Yonk, SK Young.
Quality of Life in Theory and Practice
RM Yonk, JT Smith, RM Yonk, JT Smith. Politics and Quality of Life: The Role of Well-Being in Political Outcomes …, 2018
Constructing a Measure of Well-Being
RM Yonk, JT Smith, RM Yonk, JT Smith. Politics and Quality of Life: The Role of Well-Being in Political Outcomes …, 2018
Understanding Quality of Life
RM Yonk, JT Smith, RM Yonk, JT Smith. Politics and Quality of Life: The Role of Well-Being in Political Outcomes, 7-16, 2018
The Renewable Fuel Standard’s Effect on Corn Belt Income and Unemployment
RM Yonk, L Stevens, AR Wardle, JC Hall. Department of Economics, West Virginia University Working Papers, 2016
Impact of Ranked-Choice Voting on Incumbents
L Hemmert.
Barriers to Participation: Factors Associated with the Choice of Presidential Preliminary Election Processes
RM Yonk. Critical Issues in Justice and Politics, 71, 2017
Exploring How Place Can Enhance Learning in Short Course Study Abroads
RM Yonk. Off-Campus Study, Study Abroad, and Study Away in Economics: Leaving the …, 2021
ENERGY IN NATIONAL MONUMENTS
RT Simmons, RM Yonk.
ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF SOUTHERN UTAH WILDERNESS ALLIANCE LITIGATION ON LOCAL COMMUNITIES
RT Simmons, RM Yonk.
SHARING RENEWABLE ENERGY PAYMENTS: HR 596
K Sim, RM Yonk, RT Simmons.
IMPLICATIONS OF HR 596 IN THE SOUTHWESTERN US
K Sim, RM Yonk, RT Simmons.
Does Moderation Pay? Members of Congress, Campaign Donations and Voting Patterns
RM Yonk, BM Webb, R Alloui. Critical Issues in Justice and Politics, 53, 2014
EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT
J Lofthouse, RM Yonk, RT Simmons, A Wardle, B Allen, B Isom, …. Institute of Political Economy Utah State University, 2014
OPTIONS FOR THE MONETIZATION OF THE ELLIOTT STATE FOREST
K Sim, J Lofthouse, RM Yonk, RT Simmons, A Stewart, G Patty, …. Strata Policy, 2014
Charting Unseen Costs of Electricity Generation
RM Yonk. Pipeline & Gas Journal 243 (6), 2016
Achieving Ecological Reflexivity: The Limits of Deliberation and the Alternative of Free-Market-Environmentalism
J Enninga, RM Yonk. Sustainability 15 (8), 6396, 2023
Regulatory Impediments to Micro-Wind Generation
RM Yonk, C Clark, J Rood. Microgrids and Local Energy Systems, 179, 2021
A Gay Bar and Some Polygamists Had a Fight over Zoning…
RM Yonk. Cato Institute, 2022
Cryptocurrencies, Blockchain, and Public Choice
RM Yonk, D Waugh. Cryptocurrency Concepts, Technology, and Applications, 2023
The unseen costs of wind-generated electricity
ME Hansen, S Policy, RT Simmons, RM Yonk. Institute of Political Economy, Utah State University, 2016
The economic costs of wilderness
BC Steed, RM Yonk, R Simmons. Environmental Trends 1, 1-7, 2011
Learning through Shared Mental Models: Experiential Learning, and Transaction Costs in a Research Institute
RM Yonk, S Randy T. Higher Education Studies 13 (2), 52-62, 2023
Permissionless Innovation and Land-Use Regulation: How Zoning Can Fustrate Sustainability An Example from The United States
RM Yonk, S Josh T. Journal of Sustainability Science and Management 16 (8), 205-217, 2021
Improving Quality of Life: Exploring Standard of Living, Wellbeing, and Community Development
RM Yonk. BoD–Books on Demand, 2021
Understanding the Economic Impact of Wild Horse Management on Local Communities
RM Yonk. North Dakota State University Center for Public Choice and Public Policy, 2021
Perspectives on Economic Development: Public Policy, Culture, and Economic Development
RM Yonk, V Bobek. BoD–Books on Demand, 2020
Precaution Can Kill
KD Gomez, DW Thomas, RM Yonk. Independent Institute, 2020
Rural Broadband Adoption: Exploring Utah’s Broadband Adoption Factors Associated with Broadband Adoption in Utah
RM Yonk. International Journal Rural and Regional Planning Development 5 (2), 20-48, 2019
Native American Influences on the Northern Yellowstone Range—A Reply
RM Yonk, JC Mosley, PO Husby. Rangelands 42 (3), 80-82, 2020
Do US counties benefit from wilderness designation? Examining local government revenue and county expenditures
R M Yonk, J Smith, S Reale. Journal of Economics, Management and Trade 22 (4), 1-17, 2019
The Local Impact of Wilderness: An Overtime Analysis of Wilderness Designation on Local Economies
R Yonk, B Steed, RT Simmons. Western Political Science Association 2010 Annual Meeting Paper, 2010
Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Goals at Public Institutions: The Case of a Land-Grant University
RM Yonk, RC Martin, KD Harris. Br. J. Econ. Manag. Trade 3 (4), 533-549, 2013
Politics, Economics, And Federal Land Designation: Assessing The Economic Impact Of Land Protection—Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
RM Yonk, RT Simmons, BC Steed. Mountain Plains Journal of Business and Technology 14 (1), 2, 2013
Understanding Student Perceptions of the Value of Ethics Training
RM Yonk. Social Education Research, 217-229, 2021
The reality of American energy: the hidden costs of electricity policy
RM Yonk, J Lofthouse, M Hansen. ABC-CLIO, 2017
Trading places: Effects of voting systems on multicandidate elections
R Yonk, RT Simmons, D Johnson. Public Choice 146, 341-351, 2011
I Tax You Tax; Quality of Life and Self Taxation
RM Yonk. Public Administration Research 2 (2), 174, 2013
Extreme vote makeover: The role of ranked choice voting in the Oakland city elections
RM Yonk, RT Simmons, DS Groberg. J. Pol. & L. 7, 23, 2014
Reliability of Renewable Energy: Hydro
J Lofthouse, RT Simmons, RM Yonk. Institute of Political Economy (IPE), Utah, 2015
A review on the manufacturing of a national icon: Institutions and incentives in the management of Yellowstone National Park
RM Yonk, JK Lofthouse. International Journal of Geoheritage and Parks 8 (2), 87-95, 2020
Collaborative Contagion: A Case Study in Curriculum Development, Distribution, and Adoption
J Harrigan, R Yonk, N Mason. 2nd. International conference on higher education advances (HEAD’16), 253-260, 2016
Nature Unbound: Bureaucracy vs. the Environment
RT Simmons, RM Yonk, K Sim. Independent Institute, 2016
An ecological assessment of the Northern Yellowstone Range: synthesis and call to action
JC Mosley, J Fidel, HE Hunter, PO Husby, CE Kay, JG Mundinger, …. Rangelands 40 (6), 224-227, 2018
A Public Choice Exploration of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act
R Yonk, AR Wardle, J Smith. Available at SSRN 2962741, 2017
Analyzing the Role of Poor and Developing Nations in Global Climate Agreements
L Stevens, W Arthur, RM Yonk. British Journal of Environment &Climate Change, 7 (3): 135-147. Available …, 2017
Elections: A Global Perspective
RM Yonk. Intech Open, 2019
Planning is Political; Except when it isn′ t
RM Yonk, RT Simmons. California Journal of Politics and Policy 6 (4), 2014
Renewable Portfolio Standards: Pennsylvania
R Simmons, RM Yonk, T Brough, J Fishbeck, D Mikkelsen, J Blotter. Institute of Political Economy, Utah State University, 2015
Utah’s Broadband Non-Adopters
RM Yonk. The Utah Tax Pyaer 39 (6), 2014
Renewable portfolio standards: Kansas
RT Simmons, RM Yonk, T Brough, K Sim, J Fishbeck. Utah State University Institute of Political Economy and Strata Policy, Logan, 2015
The empty intersection: why so little public choice in political science?
RT Simmons, RM Yonk. Public Choice 164, 45-56, 2015
Developing Together? Understanding the Interaction between, Amenity-Based Tourism, Agriculture, and Extractive Industries in the Northern Rockies
RM Yonk. Perspectives on Economic Development-Public Policy, Culture, and Economic …, 2020
Assessing Renewable Energy Loan Guarantees in the United States
RM Yonk. Sustainable Energy Investment—Technical, Market and Policy Innovations to …, 2021
Congressional Capitulation: War Power and the United States Congress
RM Yonk. J. Pol. & L. 9, 172, 2016
An ecological assessment of the Northern Yellowstone Range: introduction to the special issue
JC Mosley, J Fidel, HE Hunter, PO Husby, CE Kay, JG Mundinger, …. Rangelands 40 (6), 173-176, 2018
Political party impacts on direct democracy: The 2015 Greek austerity referendum
ME Hansen, WF Shughart, RM Yonk. Atlantic Economic Journal 45, 5-15, 2017
Politics and quality of life: the role of well-being in political outcomes
RM Yonk, JT Smith. Springer, 2018
Curricular and programmatic innovation at the intersection of business ethics and entrepreneurship
C Fawson, R Simmons, R Yonk. The challenges of ethics and entrepreneurship in the global environment 25 …, 2015
Human influences on the northern Yellowstone range
RM Yonk, JC Mosley, PO Husby. Rangelands 40 (6), 177-188, 2018
Building a quality of life index
RM Yonk, JT Smith, AR Wardle. Quality of Life and Quality of Working Life 71, 2017
Citizen involvement & quality of life: Exit, voice and loyalty in a time of direct democracy
RM Yonk, S Reilly. Applied Research in Quality of Life 7, 1-16, 2012
Green vs. Green: the political, legal, and administrative pitfalls facing green energy production
RM Yonk, RT Simmons, BC Steed. Routledge, 2013
Reliability of renewable energy: Solar
J Lofthouse, RT Simmons, RM Yonk. Institute of Political Economy, UtahState University, 2015
Exploring the case of The White Moustache: Entrepreneurship and regulatory capture in the milk products industry
RM Yonk, K Harris, RC Martin, B Anderson. Journal of entrepreneurship and public policy 6 (1), 41-59, 2017
Bootleggers, Baptists, and political entrepreneurs: key players in the rational game and morality play of regulatory politics
RT Simmons, RM Yonk, DW Thomas. The Independent Review 15 (3), 367-381, 2011
Boon or Bust: Wilderness Designation and Local Economies.
RM Yonk, BC Steed, RT Simmons, RC Martin. Journal of Private Enterprise 31 (3), 2016
The political impact of quality of life
RM Yonk. Georgia State University, 2011
Reliability of renewable energy: geothermal
J Lofthouse, RT Simmons, RM Yonk. Utah Institute of Political Economy, Report, 2015
Battlegrounds and budgets: State-level evidence of budget manipulation in competitive presidential election states
D Franklin, S Richey, RM Yonk. State and Local Government Review 45 (2), 108-115, 2013
The regulatory noose: Logan City’s adventures in micro-hydropower
M Hansen, RT Simmons, RM Yonk. Energies 9 (7), 482, 2016
Direct Democracy in the United States: Petitioners as a Reflection of Society
S Reilly, RM Yonk. Routledge, 2012
Reliability of renewable energy wind
J Lofthouse, RT Simmons, RM Yonk. The Institute of Political Economy (IPE): Utah State University, 2015
Disincentives to business development on the Navajo nation
RM Yonk, S Hoffer, D Stein. Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship 22 (02), 1750012, 2017
Exploring the policy implications of the surface mining control and reclamation act
RM Yonk, JT Smith, AR Wardle. Resources 8 (1), 25, 2019