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Research fields<\/strong>: coordination problems in macroeconomic and microeconomic theory<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Expertise<\/strong>:
\n\u2022 interaction of economic and political processes
\n\u2022 government size
\n\u2022 fiscal policy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Selected publications:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cPolitical Competition, Party Structure and Economic Growth: Theory and Evidence from Indian States\u201d\u00a0<\/a>European Journal of Political Economy<\/em>\u00a0with Bharatee Dash January 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Political Partisanship and the Economic Outcomes: Canada, 1870-2020”<\/a> (with Marcel Voia) CESifo Economic Studies<\/em>\u00a0(2024) Vol. 70, Issue 2, pp. 84-98.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBetween election rivalry and the agency costs of government: the effectiveness of party competition across Indian States, 1957 \u2013 2018\u201d<\/a> (with Bharatee Dash) Public Finance Review<\/em> (online 2023).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cInequality, Transaction Costs and Voter Turnout:  evidence from Canadian Provinces and Indian States”<\/a> (with Bharatee Dash and Marcel Voia) Public Choice<\/em> (2023) Vol 194 Issue 3-4, pp. 325-346.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDo Rival Political Parties Enforce Government Efficiency? Evidence from Canada, 1867 \u2013 2021\u201d<\/a> (with Marcel Voia) European Journal of Political Economy\u201d <\/em>(2023) Vol. 77 Issue 2, pp. xx.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDoes a Swing Voter Model with Voter Turnout reflect the closeness of Indian State Elections: 1957 – 2018?\u201d<\/a> (with Bharatee Dash) Applied Economics <\/em>(2023) Vol 55, No. 6, pp.594-602.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOn the Structure of the Political Party System in Indian States, 1957-2018\u201d<\/a> (with Bharatee Dash) Constitutional Political Economy <\/em>(2023) Vol 34. Issue 1, pp., 1-25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cElections, Economic Outcomes and Policy Choices in Canada: 1870 \u2013 2015\u201d<\/a> (with Marcel Voia) Applied Economics<\/em> Vol.53, No. 16, pp. 1840-1855, (2021).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Is the Aggregate Size of Government in Canada Too Large?”<\/a> (with Marcel-Cristian Voia), Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), <\/em>Vol. 173, No.4 (December 2017), pp. 723\u2013752.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFixed Versus Flexible Election Cycles: Explaining Innovation in the Timing of Canada\u2019s Election Term\u201d<\/a> (with Derek Olmstead), Constitutional Political Economy,<\/em> Vol. 28, No. 2 (February 2017), pp. 117\u2013141.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Duverger-Demsetz Perspective on Electoral Competitiveness and Fragmentation: with Application to the Canadian Parliamentary System, 1867\u20132011\u201d<\/a> (with Stanley L. Winer and Bernard Grofman), in Maria Gallego and Norman Schonfield (eds.), The Political Economy of Social Choices,<\/em> New York: Springer Publishing, (September 2016). pp. 93\u2013122.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe E\ufb00ect of Federal Government Size on Private Economic Performance in Canada: 1870\u20132011\u201d<\/a> (with Marcel-Cristian Voia), Economic Modelling, <\/em>Vol. 45, No. 2 (June, 2015). pp. 172\u2013185.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGovernment Size, Government Debt and Economic Performance with Particular Reference to New Zealand\u201d<\/a>, Economic Record, <\/em>Vol. 90, No. 290 (September 2014), pp. 365\u2013381.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDo Canadian Business Cycle Peaks Predict Federal Election Calls?\u201d<\/a> (with Marcel-Cristian Voia), European Journal of Political Economy,<\/em> Vol. 29, No. 1 (March, 2013), pp. 102\u2013118.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat are the Significant Determinants of Entrepreneurship?\u201d<\/a> (with Marcel-Cristian Voia), International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business<\/em>, Vol. 17, No.4 (October 2012), pp. 415\u2013454.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39692,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cu_people_first_name":"J. Stephen","cu_people_last_name":"Ferris","cu_people_initials":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_people_type":[320,445,323,32],"cu_people_expertise":[],"class_list":["post-215","cu_people","type-cu_people","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cu_people_type-emeritus-faculty","cu_people_type-ocgse","cu_people_type-research-associates","cu_people_type-with-fgpa-supervisory-status"],"acf":{"cu_people_job_title":"Distinguished Research Professor","cu_people_degree":"B.Com., M.A. (Toronto), Ph.D. (UCLA)","cu_building":"","cu_people_office_num":"","cu_people_pronoun":"","cu_people_designation":"","cu_people_email":"steve.ferris@carleton.ca","cu_people_phone":"","cu_people_phone_ext":"","cu_people_linkedin":"","cu_people_bluesky":"","cu_people_twitter":"","cu_people_instagram":"","cu_people_facebook":"","cu_people_website":"","cu_people_orcid":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_people"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52801,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/215\/revisions\/52801"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_people_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_type?post=215"},{"taxonomy":"cu_people_expertise","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_expertise?post=215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}