To date we have edited the following volumes (click on a title for contents and ordering information):

Public Private Partnerships

• Handbook on Public Private Partnerships in Transportation, Vol I., Springer-Nature. Editors: Simon Hakim and Erwin A. Blackstone. (2022)
• Handbook on Public Private Partnerships in Transportation Vol. II., Springer-Nature. Editors: Drs. Simon Hakim and Erwin A. Blackstone (2022)
• Public Private Partnerships: Construction, Protection, and Rehabilitation of Critical Infrastructure., Springer 2019. Editors: Robert M. Clark and Simon Hakim
• Public Private Partnerships in Transportation: Roads, Bridges, and Parking., Springer-Nature. Editors: Simon Hakim, Erwin A. Blackstone, and Robert M. Clark. (2022)

• Handbook on Public-Private Partnerships in Transportation: Roads, Bridges, and Parking, Vol. II., Springer-Nature. Editors: Simon Hakim, Robert M. Clark, Erwin Blackstone (2023)

• Handbook on Public and Private Security., Springer. Editors: Erwin Blackstone, Simon Hakim, Brian J. Meehan (2023)

Best Practices of Governors & Mayors:

• Safeguarding Homeland Security: Governors and Mayors Speak Out – Editors: Erwin A. Blackstone and Simon Hakim. Publisher: Springer, Science and Media Business, New York, N.Y. (2009)
  • A regional, market oriented governance for disaster management: A new planning approach
  • Product Flier / Book Order Form 
  • Introductory Chapter
  • News Release 
  • Book Review
  • Google Books
  • Security Letter  – March 2010
  • Local governments should engage everyone in the community to address major disasters. 
• Review of Innovations in E-Government: The Thoughts of Governors and Mayors 
  • Abstract 
  • This book was chosen as one of ten best books for public CIOs according to Government Technology Magazine, June 2008.
• The New Public Management: Lessons from Innovating Governors and Mayors. Editors: Paul Andrisani, Simon Hakim, and E. S. Savas. Publisher: Springer, 2002.
• Making Government Work: Lessons from America’s Governors and Mayors. Editors: Paul Andrisani, Simon Hakim, and Eva Leads. Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Inc., 2000.

Privatization of Public Services:

• Reinventing Water and Wastewater Systems: Global Lessons for Improving Management Paul Seidenstat, David Haarmeyer, and Simon Hakim, Wiley, 2002.
• Restructuring Education: Innovations and Evaluations of Alternative Systems Simon Hakim, Daniel J. Ryan, and Judith C. Stull, Praeger Publishers, 2000.
• Privatizing Education and Educational Choice Simon Hakim, Paul Seidenstat, and Gary W. Bowman, Praeger Publishers, 1994.
• Privatizing the United States Justice System Gary W. Bowman, Simon Hakim, and Paul Seidenstat, McFarland & Co., Publishers, 1992.
• Privatizing Correctional Institutions Gary W. Bowman, Simon Hakim, and Paul Seidenstat, Transaction Publishers, 1993.
• Privatizing Transportation Systems Simon Hakim, Paul Seidenstat, and Gary Bowman, Praeger Publishers, 1996.
• Privatizing Toll Roads Wendell Lawther, Praeger Publishers, 2000.
• Privatization and Competition in Telecommunications: International Developments Daniel J. Ryan, Praeger Publishers, 1997.
• Restructuring State and Local Services Arnold H. Raphaelson, Praeger Publishers, 1998.
• Smart Contracting for Local Government Services Kevin Lavery, Praeger Publishers, 1999.
• Privatization and Restructuring of Electricity Provision Daniel Czamanski, Praeger Publishers, 1999.
• America’s Water and Wastewater Industries: Competition and Privatization Paul Seidenstat, Michael Nadol and Simon Hakim, Public Utilities Reports, 2000.
• Management Innovations in Public Water and Wastewater Paul Seidenstat, Michael Nadol, Dean Kaplan, and Simon Hakim, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2005.
• Public-Private Partnerships and Their Potential for Construction, Protecting, and Rehabilitating Critical Infrastructures (with Robert Clark), Springer 2019.

Securing Critical Infrastructure:

• Cyber-Physical Security: Protecting Critical Infrastructure at the State and Local Level Robert M. Clark and Simon Hakim, Springer, 2016.
• Securing Transportation Systems Simon Hakim, Gila Albert, and Yoram Shiftan (editors).  John Wiley and Son, 2015.
• Securing Water and Wastewater Systems: Global Experiences Robert M. Clark and Simon Hakim, Springer, 2013.
• Handbook of Securing Water and Wastewater Systems Robert M. Clark, Simon Hakim, and Avi Ostfeld, Springer, 2011.
• Protecting Airline Passengers in the Age of Terrorism Paul Seidenstat and Francis X. Splane, Praeger, 2009.
• Protecting Critical Infrastructure Flier 
• Securing Water and Wastewater Systems: Global Experience – A book in the Book series on Protecting Critical Infrastructure with Springer. Series editors: Simon Hakim, Erwin A. Blackstone. Editors: Robert M. Clark and Simon Hakim. Publisher: Springer, Science and Media Business, New York, N.Y. (2014).
• Handbook of Securing Water and Wastewater Systems – Editors: Robert M. Clark, Simon Hakim, and Avi Ostfeld. Publisher: Springer, Science and Media Business, New York, N.Y. (2011).

Police, Prisons, and Crime:

• Securing Home and Business: A Guide to the Security Industry Erwin Blackstone and Simon Hakim, Butterworth-Heinemann, 1997.
• Police Services: The Private Challenge Erwin A. Blackstone and Simon Hakim, Policy Report, The Independent Institute, 1996.
• Prison Break: A New Approach to Public Cost and Safety Simon Hakim and Erwin A. Blackstone, Policy Report, The Independent Institute, 2014.

Chapters in Books

• “Private Policing: Experiences, Evaluation, and Future Direction” Erwin A. Blackstone and Simon Hakim, in Bruce Benson and Paul Zimmerman (editors), 2009.
• Handbook on the Economics of Crime Erwin A. Blackstone and Simon Hakim, in Bruce Benson and Paul Zimmerman (editors), Edward Elgar Publisher, 2010.

These volumes are part of the series “Privatizing Government: An Interdisciplinary Series,” which we edit for Praeger Publishers. All our publications contain a variety of articles written by researchers, practitioners, and members of groups directly involved in privatization such as government, business and labor organizations. We present diverse viewpoints, and cover all aspects of restructuring and privatization.

• “Making Government Work: Best Practices in Competitive Government”
• “Seizing the Opportunity of E-Government”
• "Homeland Security, Safety and Economic Development”

Members of the Center for Competitive government conduct research in various fields of privatization. Articles were written on police, prisons, highways and human services. The following are a few published articles.

• “No Child Left Behind in Foster Care“
• “Burglary Reduction and Improved Police Performance Through Private Alarm Response.” (with Brian Meehan and Erwin Blackstone.) International Review of Law and Economics, 63 September 2020.
• “Privatization of Alcohol Beverage Distribution in Pennsylvania” Temple Univeristy, 1991, Andrew J. Buck and Simon Hakim.
• “Auctioning Spirits Distribution in West Virginia and Pennsylvania” Temple University, 1997, Andrew J. Buck.
• “Do Burglars Calculate ROI? A Logistic Regression Analysis” Second Moment, Dr. Yochanan Shachmurove, Dr. Gideon Fishman, and Dr. Simon Hakim.
• “A Market Solutions to False Alarms” Privatization Watch, November 2002: 3 Erwin A. Blackstone and Simon Hakim.
• “Not Calling the Police (First): A Market for Response Would Lower the Public Cost of False Alarms” Cato Institute, Vol. 25 (1), Spring 2002: 16-19 Erwin Blackstone, Simon Hakim, and Uriel Spiegel.
• “The Economics of Crying Wolf”  The Milken Institute Review, A Journal of Economic Policy, Second Quarter, 2001: 40-46 Erwin Blackstone, Simon Hakim, and Uriel Spiegel.
• “Police Services: The Private Challenge” An Independent Institute Policy Report, Evaluation and Program Planning, Vol. 28, 2005: 233–242 Erwin A. Blackstone, Andrew J. Buck, and Simon Hakim.
• “Making Inroads in Private Highway Construction” American City & County Magazine, August 1999: 52-56 Simon Hakim and Erwin Blackstone.
• “Private Guard Response to Alarm Activation” Security Technology and Design, April 1995: 54-55 Simon Hakim.
• “Privately Managed Prisons Go Before the Review Board” American City & County Magazine, Vol. 111 (4), April 1996: 40-50 Simon Hakim and Erwin Blackstone.
• “Crying wolf with Public Safety” American City & County Magazine, Vol. 111 (10), August 1996: 54-64 Simon Hakim and Erwin Blackstone.
• “Private Ayes: A tale of four cities” American City & County Magazine, Vol. 112 (2), February 1997: PS4-PS12 Edwin Blackstone and Simon Hakim.
• “Evaluation of Alternative Policies to Combat False Emergency Calls” Evaluation and Program Planning, Vol.28 (2), 2005: 233-242 Andrew J. Buck, Erwin A. Blackstone, and Simon Hakim.
• “Privatizing adoption and foster care: Applying auction and market solutions” Children and Youth Service Review, Vol. 26, 2004: 1033-1049 Erwin A. Blackstone, Andrew J. Buck, and Simon Hakim.
• “A Market Alternative to Child Adoption and Foster Care” Cato Journal, Vol. 22 (3), Winter 2003: 485-494 Erwin A. Blackstone and Simon Hakim.
• “Funding the Local War on Terror: Dollars in Plain Sight” The Milken Institute Review: Journal of Economic Policy, First Quarter, January 2007: 46-56 Simon Hakim, Andrew J. Buck and Erwin A. Blackstone.
• “Economics of Emergency Response” Policy Sciences, 2007: 313-334 Erwin A. Blackstone, Andrew J. Buck, and Simon Hakim. (Word Format )
• “It takes a village” American City & County Magazine, March 2010: Erwin Blackstone and Simon Hakim.
• “Privatizing the Police.”  The Milken Institute Review: Journal of Economic Policy, Third Quarter, 2010: 54-61 Erwin A. Blackstone and Simon Hakim. Download the Manuscript 
• “Should police depts be privatized?” NPR interview with Dr. Simon Hakim, Marketplace, August 2010.
• “Market Forces, Budget Stresses Driving Police Privatization” Budget and Tax News Podcast with Dr. Simon Hakim, The Heartland Institute, September 2010.
• Private policing: experiences, evaluation and future direction Handbook on the Economics of Crime, 2010: (Ch. 15) 359-377 Erwin A. Blackstone and Simon Hakim. Edited by Bruce Benson and Paul Zimmerman.
• Privatization and subsidization of adoption services from foster care: Empirical evidence” (with Deutsch, Spiegel and Sumkin). Children and Youth Services Review. May.
• “Competition Versus Monopoly in the Provision of Police” Security Journal, Vol. 26 (2), 2013: 157-179 Erwin A. Blackstone and Simon Hakim.
• “Vandalism of Vending Machines: Factors that Attract Professionals and Amateurs”, (Co-authored), in Journal of Criminal Justice, vol. 31 (1), 2003: 85-95.
• “Privatization and subsidization of adoption services from foster care: Empirical evidence” Children and Youth Services Review, vol. 78, July 2017: 9-17 Clark Robert, Simon Hakim, and Srinivas Panguluri
•  “Protecting Water and Wastewater Utilities from Cyber-Physical Threats” (with Robert Clark, and Srinivas Panguluri). Water and Environment Journal (Wiley)
• “A Regional, Market Oriented Governance for Disaster Management: A New Planning Approach” (with Blackstone and Meehan). Evaluation and Program Planning, Vol. 64, Oct. 2017: 57-68 (forthcoming)
• “Do Casinos Enhance Crime?” (With A. Buck), Journal of Criminal Justice, vol. 17, (5) (Sept.) 1989: 409-416. Reprinted in Kathryn Hashimoto, 1996. Introduction to Casino Management, Kendall/Hunt Publishers: 463-469.
• “An Economic Model of Social Sensitivity: The Case of Individual Criminal Behavior”, (Co-authored), Journal of Quantitative Criminology, vol. 5 (4), Dec. 1989: 353-372.
• “Learning by Criming: Theoretical Analysis and Empirical evidence” (co-authored), Public Finance/Finances Publiques, vol. 45(1), 1990: 59-69.
• “What Should the Community Know About Alarm Systems?”, Security Journal, vol. 1 (2), 1990.
• “Casino, Crime, and Real Estate Values: Do they relate?” (Co-authored), Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, Vol. 28 (3), 1991: 288-303.
• “A Critical Review of Macro Models for Road Accidents” (co-authored) Accident Analysis & Prevention, Vol.23 (5), 1991: 379-400 (special issue).
• “A Von-Thunen Model of Crime, Casinos and Property Values in New Jersey” (co-authored), Urban Studies, Vol.28 (5), 1991: 673-686. (Lead article).
• “Suburban Burglaries, Alarms, and Loss Exposure” (co-authored), CPCU Journal, Vol. 45 (2), June 1992: 98-107.
• “Learning by Criming and Learning by Policing: Who Learns More?” Public Finance/Finances Publiques, (co-authored), vol.47 (2), 1992: 173-184. (Lead article).
• “Endogenous Crime Victimization, Taxes and Property Values” Social Science Quarterly (With Buck, and Spiegel), Vol. 74, (2), June 1993: 334-338
• “Are Discounts on Homeowners’ Premiums for Burglar and Fire Alarms Effective to Insurers?” (Co-authored), CPCU Journal, vol. 46 (2), June 1993: 107-111.
• “The Delphi Process as a Tool for Decision Making: The Case of Vocational Training of People with Handicaps” (with J. Weinblatt), Evaluation and Program Planning, vol. 16 (1), January 1993: 25-38.
• “Burglar Alarms and the Choice Behavior of Burglars: A Suburban Phenomenon” (with A. Buck and G. Rengert), Journal of Criminal Justice, Vol. 21 (5), October 1993: 497-507.
• “Using the Delphi Process to Analyze Social Policy Implementation: A Post Hoc Case from Vocational Rehabilitation” (co-authored), Policy Sciences, vol. 26 (4), 1993: 271-288. (Lead article).
• “An Analysis of Telephone Company Entry into Unregulated Markets: The Electronic Security Case”, (co-authored), Anti Trust Bulletin, 39 (3), fall 1994: 727-752.
• “Burglar and Fire Alarms: Costs and Benefits to the Locality”, American Journal of Economics and Sociology, vol. 54 (2) April 1995: 145-161.
• “Social Cost Benefit Analysis of Commercial and Residential Burglar and Fire Alarms”, Journal of Policy Modelling, vol. 18 (1) February 1996: 49-67.
• “A Social Cost Benefit Analysis of Residential Alarms”, Justice Quarterly, vol. 13 (1), April 1996: 153-170.
• “Costs and benefits of alarms to the community: burglary patterns and security measures in Tredyffrin Township, Pennsylvania”, Invited article. Security Journal, vol. 6. 1995: 197-204. Reprint at Robert D. McCrie (editor), 2002. Readings in Security Management: Principles and Practices, ASIS Foundation International: 311-319.
• “Spatial and Temporal Attributes of Commercial Burglaries”, American Journal of Economics and Sociology, vol. 55 (4), October, 1996: 443-456.
• “The Use of Household Survey Data: The Probability of Property Crime Victimization” (co-authored). Journal of Economic and Social Measurements, vol.24 (1), 1998: 1-13 (Lead article).
• “Burglary in Affluent Communities: A Planning Perspective”, Reducing Crime through Real Estate Development and Management, (with G. Rengert), Urban land Institute, Washington D.C., 1998: 39-52.
• “Target Search of Burglar: A Revised Economic Model”, Papers in Regional Science, (with G. Rengert and Y. Shachmurove), Vol. 80, May, 2001: 1-17 (Lead article). Also, U of Penn CARES Economics Working Paper 00-14.
• “The Economics of Crying Wolf”, (with Blackstone and Spiegel), The Milken Institute Review: A Journal of Economic Policy, May 2001: 40-46.
• “Not Calling the Police (First)” (with E. Blackstone), Regulation, spring 2002: 16-19.
• “Vandalism of Vending Machines: Factors that Attract Professionals and Amateurs”, (Co-authored), in Journal of Criminal Justice, vol. 31 (1), 2003: 85-95.
• “A Market Alternative to Child Adoption and Foster Care”, in The Cato Journal, (with E. Blackstone), Vol. 22 (3), winter, 2003: 485-494.
• “Evaluation of Alternative Policies to Combat False Emergency Calls”, in Evaluation and Program Planning. (With Blackstone, and Buck), vol. 28 (2), May 2005: 233-242.
• “Privatizing adoption and foster care: Applying auction and market solution”, in Children and Youth Services Review. (With Blackstone, and Buck), vol. 26 (11), 2004: 1033-1049.
• “Determinants of Airport Choice in a Multi-Airport region”, in Atlantic Economic Journal. (With Blackstone and Buck), vol. 34 (3), September 2006.
• “The Disturbance Model and Congestion in Emergency Response,” (With E. Blackstone, A. Buck, and U. Spiegel) in The Manchester School. Vol.75 (1), January 2007:104-121.
• “Funding the Local War on Terror: Dollars in Plain Sight”, in the Milken Institute Review: Journal of Economic Policy, (with E. Blackstone and A. Buck), January, 2007: 46-56.
• “Market Segmentation in Child Adoption”, International Review of Law and Economics, (With Blackstone, Buck, and Spiegel), vol. 28 (2008): 1-16.
• “Economics of Emergency Response”, Policy Sciences, (With Blackstone and Buck), vol. 40, 4, (2007): 313-334.
• “A Multivariate Poisson Model of Consumer Choice in a Multi-Airport Region”. IBusiness, (with A. Buck and E. Blackstone), vol. 1 (2), 2009: 85-98.
• “Privatizing the Police”. Milken Institute Review: Journal of Economic Policy, (with E. Blackstone), vol. 12 (3), 3rd Quarter, 2010: 54-61.
• “Competition versus Monopoly in the Provision of Police”. Security Journal, vol. 26 (2), April 2013: 157-179.
• “Differentiation in Police Services in City Neighborhoods” (with Tavor, Spiegel, and Blackstone). Managing Global Transitions, 12 (4), winter, 2014: 347-369.
• “A Regional, Market Oriented Governance for Disaster Management: A New Planning Approach” (with Blackstone and Meehan). Evaluation and Program Planning, Vol. 64, Oct. 2017: 57-68.
• “Privatization and subsidization of adoption services from foster care: Empirical evidence” (with Deutsch, Spiegel and Sumkin). Children and Youth Services Review, vol. 78, July 2017: 9-17.
• “Protecting Water and Wastewater Utilities from Cyber-Physical Threats” (with Robert Clark, and Srinivas Panguluri). Water and Environment Journal (Wiley)
• “No Child Stays Behind in Foster Care.” (with Meehan and Blackstone.) The Independent Review, fall 2021.

• Introduction to Privatization By Paul Andrisani and Simon Hakim.
• Description and Evaluation of Free Trade Zones By Simon Hakim and Erwin A. Blackstone, 2000.
• A Regional, Market Oriented Governance for Disaster Management: A New Planning Approach (with Blackstone and Meehan). Evaluation and Program Planning, Vol. 64, Oct. 2017: 57-68 57-68
• Protecting Water and Wastewater Utilities from Cyber-Physical Threats (with Robert Clark, and Srinivas Panguluri). Water and Environment Journal (Wiley), Forthcoming
• Public Provision of a Private Good: The Case of Police Response to Electronic Alarms 

• Kids Raised by the Government Ira M. Schwartz and Gideon Fishman, Praeger, 1999.
• Justice for All? Arye Rattner and Gideon Fishman, Praeger, 1998.