Publications

  1. “Will Columbus Miss the Crew?” (with Frank Stephenson). 2020. New York Economic Review, in production.
  2. “Expenditure Effects from the 2010 Washington Soda Tax,” (with Adam Hoffer). 2020. Review of Regional Studies, 50, 127-141.
  3. “The Impact of Certificate of Need Laws on Emergency Department Wait Times,” (with Molly Myers, Creighton Undergraduate Student). 2020. Journal of Private Enterprise, 35, 59-75.
  4. “Service Trade Liberalization and Economic Growth,” (with Kristie Briggs). 2019. Journal of Developing Areas, 53, 101-114.
  5. “Was Adam Smith Right About Religious Competition?” (with Peter J. Boettke and Joshua C. Hall). 2016. Forum for Social Economics, 1-10.
  6. “It’s a Small World After All: Internet Access and Institutional Quality,” (with Andrew T. Young). 2014. Contemporary Economic Policy 1-19.
  7. “Foreign Aid, Institutional Quality, and Growth,” (with Andrew T. Young). 2014. European Journal of Political Economy 36, 195-208.
  8. “Vend It Like Beckham: David Beckham’s Effect on MLS Ticket Sales,” (with Robert A. Lawson and E. Frank Stephenson). 2008. International Journal of Sport Finance 3(4), 189-195.

Works in Progress

  1. “Gender, Race, and Income: The Divergent Effect of Regulation on the Distribution of Wealth and Access to the Economy” (with Diana Thomas) (conditional acceptance, book chapter)
  2. “Economic Institutions and the Economy” (conditional acceptance, book chapter – Salem Press)
  3. “Impact of Special Events and Fan-Player Bonding on Identified Fan Consumption – A Study of Professional Soccer in the United States” (with Diego Gutierrez, Kristie N. Briggs, and James J. Zboja), Under Review
  4. “University Pharmaceutical Innovation: Characterizing University-Driven Research Patents” (with Kristie N. Briggs and Molly Myers, Creighton University student)
  5. “Property Rights, Gender Barriers, and Economic Development” (with Colin O’Reilly)
  6. "Phony Federalism: Fiscal Decentralization Under a Centralized Constitution" (with George R. Crowley)