Research

Publications

1. "Women's Property Rights Equality and Entrepreneurial Activity," (with Colin O'Reilly). 2024. Contemporary Economic Policy. 

2. “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). 2022. Sports Business and Management: An International Journal, 12(4).

3. “Will Columbus Miss the Crew?” (with Frank Stephenson). 2020. New York Economic Review, 51, 16-22.

4. “Expenditure Effects from the 2010 Washington Soda Tax,” (with Adam Hoffer). 2020. Review of Regional Studies, 50, 127-141.

5. “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.

6. “Service Trade Liberalization and Economic Growth,” (with Kristie Briggs). 2019. Journal of Developing Areas, 53, 101-114.

7. “Was Adam Smith Right About Religious Competition?” (with Peter J. Boettke and Joshua C. Hall). 2016. Forum for Social Economics, 1-10.

8. “It’s a Small World After All: Internet Access and Institutional Quality,” (with Andrew T. Young). 2014. Contemporary Economic Policy 1-19.

9. “Foreign Aid, Institutional Quality, and Growth,” (with Andrew T. Young). 2014. European Journal of Political Economy 36, 195-208.

10. “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.

Book Chapter

1. “Gender, Race, and Earnings: The Divergent Effect of Occupational Licensing on the Distribution of Earnings and Access to the Economy,” (with Diana Thomas). (2020) Regulation and Economic Opportunity: Blueprints for Reform. Center for Growth and Opportunity.

Works in Progress

• 1. “Gender, Property Rights and Economic Growth: Including Women’s Rights in Studies of Growth” (with Colin O’Reilly) 

  2. “Women’s Economic Freedom, Factors of Production, and Economic Growth” (with Colin O’Reilly)

  3. “Women Empowerment: Globalization and its Effects on Women’s Rights” (with Taylor Rowland, Creighton undergraduate student)

  4. “Municipal Bonds, Wildfire Risk, and Cost of Issuing: Is the Market Pricing Climate Risk?” (with Melissa Woodley)

  5. “The Impact of Drug-Induced Homicide Laws on Unintentional Drug Overdose Rates” (with Audrey Redford and Angela Dills)