"You don't have to fear defeat if you believe it may reveal powers that you didn't know you possessed." - Napoleon Hill
Publications
- "The Causal Effect of Regulation on Income Inequality across the U.S. states," European Journal of Political Economy, December 2023, 80, 102471. (Earlier versions were circulated under the title "Regulation and Income Inequality across U.S. States: A Causal Analysis.")
- "Non-Random Selection into Entrepreneurship in the Realm of Government Decentralization and Corruption," European Journal of Political Economy, June 2023, 78, 102377.
- "Regulation and Corruption: Evidence from the U.S." Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2021, 83, 0305-9049. (Earlier versions were circulated under the title "Regulation and U.S. State-Level Corruption.")
- "WTO Membership and Corruption," European Journal of Political Economy, December 2019, 60, 101806.
- “Governmental Decentralization and Corruption Revisited: Accounting for Potential Endogeneity,” Economics Letters, 2015, 136, 218-222.
WORKing paper
- TBA
Work in progress
- "Divided Government and Regulatory Constraints in the U.S."
- “Does Income Inequality Breed Bureaucratic Corruption among the U.S. States?”
- “Consumers’ Food Waste Behavior in the United States,” with Valerie Kilders (Purdue University).
NON-ACADEMIC/MEDIA WRITING
- “Educational Attainment in Wichita Falls – A Comparative Assessment,” with John Martinez, Wichita Falls Times Record News, Opinion Piece, February 4, 2024.
- "Personal Income Grew During COVID," with John Martinez, Wichita Falls Times Record News, Front Page Article, March 29, 2022.
- “Government Transfer Payments Saved Local Economy from Recession,” with John Martinez, Wichita Falls Times Record News, Opinion, December 12, 2021.