Published Papers
The Tribal Digital Divide: Extent and Explanations (with A. Bauer and D. Feir). Telecommunications Policy, Volume 46, Issue 9, 1-19 [Web Article]
Race and Agriculture during the Assimilation Era: Evidence from the Eastern Band of Cherokees (with M. Miller). Demographic Research, Volume 46, Issue 37, May 2020, Pages 1109-1136.
The Long-Term Effects of American Indian Boarding Schools. Journal of Development Economics, Volume 130, 2018, Pages 17-32. [JDE paper] [online appendix] [Data & Stata Code][Coverage in Marginal Revolution]
The Price of Cherokee Removal (with D. Wishart) Explorations in Economic History, Volume 49, Issue 4, October 2012, Pages 423-442. [URL to EEH] [Data & Supplementary Info.] [Coverage in Kevin Lewis] [Coverage in Wikipedia] [Coverage in Most Downloaded EEH Articles]
The Political Economy of American Indian Allotment Revisited (with D.M. Cooper). Journal of Business & Economics Research, Volume 8, Issue 5, May 2010, Pages 89-104.
The Technical Efficiency of Cherokee Agriculture: A Pre- and Post-Removal Analysis. The Journal of Socio-Economics, Volume 38, Issue 5, October 2009, Pages 826-833. [URL to J Socio Econ][1835 Cherokee Census]
Cultural Persistence as Behavior Towards Risk: Evidence from the North Carolina Cherokees, 1850-1880. The Journal of Income Distribution, Volume 18, Issue 2, June 2009, Pages 1-20. [URL to JID]
Market Orientation and the Multi-Factor Productivity of Cherokee Farmers before Removal. Essays in Economic & Business History, Volume 23, 2005, Pages 20-30. [URL to Essays]
Presentations
The Unequal Costs of Native American Homeownership (with H. Banga & D. Feir), Freddie Mac Rural Symposium
Working Papers
New 2020 Census Rules Make it Harder to Navigate Native American Data (with H. Trostle & C. Liebler), 2023.
The Unequal Costs of Native American Homeownership (with H. Banga & D. Feir), 2023.
Inequality in Rural Settings: Evidence from the Eastern Band of Cherokees, 1893-1904 (with M. Miller), 2022.
Spillover Effects from Tribal Enterprises: Evidence from Covid-19 Casino Reopenings (with A. Zhang & E. Charrette), 2022.
The Effects from Land Reform: Evidence from American Indian Allotment, November 2019
The Impact of People-Based Policies on a Vulnerable Population: Evidence from American Indian Relocation (with Mindy Miller), November 2019 [LOI]
Media Coverage
Tribal Business News [1],[2][3],[4], Bond Buyer [1], Voice of America [1], Marketplace [1], MarketWatch [1], Indian Country Today [1], Missoulian [1]
Other Publications, Policy Reports and Book Reviews
How much did Native American Life Expectancy Drop during Covid-19? (with Jeff Burnette), 2023 [Econofact Web Article]
Federal Contracting's Expanding Revenue Role in Indian Country (with L. Chavis & E. Moreno), 2022. [CICD Web Article]
Native American Funding and Finance Atlas is a new economic development for Indian Country (with C. Mohr & V. Palmer), 2022. [CICD Web Article]
Naive Americans are Getting Left Behind in the Remote Work Economy (with R. Maxim), 2022 [Brookings Web Article]
Take-Up of New Market Tax Credits increases in Indian Country, with potential for far more (with M. Kokodoko & E. Moreno), 2022 [CICD Web Article]
An Urgent Priority: Accurate and Timely Indian Country Data (with C. Lozar and R. Nunn) , 2022. [CICD Web Article]
Separate but Unequal: How Tribes, unlike States, face Major Hurdles to Access the Most Basic Public Finance Tools, 2021. [Brookings Web Article]
Examining Tribal Enterprises to Understand Native Economic Development (with E. Moreno), 2021. [CICD Web Article]
One Year into COVID-19, Pandemic's Negative Effects Persist in Indian Country (with C. Lozar), 2021. [CICD Web Article]
Institutional Support Sways Tribal Opinions of Groundbreaking Bank, 2021. [CICD Web Article]
The Economic Impact of Arts-Based After-School Programs (with R. Gupta & M. Bach-Coulibaly). Rhode Island College & University Research Collaborative, 2014. [Final Report] [Research Brief][Research Summary]
Shortchanged: Uncovering the Value of Pre-Removal Cherokee Property. Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 83, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 320-335. [URL to OK History Soc]
Book Review of C. Joseph Genetin-Pilawa's Crooked Path to Allotment: The Fight Over Federal Indian Country after the Civil War, The Journal of Economic History, Volume 75, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 601-602[URL to JEH]
Book Review of Geoff Cunfer’s On the Great Plains: Agriculture and Environment. Eh.net, April 2006. [URL to EH.NET]
Book Review of George H. Odell’s La Harpe’s Post: A Tale of French-Wichita Contact on the Eastern Plains. The Journal of Economic History, Volume 63, Issue 1, March 2003, Pages 272-273.[URL to JEH]