Publications
Targeting Inflation Targeting: The Influence of Interest Groups, with Jac Heckelman (Wake Forest), Public Choice, 2021, 189: 533-554.
The Rise and Decline of a University, with David Rapach, in Ellen Carnaghan and Kathryn E Kuhn (eds.) Power and Protest at an American University: No Confidence, No Fear; Routledge. Forthcoming.
The Growth-Maximizing Level of Regulation: Evidence from a Panel of International Data, with Jac Heckelman (Wake Forest), European Journal of Political Economy, 2019, 59: 354-368.
Occupy SLU: The Case of the Clock Tower Accords (leadership ethics case, with Gregory Beabout); case (large file), teaching notes; Global Jesuit Case Series, June 2018. Video presentation (2016)
Fractionalization and Economic Freedom, with Jac Heckelman (Wake Forest), Public Finance Review, 2018, 46(2): 158-176 .
Occupy SLU Collection: Introduction and Overview, with Gregory Beabout (SLU), Jesuit Higher Education, May 2017, 6(1): 2-3. SLU Newslink article.
Occupy SLU: Exchange, Entrepreneurship, Virtue, Jesuit Charism, with Gregory Beabout (SLU), Jesuit Higher Education, May 2017, 6(1): 19-32.
Interest Groups, Democracy, and Policy Volatility, with Jac Heckelman (Wake Forest), Contemporary Economic Policy, April 2016, 34(2): 223-233.
Sustainability and the Proper Role of Business Leaders: Economics, Moral Philosophy, and Jesuit Education, with Gregory Beabout, Journal of Jesuit Business Education, Summer 2014, 5: 51-69.
Interest Groups and the "Rise and Decline" of Growth, with Jac Heckelman (Wake Forest), Southern Economic Journal, October 2014, 81: 435-456.
Institutions, Lobbying, and Economic Performance, with Jac Heckelman (Wake Forest), Economics & Politics, November 2013, 25: 360-386.
Special-Interest Groups and Growth, with Dennis Coates (UMBC) and Jac Heckelman (Wake Forest), Public Choice, 2011, 147: 439-457. (Submitted 08.09, revisions requested 12.09, resubmitted 01.10, accepted 03.10.)
Pulmonary Diffusion and Aerobic Capacity: Is There A Relation? Does Obesity Matter? with Gerald S. Zavorsky, Acta Physiologica, 2010, 198: 499-507. (Submitted 07.09, revisions requested 09.09, resubmitted 11.09, accepted 11.09.)
Sex, Girth, Waists and Hips (What Matters for Gas Exchange in Extreme Obesity?) with Gerald S. Zavorsky, Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology, January 2010, 170: 120-122. (Revisions requested, resubmitted, and accepted 10.09.)
The Political Economy of Investment: Sclerotic Effects from Interest Groups, with Dennis Coates (UMBC) and Jac Heckelman (Wake Forest), European Journal of Political Economy, 2010, 26: 208-221. (Submitted 02.09, resubmitted 11.09, accepted 12.09.)
Determinants of Interest Group Formation, with Dennis Coates (UMBC) and Jac Heckelman (Wake Forest), Public Choice, December 2007, 133: 377-391. (Submitted 09.06, revisions requested 11.06, resubmitted 02.07, accepted 05.07.)
Interest Group Activity and Long-Run Stock Market Performance, with Dennis Coates (UMBC), Public Choice, December 2007, 133: 343-358. (Submitted 12.06, revisions requested 02.07, resubmitted 03.07, accepted 04.07.)
Special-Interest Groups and Volatility, with Dennis Coates (UMBC) and Jac Heckelman (Wake Forest), Economics Bulletin, August 21, 2007, 1-13.
Student-Faculty Interactions and College Student Outcomes, with Shelia Cotten, Higher Education, June 2006, Vol. 51, No. 4, 487-519. (Submitted 05.04, revisions requested 06.04, resubmitted 07.04, accepted 07.04.)
Diversification of Risk and Growth, Macroeconomic Dynamics, June 2004, Vol. 8, No. 3, 335-361. (Submitted 06.01, revisions requested 01.02, resubmitted 08.02, more revisions requested 03.03, resubmitted 05.03, accepted 07.03.)
Asset Returns in an Endogenous Growth Model with Incomplete Markets, with Tom Krebs, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, January 2004, Vol. 28, Issue 4, 817-839 (Submitted 08.00, revisions requested 09.01, resubmitted 05.02, accepted 02.03.)
Diversification of Risk and Saving, The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Autumn 2003, Vol. 43, Issue 4, 697-712.
Work in Progress
Interest Groups and the Policy Response to Banking Crises
Aid, Reform, and Interest Groups, with Jac C Heckelman. Submitted 07.2023