Published Papers
Understanding the Unequal Costs of Native American Homeownership (with H. Banga and D. Feir), Journal of Housing Economics, 2026, 102-122 [CFPB Working Paper]
Agglomeration Spillovers from Native Nations: Evidence from Casino Reopenings (with A. Zhang and E. Charette). AEA Papers and Proceedings, Volume 115, 2025, 438-444 [Longer Working Paper]
The Tribal Digital Divide: Extent and Explanations (with A. Bauer and D. Feir). Telecommunications Policy, Volume 46, Issue 9, 2022, 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]
Working Papers
New 2020 Census Rules Make it Harder to Navigate Native American Data (with H. Trostle & C. Liebler), 2023.
Does Common Property Eliminate Inequality: Evidence from the Eastern Cherokees, 1893-1904 (with M. Miller), 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][2], Missoulian [1]
Other Publications, Policy Reports and Book Reviews
Book Review of Colleen O'Neil's Waging Sovereignty, The Journal of Economic History (forthcoming)
Tribes embrace Section 105(l) leasing to generate facility funding (with P. Gover), 2026 [CICD Web Article]
Native CDFI relending program expands access to affordable homeownership in Indian Country (with H. Kell), 2025 [CICD Web Article]
As demand for Native CDFIs surges, their capacity lags (with M. Kokodoko, S. Carpenter and J. Melton), 2025 [CICD Web Article]
After the Affordable Connectivity Program, home Internet access on tribal lands tick up (with H. Trostle), 2024 [CICD Web Article]
Tax code constraints limit tribal tax-exempt bonding, 2024 [CICD Web Article]
Native Americans pay more to finance home purchases than White borrowers (with C. Mohr), 2024 [CICD Web Article]
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]