Published Research
CHRONOLOGICAL LIST
2023
Emotional Cues and Violent Behavior: Unexpected Basketball Losses Increase Incidents of Family Violence (with A Cardazzi, B Humphreys, Z Rodriguez), Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization [link]
Measuring a Contract’s Breadth: A Text Analysis (with J. Hall, Y. Zhou), American Journal of Economics and Sociology [link]
District Attorney Compensation and Performance (with G. DeAngelo and M. Stockham), International Review of Law and Economics [link]
AACSB Accreditation and Student Demand (with M. Cameron and K. Starr), Southern Economic Journal [forthcoming]
Alaska's Ban on Sentence Bargaining, Contemporary Economic Policy [forthcoming}
2022
Behavioral Economics and Public Choice: Introduction to a Special Issue (with G DeAngelo), Public Choice [link]
Athletics and Admissions: The Impact of the Penn State Football Scandal on the Quality of University Admissions (with C Johnson), Journal of Sports Economics [link]
Not as I Do: Hypocrisy Aversion and Optimal Punishment (w/ G DeAngelo, M Makowsky), Research in Experimental Economics [link]
Ransom Kidnapping (with C. Detotto and M. Vannini) , Encyclopedia of Law and Economics
2021
Informational Value of Challenging an Incumbent Prosecutor, Southern Economic Journal link
Do Governors Lead or Follow? Timing of Stay-at-Home Orders, Eastern Economic Journal link
Stay-at-Home Orders Were Issued Earlier in Economically Unfree States (w/ J Hall), Southern Economic Journal link
Debundling Accountability: Prosecutor and Public Defender Elections in Florida, Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice link
Charitable Giving for Cultural Goods: Asymmetric Gender Responses to Votes on Tax Increases, (w/ A Neto), Economics Letters link
2020
Wine Descriptions Provide Information: Using Text Analysis to Evaluate Wine Descriptions, Journal of Wine Economics link
Shill Bidding and Trust (w/ E Minuci), Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance link
Judicial Elections and Criminal Case Outcomes (w/ G DeAngelo), Journal of Legal Studies link
Individual Competence and Committee Decision Making: Experimental Evidence (w/ P Walker), Southern Economic Journal link
Psychological Game Theory in Public Choice (w/ G DeAngelo), Public Choice link
Consolidation of Prosecutor Offices (w/ C Detotto), Journal of Law and Courts link
2019
A Million Dollars in Free Advertising: Politics and Sex Offense Prosecution in the Wake of Duke Lacrosse, Supreme Court Economic Review (w/ M Wilson) link
Readability and Research Impact, Economics Letters link
The Impact of Microfinance on Pro-Social Behaviors: Experimental Evidence of Public Goods Contributions in Uganda, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (w/ Z. Rodriguez) link
Political Competition in Judge and Prosecutor Elections (w/ G DeAngelo) Eureopean Journal of Law and Economics link
Intergroup Solidarity and the Breakdown of Prosociality (w/ G DeAngelo, R. Romaniuc, D. Dubois) Economics of Governance link
Minimum Quality Standards and Entrepreneurial Innovation, Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy link
Prosecutors and Plea Bargains (invited book chapter), System of Pleas link
Providing Partisan Affiliation in Judicial Elections, Political Economy of the Carolinas link
2018
Arbitration in Classical Athens, Constitutional Political Economy link
Taking on the Boss: Informative Contests in Prosecutor Elections, Journal of Public Economic Theory (w/ J Pruitt) link
Contracts and Trust: Complements or Substitutes, Journal of Institutional Economics (w/ C Asaad, M Wilson) link
Leadership and Motivation for Public Goods Contributions, Scottish Journal of Political Economy link
Social Norms and Cooperation, International Journal of Economic Theory link
2017
Judicial Compensation and Performance, Supreme Court Economic Review (w/ G DeAngelo) link
Theory of Mind Explains Cooperative Behavior, Economics Letters (w/ G DeAngelo) link
The Source of Deviant Behavior, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (w/ G DeAngelo, P Ferrell) link
Flying Blind: Voter Information and Prosecutor Behavior, Criminology, Criminal Justice, Law & Society (w/ S Bandyopadhyay) link
Who Pays Taxes? Liturgies and the Antidosis Procedure in Ancient Athens, Constitutional Political Economy link
Role of Personality Style on Bargaining Outcomes, International Journal of Social Economics (w/ J Stevens) link
Economic Freedom and Public, Non-Market Institutions: Evidence from Criminal Prosecution, Economics of Governance (w/ C Detotto) link
2016
Endogenous Competence and a Limit to the Condorcet Jury Theorem, Public Choice (w/ P Walker) link
Public Outcry and Police Behavior, Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy (w/ G DeAngelo) link
Condorcet Jury Theorems, Handbook of Social Choice and Voting (invited book chapter) link
Financial Competence, Overconfidence, and Trusting Investments: Results from an Experiment, Journal of Economics and Finance (w/ C Asaad and M Wilson) link
2015
Bargaining in the Shadow of Arbitration, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (w/ R Marselli & M Vannini) link
Evidence of Marginal Deterrence: Kidnapping and Murder in Italy, International Review of Law and Economics (w/ C Detotto and M Vannini) link
Born for Finance? Experimental Evidence of the Impact of Finance Education, Journal of Behavioral Finance (w/ J Peterson) link
Prosecutorial Retention: Signaling By Trial, Journal of Public Economic Theory (w/ S Bandyopadhyay) link
Replacement Referees and NFL Betting Markets, Journal of Gambling Business and Economics link
Ransom Kidnapping, Encyclopedia of Law and Economics (w/ C Detotto and M Vannini) link
2014
Finance Education and Social Preferences: Experimental Evidence, Journal of Experimental and Behavioral Finance link
The Effect of the Election of Prosecutors on Criminal Trials, Public Choice (w/ S Bandyopadhyay) link
*** winner of the Duncan Black Prize
Pawn Stars: Putting Theories of Negotiations to the Test, European Journal of Contemporary Economics and Management (w/ J Stevens)
Trust, Reciprocity, and a Preference for Economic Freedom: Experimental Evidence, Journal of Institutional Economics link
Understanding Ransom Kidnappings and Their Duration, Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy (w/ C Detotto, M Vannini) link
Do Economists Play Well With Others? Experimental Evidence on the Relationship between Economics Education and Pro-Social Behavior, American Economist link
*** winner of the Szenburg Prize
2013
Prosecutor Elections, Mistakes, and Appeals, Journal of Empirical Legal Studies
Re-election Concerns and the Failure of Plea Bargaining, Theoretical Economics Letters (w/ S Bandyopadhyay)
Deal-Making in Pawn Stars: Testing Theories of Bargaining, Journal of the Northeastern Association of Business, Economics & Technology (w/ J Stevens)
2012
The Origin of Democracy in Athens, Review of Law and Economics
Trade Embargo and Quality, Progress in Economics Research (book)
The Value of Multiple Reviews, Applied Economics
Supermajority Rules and the Swing Voter's Curse, Economics Bulletin
2011
Strategic Offsetting Behavior: Evidence from NCAA Men's Basketball, Contemporary Economic Policy
Jury Size in Classical Athens, Kyklos
Coordination between a Sophisticated and Fictitious Player, Journal of Economics
Sophisticated Enforcement and Adaptive Offenders, International Game Theory Review
The Distortion of Criminal Evidence, Journal of Economic Policy Reform
Teaching Austrian Economics in Austria as a Non-Austrian: A Note, Journal of Economic and Financial Education
2010
The Median Juror and the Trial of Socrates, European Journal of Political Economy link
Homicide Trials in Classical Athens, International Review of Law and Economics link
2009
Can the Majority Lose the Election?, Review of Economic Design
Do Less Violent Technologies Lead to Less Violence? A Theoretical Investigation Applied to the Use of Tasers by Law Enforcement, Economics
Consumer Mistakes in Bertrand Games, International Game Theory Review
Multi-Unit Pricing, Managerial and Decision Economics
Differentiating Between First and Repeat Offenders, Contemporary Economic Policy
Mathematical Miscalculations and Monopoly Pricing Strategies, Eastern Economic Journal
2008
Excessive Labour Raiding, Economica
The Quality-Quantity Tradeoff, Eastern Economic Journal
Can You Beat A Fictitious Player at Matching Pennies?, Journal of Economics, Banking, and Finance
2007
Rock Paper Scissors, Journal of Economics
Using Game Theory and the Bible to Build Critical Thinking Skills, Journal of Economics Education
An Economic Theory of College Alcohol and Drug Policies, New York Economic Review
2006
The (Un)beatable Incumbent, Journal of Business and Public Affairs
2004
The Impact of a Trade Embargo on Quality, Economics Bulletin
Optimization Modeling of Plant Root Architecture for Water and Phosphorus Acquisition, Journal of Theoretical Biology (w/ M Ho and J Lynch)