Working Papers:
Gonçalves, Felipe, Elisa Jácome, and Emily Weisburst. 2023. "Immigration Enforcement and Public Safety." National Bureau of Economic Research, NBER Working Paper #32109. Link
Cho, Sungwoo, Felipe Gonçalves, and Emily Weisburst. 2023. "The Impact of Fear on Police Behavior and Public Safety." National Bureau of Economic Research, NBER Working Paper #31392 (Revise and Resubmit, Review of Economics and Statistics). Link [Previously Titled: "Do Police Make Too Many Arrests? The Effect of Enforcement Pullbacks on Crime" (2021)]
Journal Articles:
Afrouzi, Hassan, Carolina Arteaga, and Emily Weisburst. 2024. "Is it the Message or the Messenger? Examining Movement in Immigration Beliefs." Journal of Political Economy: Microeconomics 2 (2). Link
Weisburst, Emily. 2023. "Whose Help is on the Way? The Importance of Individual Police Officers in Law Enforcement Outcomes" Journal of Human Resources 59 (4), 1122-1159. Link
Chalfin, Aaron, Ben Hansen, Emily Weisburst, and Morgan C. Williams, Jr. 2022. "Police Force Size and Civilian Race." American Economic Review: Insights 4 (2), 139-158. Link
Gompers, Paul, Vladimir Mukharlyamov, Emily Weisburst, and Yuhai Xuan. 2021. "Gender Gaps in Venture Capital Performance." Journal of Quantitative and Financial Analysis, 1-58. Link
Daugherty, Lindsay, Russell Gerber, Paco Martorell, Trey Miller, and Emily Weisburst. 2021. "Heterogeneity in the Effects of College Course Placement." Research in Higher Education 62, 1086-1111. Link
Weisburst, Emily. 2019. "Patrolling Public Schools: The Impact of Funding for School Police on Student Discipline and Long-term Education Outcomes." Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 38 (2), 338-365. Link
Weisburst, Emily. 2019. "Safety in Police Numbers: Evidence of Police Effectiveness from Federal COPS Grant Applications." American Law and Economics Review 21 (1), 81-109. Link
Weisburst, Emily. 2019. "Police Use of Force as an Extension of Arrests: Examining Disparities across Civilian and Officer Race." AEA Papers & Proceedings 109, 152-156. Link
Cunha, Jesse, Trey Miller, and Emily Weisburst. 2018. "Information and College Decisions: Evidence from the Texas GO Center Project." Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis 40 (1), 151-170. Link
Weisburst, Emily, Lindsay Daugherty, Paco Martorell, Trey Miller, and Jana Cossairt. 2017. "Innovative Pathways through Developmental Education and Post-Secondary Success: An Examination of Developmental Math Interventions Across Texas," The Journal of Higher Education 88 (2), 189-209. Link
Policy Memos:
Chalfin, Aaron, Benjamin Hansen, Emily Weisburst, and Morgan C. Williams, Jr. May 18, 2021. "When cities add cops, Black residents could have the most to gain - and the most to lose." Niskanen Center. Link
Gonçalves, Felipe and Emily Weisburst. 2020. "Economic Research on Racial Disparities in Policing." Econofact. Link
Weisburst, Emily. 2018. "Sentencing Reform Update: The Economic Case for the 'First Step Act.' " EconoFact. Link
Weisburst, Emily and Sandra Black. 2017. "The Economic Case for Sentencing Reform." EconoFact. Link
Teaching Materials:
Gompers, Paul and Emily Weisburst. 2010. "Charter Communications Bankruptcy." Harvard Business School Case Study, HBS N9-211-035, Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing. Link
Gompers, Paul and Emily Weisburst. 2010. "Founders Fund." Harvard Business School Case Study, HBS N9-211-040, Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing.