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"Do Political Affiliation and Economic Wellbeing Thwart Religious Identification in China?" with Zhengang "Michael" Xu, Journal of Demographic Economics, Vol. 91(2), 2025

"When user error calls for a product redesign: Poverty in the United States" Southern Economic Journal, Vol. 91(4), 2025

"Does Corruption Discriminate? Racial Opportunity Gap in the United States" with Oguzhan Dincer, Southern Economic Journal, Vol 91(3), 2025.

"Late-Arriving Votes and Electoral Fraud: A Natural Experiment and Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Bolivia" with Diego Escobari, World Development, Vol. 173, 2024. 

"Revisiting the effect of bank deregulation on income inequality" with Anna-Leigh Stone and William Hankins, Empirical Economics, Vol. 66(6), 2024. 

"How LT principles can improve diversity, inclusiveness, and student interest" with Ebonya Washington, Journal of Economic Education, Vol. 55(2), 2024

"Socially Conscious Investment Funds and Home Country Institutions" with Kamal Smimou, Economic Analysis and Policy, Vol 79, 2023

"Historical racial exclusion from board membership at the SEA, WEAI, MEA and EEA and their associated journals" with Miesha Williams, Southern Economic Journal, Vol. 88(3), 2022.

"Macroeconomic shocks and racial labor market differences" with Kuhelika De, Ryan Compton, and Daniel Giedeman, Southern Economic Journal, Vol. 88(2), 2021.

"How you can work to increase the Presence and Improve the Experience of Black, Latinx, and Native American People in the Economics Profession" with Amanda Bayer and Ebonya Washington, Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol 34(3), 2020.

"Do State Minimum Wages Affect the Incarceration Rate?" with Pallab Ghosh and Zexuan Liu, Southern Economic Journal, Vol. 86(3), 2020

“Partisan Determinants of Federal Highway Grants,” with William Hankins and Frank Goetzke, Review of Regional Studies, Vol. 49(3), 2019.

“What Crisis? Taking Stock of Management Researchers’ Experiences with and Views of Scholarly Misconduct” with Christian Hopp, Science and Engineering Ethics, Vol. 25(5), 2019. 

“Do Democratic Governors Lower Economic Freedom? A RegressionDiscontinuity Approach” with William Hankins, Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice, Vol.34(2), 2019.

“Banking and Inequality: US State Evidence,” with Chen Xu, Daniel Giedeman, and Ryan Compton, Social Science Journal, Vol. 55(4), 2018.

“More on Plagiarism in the Social Sciences,” with Brandli Stitzel and William Clark, Social Science Quarterly, Vol 99(3), 2018.

“More on the Black/White Income Gap and Economic Freedom,” with Daniel Giedeman and Ryan Compton, Public Finance Review, Vol.46(2), 2018.

“Party Polarization, Political Alignment, and Federal Grant Spending at the State Level” with Paul Pecorino and William Hankins, Economics of Governance, Vol. 18(4), 2017.

“How Prevalent is Academic Misconduct in Management Research?” with Christian Hopp, Journal of Business Research, Vol. (80),2017.

“A Note on Economic Freedom and Political Ideology,” with Ji Gu, Daniel Giedeman and Ryan Compton, Applied Economics Letters, Vol. 24(13), 2017.

“An Experimental Study of the Impact of Social Comparison on Investment,” with Erik Kimbrough, Social Science Quarterly, Vol. 97(2)June 2016.

“The Changing Nonlinear Relationship between Income and Terrorism” with Walter Enders and Todd Sandler, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Vol. 60(2) March 2016.

“The Impact of Economic Freedom on the Black/White Income Gap” with Daniel Giedeman and Ryan Compton, American Economic Review P&P, Vol. 105(5) May 2015.

“A Distributional Analysis of the Benefits of Economic Freedom” with Daniel Giedeman and Ryan Compton, European Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 33(1), March 2014.

“Elected Versus Appointed County Commission Executives: Race, Political Favors and Support Facilities” with Sondra Collins, Review of Black Political Economy, Vol. 40(4),December 2013.

“TheNon-Linear Relationship between Terrorism and Poverty” with Walter Enders, American Economic Review P&P, Vol. 102(8), May 2012. 

“Panel Evidence on Economic Freedom and Growth in the United States” with Ryan Compton and Daniel Giedeman, European Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 27(3),September 2011.

“More on Non – White Poverty and Growth” with Sondra Collins and Mehmet Yaya, Journal of Income Distribution, Vol. 20(1),March 2011.

 “Racial/Ethnic Income Inequality Responses to Government Maintenance Programs in the US” with Mehmet Yaya, Public Finance Review, Vol. 39(3), May 2011.

“Gender Differences in Income Inequality among Immigrants to the United States” with Mehmet Yaya, Social Science Journal, Vol.47, September 2010.

 “Racial/Ethnic Differences in Income Inequality across US Regions” with Mehmet Yaya, Review of Black Political Economy, Vol.37(2), June 2010.

“Income Inequality and the Business Cycle: A Threshold Cointegration Approach” with Daniel Giedeman and Sel Dibooglu, Economic Systems, Vol. 33(3), September 2009.

“The determinants of Laws Restricting Youth Access to Tobacco” with Junsoo Lee and Craig Gallet, Contemporary Economic Policy, Vol. 27(1),January 2009.

 “Elected versus Appointed School District Officials: Is there a Difference in Student Outcomes?” Public Finance Review, Vol. 36(5), September2008.

 “Plagiarism and Its Impact on the Economics Profession” with Daniel Arce and Walter Enders, Bulletin of Economic Research, Vol. 60(3), July 2008.

“Non – White Poverty and the Macro-economy: The Impact of Growth” with Walter Enders and Donald G. Freeman, American Economic Review P & P, May 2008.

“Plagiarism in Economics: A Survey of Economists,” with Walter Enders, Challenge, Vol. 49(5),September/October 2006.

“Putting out Fires: An Examination of the Determinants of State Clean Indoor-Air Laws,” with Craig Gallet and Junsoo Lee, Southern Economic Journal, Vol. 73(1),July2006.

“Group Welfare and the Formation of a Common Labor Market: Some Global Results,” with Paul Rothstein, International Tax and Public Finance, Vol.13(1), January 2006.

“The Political Determinants of Federal Expenditure at the State Level,” with Paul Pecorino, Public Choice, Vol.123, April 2005

“Poverty, Non-White Poverty, and the Sen Index,” with John Formby, Review of Income and Wealth, Vol. 50(4), December 2004.

“Whose Line is it?: Plagiarism in Economics,” with Walter Enders, Journal of Economic Literature, Vol. XLII (2), June 2004.

 “The Impact of Non-Revenue Maximizing Factors on State Level Cigarette Tax Rates,” Contemporary Economic Policy, Vol.21(3), July 2003.

“The Effect of Robust Growth on Poverty: A Nonlinear Analysis,” with Walter Enders,  Applied Economics, Vol. 35(9),June 2003.

“Privatization of Refuse Removal and Labor Costs,” with James Peoples, Journal of Labor Research, Vol.24(2), Spring 2003.

“Salary Determinants of Entry Level Academic Economists and the Characteristics of those Hired on the Tenure Track,” with John Formby, Eastern Economic Journal, Vol. 28(4),Fall 2002.

“The Impact of  Demographics on Policy Outcomes Under Varying Institutional Frameworks,” Economics and Politics, Vol.14(2), July 2002.

 “Economic Growth and Poverty in the United States,” with John Formby, Journal of Income Distribution, Vol.10(2), November 2001.

 “Market Structure and Racial Earnings: Evidence from Displaced Workers,” with Jackie Agesa and Richard U. Agesa, American Economic Review P&P, May 2001.