Publications
School Boards and Education Production: Evidence from Randomized Ballot Order
(with Ying Shi)
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 15, no. 1 (2023): 438-472.
Horizontal Differentiation and the Policy Effect of Charter Schools
(with Michael Gilraine and Uros Petronijevic)
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 13, no. 3 (2021): 239-276.
Test-based Accountability and the Effectiveness of School Finance Reforms
(with Christian Buerger and Seung Hyeong Lee) (online appendix)
AEA Papers and Proceedings 111 (2021): 455-459.
The Competitive Effects of Entry: Evidence from Supercenter Expansion
(with Peter Arcidiacono, Paul B. Ellickson, and Carl F. Mela)
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 12, no. 3 (2020): 175-206
The Fiscal Externalities of Charter Schools: Evidence from North Carolina
(with Helen F. Ladd)
Education Finance and Policy 15, no. 1 (2020): 191-208.
Incentives and the Supply of Effective Charter Schools
American Economic Review 109, no. 7 (2019): 2568-2612.
School Boards and Student Segregation
(with Hugh Macartney)
Journal of Public Economics 164 (2018): 165-182.
The Empirical Economist’s Toolkit: From Models to Methods
(with Matthew T. Panhans)
History of Political Economy 49, annual suppl. (2017): 127-157.
Putting Dollars Before Scholars? Evidence from For-Profit Charter Schools in Florida
Economics of Education Review 58 (2017): 43-54
History of Political Economy 47, annual suppl. (2015): 199-226.
"Money is a Sterile Thing": Martin Luther on the Immorality of Usury Reconsidered
History of Political Economy 43, no. 4 (2011): 683-698.