Research

PUBLISHED PAPERS

Could tariffs be pro-cyclical?, with James Lake (Southern Methodist University), Journal of International Economics 103 (2017), 124-146.

Domestic political competition and pro-cyclical import protection, with James Lake (Southern Methodist University), Review of International Economics 24:3 (2016), 564-591.

Costly distribution and the near-equivalence of tariffs and quotas, with James Lake (Southern Methodist University), Public Choice 165:3-4 (2015), 211-238.

Measuring faculty teaching effectiveness using conditional fixed effects, with Jim Monks (University of Richmond), The Journal of Economic Education 49:4 (2018), 324-339.

Learning effects of the flipped classroom in a principles of microeconomics course, with Erik Craft (University of Richmond), The Journal of Economic Education  51:1 (2020), 1-18.

WORKING PAPERS

The persistence of regional trade agreement impacts on FDI, with Saleha Jilani (Haverford College)

Offshoring and the Choice of Foreign Supply Structure with Repeated Incomplete Contracts

Product quality proliferation and differentiation in export markets

Product quality and tariff pass-through, with Scott Sommers (Berkeley Research Group)

WORK IN PROGRESS

The tariff-jumping effect revisited: regional economic integration, trade costs, and competition for FDI, with Saleha Jilani (Haverford College) and Caleb Wroblewski (Federal Reserve Board)

Trade liberalizations and their impact on foreign versus domestic investment, with Andrea Waddle (University of Richmond)

The role of government preferences in tariff fluctuations, with James Lake (Southern Methodist University)

The exporter's choice of products for foreign markets