My Research

PUBLICATIONS

Disclosure Policy Design and Regulatory Agent Behavior. 2024. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 106 (1), 118-144.

Spoiled Food and Spoiled Surprises: Inspection Anticipation and Regulatory Compliance. 2021. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 190, pp. 348-365.

Disclosure Policies in Inspection Programs: The Role of Specific Deterrence. 2020. Economics Letters 196.

Mandatory Disclosure, Letter-Grade Systems, and Corruption: The Case of Los Angeles County Restaurant Inspections. 2020. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 172, pp. 292-313. (Online Appendix)

The Effect of Information Salience on Product Quality: Louisville Restaurant Hygiene and Yelp.com. 2020. Journal of Industrial Economics 68 (1), pp. 52-92.

Inspection Regimes and Regulatory Compliance: How Important is the Element of Surprise? 2019. Economics Letters 177, pp. 30-34.

"Crime" on the Field. (with Carl Kitchens and Le Wang) 2019. Southern Economic Journal  85 (3), pp. 821-864.

Are You Hiring Johnny Football or Johnny Doe? Uncertain Labour Quality and the Measurement of Monopsony in College Football. 2018. Applied Economics 50 (22), pp. 2415-2430.

SELECTED RESEARCH IN PROGRESS

Pretextual Traffic Stops and Racial Disparities in their Use. (Revise & Resubmit at American Economic Journal: Economic Policy)

Anticipated Monitoring, Inhibited Detection, and Diminished Deterrence 

Making the Violation Fit the Punishment? Safety Regulation, Punishment Severity, and Law Enforcer Behavior