Research

“The Geography of Brewery Entry after Beer Relegalization in Spring 1933.” Forthcoming in Geography of Beer: Policies, Propaganda, and Place, edited by Mark W. Patterson, Nancy Hoalst-Pullen (Heidelberg: Springer Dordrecht).

“The Entrepreneurial Response to Beer Legalization in 1933 Prior to the End of Prohibition.”(with Eline Poelmans and Evan Hayne) Business History (advance online publication May 16, 2023). 

"Factors Influencing the Timing and Type of State Level Alcohol Prohibitions Prior to 1920" (with Eline Poelmans, John Dove, and Ranjit Dighe). Public Choice (2022).  

"Adjusting the Lights: Prohibition was not Flipped on and off like a Switch"  (with Eline Poelmans). Essays in Economic and Business History (2022).  

"Estimates of Employment Gains Attributable to Beer Legalization in Spring 1933" (with Eline Poelmans, Samuel Raisanen, and Andrew C. Holt).  Explorations in Economic History 84 (April 2022): 101427.   Version here is one accepted for publication September 2021.

“The Impact of China's Fiscal and Monetary Policy Responses to the Great Recession: An Analysis of Firm-Level Chinese Data.” (with Wenjun Xue and Hakan Yilmazkuday). The Journal of International Money and Finance 101 March (2020): 1- 20. 

“Belgium’s Historic Beer Diversity: Should we Raise a Pint to Institutions?” (with Eline Poelmans) The Journal of Institutional Economics 15 August (2019): 695-713. 

“The Long Run Effect of Geographically Staggered Legalizations: Was there a First-Adopter Advantage for States that Legalized Beer More Quickly in 1933?” (with Eline Poelmans and Samuel Raisanen) Essays in Economic and Business History 37 (2019): 106-119. 

“Recovery from the Asian Financial Crisis: TheImportance of Non-Monetary Financial Factors” (with Wenjun Xue) Asian-Pacific Economic Literature 32, Issue 2 (2018): 27-41.

“Cartel Attributes and Cartel Performance: The Impact of Trade Associations.” (with Robert Schuldt) Journal of Industrial Economics 66 (2018): 1-29.

“The Politics of Beer: Analysis of the Congressional Votes for the Beer Bill of 1933.” (with Eline Poelmans and John Dove). Public Choice 174 (2018): 81-106. 

“Have Stimulus Policies Historically met the ‘Timely, Targeted, and Temporary’ Principle?”  (with Andrea Castillo) Essays in Economic and Business History 35 (2017): 143-179.

“Keynesbiscuit, Marketariat, and the Fool in the Shower: Metaphors for Teaching Policy Lags in Macroeconomics Principles.” (with Jerry L. Taylor) Journal of Economics and Finance Education 16 (2017): 12-18.

“Recovery Spring, Faltering Fall: March to July1933.” (with Todd C. Neumann) Explorations in Economic History 61 (2016): 54-67.  Download PDF on button at bottom of screen.

“Fiscal Contraction and Economic Expansion: The 2013 Sequester and Post-World War II Spending Cuts” (with Ronald L. Klingler) Cato Journal 36 (Winter 2016), pp. 69-88. 

 “Marginal Tax Rates and U.S. Growth: Flaws in the 2012 CRS Study.” (with Jerry L. Taylor) Cato Journal 34 (Winter 2014): 33-46.

“The Effect of Institutional Regime Change Within the New Deal on Industrial Output and Labor Markets” (with Todd C. Neumann) Explorations in Economic History 50 (2013): 582-598.

“Comparisons of Weekly Hours over the Past Century and the Importance of Work-Sharing Policies in the 1930s” (with Todd C. Neumann and Price Fishback.  American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings 103 (May 2013): 105-110.

“Product Characteristics and the Effectiveness of Dow’s Countermeasure for Predatory Pricing” (with Mona Moldoveanu and Jerry L. Taylor) International Journal of the Economics of Business (February 2013): 1-14.  Awarded Best Paper in IJEB for 2013. 

“Net Exports and the Avoidance of High Unemployment During Reconversion, 1945-1947” (with Steve McLean and Bharati Basu) Journal of Economic History 71 (2011): 444-454.

“Work-Sharing During the Great Depression: Did the‘President’s Reemployment Agreement’ Promote Reemployment?” Economica 78 (2011): 133-158.

“The Welfare Impact Of Collusion Under Various Industry Characteristics: A Panel Examination Of Efficient Cartel Theory" The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy: Vol. 10: Iss. 1 (Contributions), Article 97 (2010).

“Did New Deal and World War II Public Capital Investments Facilitate a 'Big Push' in the American South?” (with Fred Bateman and Jamie Ros) Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics 165 (2009): 307 - 341.

“Anatomy of a Cartel: The National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933 and the Compliance Crisis of 1934.” (with Peter Klein) Research in Economic History 26 (2008): 235-271.

“Cartel Code Attributes and Cartel Performance: An Industry-level Analysis of the National Industrial Recovery Act.” The Journal of Law and Economics 50 (2007): 597-624.

“Buy Here! Buy Now: The Rise and Fall of the Patriotic Blue Eagle Emblem, 1933-1935.”  Essays in Economic and Business History XXV (2007): 117-130. Awarded Best Paper in EEBH, 2007.

“The New Deal Goes to War: The Role of the Alphabet Agencies in World War II Mobilization.” Essays in Economic and Business History XXII (2004): 241-255.

“The New Deal at War: Alphabet Agencies’ Expenditure Patterns, 1940-1945.” (with Fred Bateman) Explorations in Economic History 40 (2003): 251-277.

 “Was ‘V’ for Victory or Votes? A Public Choice Analysis of World War II Federal Spending” (with Fred Bateman).  Public Choice CXIV (2003): 161-174. 

 “The Output Effects of Government Sponsored Cartels During the New Deal.” The Journal of Industrial Economics L (2002): 1-10.

“Labor Unions: Victims of Their Political Success?” (with James T. Bennett)  Journal of Labor Research XXII (2001): 261-274.

“By Our Bootstraps: Origins and Effects of the High-Wage Doctrine and the Minimum Wage” (with George Selgin) Journal of Labor Research XX (1999): 447-61.