Working Papers
Importing the Opioid Crisis? International Trade and Fentanyl Overdoses (with Ben Hansen and Will Olney), November 2023. Available as NBER Working Paper No. 31885. Revisions requested, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy.
The Place-based Redistribution of Disability Insurance (with Amanda Michaud and David Wiczer), March 2023.
Tariffs, Transport Costs, and Tax Evasion (with Kyle Handley), July 2020.
Publications
Opioid Use, Mortality Risks and Crime: Insights from a Rapid Reduction in Heroin Supply (with Kevin Schnepel). Review of Economics and Statistics, forthcoming.
Shaping the Habits of Teen Drivers (with Todd Morris). American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, forthcoming.
Disability Insurance Income Saves Lives (with Alexander Gelber, Alexander Strand and Zhuan Pei). Journal of Political Economy, 131(11): 3156-3185, 2023.
Guns and Violence: The Enduring Impact of Crack Cocaine Markets on Young Black Males (with William Evans and Craig Garthwaite), Journal of Public Economics, 206(104581), 2022.
Causes and Consequences of Illicit Drug Epidemics (with Rosalie Pacula). In David Marcotte and Klaus Zimmermann (eds.) Economics of Risky Behavior, Handbook in Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics, Springer Nature, Cham Switzerland (2021). Available as NBER Working Paper No. 29528. [Invited]
The Mortality Effects of Retirement: Evidence from Social Security Eligibility at Age 62 (with Maria Fitzpatrick). Journal of Public Economics, 157: 121-137, 2018.
The Effect of Disability Insurance Payments on Beneficiaries' Earnings (with Alexander Gelber and Alexander Strand). American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 9(3): 229-61, 2017. Web Appendix
The White/Black Educational Gap, Stalled Progress, and the Long-term Consequences of the Emergence of Crack Cocaine Markets (with William N. Evans and Craig Garthwaite). Review of Economics and Statistics, 85(5): 832-847, 2016. Web Appendix
The Employment Effects of Terminating Disability Benefits Journal of Public Economics,104: 30-43, 2015. Web Appendix
Can Celebrity Endorsements Affect Political Outcomes? Evidence from the 2008 U.S. Democratic Presidential Primary (with Craig Garthwaite). Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, 29(2): 355-384, 2013. Web Appendix
Liquidity, Economic Activity, and Mortality (with William N. Evans). Review of Economics and Statistics, 94(2): 400-418, 2012. Web Appendix
The Short-Term Mortality Consequences of Income Receipt (with William N. Evans). Journal of Public Economics, 95(11-12): 1410-1424, 2011. Web Appendix