PUBLICATIONS

The COVID-Compassion Bump: A Case of Environmentally Induced Inclusive Classroom Leadership (with Greg Thrasher and Cynthia Miree) - Submitted

Enmity or Empathy? Women and the Toxic Culture in Economics (with Vanaja Pernankil**) - R&R

Housing Affordability and Migration Choice Among US Urban Areas (with Jonathan Silberman) - Resubmitted

Couch-Locked with the Munchies:  Effects of Recreational Marijuana Laws on Exercise and Nutrition (with Shooshan Danagoulian, Monica Deza, and Thomas Wilk) - NBER working paper no. 33176 [press coverage: Chicago Booth Review] - R&R

Rent Control and the Supply of Affordable Housing (with Christina Stacy, Timothy Komarek, Christopher Davis, Alena Stern, Owen Noble, Jorge Morales-Burnett, and Amy Rogin) Journal of Housing Economics. 68, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhe.2025.102063 

A Double Negative: Capitalizing on Assessment Regressivity (with Andrew McAllister** and Timothy M. Komarek) - forthcoming in Public Finance Review

Higher Education Decision on Covid-19 Vaccine Mandate (with Jonathan Silberman and Ram Orzach) Applied Economics Letters. 30(7), 2023. 

The Munchies: The Effect of Marijuana Legalization and Food Consumption in Washington (with Cooper Hazel**) Southern Economic Journal. 89(1), 2022.

Flooding and the Value of Agricultural Land. Land Economics. 97(1), 2021.

Decreasing Delinquency through Assessment Reductions: Evidence from Detroit. Journal of Urban Affairs. 43(5), 2021.

Changes in the Benefits of the Taxable Value Cap when Property Values are Decreasing: Evidence from Michigan (with Charles Ballard and Mark Skidmore) Public Finance and Management. 18(4), 2018.    

Stategraft (with Bernadette Atuahene) Southern California Law Review. 91(2), 2018. [press coverage: VICE News Tonight on HBO, The Washington Post, The New York Times, Democracy Now! Thomson Reuters Foundation News  abc NEWS]

The Land Value Gradient in a (Nearly) Collapsed Urban Real Estate Market (with Mark Skidmore and Gary Sands) Land Economics. 93(4), 2017.

Capitalizing on Neighborhood Enterprise Zones: Are Detroit Residents Paying for the NEZ Homestead Exemption? (with Timothy M. Komarek) Regional Science and Urban Economics. 61, 2016. [referenced in: Chicago Policy Review]

Assessment Inequity in a Declining Housing Market: The Case of Detroit (with Daniel McMillen,  Mark Skidmore, and Gary Sands) Real Estate Economics. 45(2), 2016

Assessment Growth Limits and Mobility: Evidence from Home Sale Data in Detroit, Michigan. (with Mark Skidmore and Gary Sands) National Tax Journal. 68(3), 2015.

Tax Base Erosion and Inequity from Michigan’s Assessment Growth Limit: The Case of Detroit. (with Mark Skidmore, Gary Sands, and Daniel McMillen) Public Finance Review. 43(5), 2015. 

Detroit Property Tax Delinquency: Social Contract in Crisis. (with James Alm, Gary Sands, and Mark Skidmore) Public Finance and Management. 14(3), 2014.

The Effect of Ethanol Plants on Residential Property Values: Evidence from Michigan.  Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy. 41(2), 2011.

Property Value Assessment Growth Limits and Redistribution of Property Tax Payments: Evidence from Michigan. (with Mark Skidmore and Charles Ballard) National Tax Journal. 63(3), 2010.

WORKING PAPERS AND WORK IN PROGRESS

Property Tax Delinquency and Foreclosure Contagion (with Andrew McAllister**)

Unfair Advantage: Assessment Growth Limits and Non-Residential Property (with Kevin Guo**)

Unanticipated Property Tax Shocks, Tax Delinquency, and the Role of Conventional Mortgages (with Fernanda Alfaro and Jacob Shepard)

My Cap Runneth Over: The Spillover Effect of Assessment Growth Limits on Renters (with Samuel Xie**)

Online Reviews for a Commodity Good (with John Kim, Aswini Sivakumar, and Vijayan Sugumaran)

Legalization, Libations, and Location: Transaction Costs as a Determinant in the Relationship between Marijuana and Alcohol (with Thomas Wilk)

Homegrown Externalities: Cannabis Cultivation and Neighboring Property Prices (with Thomas Wilk and Aditya Patel**)

OTHER FINISHED PAPERS/REPORTS

Property Tax Math Makes Homebuying Even Harder (with Mark Skidmore), Detroit Free Press (September 13, 2023)

Rent Control: Key Policy Components and Their Equity Implications (with Christina Plerhoples Stacy, Jorge Morales-Burnett, Eleanor Noble, and Timothy Komarek), Urban Institute (2021) 

Inclusionary Zoning: How Different IZ Policies Affect Tenant, Landlord, and Developer Behaviors (with Christina Plerhoples Stacy, Jorge Morales-  Burnett, Eleanor Noble, and Timothy Komarek), Urban Institute (2021) 

Memo on Detroit Property Tax System. January 2017.

Barry County Financial Analysis and Forecast Report. Report for Barry County. March 2014.

Not All Property Taxes Are Created Equal: Inequity From Policy and Practice. PhD Dissertation. Michigan State University. July 2013.

A Hedonic Analysis on the Effect of Transmission Lines on Agricultural Property Values: Evidence from Michigan. Report Prepared for ITC Holdings Corp. October 2012. 

Inventory of State Job Creation and Job Retention Incentives, 2010. Policy Brief. East Lansing: North Central Regional Center for Rural Development, Michigan State University. 2011.

The Production and Provision of Public Safety Services. Report for Lapeer County. 2011

A Hedonic Analysis on the Effect Power Lines Have on Property Values: Evidence from St. Clair County. Report Prepared for ITC Holdings Corp. November 2010.

Berrien County Migration: Where Are the Residents Going? 2009