Research

Publications

12) "Ecological footprint and willingness to pay for green goods: Evidence from the Netherlands" (with Dakshina G. De Silva, Tiffany Head, and Rachel Pownall.) The Energy Journal. 2024, 45(1).

11) "Estimating Outcomes in the Presence of Endogeneity and Measurement Error with an Application to R&D" (with Dakshina G. De Silva, Timothy P. Hubbard, and Mike G. Tsionas.) The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 2023, 88: 278-294. 

10) “Firm Behavior and Pollution in Small Geographies” (with Dakshina G. De Silva, Robert McComb, and Aurelie Slechten.) European Economic Review, 2021, 136. 

9) “Do Localities Benefit from Extraction of Local Natural Resources?” (with Dakshina G. De Silva and Robert McComb.) The Energy Journal, 2020, 41(5): 163-189.  

Recipient of The Energy Journal’s Campbell Watkins Best Paper Award for 2020. 

8) “Entry, Growth, and Survival in the Green Industry” (with Dakshina De Silva, Timothy Hubbard, and Robert McComb) Regional Studies, 2017, 51(2) 1774-1785

7) “Entry and Exit Patterns of "Toxic" Firms” (with Dakshina De Silva and Timothy Hubbard.) The American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 2016, 98 (3): 881-909.

6) “What blows in with the wind?” (with Dakshina G. De Silva and Robert McComb.) The Southern Economic Journal. 2016, 82 (3):  826–858.

5) “Willingness-to-Pay for Climate Change Mitigation: Evidence from a China” (with Yujie Li, Xiaoyi Mu, and Baowei Zheng.) The Energy Journal. 2016, 37 (SI1): 179-194. 

4) “Do Production Subsidies Have a Wage Incidence in Wind Power?”  (with Dakshina G. De Silva and Robert McComb.) Applied Economics, 2013, 45(28): 3963-3972.

3) “Measuring Long-Run Economic Effects of Natural Hazard.” (with Robert McComb and Young-Kyu Moh.) Natural Hazards, 2011, 58(1): 559-566.

2) “The Impact of a Storm Surge on Business Establishments in the Houston MSA.” Natural Hazards (Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards), 2011, 56(1): 331-346.

1) “The Effect of Migration on Wages: Evidence from a Natural Experiment.” American Economic Review (Papers and Proceedings), (with Dakshina G. De Silva, Robert McComb, Young Kyu Moh, and Andrés J. Vargas.) 2010, 100 (2): 321-326.

Working Papers

"Tiebout Sorting and Toxic Releases" (with Dakshina De Silva, Aurelie Slechten, and Leonard Wolk.)

"Financing Climate Change Mitigation Projects: Cost and Environmental Performance of Government Green Bonds" (with Klenio Barbosa, Dakshina G. De Silva, Ali Hortaçsu, and Liyu Yang)

"Home Health Care Industry" (with Dakshina G. De Silva, Robert McComb, Hojin Jung, and Mike G. Tsionas.)

Working Progress

"School Choice, Oil Boom, and Education Outcomes" (with Aurelie Slechten)

"Information Disclosure and Complementarities: Evidence from Food Hygiene Ratings in the U.K." (with Dakshina G. De Silva, David Rietzke, and Hisayuki Yoshimoto.)

"Board Networks, Corporate Political Donations, and Environmental Performance" (with Mingyuan Chen, Dakshina G. De Silva, and Aurelie Slechten.)

"Tidal Wave Energy and Energy Independence: Evidence from Korea" (with Dakshina De Silva, Soon Cheul Lee, Inkoo Lee, and Aurelie Slechten)

"Cost of outsourcing green design in procurement projects" (with Dakshina G. De Silva, Matthew Gentry, and Pasquale Schiraldi.)