Publications
Published or forthcoming peer-reviwed papers
"Understanding the Rise of Regulation during the Progressive Era: What Role for Austrian Economics?" Essays in Economic & Business History 24 (4) (June 2024): 99-119.
"Do Experts and Laypersons Differ? Some Evidence from International Classical Music Competitions." (with Roberto Asmat and Karol J. Borowiecki). Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 214 (October 2023): 270-290. Latest unpublished verison available as SSRN Working Paper No. 4246573.
"Industry Size and Regulation: Evidence from US States." (with Patrick A. McLaughlin). Public Choice 192 (1-2): 1-29 (July 2022). Lead article. An earlier version is available as SSRN Working Paper No. 3848149.
"Coercion, Obnoxious Tasks, and Economic Efficiency." (with Soham Baski and Pinaki Bose). Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics 177 (1) (March 2021): 120-34.
"Did Early Twentieth Century Alcohol Prohibition Affect Mortality?" (with Mindy S. Marks). Economic Inquiry 58 (2) (April 2020): 680-97. An earlier version is available as SSRN Working Paper No. 3276349.
"The Labor Market Effects of Occupational Licensing Laws in Nursing." (with Mindy S. Marks). Industrial Relations 56 (4) (October 2017). 640-61.
"Political Centralization, Federalism, and Urban Development: Evidence from US and Canadian Capital Cities." (with Sukkoo Kim). Social Science History 40 (1) (Spring 2016): 121-46.
"From Certificaton to Licensure: Evidence from Registered and Practical Nurses in the United States." (with Mindy S. Marks). European Journal of Comparative Economics 10 (2), (August 2013): 177-98.
"Occupational Licensing and Minorities: A Reply to Klein, Powell, and Vorotnikov." (with Mindy S. Marks). Econ Journal Watch 9 (3) (September 2012): 234-55.
"What do Revolving Door Laws do?" (with Cheryl Long). Journal of Law and Economics 55 (2) (May 2012): 421-36.
"History, Institutions, and Cities: A View from the Americas." (with Sukkoo Kim). Journal of Regional Science 52 (1) (February 2012): 10-39.
"Revolving Door Laws and Public Utility Commissioners." (with Cheryl Long). Regulation and Governance 5 (4) (December 2011): 405-24.
"The Rise of the American Regulatory State: A View from the Progressive Era." (with Sukkoo Kim). In David Levi-Faur (ed.). Handbook on the Politics of Regulation. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar (2011): 113-128.
"Medical Licensing Board Characteristics and Physician Discipline: An Empirical Analysis." (with Zeynep K. Hansen). Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law 35 (1) (February 2010): 63-93. Earlier version available as NBER Working Paper No. 15140. This paper was summarized in the November 2009 issue of the NBER Digest and is featured as a "Finding" in the chapter on physician manpower in Paul Feldstein (2012). Health Economics: Seventh Edition (Cengage), p. 408.
"The Effects of Occupational Licensing Laws on Minorities: Evidence from the Progressive Era." (with Mindy S. Marks). Journal of Law and Economics 52 (2) (May 2009): 351-66. An earlier version is available as SSRN Working Paper No. 943765.
"Earmarked: The Political Economy of Agricultural Research Appropriations." (with Joseph M. Tonon and Gary J. Miller). Review of Agricultural Economics 30 (2) (Summer 2008): 194-213. Lead article. (NB: Review of Agricultural Economics was relaunched in 2010 as Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy). An earlier version is available as SSRN Working Paper No. 823525.
"The Political Economy of Truth-in-Advertising Regulation during the Progressive Era." (with Zeynep K. Hansen). Journal of Law and Economics 51 (2) (May 2008): 251-69. An earlier verison is available as NBER Working Paper No. 11927.
"How do Regulators Regulate? Enforcement of the Pure Food and Drugs Act, 1907-38." Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization 22 (2) (October 2006): 459-89. An earlier version is available as SSRN Working Paper No. 833944.
"The Strange Budgetary Politics of Agricultural Research Appropriations." (with Joseph M. Tonon). Public Budgeting and Finance 26 (3) (September 2006): 1-21. Lead article.
"The Determinants of Progressive Era Reform: The Pure Food and Drugs Act of 1906." (with Gary D. Libecap). In Edward L. Glaeser and Claudia Goildin (eds). Corruption and Reform: Lessons from America's Economic History. Chicago: University of Chicago Press (2006): 319-42. An earlier version is available as NBER Working Paper No. 10984.
"Specialization and Regulation: The Rise of Professionals and the Emergence of Occupational Licensing Regulation." (with Sukkoo Kim). Journal of Economic History 65 (3) (September 2005): 723-56. An earlier verison is available as NBER Working Paper No. 10467.
"The Origins of State Pure Food Regulation." Journal of Economic History 63 (4) (December 2003): 1103-1130.
Other publications
"Review of Dominic A. Pacyga Slaughterhouse: Chicago's Union Stock Yard and the World It Made." Journal of Economic History 77 (2) (June 2017): 618-20.
"Food and Drugs Regulation in the United States." In Paul J. Quirk and William Cunion (eds.). Governing America: Major Policies and Decisions of Federal, State, and Local Governments: Volume 1. New York, NY: Facts on File (2011)., pp. 126-31.
"Review of Jan McTavhish Pain and Profits: The History of the Headache and Its Remedies in America." EH.NET Economic History Services, May 2008.
"History of Food and Drug Regulation in the United States." Refereed entry for the EH.NET Encyclopedia of Economic and Business History, edited by Robert Whaples, October 2004.
"Specialization, Information, and Regulation in American Economic History." (Dissertation Summary) Journal of Economic History (June 2004), 64 (2): 558-562. Selected as one of three finalists for the 2003 Allan Nevins Prize for the best dissertation on an American economic history topic.