REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES

1. Carlin, P.R., Dixon, B. E., Simon, K. I., Sullivan, R., & Wing, C. (2026). How Undervalued is the Covid-19 Vaccine? Evidence from Discrete Choice Experiments and VSL Benchmarks. American Journal of Health Economics. Forthcoming.
   
   

2. Ceh, L., Herrmann, K., Munari, S., Sullivan, R., & Véronneau, S. (2026). Securing critical maritime and Navy infrastructure: A workforce analysis of the Navy Security Forces. Journal of Transportation Security. Forthcoming.
   
   

3.  Rogers, S., Sullivan, R., Véronneau, S., & Weldin, W. (2026). Finding the next Navy SEALs: using big data to predict training success. Journal of Transportation Security. 19 (8). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12198-025-00318-7.
   
   

4.  Kniesner, T. J., Sullivan, R., & Viscusi, W. K. (2025). The Military VSL. Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, 1–28. doi:10.1017/bca.2025.10045.
   
   

5. Gian, C., Gupta, S., Simon, K., Sullivan, R., & Wing, C. (2025). Do Workers Undervalue COVID-19 Risk: Evidence from Wages and Death Certificate Data. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty. 69 (1), 281-321.
    

6. Carlin, P., Raman, S., Simon, K. I., Sullivan, R., & Wing, C. (2024). Mask Mandate Costs. Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis. 15 (1), 163–191.  
   
   

7. Bacolod, M., Heissel, J., Laurita, L., Molloy, M., & Sullivan, R. (2022). Mothers in the Military: Effect of Maternity Policy on Take-Up. Demography, 59 (2), 787-812. 

8. Armey. L., Kniesner, T., Leeth, J., & Sullivan, R. (2022). Combat, Casualties, and Compensation: Evidence from Iraq and Afghanistan. Contemporary Economic Policy, 40 (1), 66-82.

9. Robinson, L., Sullivan, R., & Shogren, J. (2021). Do the Benefits of COVID-19 Policies Exceed the Costs? Exploring Uncertainties in the Age-VSL Relationship. Risk Analysis, 41 (5), 761-770.

10. Kniesner, T. & Sullivan, R. (2020). The Forgotten Numbers: A Closer Look at Covid-19 Non-Fatal Valuations. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 61 (2), 155-176.
    
    
    

11. Ackerman, A., Porter, B., & Sullivan, R. (2020). The Effect of Combat Exposure on Veteran Homelessness. Journal of Housing Economics,  49, 101711.

12. Sullivan, R., Dubnicki, A., & Dutkowsky, D. (2018). Research, Teaching, and “Other”: What Determines Job Placement of Economics Ph.D.s?. Applied Economics, 50 (32), 3477-3492.     

13. Lavin, C., McNab, R., & Sullivan, R. (2017). The Long Term Effects of an Aging Fleet on Operational Availability and Cost: Evidence from the U.S. Coast Guard. Defence and Peace Economics, 28 (6), 634-651.

14. Dutkowsky, D. & Sullivan, R. (2017). Excise Taxes, Over-Shifting, Cross-Elasticity, and Tax Revenue. Applied Economics Letters, 24 (2), 113-116.

15. Rohlfs, C., Sullivan, R., & Kniesner, T. (2016). Reducing Risks in Wartime Through Capital-Labor Substitution: Evidence from World War II. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 52 (2), 163-190.

16. Hanson, A. & Sullivan, R. (2016). The Incidence and Salience of Alcohol Taxes: Do Consumers Overreact?. Public Finance Review, 44 (3), 344-369.

17. Eriksen, M., Kniesner, T., Rohlfs, C., & Sullivan, R. (2016). Toward More General Hedonic Estimation: Clarifying the Roles of Alternative Experimental Designs with an Application to a Housing Attribute. Regional Science and Urban Economics, 57, 54-62.

18. Rohlfs, C., Sullivan R., & Kniesner, T. (2015). New Estimates of the Value of a Statistical Life Using Air Bag Regulations as a Quasi-Experiment. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 7 (1), 331-359.

19. Hong, S. & Sullivan R. (2015). The Effects of Subsidies for Childbearing on Migration and Fertility: Evidence from Korea. Singapore Economic Review, 60 (3), 1-16.

20. Rohlfs, C., Sullivan, R., Treistman, J., & Deng, Y. (2015). Using Combat Losses of Medical Personnel to Estimate the Value of Trauma Care in Battle: Evidence from World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan. Defence and Peace Economics, 26 (5), 465-490.

21. Rohlfs, C., Sullivan, R., & McNab, R. (2015). Can the president really affect economic growth? Presidential effort and the political business cycle. Economic Inquiry, 53 (1), 240-257.

22. Dutkowsky, D. & Sullivan, R. (2014). Excise Taxes, Over-shifting, Consumer Demand, and Tax Revenue. Public Budgeting and Finance, 34 (3), 111-125.

23. Cunha, J., Sullivan, R., Can, M. & Yalcinkaya, H. (2014). Expedited Citizenship for Sale: Estimating the Effect of Executive Order 13269 on Non-citizen Military Enlistments. Applied Economics, 46 (11), 1291-1300.

24. Rohlfs, C. & Sullivan, R. (2013). A Comment on Evaluating the Cost-Effectiveness of Armored Tactical Wheeled Vehicles.  Defence and Peace Economics, 24 (5), 485-494.

25. Rohlfs, C. & Sullivan, R. (2013). The Cost-Effectiveness of Armored Tactical Wheeled Vehicles for Overseas U.S. Army Operations. Defence and Peace Economics, 24 (4), 293-316.

26. Sullivan, R. & Dutkowsky D. (2012). The Effect of Cigarette Taxation on Prices: An Empirical Analysis using Local-Level Data. Public Finance Review, 40 (6), 687-711. Winner of the 2012 Outstanding Paper Award selected by PFR Editorial Board.

27. Hanson, A. & Sullivan R. (2009). The Incidence of Tobacco Taxation: Evidence from Geographic Micro-Level-Data. National Tax Journal, 62 (4), 677-698.

REFEREED BOOK CHAPTERS:

28. Kniesner, T., Leeth, J., & Sullivan, R. (2015). A New Approach to Evaluate Safety and Force Protection Investments: The Value of a Statistical Life. In Melese, F, Richter, A., & Solomon B. (Eds.), Military Cost-Benefit Analysis: Theory & Applications. Taylor & Francis (Routledge).

OTHER PUBLICATIONS:

29. Kniesner, T., Sullivan, R., & Viscusi, K. (2024). Why troops in combat jobs should get higher danger pay than others. Military Times, October 31, 2024. 

30. Carlin, P., Raman, S., Simon, K., Sullivan, R., & Wing, C. (2024). Costs of Mask Mandates. Cato Institute: Research Briefs in Economic Policy. No. 399. September 4, 2024.
    
    

31. Kniesner, T., Sullivan, R., & Viscusi, K. (2023). What are 750,000 Senior Covid Deaths Worth?. Regulation, 45 (8), 8-10.
    
    

32. Henderson, D. & Sullivan R. (2022). Contra Fauci, School Closings Will Shorten Lives. American Institute for Economic Research, September 5, 2022.
    
    

33. Henderson, D. & Sullivan R. (2022). The Kids Aren’t Alright. American Institute for Economic Research, March 21, 2022.
    
    

34. Henderson, D. & Sullivan R. (2020). End the School Shutdown. Wall Street Journal, October 20, 2020.
    
    

35. Rohlfs, C. & Sullivan R. (2012). The MRAP Boondoggle. Foreign Affairs, July 26, 2012.