Research

Published Peer-Reviewed Articles

"Identifying Home-Field Advantage: Evidence from COVID-19 Ghost Games" with Matthew McMahon, 2023. [forthcoming, Southern Economic Journal]

"An Economic History of Wine Grape Production in California" with Andy Terry and Eric Sims [R&R, Oct. 2023]

"A Simple Tactic for Purchasing French Oak Barrels" with Eric Sims and Andy Terry. Journal of Applied Business and Economics. 2018, 20 (2).

"Man vs. Machine: An Investigation of Speeding Ticket Disparities Based on Gender and Race." Journal of Applied Economics, May 2017, 20(1) pp.1-28.

"Purchasing French Oak Barrels" with Eric Sims. Wines & Vines, Practical Winery & Vineyard. October 2017, pp.56-64. (Practitioner Journal)

"You Are Close to Your Rival and Everybody Hates a Winner: A Study of Rivalry in College Football" with Cary Deck, Javier Reyes, and Sudipta Sarangi. Economic Inquiry, October 2015, 53(4) pp. 1908-1918.

"Effort and Performance: What Distinguishes Interacting and Noninteracting Groups from Individuals?" with Tibor Besedes, Cary Deck, Sudipta Sarangi, and Mikael Shor. Southern Economic Journal, October 2014.

Working Papers

"Understanding the Punitive Cost of a Mug Shot: A Machine Learning Application" with Gary Wagner

"The Effect of Automated Enforcement on Crime Rates"

"Family Violence and Recidivism" with Kaj Gittings

"Wine-Grapes Over Time: A Case Study on the Influence of Consumer Demand" with Andy Terry and Eric Sims

"Growing to 100: The Benefits of Specialization Within the Wine Industry" with Eric Sims

"We Chat Red Packets as a Low-Cost Tool for Gift Exchange: An Experimental Analysis" with Zi Jia, Jing Li, and Matthew McMahon


Other 

Consulting: various applied microeconomic topics for legal and municipal issues pertaining to policy, asset valuation, labor, and transportation.

Media interviews and news articles covering various topics of regional and/or national interest.