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Working Papers

2018

1. The Local Impact of Containerization
   Finance and Economics Discussion Series, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) View citations (18)
   See also Journal Article The local impact of containerization, Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier (2021) View citations (6) (2021)

2012

2. Spending within limits: Evidence from municipal fiscal restraints
   Finance and Economics Discussion Series, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) View citations (8)
   See also Journal Article Spending Within Limits: Evidence From Municipal Fiscal Restraints, National Tax Journal, National Tax Association (2016) View citations (7) (2016)

2007

3. INSIDE THE GIFT HORSE'S MOUTH: CITY SPENDING, POLITICAL INSTITUIONS AND THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM
   Departmental Working Papers, McGill University, Department of Economics View citations (5)

2006

4. UNVEILING HIDDEN DISTRICTS: ASSESSING THE ADOPTION PATTERNS OF BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN CALIFORNIA
   Departmental Working Papers, McGill University, Department of Economics View citations (7)
   See also Journal Article Unveiling Hidden Districts: Assessing the Adoption Patterns of Business Improvement Districts in California, National Tax Journal, National Tax Association (2007) View citations (10) (2007)
5. VOLUNTEERING TO BE TAXED: BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS AND THE EXTRA-GOVERNMENTAL PROVISION OF PUBLIC SAFETY
   Departmental Working Papers, McGill University, Department of Economics View citations (20)

Journal Articles

2023

1. Infrastructure Costs
   American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2023, 15, (2), 1-30 View citations (4)

2022

2. What if you build it and they don't come? How the ghost of transit past haunts transit present
   Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2022, 94, (C) View citations (2)

2021

3. The local impact of containerization
   Journal of Urban Economics, 2021, 126, (C) View citations (6)
   See also Working Paper The Local Impact of Containerization, Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2018) View citations (18) (2018)

2019

4. Vestiges of Transit: Urban Persistence at a Microscale
   The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2019, 101, (3), 385-399 View citations (61)

2016

5. From Today's City to Tomorrow's City: An Empirical Investigation of Urban Land Assembly
   American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2016, 8, (3), 69-105 View citations (35)
6. Spending Within Limits: Evidence From Municipal Fiscal Restraints
   National Tax Journal, 2016, 69, (2), 315-352 View citations (7)
   See also Working Paper Spending within limits: Evidence from municipal fiscal restraints, Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2012) View citations (8) (2012)

2014

7. Where Does the Bucket Leak? Sending Money to the Poor via the Community Development Block Grant Program
   Housing Policy Debate, 2014, 24, (1), 119-171 View citations (2)

2011

8. The Cabals of a Few or the Confusion of a Multitude: The Institutional Trade-Off between Representation and Governance
   American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2011, 3, (1), 1-24 View citations (7)
9. The micro-empirics of collective action: The case of business improvement districts
   Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95, (11), 1358-1372 View citations (11)

2007

10. Unveiling Hidden Districts: Assessing the Adoption Patterns of Business Improvement Districts in California
    National Tax Journal, 2007, 60, (1), 5-24 View citations (10)
    See also Working Paper UNVEILING HIDDEN DISTRICTS: ASSESSING THE ADOPTION PATTERNS OF BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN CALIFORNIA, Departmental Working Papers (2006) View citations (7) (2006)

Chapters

2023

1. Comment on "Minimum Tax Rates and Tax Competition: Evidence from Property Tax Limits in Finland"
   A chapter in Policy Responses to Tax Competition, 2023

2020

2. Can America Reduce Highway Spending? Evidence from the States
   A chapter in Economic Analysis and Infrastructure Investment, 2020, pp 107-150