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Working Papers

2022

1. Age-adjusted COVID-19 Mortality Rates by Demographic Groups
   Cleveland Fed District Data Brief, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

2020

2. Layoffs during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Four Findings from WARN Act Data
   Cleveland Fed District Data Brief, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

2015

3. A State-Level Analysis of Okun's Law
   Working Papers, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy View citations (2)
   Also in Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (2015) View citations (18)
   Working Papers (Old Series), Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (2015) View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article A state-level analysis of Okun's law, Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier (2018) View citations (10) (2018)
4. Clustered Housing Cycles
   Working Papers (Old Series), Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
   Also in Discussion Papers, University of Nottingham, Centre for Finance, Credit and Macroeconomics (CFCM) (2013) View citations (2)
   Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (2013)
   See also Journal Article Clustered housing cycles, Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier (2017) View citations (14) (2017)

2014

5. Interjurisdictional Competition and Location Decisions of Firms
   Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis View citations (1)
6. Risk Aversion at the Country Level
   Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis View citations (13)
   Also in Documentos de Investigación, Universidad ORT Uruguay. Facultad de Administración y Ciencias Sociales (2014) View citations (7)
   See also Journal Article Risk Aversion at the Country Level, Review, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (2015) View citations (41) (2015)

2012

7. Did affordable housing legislation contribute to the subprime securities boom?
   Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis View citations (12)
   See also Journal Article Did Affordable Housing Legislation Contribute to the Subprime Securities Boom?, Real Estate Economics, American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association (2015) View citations (11) (2015)
8. Interjurisdictional competition with adverse selection
   Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
   See also Journal Article Interjurisdictional competition with adverse selection, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2019) (2019)

2011

9. Differences in subprime loan pricing across races and neighborhoods
   Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis View citations (15)
   See also Journal Article Differences in subprime loan pricing across races and neighborhoods, Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier (2014) View citations (30) (2014)
10. Race and Subprime Loan Pricing
    ERSA conference papers, European Regional Science Association View citations (2)
11. The effect of neighborhood contagion on mortgage selection
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis View citations (2)
12. What do happiness and health satisfaction data tell us about relative risk aversion?
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
    See also Journal Article What do happiness and health satisfaction data tell us about relative risk aversion?, Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier (2013) View citations (24) (2013)

2008

13. Strategic Online-Banking Adoption
    Working Papers, CEMFI View citations (3)
    Also in Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (2007) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Strategic online banking adoption, Journal of Banking & Finance, Elsevier (2010) View citations (27) (2010)

2007

14. Identifying asymmetry in the language of the Beige Book: a mixed data sampling approach
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis View citations (1)

2006

15. Information and drug prices: evidence from the Medicare discount drug card program
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
16. Spatial dependence in models of state fiscal policy convergence
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Spatial Dependence in Models of State Fiscal Policy Convergence, Public Finance Review (2007) View citations (5) (2007)

2005

17. Nonlinear hedonics and the search for school district quality
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
    Also in Econometric Society 2004 North American Summer Meetings, Econometric Society (2004) View citations (2)

2004

18. Does consumer sentiment predict regional consumption?
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article Does consumer sentiment predict regional consumption?, Review, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (2005) View citations (11) (2005)
19. Patent licensing revisited: heterogeneous firms and product differentiation
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis View citations (2)
    Also in Working Papers, CEMFI (2003)
    See also Journal Article Patent licensing revisited: Heterogeneous firms and product differentiation, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier (2006) View citations (34) (2006)
20. Racial profiling or racist policing? bounds tests in aggregate data
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis View citations (15)
    See also Journal Article RACIAL PROFILING OR RACIST POLICING? BOUNDS TESTS IN AGGREGATE DATA, International Economic Review, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association (2004) View citations (19) (2004)
21. Spatial probit and the geographic patterns of state lotteries
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis View citations (6)
22. The diffusion of electronic business in the U.S
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis View citations (1)
23. The information content of regional employment data for forecasting aggregate conditions
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article The information content of regional employment data for forecasting aggregate conditions, Economics Letters, Elsevier (2006) View citations (27) (2006)

2002

24. Tax competition and tax harmonization with evasion
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
    See also Journal Article Tax Competition and Tax Harmonization With Evasion, The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, De Gruyter (2004) View citations (1) (2004)

2000

25. Tax competition with evasion
    Documentos de Investigación, Universidad ORT Uruguay. Facultad de Administración y Ciencias Sociales

Undated

26. Patterns of Interstate Migration in the United States from the Survey of Income and Program Participation
    Mathematica Policy Research Reports, Mathematica Policy Research View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Patterns of interstate migration in the United States from the survey of income and program participation, Review, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (2011) View citations (11) (2011)

Journal Articles

2020

1. Assessing Layoffs in Four Midwestern States during the Pandemic Recession
   Economic Commentary, 2020, 2020, (21), 6
2. The Labor-Market Skills of Foreign-born Workers in the United States, 2007–2017
   Economic Commentary, 2020, 2020, (10), 7

2019

3. Interjurisdictional competition with adverse selection
   Journal of Public Economics, 2019, 173, (C), 85-95
   See also Working Paper Interjurisdictional competition with adverse selection, Working Papers (2012) (2012)

2018

4. A state-level analysis of Okun's law
   Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2018, 68, (C), 239-248 View citations (10)
   See also Working Paper A State-Level Analysis of Okun's Law, Working Papers (2015) View citations (2) (2015)

2017

5. Clustered housing cycles
   Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2017, 66, (C), 185-197 View citations (14)
   See also Working Paper Clustered Housing Cycles, Working Papers (Old Series) (2015) (2015)

2015

6. Did Affordable Housing Legislation Contribute to the Subprime Securities Boom?
   Real Estate Economics, 2015, 43, (4), 820-854 View citations (11)
   See also Working Paper Did affordable housing legislation contribute to the subprime securities boom?, Working Papers (2012) View citations (12) (2012)
7. Risk Aversion at the Country Level
   Review, 2015, 97, (1), 53-66 View citations (41)
   See also Working Paper Risk Aversion at the Country Level, Working Papers (2014) View citations (13) (2014)

2014

8. Differences in subprime loan pricing across races and neighborhoods
   Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2014, 48, (C), 199-215 View citations (30)
   See also Working Paper Differences in subprime loan pricing across races and neighborhoods, Working Papers (2011) View citations (15) (2011)
9. The Rising Complexity of the FOMC Statement
   Economic Synopses, 2014, (23) View citations (9)

2013

10. Urban areas host the largest manufacturing and service employers
    The Regional Economist, 2013, (July)
11. What do happiness and health satisfaction data tell us about relative risk aversion?
    Journal of Economic Psychology, 2013, 39, (C), 301-312 View citations (24)
    See also Working Paper What do happiness and health satisfaction data tell us about relative risk aversion?, Working Papers (2011) (2011)

2012

12. Manufacturing and construction decline in the ranks of top 10 employers
    The Regional Economist, 2012, (Oct), 14-16

2011

13. Hispanics play different role in District's growth than in nation's
    The Regional Economist, 2011, (July), 22-23
14. Immigrants: skills, occupations and locations
    The Regional Economist, 2011, (Oct), 18-19
15. Immigration at the extremes of the skill distribution
    Economic Synopses, 2011
16. Patterns of interstate migration in the United States from the survey of income and program participation
    Review, 2011, 93, (May), 169-186 View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper Patterns of Interstate Migration in the United States from the Survey of Income and Program Participation, Mathematica Policy Research Reports View citations (2)
17. Regional aggregation in forecasting: an application to the Federal Reserve’s Eighth District
    Review, 2011, 93, (May), 207-222
    Also in Regional Economic Development, 2008, (Oct), 15-29 (2008)
18. The effects of education on health
    Economic Synopses, 2011
19. Which came first—better education or better health?
    The Regional Economist, 2011, (Apr), 6-7

2010

20. City growth and industry employment reallocation
    Economic Synopses, 2010
21. Eighth District fares better than nation in job losses
    The Regional Economist, 2010, (Jan), 20-22
22. In some cases, a sick economy can be a prescription for good health
    The Regional Economist, 2010, (Oct), 8-9
23. Mortality rates and the business cycle
    Economic Synopses, 2010
24. Nonlinear effects of school quality on house prices
    Review, 2010, 92, (May), 185-204 View citations (16)
25. Strategic online banking adoption
    Journal of Banking & Finance, 2010, 34, (7), 1650-1663 View citations (27)
    See also Working Paper Strategic Online-Banking Adoption, Working Papers (2008) View citations (3) (2008)
26. The dismal science tackles happiness data
    The Regional Economist, 2010, (Jan), 14-15 View citations (1)

2009

27. Corporate social responsibility can be profitable
    The Regional Economist, 2009, (Apr), 4-5 View citations (3)
28. District fares better than nation as prime-mortgage problems escalate
    The Regional Economist, 2009, (Jul), 20-21
29. Employment growth mixed across Eighth District
    The Regional Economist, 2009, (Jan), 20-21
30. Measuring the Information Content of the Beige Book: A Mixed Data Sampling Approach
    Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 2009, 41, (1), 35-55 View citations (39)
    Also in Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 2009, 41, (1), 35-55 (2009) View citations (13)
31. The impact of inflation and unemployment on subjective personal and country evaluations
    Review, 2009, 91, (May), 107-126 View citations (14)
32. U.S. migration over the life cycle
    Economic Synopses, 2009

2008

33. Drug prices under the medicare drug discount card program
    Review, 2008, 90, (Nov), 643-666
34. Eighth District population growth follows national pattern
    The Regional Economist, 2008, (Jul), 18-19
35. Local income inequality
    National Economic Trends, 2008, (Dec)
36. Strategic social responsibility
    National Economic Trends, 2008, (Sep)
37. Which came first-democracy or growth?
    The Regional Economist, 2008, (Apr), 4-6 View citations (2)

2007

38. Employment growth slows in the Eighth District
    The Regional Economist, 2007, (Oct), 16-17
39. Experiments in financial liberalization: the Mexican banking sector
    Review, 2007, 89, (Sep), 415-432 View citations (5)
40. Spatial Dependence in Models of State Fiscal Policy Convergence
    Public Finance Review, 2007, 35, (3), 361-384 View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper Spatial dependence in models of state fiscal policy convergence, Working Papers (2006) View citations (2) (2006)
41. U.S. exporters: a rare breed
    National Economic Trends, 2007, (Aug)
42. U.S. exporters: rare but beneficial
    The Regional Economist, 2007, (Oct), 12-13

2006

43. Adding up the economic effects of immigration
    The Regional Economist, 2006, (Oct), 12-13
44. Employment trends in nearby metro areas take different paths
    The Regional Economist, 2006, (Jan), 17
45. New views on immigration
    National Economic Trends, 2006, (Jun)
46. Patent licensing revisited: Heterogeneous firms and product differentiation
    International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2006, 24, (1), 149-175 View citations (34)
    See also Working Paper Patent licensing revisited: heterogeneous firms and product differentiation, Working Papers (2004) View citations (2) (2004)
47. Professional and business services bounce back in Memphis
    The Regional Economist, 2006, (Jul), 16-16
48. The geography, economics, and politics of lottery adoption
    Review, 2006, 88, (May), 165-180 View citations (7)
49. The information content of regional employment data for forecasting aggregate conditions
    Economics Letters, 2006, 90, (3), 335-339 View citations (27)
    See also Working Paper The information content of regional employment data for forecasting aggregate conditions, Working Papers (2004) View citations (1) (2004)

2005

50. Does consumer sentiment predict regional consumption?
    Review, 2005, 87, (Mar), 123-135 View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper Does consumer sentiment predict regional consumption?, Working Papers (2004) View citations (9) (2004)
51. Health-care industry pulls Memphis out of job slump
    The Regional Economist, 2005, (Jul), 16
52. The diffusion of electronic business in the United States
    Review, 2005, 87, (Jan), 11-34 View citations (3)
53. The economics of charitable giving: what gives?
    The Regional Economist, 2005, (Oct), 12-13 View citations (2)
54. The economics of giving
    National Economic Trends, 2005, (Oct) View citations (1)

2004

55. Entrepreneurship
    National Economic Trends, 2004, (May)
56. Metropolitan growth: sun belt vs. snow belt
    National Economic Trends, 2004, (Oct)
57. Point and click, or mortar and brick? a look at internet banking in the Eighth District
    The Regional Economist, 2004, (Oct)
58. RACIAL PROFILING OR RACIST POLICING? BOUNDS TESTS IN AGGREGATE DATA
    International Economic Review, 2004, 45, (3), 959-989 View citations (19)
    See also Working Paper Racial profiling or racist policing? bounds tests in aggregate data, Working Papers (2004) View citations (15) (2004)
59. Tax Competition and Tax Harmonization With Evasion
    The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2004, 4, (1), 1-24 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper Tax competition and tax harmonization with evasion, Working Papers (2002) (2002)
60. Tough lesson: more money doesn't help schools; accountability does
    The Regional Economist, 2004, (Apr), 12-13

2003

61. Cities as centers of innovation
    National Economic Trends, 2003, (Mar)
62. Computer use and productivity growth
    National Economic Trends, 2003, (Dec)
63. Innovation: Is the Eighth District catching up with the nation?
    The Regional Economist, 2003, (Apr), 12-13
64. Strategic interaction in tax policies among states
    Review, 2003, 85, (May), 47-56 View citations (13)

2002

65. Did \\"right-to-work\\" work for Idaho?
    Review, 2002, 84, (May), 29-42 View citations (8)
66. Health care costs and coverage
    National Economic Trends, 2002, (Nov)

2001

67. Give me your skilled
    National Economic Trends, 2001, (Oct)
68. Suburban expansion
    The Regional Economist, 2001, (Oct), 12-13
69. The earned income tax credit at work
    National Economic Trends, 2001, (Apr)