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Working Papers

2022

1. Smartphone Data Reveal Neighborhood-Level Racial Disparities in Police Presence
   Papers, arXiv.org

2018

2. Is Your Lawyer a Lemon? Incentives and Selection in the Public Provision of Criminal Defense
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
   Also in Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section. (2017)
   See also Journal Article Is Your Lawyer a Lemon? Incentives and Selection in the Public Provision of Criminal Defense, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2021) View citations (2) (2021)

2017

3. Learning the Ropes: General Experience, Task-Specific Experience, and the Output of Police Officers
   Working Papers, Department of Economics, West Virginia University View citations (6)
   See also Journal Article Learning the ropes: General experience, task-Specific experience, and the output of police officers, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2017) View citations (6) (2017)

2013

4. Does Federal Financial Aid Affect College Enrollment? Evidence from Drug Offenders and the Higher Education Act of 1998
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   See also Journal Article Does federal financial aid affect college enrollment? Evidence from drug offenders and the Higher Education Act of 1998, Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier (2014) View citations (11) (2014)

2011

5. Sentencing Guidelines and Judicial Discretion: Quasi-experimental Evidence from Human Calculation Errors
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
   See also Journal Article Sentencing Guidelines and Judicial Discretion: Quasi‐Experimental Evidence from Human Calculation Errors, Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, John Wiley & Sons (2012) View citations (9) (2012)

2010

6. One for the Road: Public Transportation, Alcohol Consumption, and Intoxicated Driving
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
   See also Journal Article One for the road: Public transportation, alcohol consumption, and intoxicated driving, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2011) View citations (32) (2011)

Undated

7. The Effectiveness and Effects of Alcohol Regulation: Evidence from India
   Mathematica Policy Research Reports, Mathematica Policy Research View citations (4)
   See also Journal Article The effectiveness and effects of alcohol regulation: evidence from India, IZA Journal of Migration and Development, Springer (2019) View citations (9) (2019)

Journal Articles

2021

1. Is Your Lawyer a Lemon? Incentives and Selection in the Public Provision of Criminal Defense
   The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2021, 103, (2), 294-309 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper Is Your Lawyer a Lemon? Incentives and Selection in the Public Provision of Criminal Defense, NBER Working Papers (2018) View citations (2) (2018)
2. The Economics of Policing and Public Safety
   Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2021, 35, (4), 3-28 View citations (14)

2019

3. The effectiveness and effects of alcohol regulation: evidence from India
   IZA Journal of Migration and Development, 2019, 9, (1), 1-26 View citations (9)
   See also Working Paper The Effectiveness and Effects of Alcohol Regulation: Evidence from India, Mathematica Policy Research Reports View citations (4)

2018

4. Immigration, Employment Opportunities, and Criminal Behavior
   American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2018, 10, (2), 117-51 View citations (55)

2017

5. Learning the ropes: General experience, task-Specific experience, and the output of police officers
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2017, 142, (C), 368-377 View citations (6)
   See also Working Paper Learning the Ropes: General Experience, Task-Specific Experience, and the Output of Police Officers, Working Papers (2017) View citations (6) (2017)
6. Testing the School‐to‐Prison Pipeline
   Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2017, 36, (1), 11-37 View citations (8)

2016

7. Your Friends and Neighbors: Localized Economic Development and Criminal Activity
   The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2016, 98, (2), 233-253 View citations (18)

2015

8. Can Alcohol Prohibition Reduce Violence against Women?
   American Economic Review, 2015, 105, (5), 625-29 View citations (33)
9. The Criminal Justice Response to Policy Interventions: Evidence from Immigration Reform
   American Economic Review, 2015, 105, (5), 214-19 View citations (10)

2014

10. Does federal financial aid affect college enrollment? Evidence from drug offenders and the Higher Education Act of 1998
    Journal of Urban Economics, 2014, 81, (C), 1-13 View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper Does Federal Financial Aid Affect College Enrollment? Evidence from Drug Offenders and the Higher Education Act of 1998, NBER Working Papers (2013) (2013)
11. The American Temperance Movement and Market-Based Violence
    American Law and Economics Review, 2014, 16, (2), 433-472 View citations (9)

2013

12. Framing Punishment: Incarceration, Recommended Sentences, and Recidivism
    Journal of Law and Economics, 2013, 56, (2), 301 - 331 View citations (8)

2012

13. Immigration and Informal Labor
    Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, 2012, 51, (4), 845-873 View citations (6)
14. Sentencing Guidelines and Judicial Discretion: Quasi‐Experimental Evidence from Human Calculation Errors
    Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, 2012, 9, (2), 291-319 View citations (9)
    See also Working Paper Sentencing Guidelines and Judicial Discretion: Quasi-experimental Evidence from Human Calculation Errors, NBER Working Papers (2011) View citations (7) (2011)

2011

15. Are Underground Markets Really More Violent? Evidence from Early 20th Century America
    American Law and Economics Review, 2011, 13, (1), 1-44 View citations (24)
16. Editors' Introduction to Judgment by the Numbers: Converting Qualitative to Quantitative Judgments in Law
    Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, 2011, 8, (s1), 1-5 View citations (2)
17. Low-income housing development and crime
    Journal of Urban Economics, 2011, 70, (2-3), 115-131 View citations (43)
    Also in Journal of Urban Economics, 2011, 70, (2), 115-131 (2011) View citations (44)
18. One for the road: Public transportation, alcohol consumption, and intoxicated driving
    Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95, (1), 106-121 View citations (32)
    Also in Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95, (1-2), 106-121 (2011) View citations (32)
    See also Working Paper One for the Road: Public Transportation, Alcohol Consumption, and Intoxicated Driving, NBER Working Papers (2010) View citations (3) (2010)
19. Truthiness in Punishment: The Far Reach of Truth‐in‐Sentencing Laws in State Courts
    Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, 2011, 8, (s1), 239-261

2009

20. More Time, Less Crime? Estimating the Incapacitative Effect of Sentence Enhancements
    Journal of Law and Economics, 2009, 52, (3), 551-579 View citations (61)

2007

21. COPS and crime
    Journal of Public Economics, 2007, 91, (1-2), 181-201 View citations (125)

Books

2019

1. Does Immigration Increase Crime?
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (10)
   Also in Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press (2019) View citations (10)

Chapters

2022

1. The geography of crime and policing
   Chapter 3 in A Modern Guide to the Economics of Crime, 2022, pp 30-54