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Working Papers

2021

1. Changes in Women's Representation in Economics: New Data from the AEA Papers and Proceedings
   FEDS Notes, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) View citations (2)

2019

2. Household Saving and Portfolio Change: Evidence from the 1983-89 SCF Panel
   Finance and Economics Discussion Series, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.)
   Also in Finance and Economics Discussion Series, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) (1996) View citations (12)
   See also Journal Article HOUSEHOLD SAVING AND PORTFOLIO CHANGE: EVIDENCE FROM THE 1983–89 SCF PANEL, Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth (1997) View citations (4) (1997)
3. Saving and Financial Planning: Some Findings from a Focus Group
   Finance and Economics Discussion Series, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) View citations (3)
   Also in Finance and Economics Discussion Series, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) (1996) View citations (5)
4. Vehicle Ownership, Vehicle Acquisitions, and the Growth of Auto Leasing: Evidence from Consumer Surveys
   Finance and Economics Discussion Series, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) View citations (1)
   Also in Finance and Economics Discussion Series, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) (1996) View citations (3)

2015

5. The Economics of Ethical Consumption
   Working Papers, American University, Department of Economics

2014

6. Do "Reverse Payment" Settlements of Brand-Generic Patent Disputes in the Pharmaceutical Industry Constitute an Anticompetitive Pay for Delay?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
7. Prices and Quantities in Health Care Antitrust Damages
   Working Papers, American University, Department of Economics View citations (1)

2012

8. Using Difference-in-Differences to Estimate Damages in Healthcare Antitrust: A Case Study of Marshfield Clinic
   Working Papers, American University, Department of Economics
   See also Journal Article Using Difference in Differences to Estimate Damages in Healthcare Antitrust: A Case Study of Marshfield Clinic, International Journal of the Economics of Business, Taylor & Francis Journals (2013) View citations (1) (2013)

2011

9. Contributions of economists to the housing-price bubble
   Working Papers, American University, Department of Economics
   See also Journal Article Contributions of Economists to the Housing-Price Bubble, Journal of Economic Issues, Taylor & Francis Journals (2012) View citations (3) (2012)
10. Distributional costs of the housing-price bust
    Working Papers, American University, Department of Economics View citations (1)

2010

11. Fiscal policy and growth in Saudi Arabia
    Working Papers, American University, Department of Economics View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article Fiscal Policy and Growth in Saudi Arabia, Review of Middle East Economics and Finance, De Gruyter (2011) View citations (6) (2011)
12. Recession and the Social Economy
    Working Papers, American University, Department of Economics View citations (1)
    See also Chapter Recession and the Social Economy, Perspectives from Social Economics, Palgrave Macmillan (2011) (2011)
13. Who pays the price when housing bubbles burst? Evidence from the American Community Survey
    Working Papers, American University, Department of Economics
    See also Chapter Who Pays the Price When Housing Bubbles Burst? Evidence from the American Community Survey, Perspectives from Social Economics, Palgrave Macmillan (2011) View citations (1) (2011)

2009

14. The social economics of ethical consumption: Theoretical considerations and empirical evidence
    Working Papers, American University, Department of Economics View citations (37)
    See also Journal Article The social economics of ethical consumption: Theoretical considerations and empirical evidence, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier (2009) View citations (32) (2009)

2008

15. Consumption, sentiment, and economic news
    Working Papers, American University, Department of Economics View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article CONSUMPTION, SENTIMENT, AND ECONOMIC NEWS, Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International (2012) View citations (19) (2012)

2007

16. Determinants of the physical demand for gold: Evidence from panel data
    Working Papers, American University, Department of Economics View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Determinants of the Physical Demand for Gold: Evidence from Panel Data, The World Economy, Wiley Blackwell (2008) View citations (23) (2008)
17. Socially Responsible Investment and Pro-social Change
    Working Papers, American University, Department of Economics
18. The Macro/Social Economics of Corporate Social Responsibility: Informational Abundance and Collective Action
    Working Papers, American University, Department of Economics

2006

19. Bank Runs in Emerging-Market Economies: Evidence from Turkey’s Special Finance Houses
    Working Papers, American University, Department of Economics View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Bank Runs in Emerging‐Market Economies: Evidence from Turkey's Special Finance Houses, Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons (2007) View citations (4) (2007)
20. Macroeconomic dimensions of social economics: Saving, the stock market, and pension systems
    Working Papers, American University, Department of Economics

2004

21. Technology, capital spending, and capacity utilization
    Finance and Economics Discussion Series, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article TECHNOLOGY, CAPITAL SPENDING, AND CAPACITY UTILIZATION, Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International (2007) View citations (15) (2007)

2003

22. The replacement demand for motor vehicles: evidence from the Survey of Consumer Finances
    Finance and Economics Discussion Series, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) View citations (5)

2001

23. Market definition in banking: recent evidence
    Finance and Economics Discussion Series, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) View citations (33)

2000

24. Household portfolios in the United States
    Finance and Economics Discussion Series, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) View citations (123)
25. The effects of weather on retail sales
    Finance and Economics Discussion Series, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) View citations (28)

1999

26. Recent trends in compensation practices
    Finance and Economics Discussion Series, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) View citations (12)
27. The measurement of consumer expectations using survey data
    Finance and Economics Discussion Series, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) View citations (1)
28. Workers' knowledge of their pension coverage: a reevaluation
    Finance and Economics Discussion Series, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) View citations (11)

1998

29. Stock market wealth and consumer spending
    Finance and Economics Discussion Series, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) View citations (68)
    See also Journal Article Stock Market Wealth and Consumer Spending, Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International (2002) View citations (33) (2002)

1997

30. Market definition and the analysis of antitrust in banking
    Finance and Economics Discussion Series, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) View citations (91)

1995

31. Households' deposit insurance coverage: evidence and analysis of potential reforms
    Finance and Economics Discussion Series, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.)
    See also Journal Article Households' Deposit Insurance Coverage: Evidence and Analysis of Potential Reforms, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Blackwell Publishing (1996) View citations (14) (1996)

1994

32. Health insurance and precautionary saving
    Finance and Economics Discussion Series, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Health Insurance and Precautionary Savings, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (1996) View citations (79) (1996)

1993

33. Are shocks to labor demand transitory or persistent? Evidence from labor flows and wages
    Finance and Economics Discussion Series, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.)

Journal Articles

2021

1. Covid-19 shocks to education supply: how 200,000 U.S. households dealt with the sudden shift to distance learning
   Review of Economics of the Household, 2021, 19, (1), 63-90 View citations (22)

2015

2. Distributional Costs of Housing-price Bubbles: Who pays the Price when Bubbles Deflate?
   Review of Social Economy, 2015, 73, (4), 341-369
3. Do "Reverse Payment" Settlements Constitute an Anticompetitive Pay-for-Delay?
   International Journal of the Economics of Business, 2015, 22, (2), 173-200 View citations (1)
4. Valuing Regulations Affecting Addictive or Habitual Goods
   Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, 2015, 6, (2), 247-280 View citations (11)

2014

5. Gender, added-worker effects, and the 2007–2009 recession: Looking within the household
   Review of Economics of the Household, 2014, 12, (2), 209-235 View citations (23)
6. QUALITATIVE AND MIXED-METHODS RESEARCH IN ECONOMICS: SURPRISING GROWTH, PROMISING FUTURE
   Journal of Economic Surveys, 2014, 28, (2), 238-264 View citations (45)

2013

7. Using Difference in Differences to Estimate Damages in Healthcare Antitrust: A Case Study of Marshfield Clinic
   International Journal of the Economics of Business, 2013, 20, (3), 447-469 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Using Difference-in-Differences to Estimate Damages in Healthcare Antitrust: A Case Study of Marshfield Clinic, Working Papers (2012) (2012)

2012

8. CONSUMPTION, SENTIMENT, AND ECONOMIC NEWS
   Economic Inquiry, 2012, 50, (4), 1097-1111 View citations (19)
   See also Working Paper Consumption, sentiment, and economic news, Working Papers (2008) View citations (1) (2008)
9. Contributions of Economists to the Housing-Price Bubble
   Journal of Economic Issues, 2012, 46, (1), 143-172 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper Contributions of economists to the housing-price bubble, Working Papers (2011) (2011)
10. Promoting Research on Intersections of Economics, Ethics, and Social Values: Editorial
    Review of Social Economy, 2012, 70, (2), 155-163

2011

11. Community participatory research with Deaf Sign Language users to identify health inequities
    American Journal of Public Health, 2011, 101, (12), 2235-2238 View citations (2)
12. Fiscal Policy and Growth in Saudi Arabia
    Review of Middle East Economics and Finance, 2011, 6, (3), 24-45 View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper Fiscal policy and growth in Saudi Arabia, Working Papers (2010) View citations (9) (2010)

2010

13. Debt-Financed Consumption Sprees: Regulation, Freedom and Habits of Thought
    Journal of Economic Issues, 2010, 44, (2), 459-470
14. Gender Differences in Predispositions towards Economics
    Eastern Economic Journal, 2010, 36, (1), 33-57 View citations (10)
15. Increasing the Impact of Heterodox Work: Insights from RoSE
    American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 2010, 69, (5), 1453-1474 View citations (3)
16. Violent conflict and economic growth: Some time-series evidence
    Economics Letters, 2010, 106, (3), 200-204 View citations (3)

2009

17. Lifestyle conformity and lifecycle saving: a Veblenian perspective
    Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2009, 33, (1), 25-49 View citations (5)
18. The social economics of ethical consumption: Theoretical considerations and empirical evidence
    Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 2009, 38, (6), 916-925 View citations (32)
    See also Working Paper The social economics of ethical consumption: Theoretical considerations and empirical evidence, Working Papers (2009) View citations (37) (2009)

2008

19. Consumption, Work Hours, and Values in the Writings of John A. Ryan: Is it Possible to Return to the Road Not Taken?
    Review of Social Economy, 2008, 66, (1), 7-24
20. Determinants of the Physical Demand for Gold: Evidence from Panel Data
    The World Economy, 2008, 31, (3), 416-436 View citations (23)
    See also Working Paper Determinants of the physical demand for gold: Evidence from panel data, Working Papers (2007) View citations (2) (2007)
21. Editorial
    Review of Social Economy, 2008, 66, (2), 137-138
22. The Economics of Non-selfish Behavior: Decisions to Contribute Money to Public Goods
    Review of Social Economy, 2008, 66, (4), 549-552

2007

23. Bank Runs in Emerging‐Market Economies: Evidence from Turkey's Special Finance Houses
    Southern Economic Journal, 2007, 73, (4), 1112-1132 View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper Bank Runs in Emerging-Market Economies: Evidence from Turkey’s Special Finance Houses, Working Papers (2006) View citations (3) (2006)
24. Saving, Spending, and Self-Control: Cognition versus Consumer Culture
    Review of Radical Political Economics, 2007, 39, (2), 214-229 View citations (1)
25. TECHNOLOGY, CAPITAL SPENDING, AND CAPACITY UTILIZATION
    Economic Inquiry, 2007, 45, (3), 631-645 View citations (15)
    See also Working Paper Technology, capital spending, and capacity utilization, Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2004) View citations (11) (2004)

2006

26. Growth and conflict in the developing world: Neo-liberal narratives and social-economy alternatives
    Review of Social Economy, 2006, 64, (2), 205-224
27. ONE WORLD, ONE CURRENCY: EXPLORING THE ISSUES
    Contemporary Economic Policy, 2006, 24, (4), 618-633 View citations (2)

2005

28. A new editorial team for RoSE
    Review of Social Economy, 2005, 63, (3), 315-316
29. Does money matter in the CIS? Effects of monetary policy on output and prices
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 2005, 33, (3), 441-461 View citations (41)

2004

30. Consumption, Identity, and the Sociocultural Constitution of "Preferences": Reading Women's Magazines
    Review of Social Economy, 2004, 62, (3), 291-305 View citations (5)

2002

31. Stock Market Wealth and Consumer Spending
    Economic Inquiry, 2002, 40, (1), 69-79 View citations (33)
    See also Working Paper Stock market wealth and consumer spending, Finance and Economics Discussion Series (1998) View citations (68) (1998)

2000

32. Recent Changes in U.S. Family Finances: Results from the 1998 Survey of Consumer Finances
    Federal Reserve Bulletin, 2000, 86, (1), pp. 1-29 View citations (4)
    Also in Federal Reserve Bulletin, 2000, (Jan), 1-29 (2000) View citations (37)

1997

33. Family Finance in the U.S.: Recent Evidence from the Survey of Consumer Finances
    Federal Reserve Bulletin, 1997, 83, (1), pp. 1-24 View citations (4)
    Also in Federal Reserve Bulletin, 1997, (Jan), 1-24 (1997) View citations (89)
34. HOUSEHOLD SAVING AND PORTFOLIO CHANGE: EVIDENCE FROM THE 1983–89 SCF PANEL
    Review of Income and Wealth, 1997, 43, (4), 381-399 View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper Household Saving and Portfolio Change: Evidence from the 1983-89 SCF Panel, Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2019) (2019)
35. Retrospective Reporting of Household Wealth: Evidence from the 1983-1989 Survey of Consumer Finances
    Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 1997, 15, (4), 452-63 View citations (30)

1996

36. Health Insurance and Precautionary Savings
    American Economic Review, 1996, 86, (1), 285-95 View citations (79)
    See also Working Paper Health insurance and precautionary saving, Finance and Economics Discussion Series (1994) View citations (4) (1994)
37. Households' Deposit Insurance Coverage: Evidence and Analysis of Potential Reforms
    Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 1996, 28, (3), 311-22 View citations (14)
    See also Working Paper Households' deposit insurance coverage: evidence and analysis of potential reforms, Finance and Economics Discussion Series (1995) (1995)

1994

38. (Erratum) Changes in family finances from 1989 to 1992: evidence from the Survey of Consumer Finances
    Federal Reserve Bulletin, 1994, (Nov), 990 View citations (4)
39. Changes in family finances from 1989 to 1992: evidence from the Survey of Consumer Finances
    Federal Reserve Bulletin, 1994, (Oct), 861-882 View citations (18)

1993

40. Cyclical fluctuations and sectoral reallocation: A reexamination
    Journal of Monetary Economics, 1993, 31, (3), 417-425 View citations (14)

Edited books

2011

1. Consequences of Economic Downturn
   Perspectives from Social Economics, Palgrave Macmillan View citations (9)

Chapters

2011

1. Beyond the Usual Economics
   Palgrave Macmillan View citations (8)
2. Recession and the Social Economy
   Palgrave Macmillan
   See also Working Paper Recession and the Social Economy, American University, Department of Economics (2010) View citations (1) (2010)
3. Who Pays the Price When Housing Bubbles Burst? Evidence from the American Community Survey
   Palgrave Macmillan View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Who pays the price when housing bubbles burst? Evidence from the American Community Survey, American University, Department of Economics (2010) (2010)

2008

4. Saving, Stock Market Investments and Pension Systems
   Chapter 25 in The Elgar Companion to Social Economics, 2008