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Working Papers

2023

1. Moonshot: Public R&D and Growth
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)

2020

2. Are Program Participants Good Evaluators?
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)

2010

3. Elected Versus Appointed Policymakers: Evidence from City Treasurers
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
   See also Journal Article Elected versus Appointed Policy Makers: Evidence from City Treasurers, Journal of Law and Economics, University of Chicago Press (2013) View citations (11) (2013)

2009

4. Do Universities Generate Agglomeration Spillovers? Evidence from Endowment Value Shocks
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)

2007

5. The Power of Attention: Do Rankings Affect the Financial Resources of Public Colleges?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)

2004

6. Black-White Differences in the Insurance Value of Human Capital
   Econometric Society 2004 North American Summer Meetings, Econometric Society

Journal Articles

2022

1. 150 years of the geography of innovation
   Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2022, 94, (C) View citations (10)

2021

2. Mission Economy: A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism. By Mariana Mazzucato. London: Allen Lane, 2021, Pp. 272. $24.72, hardcover
   The Journal of Economic History, 2021, 81, (2), 643-645

2019

3. Building the Ivory Tower: Universities and Metropolitan Development in the Twentieth Century. By LaDale C. Winling. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018. Pp. 264. $39.95, hardcover
   The Journal of Economic History, 2019, 79, (2), 574-576
4. Research Proximity and Productivity: Long-Term Evidence from Agriculture
   Journal of Political Economy, 2019, 127, (2), 819 - 854 View citations (38)

2016

5. Hierarchical accountability in government
   Journal of Public Economics, 2016, 134, (C), 85-99 View citations (23)

2014

6. Knowledge Spillovers from Research Universities: Evidence from Endowment Value Shocks
   The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2014, 96, (1), 171-188 View citations (114)
7. SPENDING WISELY? HOW RESOURCES AFFECT KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION IN UNIVERSITIES
   Economic Inquiry, 2014, 52, (1), 35-55 View citations (18)

2013

8. Art and Science in Breeding: Creating Better Chickens. By Margaret E. Derry. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. 2012. Pp. 228. $65.00, hardcover
   The Journal of Economic History, 2013, 73, (3), 892-893
9. Elected versus Appointed Policy Makers: Evidence from City Treasurers
   Journal of Law and Economics, 2013, 56, (1), 39 - 81 View citations (11)
   See also Working Paper Elected Versus Appointed Policymakers: Evidence from City Treasurers, NBER Working Papers (2010) View citations (7) (2010)

2012

10. Green Infrastructure: The Effects of Urban Rail Transit on Air Quality
    American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2012, 4, (1), 58-97 View citations (127)

2011

11. Do housing bubbles generate fiscal bubbles?
    Public Choice, 2011, 149, (1), 89-108 View citations (10)
12. Education and labor market risk: Understanding the role of data cleaning
    Economics of Education Review, 2011, 30, (3), 528-545 View citations (2)

Books

2021

1. Are Participants Good Evaluators?
   Books from Upjohn Press, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research View citations (2)