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Working Papers

2024

1. Recent Trends in Vermont Childcare: A Decrease in Capacity, Increases in Cost and Quality, and Policy Responses
   New England Public Policy Center Regional Brief, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

2023

2. The Impact of a Man-made Disaster on Consumer Credit Outcomes: Evidence from the 2018 Merrimack Valley Natural Gas Explosions
   Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

2022

3. The Effects of Weather on Massachusetts Municipal Expenditures: Implications of Climate Change for Local Governments in New England
   New England Public Policy Center Research Report, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
4. The Impact of Weather on Local Government Spending
   Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

2021

5. Opting in with the Joneses: What Affects the Timing of Municipal Adoption of a Local-option Meals Tax?
   Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
6. Reforming Connecticut’s Education Aid Formula to Achieve Equity and Adequacy across School Districts
   New England Public Policy Center Research Report, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston View citations (1)

2020

7. Estimating the Cost Function of Connecticut Public K–12 Education: Implications for Inequity and Inadequacy in School Spending
   Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Estimating the cost function of connecticut public K–12 education: implications for inequity and inadequacy in school spending, Education Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals (2023) (2023)
8. Forecasting the New England States’ Tax Revenues in the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic
   Current Policy Perspectives, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston View citations (1)
9. How to Design a State Education Aid Formula That Is Equitable, Adequate, and Politically Feasible: The Case of Connecticut
   Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston View citations (2)
10. Measuring Disparities in Cost and Spending across Connecticut School Districts
    New England Public Policy Center Research Report, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston View citations (2)

2019

11. Consequences of state disinvestment in public higher education: lessons for the New England states
    New England Public Policy Center Research Report, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston View citations (2)

2018

12. Disinvesting in the future?: a comprehensive examination of the effects of state appropriations for public higher education
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston View citations (1)
13. State disinvestment in higher education: the impact on public research universities' patent applications
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston View citations (1)

2017

14. Does changing employers’ access to criminal histories affect ex-offenders’ recidivism?: evidence from the 2010–2012 Massachusetts CORI Reform
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston View citations (2)
15. Reintegrating the ex-offender population in the U.S. labor market: lessons from the CORI Reform in Massachusetts
    New England Public Policy Center Research Report, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston View citations (2)
16. The effect of changing employers’ access to criminal histories on ex-offenders’ labor market outcomes: evidence from the 2010–2012 Massachusetts CORI Reform
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston View citations (7)
17. Transparency in state debt disclosure
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

2015

18. Achieving greater fiscal stability: guidance for the New England states
    New England Public Policy Center Research Report, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
19. From urban core to wealthy towns: nonschool fiscal disparities across Connecticut municipalities
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
20. Measuring municipal fiscal disparities in Connecticut
    New England Public Policy Center Research Report, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

2014

21. Saving for a rainy day: estimating the appropriate size of U.S. state budget stabilization funds
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston View citations (6)

2013

22. The role of economic, fiscal, and financial shocks in the evolution of public sector pension funding
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston View citations (2)
23. Walking a tightrope: are U. S. state and local governments on a fiscally sustainable path?
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
    See also Journal Article Walking a Tightrope: Are U.S. State and Local Governments on a Fiscally Sustainable Path?, Public Budgeting & Finance, Wiley Blackwell (2017) (2017)

2011

24. Designing formulas for distributing reductions in state aid
    New England Public Policy Center Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
25. Municipal aid evaluation and reform
    New England Public Policy Center Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston View citations (1)

2010

26. Does Springfield receive its fair share of municipal aid?: implications for aid formula reform in Massachusetts
    Public and Community Affairs Discussion Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
    Also in New England Public Policy Center Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (2010)
27. The fiscal impact of potential local option taxes in Massachusetts
    New England Public Policy Center Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston View citations (1)

2008

28. Designing state aid formulas: the case of a new formula for distributing municipal aid in Massachusetts
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

2007

29. Measuring disparities in non-school costs and revenue capacity among Massachusetts cities and towns
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston View citations (2)

2006

30. The lack of affordable housing in New England: how big a problem?: why is it growing?: what are we doing about it?
    New England Public Policy Center Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston View citations (5)

2005

31. Do Credit Market Barriers Exist for Minority and Women Entrepreneurs?
    Center for Policy Research Working Papers, Center for Policy Research, Maxwell School, Syracuse University View citations (7)
32. Why Do Real Estate Brokers Continue to Discriminate? Evidence from the 2000 Housing Discrimination Study
    Center for Policy Research Working Papers, Center for Policy Research, Maxwell School, Syracuse University
    See also Journal Article Why do real estate brokers continue to discriminate? Evidence from the 2000 Housing Discrimination Study, Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier (2006) View citations (28) (2006)

Journal Articles

2023

1. Estimating the cost function of connecticut public K–12 education: implications for inequity and inadequacy in school spending
   Education Economics, 2023, 31, (4), 439-470
   See also Working Paper Estimating the Cost Function of Connecticut Public K–12 Education: Implications for Inequity and Inadequacy in School Spending, Working Papers (2020) View citations (1) (2020)

2018

2. From Urban Core to Wealthy Towns
   Public Finance Review, 2018, 46, (3), 421-453 View citations (2)

2017

3. Walking a Tightrope: Are U.S. State and Local Governments on a Fiscally Sustainable Path?
   Public Budgeting & Finance, 2017, 37, (3), 3-23
   See also Working Paper Walking a tightrope: are U. S. state and local governments on a fiscally sustainable path?, Working Papers (2013) (2013)

2016

4. Saving for a rainy day: Estimating the needed size of U.S. state budget stabilization funds
   Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2016, 61, (C), 130-152 View citations (6)

2015

5. A More Equitable Approach to Cutting Intergovernmental Aid
   Public Finance Review, 2015, 43, (1), 32-52

2011

6. A more equitable approach to cutting state aid
   New England Public Policy Center Policy Brief, 2011

2010

7. Reforming municipal aid in Massachusetts: the case for a gap-based formula
   New England Public Policy Center Policy Brief, 2010

2009

8. Designing state aid formulas
   Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2009, 28, (2), 278-295 View citations (3)
9. Measuring Non–School Fiscal Disparities Among Municipalities
   National Tax Journal, 2009, 62, (1), 25-56 View citations (17)

2008

10. Do lenders discriminate against minority and woman entrepreneurs?
    Journal of Urban Economics, 2008, 63, (2), 467-497 View citations (112)

2007

11. Measuring non-school fiscal imbalances of New England municipalities
    New England Public Policy Center Policy Brief, 2007, (Jul)

2006

12. Why do real estate brokers continue to discriminate? Evidence from the 2000 Housing Discrimination Study
    Journal of Urban Economics, 2006, 59, (3), 394-419 View citations (28)
    See also Working Paper Why Do Real Estate Brokers Continue to Discriminate? Evidence from the 2000 Housing Discrimination Study, Center for Policy Research Working Papers (2005) (2005)

2005

13. Does the number of houses a broker shows depend on a homeseeker's race?
    Journal of Urban Economics, 2005, 57, (1), 128-147 View citations (17)