Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles:

1.     “In Uncertainty We Trust: A Median Voter Model with Risk Aversion,” forthcoming in Financial Theory and Practice.

2.     “Elderly Migration and Education Spending: Intergenerational Conflict Revisited” with Mehmet Tosun and Claudia Williamson, forthcoming in Public Budgeting and Finance.

3.     “Does State Spending on Mental Health Reduce Suicide?” with Justin Ross and Fatima Carson, in press in Journal of Socio-Economics.

4.     “Mind the Weather: A Panel Data Analysis of Time-Invariant Factors and Traffic Fatalities” with Margaret Inden, Economics Bulletin, 2010, 30(4), 2685-2696.

5.     “Occupational Safety and Profit Maximization: Friends or Foes?” with Russ Sobel, Journal of Socio-Economics, 2010, 39(3), 429-435.

6.     “Saving Lives in Armed Conflicts: What Factors Matter?” Economics of Peace and Security, 2008, 3(2), 68-73.

7.     “What Drives Road Rage?” with Arzu Sen, Atlantic Economic Journal, 2008, 36(3), 361-362.

8.     “Additional Evidence on the Effect of Class Attendance on Academic Performance” with Linda Kinney, Atlantic Economic Journal, 2008,36(4), 493-494.

9.     “Ideology, Shirking, and the Incumbency Advantage in the U.S. House of Representatives” Economics Bulletin, 2007, 4(33), 1-6.

10.  Beauty and the Beast: An Empirical Tale of City Attributes” with Arzu Sen, Economics Bulletin, 2007, 18(9), 1-9.

11.  “Arms Trade, Military Spending, and Economic Growth” Defense and Peace Economics, 2007,18(4), 317–338.

Working Papers:

1.     “Till Death Tax Do Us Part: Taxing the Heirs Out of Business” with Antony Davies, under review at Economic Inquiry.

2.     “Ignorance Is Not Bliss: On the Role of Education in Subjective Well-Being,” with Susan Daniels, under review at Journal of Socio-Economics.