Economics

Working papers

• Mission or Margin? An Empirical Analysis of Medicaid Expansion on Hospital Expenditures with Victor Kilanko and Elena Gonzalez.
• Leases, not Shelters? An Empirical Analysis of Housing First on Homelessness and Crime

Peer-reviewed articles

• An Iridescent Sunset: An Empirical Analysis of Sunset Legislation with Tanner Jones. Journal of Regulatory Economics 68(2), 2025, 85–123. Policy brief (Archbridge Institute, PDF)
• The Costs and Benefits of a Local DNA Database with Gregory DeAngelo and Michael Krouse. Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis 15(3), 2024, 374–394.

Chapters in edited volumes

• Private Security Confounds Estimates of Public Police and Crime with Benjamin Blemings, Gregory DeAngelo, and William Wyatt. In Handbook on Public and Private Security, Springer, 2023, 103–127.

Policy research and commentary

Selected writing for the Cicero Institute. Full archive on my Cicero profile. Pieces on AI in government are listed under AI.

• Government Modernization Is Not a Software Problem Cicero Institute, May 2026.
• New Research: Do Sunset Laws Actually Work? The Evidence Is In Cicero Institute, May 2026.
• Squawking & Capture: Conflicting Theories of Bureaucracy? Cicero Institute, December 2025.
• A Standard for Fiscal Transparency in Government with Ariana Duduna. Cicero Institute, November 2025.
• When Research Doesn't Replicate: Risks for Evidence-Based Policy with Isabella Romboldi. Cicero Institute, October 2025.
• Elior Cohen's “Housing the Homeless” Study (2024) Requires Some Important Caveats Cicero Institute, September 2025.

Dissertation

• Essays in Applied Economics for Public Policy PhD dissertation, Claremont Graduate University, 2025.