Research Interests
Macroeconomics,
Financial Economics, Economic Theory
Selected
Recent Papers
“The Search for
Ph.D. Talent: Doctoral Completion and Research Productivity
of Economists,” with Stephen Wu, American Economic Review
(forthcoming, 2007), 95:2 (May)
“Incentives and Learning? A
Natural Experiment with Economics Problem Sets,” with Tim
Wasserman, American Economic Review (forthcoming,
2006), 94:2 (May)
“Choosing a Proxy for Academic
Aptitude,” with Tim Wasserman and Andrew Grodner,
Journal of Economic Education
(forthcoming Spring 2006)
“Labor Markets, Regional
Diversity, and Cotton Harvest Mechanization in the Post-WWII
U.S.,” Social Science
History, 2005, 29:2 (summer), 269-97
“The Life-Cycle Pattern of
Collegiate GPA: Longitudinal Cohort Analysis and Grade
Inflation,” with Tim Wasserman,
Journal of Economic
Education, 2004, 35:2 (spring), 162-174
“Better or Worse
Opportunities?: The Demise of Cotton Harvest Labor,
1949-64,” Journal of
Economic History, 2003, 63:3, 736-767 (Sept.),
with Craig Heinicke
“The Economics of Cotton
Harvest Mechanization in the United States, 1920-1970,”
Journal of Economic History,
2002, 62:2 (June), 545-549
"Why Do Banks Fail? Evidence
from the 1920s,"
Explorations in Economic History, (co-authored
with Lee Alston and David Wheelock), 1994, 31:4 (Oct.),
409-431
Papers
Under Editorial Review
“Survive Then Thrive:
Determining Success in the Economics Ph.D. Program,” with
Donald H. Dutkowsky and Andrew Grodner. Economic Inquiry,
(forthcoming 2007) |
