Research
"Since all models are wrong the scientist must be alert to what is importantly wrong. It is inappropriate to be
concerned about mice when there are tigers abroad." - George E.P. Box
Journal Publications
- "Natural Disasters, Salience, and Public Support for Climate Change Policy," with S.J. McCoy and C. Tra. Empirical Economics, 2024, 1-14. (link)
- "Food Security Dynamics and Measurement Error," with D.L. Millimet. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2024, 1-31. (link)
- "Food and Housing Insecurity in Nevada During the COVID-19 Pandemic," with C. Coughenour, L-C. Chien, M. Gakh, B. Labus, T.J. Grigsby and P. Usufzy. Journal of Community Health, 2024, 49, 296–313. (link)
- "Validation of a Measure of Hospital Maternal Level of Care for the United States," with J. Vanderlaan and J. Shen. BMC Health Services Research, 2024, 24, 1-8. (link)
- "Senior Food Insecurity in the United States: A Systematic Literature Review," with B. Assoumou, C. Coughenour, and A. Godbole. Public Health Nutrition, 2023, 26, 229-245. (link)
- "Water in the Time of Corona(virus): The Effect of Stay-At-Home Orders on Water Demand in the Desert," with N.B. Irwin and S.J. McCoy. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2021, 102491. (link)
- "Measuring the Dynamics of the Achievement Gap between Private and Public School Students in India," with P. Roychowdhury and G. Dhamija. Journal of Labor Research, 2021, 42, 78-122. (link)
- "Venture Acceleration and Entrepreneurial Growth in Central America," with H.N. Rawhouser and C. Sutter. Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship, 2021, 2050026. (link)
- "Economic Diversification and The Resiliency Hypothesis: Evidence from the Impact of Natural Disasters on Regional Housing Values," with N.E. Coulson and S.J. McCoy. Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2020, 85, 103581. (link)
- "The Impact of Terrorism on Social Capital: Evidence from the 2015 Charlie Hebdo Paris Shooting," with S.J. McCoy and P. Roychowdhury. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2020, 3, 526-548. (link)
- "Exploring the Dynamics of Racial Food Security Gaps in the United States," with M. Roy and P. Roychowdhury. Review of Economics of the Household, 2020, 18, 387-412. (link)
- "Criminal Incarceration, Statutory Bans on Food Assistance, and Food Security in Extremely Vulnerable Households: Findings from a Partnership with the North Texas Food Bank," with D.L. Millimet. Applied Economic Perspectives & Policy, 2019, 41, 351-369. Awarded 2020 AEPP Outstanding Article Award. (link)
- "Factors Associated with Preventable Emergency Department Visits for Non-Traumatic Dental Conditions in the U.S.," with W. Zhou, S.J. McCoy, P. Kim, B. Burston, and J. Shen. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2019, 16, 3671. (link)
- "Financial Capability and Food Security in Extremely Vulnerable Households," with D.L. Millimet and T. Fomby. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2018, 100, 1224-1249. (link)
- "Missing Data, Imputation, and Endogeneity," with D.L. Millimet. Journal of Econometrics, 2017, 199, 141-155. (link)
- "Dynamic Panel Data Models with Irregular Spacing: with Applications to Early Childhood Development," with D.L. Millimet. Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2017, 32, 725-743. (link)
- "The Impact of Computer-Based Tutorials on High School Math Proficiency," with C.I. Tra. Empirical Economics, 2017, 52, 1041-1063. (link)
- "Using the Environmental Kuznets Curve to Evaluate Energy Policy: Some Practical Considerations," with S.P.A. Brown. Energy Policy, 2016, 98, 453-458. (link)
- "Dynamics of the Black-White Gap in Academic Achievement." Economics of Education Review, 2015, 47, 17-33. (link)
Research in Progress
- "Evaluation of the Completeness of the American Hospital Association Database for Studying Maternal Risk-Appropriate Care," with J. Vanderlaan and J. Shen. (under review)
- "Identification of State Dependence with Misclassified Variables with an Application to Food Insecurity," with T.J. Halliday and D.L. Millimet.