Research Papers


Published Papers

Divorce Rates and Bankruptcy Exemption Levels in the U.S. (pre-publication draft)

published as: Journal of Law and Economics, 54(3), August 2011, pp. 751-779


Macro-Level Factors Impacting Geographic Disparities in Cancer Screening (with Lee R. Mobley, Tzy-Mey Kuo, Victoria Udalova, and H. E. Frech) (open access publication)

published as: Health Economics Review 2014, 4:13 (20 August 2014)



Working Papers

Spare the Rod? The Dynamic Effects of No Child Left Behind on Failing Schools (with Jane Cooley Fruehwirth)


Nurse Practitioner Independence, Health Care Utilization, and Health Outcomes (with Victoria Udalova)


Person, Place, and Regulation: Predictors of CRC Screening by Endoscopy (with Lee R. Mobley, Tzy-Mey Kuo, Jon Starnes, Victoria Udalova, and Julia Koschinsky)


Physician Asset Protection, Malpractice Insurance, and Defensive Medicine (with Victoria Udalova)


Firm Bankruptcy Prediction: A Bayesian Model Averaging Approach (R&R, JFQA)


Personal Bankruptcy, Asset Risk, and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Tenancy by the Entirety Laws


Do Divorces Cause Bankruptcies?