Research

My research examines how firms and individuals respond to environmental regulations, credit market conditions, and fiscal policy — and the implications of these responses for environmental quality, productivity, and economic welfare. A secondary strand of work addresses health, human capital, and political economy.

Published Papers

  • Default Risk, Productivity, and the Environment: Theory and Evidence from U.S. Manufacturing
    Environmental and Resource Economics, 2020, 75(4): 677–710
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  • Do Tax Cuts Encourage Rent Seeking by Top Corporate Executives? Theory and Evidence
    with Ramón López
    Contemporary Economic Policy, 2019, 37(2): 219–235 Lead Article
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  • The Role of Adolescent Health in Adult SES Outcomes
    with Pinar Gunes
    B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2018, 18(2): 1–16 Lead Article
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  • Accounting for Loss of Variety and Factor Reallocations in the Welfare Cost of Regulations
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2018, 88: 69–94
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  • Do Credit Constraints Favor Dirty Production? Theory and Plant-Level Evidence
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2017, 84: 189–208
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  • Credit Constraints, Technology Upgrading, and the Environment
    Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 2016, 3(2): 283–319
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Book Chapters

  • Are Household Borrowing Constraints Bad for the Environment? Theory and Cross-Country Evidence
    In Ruth Matthias (Ed.), Edward Elgar Publishing. Accepted.

Working Papers

  • The Environmental Consequences of Corporate Tax Cuts
    with Eric Ohrn and Mark Curtis
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  • Air Pollution, Worker Productivity, and Adaptation: Evidence from Payroll Data of Canadian Tree Planters
    with Liyuan Xuan
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  • Environmental Regulations and Labor Markets: Evidence from the Clean Air Act
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  • Optimal Corrective Taxes in the Context of Monopolistic Competition and Firm Heterogeneity
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  • Local Labor Market Effects of Environmental Regulations in Canada
    with Joseph Marchand
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  • The Role of Carbon Levies on Resource Rents: Evidence from Oil and Gas Land Auctions in Western Canada
    with Long Zhao
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  • Unemployment and Crime in Turkey
    with Pinar Gunes
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  • Birth-Order Effects in the Developed and Developing World: Evidence from International Test Scores
    with Pinar Gunes
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  • Natural Resources and Persistent Political Institutions
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