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Areas of Interest
Applied Econometrics, Applied Microeconomics
Selected Publications
"The Impact of Mergers in U.S. Petroleum Industry on Wholesale Gasoline Prices," Contemporary Economic Policy, 25, 2007, 46-56, with Karikari, Agbara, and El-Osta.
"The Deterrent Effect of Capital Punishment: Evidence from a Judicial Experiment," Economic Inquiry, 14, 2006, 512-535, with Joanna Shepherd.
"A New Theory of the Budgetary Process," Economics and Politics, 18, 2006, 47-70, with Soumaya Tohamy and Peter Aranson.
“International Evidence on Output Fluctuation and Shock Persistence,” Journal of Monetary Economics, 50, 2003, 1531-1553, with Daniel Levy.
“The Effect of Concealed Handgun Laws on Crime: Going Beyond the Dummy Variables,” International Review of Law and Economics, 23, 2003, 199-216, with Paul Rubin.
“Does Capital Punishment have a Deterrent Effect?: New Evidence from Postmoratorium Panel Data,” American Law and Economics Review, 5, 2003, 344-376, with Paul Rubin and Joanna Shepherd.
“A New Approach for Testing Budgetary Incrementalism,“ Journal of Politics, 65, 2003, 532-558 with Soumaya Tohamy and Peter Aranson.
“Lives Saved or Lives Lost: The Effect of Concealed Handgun Laws on Crime,” American Economic Review, 88 P&P, 1998, 468-474, with Paul Rubin.
"Unionism and Police Productivity: An Econometric Investigation," Industrial Relations, 35, 1996, 566-584, with D. Byrne and R. King.
"A Monte Carlo Comparison of Tests Based on the Durbin-Watson Statistic With Other Autocorrelation Tests in Dynamic Models," Econometric Reviews, 14, 1995, 347-365, with J.G. Thursby.
"Foreign Exchange Forward and Futures Prices: Are They Equal?" Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 29 (1), 1994, 75-87.
"Testing for Serial Correlation in Models with Lagged Dependent Variables: A Specification Error Approach," Journal of Econometrics, 60 (1), 1994, 251-272, with J.G. Thursby.
"On the Presence of Speculative Bubbles in Stock Prices," Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 25 (1), 1990, 101-112, with A.D. Kunt.
"The Inappropriate Use of Serial Correlation Tests in Dynamic Linear Models," The Review of Economics and Statistics, 72 (1), 1990, 126-132.
Teaching Awards and Other Recognition
Recipient of the Cuttino Award for Excellence in Mentoring, Emory University, 2008.
Recipient of the university-wide William’s Outstanding
Teaching Award, Emory University, 1999.
Sigma Nu Fraternity’s Favorite Faculty Award, 1999.
Recognized by Emory University Mortar Board for dedication to teaching, 1995.
Received Phi Beta Kappa recognition, Emory University, Spring 1994, Fall 1999, Spring 2000, Spring 2001.
Recipient of university-wide Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award, Ohio State University.
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