My new paper, “Macroeconomic Shocks and Racial Labour Market Differences”, with Kuhelika De (GVSU), Dan Giedeman (GVSU), and Gary Hoover(Oklahoma) is now available as a Center for Economic Studies (CESifo) working paper.
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New Paper Forthcoming
“Paying for Freedom: Indentured Labour and Strategic Default” is now forthcoming at Economic Modelling. This is coauthored with Pinaki Bose (Manitoba) and Arnab Basu (Cornell). It was a pleasure to work with both of them!!
Defence & Security Economics Workshop
Great time at the recent Defence and Security Economics Workshop in Ottawa. Big thanks to Patrick Alexander for his great comments on my paper Civil War and State Capacity (coauthored with Bryan Paterson and Karl Skogstad).
Research Visit
Had a great visit at Grand Valley State University to work with my coauthors Dan Giedeman and Kuhelika De on our paper Macroeconomic Shocks and Racial Labour Market Differences. Looking forward to having this under review shortly. Was great to get to meet Sebastian Linde and Christopher Cruz this visit as well!
Sabbatical 2019
Just a quick note that I am on leave until January 2020. I hope to move a number of projects along over the coming months and so hopefully will see a few publications in the coming 6-9 months. I’ll be sure to update any news here.
Defence & Security Economics Workshop
Just back from a great time at the Defence and Security Economics Workshop in Ottawa. Really enjoyed my time on the panel discussing Eli Berman’s fantastic new book Small Wars, Big Data! I highly recommend the book to those interested in the study of terrorism, civil wars, and foreign interventions. As always, big thanks toContinue reading “Defence & Security Economics Workshop”
ACEA 2018
Just returned from a great trip to the Atlantic Canada Economics Association Conference in Fredericton, New Brunswick. I presented my paper “The Tax-Spending Nexus: Canadian Provincial Evidence” with Wayne Simpson (Manitoba). Thanks to Herb Emery (UNB) for putting together the session, and to all the conference organizers for putting together a great weekend!! It wasContinue reading “ACEA 2018”
New Paper Forthcoming
My paper “Racial Differentials in the Wealth Effects of the Financial Crisis and Great Recession” is now forthcoming in the Journal of Economics, Race, and Policy. This is joint with Dan Giedeman and Leslie Muller. This was my first time working with Leslie and it was a great experience, thank you to her and DanContinue reading “New Paper Forthcoming”
New Paper Forthcoming
“Banking and Inequality: US State Evidence” is now forthcoming at the Social Science Journal. This paper is joint with Chen Xu, Daniel Giedeman, and Gary Hoover. Congratulations to Chen Xu on his first publication as a graduate student in the economics PhD program at the University of Oklahoma.
CEA 2018
Just returned from a great trip to the Canadian Economics Association Meetings in Montreal. I presented my paper “The Tax-Spending Nexus: Canadian Provincial Evidence” with Wayne Simpson (Manitoba) at a great session chaired by Bev Dahlby (Calgary). Big thanks to Marcelin Joanis (Polytechnique Montreal) for amazing comments as the discussant on the paper!!
