Research

Publications

"The Political Economy of Rising Defense Costs in the United States", forthcoming The Independent Review

"Can Markets Improve Recycling Performance? A Cross-Country Regression Analysis and Case Studies", 2023, with E. Prenovitz and P. Hazlett, Sustainability, 15(6): 4785.

"University Affiliated Research Centers: Evasive Entrepreneurship within the Department of Defense", forthcoming Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy"

"Bureaucratic Rent Creation: The Case of Price Discrimination in the Market for Postsecondary Education", 2023, with P. Hazlett, Constitutional Political Economy, 34(2).

Working papers

"You Work For Us Now: Concentration in University-performed Defense R&D" (previously titled "The Role of Universities in Defense Research")

"Did the 'Quiet Revolution' Really Change Anything?" (with V. Geloso), major revisions at Canadian Journal of Economics

"Are Historians Increasingly Illiberal?" (with V. Geloso), under review at Journal of Policy History

"The Political Economy of Military Base Redevelopment" (with C. Coyne), revise and resubmit at Eastern Economic Journal

"War and Presidential Greatness: Updating Henderson and Gochenour's Results" (with V. Geloso), revise and resubmit at The Independent Review

Works in Progress

"Respect the Troops: A Theory of Social Praise" (with G. Caskey and P. Leeson)

"Output Maximizing Bureaucrat and a Theory of Nationalization" (with A. Nowrasteh and V. Geloso)

"Beyond the State: Understanding the Impact of Informal Institutions on Colonial Relations in Maine" (with N. Smith)

"A War-Adjusted National Accounting of US GDP, 1790-2020 and its Implications" (with V. Geloso)