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Research

Published and Forthcoming

  • The Hazards of Unwinding the Prescription Opioid Epidemic: Implications for Child Maltreatment (with Mary Evans and Matthew C. Harris). American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, Forthcoming
  • Tax Compliance in the Amazon. National Tax Journal, 2022, 75(2), 297-311 (with Celeste K. Carruthers, William F. Fox, and Matthew N. Murray)
  • Prescription Opioids and Labor Market Pains: The Effect of Schedule II Opioids on Labor Force Participation and Unemployment (with Matthew C. Harris, Matthew N. Murray, and M. Elizabeth Glenn). Journal of Human Resources, 2020, 55(4), 1319-1364.
  • Habit Formation and Activity Persistence: Evidence from Gym Equipment (with Matthew C. Harris). Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 166, p. 688-708, 2019.
  • Bank Capital and Portfolio Risk Among Islamic Banks (with Syed Basher and Murat K. Munkin). Review of Financial Economics, 34, p. 1-9, 2017.
  • Bayesian Estimation of Panel Data Fractional Response Models with Endogeneity: An Application to Standardized Test Rates (with Murat K. Munkin). Empirical Economics, 49(1) p. 81-114, 2015.
  • Infertility Evaluation and Treatment among Women in the United States (with Benjamin M. Craig, Shayne M. Plosker, Damon R. Reed, and Gwendolyn P. Quinn). Fertility and Sterility, 100(4) p. 1025-1032, 2013.
  • Starting a Family: Characteristics Associated with Men’s Reproductive Preferences (with Benjamin M. Craig, Christopher Saigal, and Gwendolyn P. Quinn). American Journal of Men’s Health, 7(3), p. 198-205, 2013.
  • Is a Happy Nation a Productive Nation? An Exploration of the Relationship between Job Satisfaction and Productivity at the National Level (with Stacey R. Kessler, Eileen Z. Taylor, Edward L. Levine, and Jack W. Wiley). European Journal of International Management, 2, p. 356-375, 2008.

Working Papers

  • A SALT on Real Estate? Housing Market and Migration Responses to the Limit on the State and Local Tax Deduction (with Donald Bruce) (Link)
  • Optimal Substance Use Treatment Selection Using Machine Learning (with Matt Baucum, Anahita Khojandi, and Carole Myers)

Policy Briefs and Other Publications

  • Assessing Advanced Manufacturing In Tennessee. Prepared for The University of Tennessee Center for Industrial Service, 2022. (with Don Bruce and Edward Taylor)
  • An Economic Report to the Governor of Tennessee – Annual Report: 2021, 2022.
  • How will Expanding Broadband Internet Access Benefit Knox County, TN? Prepared for the Knoxville Utilities Board, 2021. (with Richard Beem, William F. Fox, and Alex Norwood)
  • TVA Regional Economic Outlook – Annual Report: 2020. (with Vickie Cunningham)
  • COVID-19 Will Impact Local Government Finances in Tennessee. Baker Center Policy Brief, 2020. (with Don Bruce and Matthew Murray)
  • COVID-19 Could Shrink the Earnings of 2020 Graduates for Years to Come. The Conversation, 2020. (with Celeste Carruthers and Marianne Wanamaker).
  • The Tennessee Economy: Short-Term Outlook, in An Economic Report to the Governor of Tennessee – Annual Report:  2014- 2016, 2019-2020.
  • The Effects of Prescription Opioid Use on County-Level Labor Markets in Tennessee (with Matthew C. Harris and Matthew N. Murray), in An Economic Report to the Governor of Tennessee – Annual Report 2018.
  • The Tennessee Economy: Long-Term Outlook, in An Economic Report to the Governor of Tennessee – Annual Report: 2015- 2018.

  • Do Tennessee’s Higher Education Graduates Work in Tennessee? Revisited. Prepared for the U.S. Department of Labor, 2017.

  • Quarterly Business and Economic Indicators Report (with William F. Fox), Quarterly Report Prepared for The Tennessee Secretary of State (August 2014 – Present).

  • Nashville and Middle Tennessee County Transportation Revenue Forecasts (with William F. Fox, Tammy Lemon, and LeAnn Luna), 2017.

  • Economic Study and Forecast of the Nashville MSA (with William F. Fox, Emily Pratt, and Lydia McCoy), 2017.

  • TVA Regional Economic Outlook (with Matthew N. Murray and Vickie C. Cunningham). Annual Report: 2015-2017.

  • Economic Benefits of Postsecondary Credentials. Incremental Earnings and Revenues Upon Drive to 55 Achievement (with William F. Fox, Sally Haar, and Katherine Scott). Prepared for the Tennessee Department of Economic & Community Development, 2016.

  • Tennessee Business and Economic Outlook (with Matthew N. Murray). Semi-Annual Report: Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016.

  • Long Range Projections of Tennessee Road User Fees (with Matthew N. Murray, Mark Burton, and Emily Pratt), 2015.

  • Promoting Advanced Manufacturing Clusters in Tennessee (with Matthew N. Murray). Prepared for The University of Tennessee Center for Industrial Service, 2013 and in An Economic Report to the Governor of Tennessee – 2014.

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