Selected Papers


Please see my C.V. for a more complete list


Government Decision-Making and the Incidence of Federal Mandates

Extensive or Intensive Generosity? The Price and Income Effects of Federal Grants

The Budgetary Repercussions of Capital Convictions

The Spillover Effects of State Spending

Medicare Spending and the Quality of Care Received by Medicare Beneficiaries (joint with A. Chandra)

The Productivity of Medical Specialization:  Evidence from the Medicare Program (joint with A. Chandra)

Trade Adjustment Assistance (joint with M. Rehavi)

Finders Keepers:  Forfeiture Laws, Policing, and Local Budgets (joint with M. Jacobson)

The Effect of Mandated Education Spending on Total Local Resources (joint with N. Gordon)

Fiscal Shenanigans, Targeted Federal Health Care Funds, and Infant Mortality (joint with D. Staiger)

The Effect of Malpractice Liability on the Delivery of Health Care (joint with A. Chandra)