"The Economic Performance of Cities: A Markov-Switching Approach" - October 2006, Revised January 2007
with Michael T. Owyang, Jeremy M. Piger, and
Christopher H. Wheeler
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Working Paper 2006-056C
Abstract | Full Text (PDF 529K)
"Creating a Policy Environment for Entrepreneurs"
with Thomas A. Garrett
Cato Journal, Fall 2006, 26(3), pp. 525-52.
"Entrepreneurship and the Policy Environment"
with Yannis Georgellis
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, March/April 2006, 88(2), pp. 95-111.
Full Text (PDF 503K)
"Gender Differences in Self-Employment"
with Yannis Georgellis
International Review of Applied Economics, July 2005, 19(3), pp. 321-42.
"Entrepreneurship and the Deregulation of Banking"
Economics Letters, 2004, 82(3), pp. 333-39.
"Voting with your Feet in the United Kingdom: Using Cross-Migration Rates to Estimate Relative Living Standards"
Papers in Regional Science, January 2001, 80(1), pp. 1-23.
Abstract (links off site).
"Who Are the Self-Employed?"
with Yannis Georgellis
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, November/December 2000, 82(6), pp. 15-23.
Full Text (PDF 141K)
"What Makes a Region Entrepreneurial? Evidence from Britain"
with Yannis Georgellis
Annals of Regional Science, 2000, 34(3), pp. 385-403.
Abstract (links off site).
"Measuring Relative Quality of Life from a Cross-Migration Regression, With an Application to Canadian Provinces"
with Stratford Douglas
Research in Labor Economics, 2000, 19, pp. 191-214.
Abstract | Full Text (PDF 678K)
"'Voting with Your Feet' and the Quality of Life Index: A Simple Non-Parametric Approach Applied to Canada"
with Stratford Douglas
Economics Letters, 1993, 42(2-3), pp. 229-36.
"The Fertility Effect of Dependent Tax Exemptions: Estimates for the United States"
with Yannis Georgellis
Applied Economics, October 1992, 24, pp. 1139-45.