Review Articles

"Increasing Employment by Halting Pandemic Unemployment Benefits"
with  Iris Arbogast
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, Third Quarter 2022
https://doi.org/10.20955/r.104.166-77

"Schools and Stimulus"
with  M. Saif Mehkari
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, Second Quarter 2020
https://doi.org/10.20955/r.102.145-71

"So, Why Didn’t the 2009 Recovery Act Improve the Nation’s Highways and Bridges?"
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, Second Quarter 2017
https://doi.org/10.20955/r.2017.169-182

"The 2009 Recovery Act: Directly Created and Saved Jobs Were Primarily in Government"
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, Second Quarter 2014
https://doi.org/10.20955/r.96.123-146

Economic Synopses Articles

"Possible Fiscal Policies for Rare, Unanticipated, and Severe Viral Outbreaks"
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Economic Synopses, 2020, No. 6
https://doi.org/10.20955/es.2020.6

"The Cyclicality of the Aging U.S. Motor Vehicle Fleet"
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Economic Synopses, 2019, No. 26
https://doi.org/10.20955/es.2019.26

"Auto Sales and the 2007-09 Recession"
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Economic Synopses, 2019, No. 16
https://doi.org/10.20955/es.2019.16

"Why the 2009 Recovery Act Didn’t Improve the Nation’s Highways"
with  Jack Garton
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Economic Synopses, 2017, No. 14
https://doi.org/10.20955/es.2017.14

"Liftoff and the Natural Rate of Interest"
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Economic Synopses, 2015, No. 12
https://doi.org/10.20955/es.2015.12

Regional Economist Articles

"Examining Long and Variable Lags in Monetary Policy"
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The Regional Economist, Second Quarter 2023

"Employment Fluctuations and the World Oil Market"
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The Regional Economist, Fourth Quarter 2022

"Employment Effects of Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Benefits: Incentives Matter"
with  Iris Arbogast
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The Regional Economist, Third Quarter 2022

"Which States Are Driving U.S. Employment Growth?"
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The Regional Economist, Fourth Quarter 2021

"How Recent Fiscal Interventions Compare with the New Deal"
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The Regional Economist, Third Quarter 2021, Vol. 29, No. 3

"The Efficacy of Enhanced Unemployment Benefits during a Pandemic"
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The Regional Economist, First Quarter 2020, Vol. 28, No. 1

"Ask an Economist: Does Government Spending Stimulate the Economy?"
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The Regional Economist, Third Quarter 2017, Vol. 25, No. 3

"The Recovery Act of 2009 vs. FDR's New Deal: Which Was Bigger?"
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The Regional Economist, First Quarter 2017, Vol. 25, No. 1

"Government Spending Might Not Create Jobs Even during Recessions"
with  Rodrigo Guerrero
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The Regional Economist, Third Quarter 2016, Vol. 24, No. 3

"Stimulus Spending Had Spillover Effects, Thanks to Commuters"
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The Regional Economist, Fourth Quarter 2015, Vol. 23, No. 4

"Stimulus Grants and Schools: How Was the Money Spent?"
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The Regional Economist, Second Quarter 2015, Vol. 23, No. 2