Academic Publications
"Income Elasticity of Demand for Tanning Bed Usage: Evidence from Survey Data" (with Anne Macy and Amy A. Meredith), Journal of Applied Economics, 25(1): 1156-1181. 2022.
"Cost-Effectiveness of the Adjuvanted Subunit Zoster Vaccine in the USA: A Systematic Review" (with Edward P. Armstrong), Preventive Medicine Reports, 29: 1-6. 2022.
"Strategic Pedagogy: Pursuing Best Practices for Teaching Asynchronous Online Health Economics Courses" International Handbook on Teaching Health Economics: Best Practices (edited by Maia Platt and Allen C. Goodman). 2021.
"Uninsured: A Look at Nonreceipt of the Measles, Mumps, and Rubella Vaccine in Texas" (with Trent N. Trahern and Amy A. Meredith) International Journal of Applied Economics, 17(2): 1-29. 2020.
"Evaluating Risk-Based Capital Regulation" (with Thomas Hogan and Harry Pan) Review of Financial Economics, 36(2): 83-96. 2018.
"Assessing Advertising Bids in Generalized-Secondary Auctions for Improved Selection of Search Engine Keywords" (with Sean Humpherys) Southwestern Economic Review, 44(1): 43-66. 2017.
"Religion and Labor: An Examination of Religious Service Attendance and Unemployment Using Count Data Methods" Eastern Economic Journal, 43(3): 451-471. 2017.
"Risk and Risk-Based Capital of U.S. Bank Holding Companies" (with Thomas Hogan) Journal of Regulatory Economics, 49(1): 86-112. 2016.
"Multistate Health Plans: Agents for Competition or Consolidation" (with Robert Moffit) INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, 52: 1-6. 2015.
"Risk-Based Capital Regulation Revisited: Evidence from the Early 2000s" (with Thomas Hogan and Harry Pan) Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance, 23(2): 115-134. 2015.
"Religious Service Attendance and Labour Force Status: Evidence from Survey Data Using Count Data Methods" Applied Economics, 46(34): 4242-4255. 2014.
"A Postsecondary Revival: The Importance of Religiosity for Postsecondary Enrollment Growth" (with David Mustard) Journal of International Business & Economics, 14(4): 27-50. 2014.
"The Impact of Lecture Capture on Student Performance in Economics Courses" (with Neil Terry, Kyle Williams, and Duane Rosa) Journal of Academy of Business and Economics, 14(3): 83-92. 2014.
"Analysis of the Costs and Payments of a Coordinated Stroke Center and Regional Stroke Network" (with Marilyn Rymer, Edward Armstrong, Sissi Pham, Kevin Thorpe, and Denise Kruzikas) Stroke, 44(8): 2254-2259. 2013.
"Labor Income and Religiosity: Evidence from Survey Data" Southwestern Economic Review, 40(1): 91-112. 2013.
"The Keystone Puzzle: The Impact of Employment Growth and Structural Factors on County Unemployment Rates in Pennsylvania" (with James Jozefowicz) Pennsylvania Economic Review, 16(2): 1-17. 2008.
Working Papers
"Circulating Red Blood Cells: An Updated Reference Interval" (with Amy Meredith, Lynelle Smith, and Julie Rosser) Revise and Resubmit with Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine.
"Tightening Laws: The Impact of a Medical Exemptions Only Restriction Laws on Vaccine Receipt for Daycare-Aged Children" (with Amy Meredith) Under Review.
"Housing Voucher Discrimination and Deaths of Despair" (with Christopher A. Brooks and Amy Meredith)
Research in Progress
"Income Elasticity of Demand for Tanning Bed Usage: Evidence from Restricted Survey Data" (with Anne Macy)
"Is Tanning Bed Usage Normal? An Analysis Using the Earned Income Tax Credit" (with Anne Macy)