Working Papers

Externalities in Politicians' Malfeasance: Norms of Corruption, with G. Bobonis and X. Zhao, 2023

Present Bias in Domestic Politics and Self–Committing Treaties, with B. Harstad, NBER Discussion Paper # 32780, 2024

Partisanship as a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy, with B. Bühler, 2024.

Work in Progress

Marriage Penalty and Divorce Premium? Theory and Evidence

Estimating the Impact of Recent US Voting Law Changes on Turnout, with S. Weldon

Other Publications

As part of the expert panel on Basic Income work that was commissioned by the BC government in 2018, I worked on a separate study to review income supports for Indigenous B.C. residents from 2018-2021. The research was conducted in collaboration with the B.C. First Nation Leadership Council. The report produced provides 51 recommendations to improve government’s existing system of supports for Indigenous people in B.C.

Income Supports and Indigenous Peoples in BC: An Analysis of Gaps and Barriers (Full Report), with J. Quinless, 2022.

A shorter Summary Report can be downloaded here.

Dormant Working Papers

Interregional Redistribution and Regional Disparities: How Equalization Does (Not) Work, CEPR Discussion Paper #8133, with C. Lessmann, 2010.