Published Papers
The Efficiency of Local Government: The Role of Privatization and Public Sector Unions (with Matthew E. Kahn & Shanjun Li) Journal of Public Economics (2017), 154: 95-121
Selected media coverage: Forbes
Local Public Finance Dynamics & Hurricane Shocks (with Matthew E. Kahn & Gary C. Lin) Journal of Urban Economics (2023), vol. 134
Selected media coverage: Inequalitalks podcast NBER Digest MARKETPLACE
Working Papers
The Local Benefits of Federal Mandates: Evidence from the Clean Water Act – revisions requested at the Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists
Road Rationing Policies & Housing Markets (with Panle Barwick, Shanjun Li, & Jing Wu) – revisions requested at the Journal of Urban Economics
The Long-Run Effects of Temporary Protection from Deportation (with Jorgen Harris) – in submission
Center for Growth and Opportunity Working Paper (March 2023)
Selected Works in Progress
Information, Technology, & Public Transit Use (with Andrea LaNauze) – slides and draft available upon request
Urban Surface Water Pollution & Health (with Carlos Hurtado)
Electrical Blackouts & Crime (with Viviane Sanfelice)
Local Legacies of the Civilian Conservation Corps (with John Bryon Meyer)
Rhiannon Jerch 