Publications

“How Far to the Border?: The Extent and Impact of Cross-Border Casual Cigarette Smuggling.” National Tax Journal, March 2008 (Working Paper Version).

Working Papers and Work in Progress

"Housing Wealth, Liquidity Constraints and College Enrollment" (Job Market Paper) (pdf).

"Why Have College Completion Rates Declined: Marginal Students or Marginal Colleges?" (With John Bound and Sarah E. Turner) (pdf).

“Playing with Fire: Cigarettes, Taxes and Competition from the Internet” (with Austan Goolsbee and Joel Slemrod). Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research Working Paper No. 07-002, September 2007 (pdf).

“The Effect of Teachers’ Unions on Education Production: Evidence from Union Election Certifications in Three Midwestern States” (Paper; Online Appendix).

"The Fatal Toll of Driving to Drink: The Effect of Minimum Legal Drinking Age Evasion on Traffic Fatalities" (With Joel Slemrod) (pdf).

“Understanding the Decrease in College Completion Rates and the Increased Time to the Baccalaureate Degree” (With John Bound and Sarah E. Turner). PSC Research Report No. 07-626 (pdf) and Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research Working Paper No. 06-43 (pdf), November 2007.