In "The Expansive Corridor: Testing Acemoglu and Robinson (2019)" Ryan Murphy and I test the theory of development advanced by Acemoglu and Robinson in their book The Narrow Corridor. tandfonline.com/eprint/95BNEJF…

Today, my paper on how to measure the open access orders from North, Wallis, and Weingast’s “Violence and Social Orders” went online at Journal of Institutional Economics [1/7]. cambridge.org/core/journals/…

My paper with Colin O'Reilly on the effects of fiscal capacity on the rule of law has been published online by the European Journal of Law and Economics: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

The State Capacity Index by Ryan Murphy & Colin O'Reilly is now part of our compilation datasets! It features three key variables on state capacity, offering extensive coverage: datafinder.qog.gu.se/dataset/sci Want to replicate the map you've seen? Visit worldmap.qog.gu.se

Check out our new article, In the Name of Mazu: The Use of Religion by China to Intervene in Taiwanese Elections Lots of hard work by Chien-Yuan Sher, Chung-Pei Pien, Yu-Hsi Liu and me. academic.oup.com/fpa/article/20…

New paper by me and Colin O'Reilly on the effects of state-level economic freedom on economic performance. We apply advances in panel methodology that use EFNA's lengthy time dimension to account for cross-sectional dependence and heterogeneous slopes.

Sign up for a webinar on running successful undergrad programming with panelists from the Menard Family Center for Economic Inquiry at Creighton. The webinar is October 22nd from 11 to noon central time. theihs.org/academic-progr…

On Tuesday, October 22, IHS will host a webinar focused on running successful undergraduate programs, featuring Rafael A. Acevedo R., Colin O'Reilly, and Michael from the Menard Family Center for Economic Inquiry at Creighton University University. Register today! theihs.org/academic-progr…

The Heider College of Business at Creighton University is hiring for an Instructor/Assistant Professor of Practice of Economics. Please apply or share with anyone looking for a full time position! The job is now posted on the CU website here: creighton.edu/instructorassi…

Kate Sheehan and I just published a paper studying Women's property rights equality and entrepreneurial activity. Check it out here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author/S…

Are you interested in the impacts of state-level regulation on economic growth, entrepreneurship, and employment? Call for papers: special issue of the Journal of Regulatory Economics on "The Burden of State-Level Administrative Rules"

I am excited to start as editor of the Journal of Regulatory Economics. We have an excellent editorial team. Send us your research!

🌳Right to Repair laws This study explores how even the threat of right to repair laws can push manufacturers to share repair information and parts, which leads to: 📈More competition 📉Lower repair costs ⚡Less e-waste A win for business, consumers, and the planet!🌏

🗄️May Article from the Archive!🗄️ Can pricing electricity differently change household consumption? This research suggests it can, and by a lot. ⚡TOU: -3 - 6% ⚡CPP: -13 - 20% ⚡With smart tech: -44% #EnergyEconomics #DemandResponse #DynamicPricing #TBT #Research

Learn more by accessing "Demand Response in Wholesale Electricity Markets: The Choice of Customer Baseline" - Journal of Regulatory Economics doi.org/10.1007/s11149…

As seen in The Regulatory Review 's Week in Review! A study from JRE explores how the threat of Right to Repair laws can push manufacturers to share info, which leads to 📈More competition 📉Lower repair costs ⚡Less e-waste