Bankruptcy, Debt, and Health
Managing Medical Bills on the Brink of Bankruptcy: Evidence and Implications from a National Study (with Melissa B. Jacoby), Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law, and Ethics (2010)
This paper presents original empirical evidence on financial interactions between medical providers and their patients...
Legislative Process and Bankruptcy
Managing Medical Bills on the Brink of Bankruptcy: Evidence and Implications from a National Study (with Melissa B. Jacoby), Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law, and Ethics (2010)
This paper presents original empirical evidence on financial interactions between medical providers and their patients...
Environmental Policy
Evaluating Political and Environmental Behavior in the Face of a Green Crisis: An Experimental Analysis (with Travis G. Coan) (2011)
Incidents such as the Japanese Nuclear Meltdowns and the British Petroleum oil spill in the...
Voting Green, Social Science Quarterly (2008)
Objectives. Economics, partisanship, and demographics have all been identified as linked to support for environmental...
Women and Politics
Sex, Stereotypes, and Security: A Study of the Effects of Terrorist Threat on Assessments of Female Leadership (with Jennifer L. Merolla and Elizabeth J. Zachmeister), Journal of Women, Politics & Policy (2011)
This project examines the extent to which terrorist threat shapes affect assessments of female political...
Gender and Power in American Cities: Investigations of the Effect of Mayoral Gender on Deliberation, Representation, and Policymaking in U.S. Cities (2011)
The representation of historically marginalized groups in the democratic policy process serves many purposes, including...
Gender and Regime Politics in U.S. Cities (2011)
The scholarship on urban politics often focuses on the political economy provided by regimes, or...
Judging Women (with Stephen J. Choi, G. Mitu Gulati, and Eric A. Posner), Journal of Empirical Legal Studies (2011)
Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s assertion that female judges might be better than male judges has generated...
Sex and the City: Female Leaders and Spending on Social Welfare Programs in U.S. Municipalities (2010)
Scholars of urban politics have long argued that cities will shy away from extensive funding...
Urban Politics
Gender and Power in American Cities: Investigations of the Effect of Mayoral Gender on Deliberation, Representation, and Policymaking in U.S. Cities (2011)
The representation of historically marginalized groups in the democratic policy process serves many purposes, including...
Gender and Regime Politics in U.S. Cities (2011)
The scholarship on urban politics often focuses on the political economy provided by regimes, or...
Sex and the City: Female Leaders and Spending on Social Welfare Programs in U.S. Municipalities (2010)
Scholars of urban politics have long argued that cities will shy away from extensive funding...
Sex and the City: The Effect of Representational Gender on Agenda Setting, Policy Process, and Policy Outcomes (2010)
Research has demonstrated that, at Congressional and State levels, the gender of a representative has...
The Effect of Representational Gender on Policy Preferences in U.S. Municipalities (2010)
The research presented here explores the effect of gender and gender consciousness on the policy...
Economic Development
The Developer’s Decision Calculus: An Agent-Based Model of Commercial Development (with Travis Coan) (2008)
While considerable research has been devoted to understanding the impact local regulatory environments on housing...
International Trade In The San Bernardino Region: Transportation, Trends, and Employment (with Travis Coan) (2006)
International trade presents significant employment, growth, and revenue opportunities for the San Bernardino region, which...
Judicial Behavior
Judging Women (with Stephen J. Choi, G. Mitu Gulati, and Eric A. Posner), Journal of Empirical Legal Studies (2011)
Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s assertion that female judges might be better than male judges has generated...
Measuring Merit in Rhode Island's Natural Experiment in Judicial Selection, Roger Williams University Law Review (2010)
Torts
Most Claims Settle: Implications for Alternative Dispute Resolution From A Profile of Medical Malpractice Claims in Florida (with Neil Vidmar), Law and Contemporary Problems (2010)
The public image of medical malpractice cases is one of a courtroom, with an injured...
The Frequency, Predictability, and Proportionality of Jury Awards of Punitive Damages in State Courts: A New Audit, SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW (2010)
Medical Malpractice
Most Claims Settle: Implications for Alternative Dispute Resolution From A Profile of Medical Malpractice Claims in Florida (with Neil Vidmar), Law and Contemporary Problems (2010)
The public image of medical malpractice cases is one of a courtroom, with an injured...