Journal Articles

"Examining the Public Interest Rationale for Regulating Whiskey with the Pure Food and Drugs Act" (with Daniel J. Smith). Public Choice, forthcoming.

“Examining the Effect of Arkansas’s Increased Severance Tax Rate on Natural Gas Production” (with K. Michael Casey). Oil, Gas & Energy Quarterly 69(1) 2020: 71-81.

 Policy Papers

“The Costs of Occupational Licensing in Tennessee & Avenues for Reform” (with Ron Shultis, Daniel J. Smith, and Protik Nandy). Political Economy Research Institute and the Beacon Center of Tennessee, 2022.

“Advancing Certificate-of-Need Reform in Tennessee” (with Daniel J. Smith). PERI Policy Study, 2021.

Media Coverage: EconVersations (Troy University)

Popular Publications

“Occupational licensing reduces economic opportunity in Tennessee,” (with Ron Shultis and Daniel J. Smith). Tennessean. April 5th, 2022.

“Costs of occupational licensing fall heaviest on vulnerable Tennesseans,” (with Ron Shultis and Daniel J. Smith). The Center Square. March 30th, 2022.

“Why Tennessee must reform Certificate-of-Need regulations to improve health care market,” (with Daniel J. Smith). Tennessean. January 25th, 2022.

“Tennessee’s alcohol taxes fall heaviest on the poor,” (with Daniel J. Smith). Tennessean. May 6th, 2021. 

“Brexit,” Log Cabin Democrat. January 4th, 2020.

 Working Papers

"Economic Freedom Matters A Lot More for Economic Growth Than You Think!" (with Vincent Geloso & Sean-Patrick Alvarez) R&R at European Journal of Political Economy

"Assuring Consumers of Authenticity, Safety, & Quality: Early American Whiskey Markets" (with Daniel J. Smith) Under Review

"The Itch to Regulate: The Political Economy of U.S. Barber Licensure in the Progressive Era" (with Daniel J. Smith & Sean-Patrick Alvarez)

"I Know Not: The Knowledge Problems in Demonstrating a Public Interest Rationale for Certificate-of-Need" (with Sean-Patrick Alvarez & Daniel J. Smith)

"Free-Market Football: Analyzing the Effect of the Bundesliga's 50+1 Rule"