Research
Short CV Working Papers
Chilling Effects from Anti-SLAPP Laws
Energy, Environment and Agriculture
Production Controls in Heavy Oil and Bitumen Markets: Surplus Transfer Due to Alberta's Curtailment Policy (with J. Winter), Energies, 2023, 16(3): 1389.
My current research is on the economics of Canadian civil procedure, regulation and the energy sector.
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Curvature and Competitveness: Carbon Taxes in Cattle Markets, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2022, 104(4): 1268-1292.
Lessons from a Utility-Sponsored Revenue Neutral Electricity Conservation Program, Energy Policy, 2021, 150, 112157.
Public Transit and Air Pollution: Evidence from Canadian Transit Strikes (with N. Rivers and S. Saberian), Canadian Journal of Economics, 2020, 53(2).
Pollution and Political Productivity: The Effect of PM on MPs (with A. Heyes and N. Rivers), Land Economics, 2019, 95(2): 157-173.
Gasoline Price and New Vehicle Fuel Efficiency: Evidence from Canada (with N. Rivers), Energy Economics, 2017, 68: 454-465.
New Vehicle Feebates (with N. Rivers), Canadian Journal of Economics, 2017, 50(1): 201-232.
Taxes, Volatility and Resources in Canadian Provinces, Canadian Public Policy, 2016, 42(4): 469-481.
Salience of Carbon Taxes in the Gasoline Market (with N. Rivers), Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2015, 74(1): 23-36.
The Effect of Carbon Taxes on Agricultural Trade (with N. Rivers), Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2015, 63(2): 235-257.
Regulation and the Financial Performance of Canadian Agribusinesses (with D. Sparling), Agricultural Finance Review, 2011, 71(2): 201-217.
AgriStability with the Prospect for Catastrophic Price Risk for Cow-calf Producers (with J.R. Unterschultz and T. Nilsson), Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2010, 58(3): 361-380.
Cow-calf Producers Should Blame Exchange Rates Not BSE for Lost Wealth (with Z. Komirenko and J.R. Unterschultz), Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A, 2009, 72(17-18): 1086-1091.
Law, Regulation and Politics
Merger Bonds: A New Remedy for an Old Problem, Canadian Competition Law Review, 2023, 36(1):.
Interacting Corporate Political Activities with Evidence from the Tobacco Industry (with K. Rao), Business and Politics, 2021, 23(4), 456-473.
Spillovers from Regulating Corporate Campaign Contributions (with A. Fremeth and B.K. Richter), Journal of Regulatory Economics, 2018, 54(3), 244-265.
Motivations for Corporate Political Activity (with A. Fremeth and B.K. Richter), Advances in Strategic Management, Strategy Beyond Markets, 2016, 34: 161-191.
Campaign Contributions over CEOs' Careers (with A. Fremeth and B.K. Richter), American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2013, 5(3): 170-188.
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