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Research
Research Interests
Industrial organization, Law & Economics, Regulation,
Applied Microeconomics
Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications
"Competition
and the Strategic Choices of Churches" (with Mark F. Owens),
American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, forthcoming, 2011.
"The
Effectiveness of Post-Release Movie Advertising"
(with Kenneth C. Wilbur),
International Journal of Advertising, 2011, 30(2), 305-328.
"The Consequences of 'Consideration Payments': Lessons from Radio Payola," Review of Industrial Organization, 2010, 36(2), 133-147.
Winner of
Review of Industrial Organization Best Article by Younger Scholar
(awarded at 2011 International Industrial Organization Conference)
“The Role of
Upstream-Downstream Competition on Bundling Decisions: Should Regulators
Force Firms to Unbundle?” (with Konstantinos Serfes), Journal of
Economics & Management Strategy, 2009, 18(2), 547-588.
"Retailer
Price Distributions and Promotional Activities" (with Konstantinos Serfes),
Economics Letters, 2009, 103(2), 91-95. (PDF)
"Paying for
Shelf Space: An Investigation of Merchandising Allowances in the Grocery
Industry," B.E. Press Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial
Organization, 2008, 6(1), Article 9. (PDF available
here)
"Promotional
Payments and Firm Characteristics: A Cross-Industry Study," Journal of
Applied Economics and Policy, 2008, 27(1), 47-62. (PDF)
"The Impact of Health Care Costs on Firm Entry and Exit Decisions" (with Christina H. Rennhoff), Southern Business and Economics Journal, 2007, 30(3&4), 111-120. (PDF)
Other Publications
"Media
Ownership Study 1: Local Media Ownership and Media Quality" (with Kenneth C.
Wilbur), Federal Communications Commission Quadrennial Review of Media
Ownership Rules, 2011.
"Media Ownership Study 8A: Local Media Ownership and Viewpoint Diversity in Local Television News" (with Kenneth C. Wilbur), Federal Communications Commission Quadrennial Review of Media Ownership Rules, 2011.
Working Papers and Work in Progress
(Links
go to the Social Science Research Network)
"Local
Media Ownership and Media Quality," (with Kenneth C. Wilbur)
"Local
Media Ownership and Viewpoint Diversity in Local Television News," (with
Kenneth C. Wilbur)
"Bundling, A
La Carte Pricing and Vertical Bargaining in a Two-Sided Model," (with Minghua Chen and Konstantinos Serfes)
"The Kids
are Alright: Competition Between For-Profits and Non-Profits in the Market
for Child Care Services," (with Mark F. Owens)
"Are Rodeo
Cowboys Afraid of a Little Competition?: A Spatial Discrete Choice Model of
Cowboy Rodeo Choices," (with Paul Carrillo and Christina
H. Rennhoff)
"Estimating
the Effects of a la Carte Pricing: The Case of Cable Television," (with Konstantinos Serfes) (update needed)
"A La Carte
Cable and the Market for Television Advertising," (with Minghua Chen and
Konstantinos Serfes)
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