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)