“State Unemployment in Recessions During 1991-2009 Was Linked to Faster Growth in Medicare Spending,” with Melissa McInerney.  Forthcoming in Health Affairs.

 “Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Surgical Treatment of Acute Myocardial Infarction: The Role of Hospital and Physician Effects” with Daifeng He and Eytan Jankowitz (W&M Class of 2011).  Forthcoming in Medical Care Research and Review.

 “Recessions and Seniors’ Health, Health Behaviors, and Healthcare Use: Analysis of the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey,” with Melissa McInerney.  Journal of Health Economics, Volume 31, Issue 5, September 2012, pages 744-751.

“Hospital Responses to Medicare’s Outpatient Prospective Payment System: Evidence from Florida,” with Daifeng He.  Journal of Health Economics, Volume 31, Issue 5, September 2012, pages 730-743.

 “Religious Participation and Risky Behaviors among Adolescents,” with Beth Freeborn.  Health Economics, Volume 20, Issue 10, October 2011, pages 1226-1240.

"Do Cigarette Taxes Affect Children's Body Mass Index? Evidence of an Effect of Household Environment on Health." Health Economics,Volume 20, Issue 4, April 2011, pages 412-431.

"Child Body Mass Index, Obesity, and Proximity to Fast Food Restaurants,"with Carrie B. Dolan and Ron Rapoport.  International Journal of Pediatric Obesity, Volume 6, Number 1, February 2011, pages 60-68

"Predicting Health Behaviors with an Experimental Measure of Risk Preference," with Lisa Anderson. Journal of Health Economics, Volume 27, Number 5, September 2008, pages 1260-1274.

"The Impact of Child Obesity on Active Parental Consent in School-Based Survey Research of Healthy Eating and Physical Activity," with Ron Rapoport and Dan Maliniak. Evaluation Review, Volume 32, Number 3, June 2008, pages 298-312.

"Inequality and Public Good Provision: An Experimental Analysis," with Lisa R. Anderson and Jeffrey Milyo. Journal of Socio-Economics, Volume 37, Number 3, June 2008, pages 1010-1028.

"Induced Heterogeneity in Trust Experiments," with Lisa R. Anderson and Jeffrey Milyo. Experimental Economics, Volume 9, Number 3, September 2006, pages 223-235.

"State Social Capital and Individual Health Status," with Jeffrey Milyo. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, Volume 30, Number 6, December 2005, pages 1101-1130.

"Illustrating Adverse Selection in Health Insurance Markets with a Classroom Game." Southern Economic Journal, Volume 72, Number 2, October 2005, pages 502-515.

"Individual Health Status and Minority Racial Concentration in U.S. States and Counties," with Jeffrey Milyo. American Journal of Public Health, Volume 94, Issue 6, June 2004, pages 1043-1048.

"Social Capital and Contributions in a Public Goods Experiment," with Lisa R. Anderson and Jeffrey Milyo. The American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, Volume 94, Number 2, May 2004, pages 373-376.

"On the Importance of Age-Adjustment Methods in Ecological Studies of Social Determinants of Mortality," with Jeffrey Milyo. Health Services Research, Volume 38, Number 6, December 2003, pages 1781-1790.

"Is Exposure to Income Inequality a Public Health Concern? Lagged Effects of Income Inequality on Individual and Population Health" with Jeffrey Milyo. Health Services Research, Volume 38, Number 1, Part 1, February 2003, pages 137-151.

"Income Inequality and Health Status in the United States: Evidence from the Current Population Survey," with Jeffrey Milyo. The Journal of Human Resources, Volume 37, Number 3, Summer 2002, pages 510-539.

"Long-Term Care and Nursing Home Coverage: Are Adult Children Substitutes for Insurance Policies?" Journal of Health Economics, Volume 20, Number 4, June 2001, pages 527-547.

"Re-Examining the Evidence of an Ecological Association Between Income Inequality and Health," with Jeffrey Milyo. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, Volume 26, Number 3, June 2001, pages 487-522. 

"Income Inequality and Health," with Jeffrey Milyo. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Volume 20, Number 1, Winter 2001, pages 151-155.

"The Effect of Family Planning Programs on the Fertility of Welfare Recipients: Evidence from Medicaid Claims." The Journal of Human Resources, Volume 33, Number 4, Fall 1998, pages 866-895.