The primary focus of my early research was on European Economic Integration and its impact on income inequality across European countries and regions.
My more recent research agenda delves into political economy, exploring topics such as the influence of media freedom on voters' concerns about income inequality in developing democracies, and the relationship between income inequality and election outcomes in OECD countries.
I am currently working on a set of projects where I investigate the media coverage of economic issues, notably income inequality, on people's perceptions of the economy and on electoral outcomes.
"Admissions Policies and Colleges’ Retention Rates" co-authored with Alyson Ma, Ryan Ratcliff
Jason Campbell, Steven Sumner, Education Economics, 2025 forthcoming.
“From Margins to Headlines: Analyzing the Determinants of Increased Media Focus on Income Inequality” co-authored with Puspa Delima Amri, Social Sciences Quarterly, 2025, forthcoming.
“Admission Test Scores and Colleges’ Retention Rates” co-authored with Alyson Ma, Steven Summer, and Jason Campbell, Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice Vol. 24, Iss. 7, (2024): 97-105.
"Do Voters in Developing and Transitional Democracies Care About Income Inequality? The Role of Media Freedom" co-authored with Puspa Delima Amri, Economics Politics. 2022;1–30. https://t.co/9Jd1Cd9vL6
“Currency devaluation as a source of growth in Africa: a synthetic control approach” (co-authored with Jason Jones and Roy Bower), Eastern Economic Journal (2022) https://doi.org/10.1057/s41302-022-00211-4
“Regional Integration and Income Inequality: A Synthetic Counterfactual Analysis of the European Monetary Union”, Oxford Review of Economic Policy Volume 37, Issue 1, Spring 2021, Pages 172–200. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxrep/graa059
“Tariff and exchange rate pass-through for Chinese exports: A firm-level analysis across customs regimes”, (co -authored with Alyson Ma and Ari Van Assche), China Economic Review, 46C (2017) pp. 87-96, 2017
"Income Inequality and Election Outcomes in OECD Countries: New Evidence Following the Great Recession of 2008-2009" (co-authored with Sharmila King), Electoral Studies, Volume 41, March 2016, Pages 70–79
“An alternative measure of structural unemployment in the U.S.: A stochastic frontier analysis” (co-authored with Uluc Aysun and Richard Hofler), Economic Modelling, Volume 38, February 2014, Pages 592–603, 2014
"Are U.S. imports really hurting U.S. households?: An analysis of the relationship between U.S. households’ consumption and U.S. imports” (co-authored with Chong-Uk Kim), Global Business and Economics Review, volume 6, issue 2, 2014.
“Debt Contagion in Europe: A Panel-Vector Autoregressive (VAR) Analysis” (co-authored with Sharmila King and Ryan Brady) Social Science, volume 2, issue 4, pages 318-340, 2013
"Do National Economic Shocks Influence ECB Interest-Rate Decisions? The Impact of the Financial and Sovereign Debt Crises" (co-authored with Sharmila King), Journal of Common Market Studies, Volume 51, Issue 2, pages 212–231, March 2013
“The Beveridge Curve in Europe: New evidence using national and regional data”, Applied Economics, Volume 44, pp. 3585-3608, 2012.
“Interest-Rate Setting at the ECB Following the Financial and Sovereign Debt Crises, in Real-Time “(co-authored with Sharmila King), Modern Economy, published online November 2011 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/me)
“Wage Disparities in China: An Analysis by Firm-Types” (co-authored with Alyson Ma), Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, Volume 9, Issue 3, 2011
“What does greater economic integration mean for regional income inequality?: An analysis of OECD countries and regions”, Région et Développement, n° 33-2011, p39-58, 2011
“EMU and the dynamics of regional per capita income inequality in Europe”, Journal of Economic Inequality, Volume 8, Number 3, Pages 323-344, 2010.
“European regional structural funds: How large is the influence of politics on the allocation process?” (co-authored with Sandy Dall’erba), Journal of Common Market Studies Volume 48 (3), June 2010
“Leadership and faculty engagement in remote working: lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic”, co-authored with Alyson C. Ma, Steven Sumner, Priya Kannan-Narasimhan, Jeffrey Kibler
“Admissions Policies and Colleges’ Retention Rates” co-authored with Alyson Ma, Ryan Ratcliff , Steven Summer, and Jason Campbell.
“Distorted Realities: Media Coverage, Perceptions of Income Inequality, and Redistribution Preferences” Co-authored with Puspa Delima Amri.
“If it bleeds, it leads: What drives the media coverage of economic inequality and other macroeconomic development in US states.” Co-authored with Puspa Delima Amri.
“What Drives the Media Coverage of Economic Inequality and other Macroeconomic Development in US States?”
“The rise of economic inequality as a voting issue and the role of media coverage”
“The impact of economic education on attitudes towards global trade”, co-authored with Chong-Uk Kim and Mike Visser
Review of the Book “The Political Discourse of Spatial Disparities: Geographical Inequalities Between Science and Propaganda”, by Gyuris Ferenc, in Regional Studies, Volume 49, Issue 10, 2015
Review of the Book “European Cohesion Policy” by Willem Molle, Papers in Regional Science, Volume 87, Issue 3, August 2008, pp. 477-478