This paper investigates whether the costs of corruption are conditional on the extent of government intervention in the economy. We use data on corruption convictions and economic growth between 1975 and 2007 across the U.S. states to test this hypothesis. Although no state approaches the level...

In this article, we investigate the impact of regional trading arrangements (RTAs) on the environment. We propose an empirical model where RTAs, trade, growth and environmental quality are interrelated. As a result, an RTA in our model can impact the environment either directly or indirectly via...

We investigate whether laws restricting fiscal policies across U.S. states lead politicians to adopt more partisan regulatory policy instead. We first show that partisan policy outcomes do exist across U.S. states, with Republicans cutting taxes and spending and Democrats raising them. We then...

We investigate whether laws restricting fiscal policies across U.S. states lead politicians to adopt more partisan regulatory policy instead. We first show that partisan policy outcomes do exist across U.S. states, with Republicans cutting taxes and spending and Democrats raising them. We then...

This paper investigates the impact of e-government on corruption across U.S. states for 2000-2008. Relative to cross-country research, our state-level analysis provides (i) multiple measures of corruption, (ii) sub-components of e-government, (iii) common institutional and historical background...

This project creates a collaborative learning framework that promotes a deep approach to learning. In spring 2002, we applied our framework to one section of intermediate macroeconomics, while we taught another section using a traditional lecture format. Unlike previous research, we incorporated...