It is important but challenging to develop multifunctional soy protein adhesives with high bonding strength to replace toxic formaldehyde-based adhesives used in the wood-based panel fabrication industry. In this study, inspired by arthropod cuticles, the epoxide-crosslinked soy protein isolate...

The special legal status of Indian tribes in the U.S. means that state excise taxes are not necessarily collected on cigarette purchases on Indian reservations. We focus on two under-studied but basic empirical economic questions this raises. Using novel data from New York surveys that asked...

The U.S. 2009 Tobacco Control Act opened the door for new anti-smoking policies by giving the Food and Drug Administration broad regulatory authority over the tobacco industry. We develop a behavioral welfare economics approach to conduct cost-benefit analysis of FDA tobacco regulations. We use...