In this dissertation, I empirically analyze topics at the intersection of law and economics. In the first chapter, Michael Packard and I calculate the crime effects attributable to the Mariel Boatlift, the 1980 Cuban refugee ...

In this dissertation, I study three topics ranging from political economics to the economics of crime. In the first chapter, "Using Rain for Electoral Gain: Evidence from FEMA's Public Assistance Program", I study distortions ...

This thesis has three chapters on energy economics. The first compares two policies that govern oil and gas leasing in the American Southwest. The second provides an overview of fracking and economic research on fracking ...