2021

• “What Lies Beneath these Creatures of the State: Understanding the Birth and Death of U.S. Local Governments.” Abstract  pdf
• “Neighborhood Institutions and Residential Home Sales: Evaluating the Impact of Property Tax Exemptions” The Journal of Real Estate Finance & Economics Abstract doi  pdf

2020

• “Patterns in Special District Creation and Dissolution.” Abstract  pdf

2018

• “State Legislative Ideology & the Preemption of City Ordinances: The Case of Worker Rights Laws.” Abstract  pdf

2021

• “Political Fragmentation & Economic Growth in U.S. Metropolitan Areas.” Journal of Urban Affairs 43 (9): 1355-1376. Abstract doi  pdf
• “State Preemption of Local Laws: Origins and Modern Trends.“ Perspectives on Public Management & Governance 4 (2): 146-158. Abstract doi  pdf
• “The Truth about Honesty in the Nonprofit Sector.” Public Administration Quarterly 45 (2): 188-210. Abstract doi  pdf
• “The Consequences of Specialized Governance on Spending and Expansion of Public Transit.” Local Government Studies 47 (2): 296-311. Abstract doi  pdf

2020

• “State Tensions in State-Local Intergovernmental Response to Emergencies: The Case of COVID-19.” State & Local Government Review 52 (3): 186-194. Abstract doi  pdf

2019

• “The Fiscal Impacts of Urban Sprawl: Evidence from U.S. County Areas.” Public Budgeting & Finance 39 (4): 3-27. Abstract doi  pdf
• “Local Government Fragmentation: What Do We Know?” State and Local Government Review 51 (2): 134-144. Abstract doi  pdf
• “Do Cities and Counties Attempt to Circumvent Changes in Their Autonomy by Creating Special Districts?” The American Review of Public Administration 49 (2): 203-217. Abstract doi  pdf

2018

• “House Prices and Property Tax Revenues During the Boom and Bust: Evidence from Small-Area Estimates.” Growth and Change 49 (4): 636-656. Abstract doi  pdf
• “Jurisdictional Overlap & the Size of the Local Public Workforce.” State and Local Government Review 50 (1): 15-23. Abstract doi  pdf
• “Usage of Specialized Service Delivery: Evidence from Contiguous Counties.” Publius: The Journal of Federalism 48 (4): 686-708. Abstract doi  pdf

2017

• “Assessing the Influence of Property Tax Delinquency and Foreclosures on Residential Property Sales” Urban Affairs Review 53 (5): 898-923. Abstract doi  pdf

2015

• “Local Government Fragmentation and the Local Public Sector: A Panel Data Analysis” Public Finance Review 43 (1): 82-107. Abstract doi  pdf

2013

• “Cost shocks and their relationship to the creation, consolidation and dissolution of US local governments” Public Finance & Management 13 (2): 58-79 Abstract
• “Understanding and Measuring Elasticity, Volatility, and Implications for Local Government Fiscal Health” Handbook of Local Government Fiscal Health, edited by Jonathan B. Justice, Helisse Levine, and Eric Scorsone. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett, Inc. Abstract

2011

• “The Effects of Assessment Quality on Revenue Volatility” Public Budgeting & Finance 31 (1): 76–94. Abstract doi

2017

• “Do cities and counties circumvent state policy? One potential mechanism.” Death and Taxes. Abstract