“State Preemption of Local Laws: Origins and Modern Trends“
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2019
“Patterns in Special District Creation and Dissolution.”
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2018
“Political Fragmentation & Economic Growth in U.S. Metropolitan Areas.”
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“State Legislative Ideology & the Preemption of City Ordinances: The Case of Worker Rights Laws.”
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2017
“The Consequences of Specialized Governance on Spending and Expansion of Public Transit.”
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Articles and Book Chapters
2019
“The Fiscal Impacts of Urban Sprawl: Evidence from U.S. County Areas.” Public Budgeting & Finance 39 (4): 3-27.
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“Local Government Fragmentation: What Do We Know?” State and Local Government Review 51 (2): 134-144.
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“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.
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2018
“House Prices and Property Tax Revenues During the Boom and Bust: Evidence from Small-Area Estimates.” Growth and Change 49 (4): 636-656.
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“Jurisdictional Overlap & the Size of the Local Public Workforce.” State and Local Government Review 50 (1): 15-23.
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“Usage of Specialized Service Delivery: Evidence from Contiguous Counties.” Publius: The Journal of Federalism 48 (4): 686-708.
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2017
“Assessing the Influence of Property Tax Delinquency and Foreclosures on Residential Property Sales” Urban Affairs Review 53 (5): 898-923.
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2015
“Local Government Fragmentation and the Local Public Sector: A Panel Data Analysis” Public Finance Review 43 (1): 82-107.
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2013
“Cost shocks and their relationship to the creation, consolidation and dissolution of US local governments” Public Finance & Management 13 (2): 58-79
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“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.
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2011
“The Effects of Assessment Quality on Revenue Volatility” Public Budgeting & Finance 31 (1): 76–94.
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Essays and Reviews
2017
“Do cities and counties circumvent state policy? One potential mechanism.” Death and Taxes.
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