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Education and Income of the States of the United States: 1840-2000

(with Scott L. Baier, Robert Tamura, and Chad Turner), Journal of Economic Growth, 2007. vol. 12(2). 101-158

                                  Education and Income Data: STATA

                      Education and Income Data: Excel

Land Trusts: The Growth of the Non-Profit Land Conservancy Movement

(in Incentives and Conservation: The Next Generation of Environmentalists, edited by Daniel K. Benjamin. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2004.)

Research Under Review

The Peculiarities of Public and Private Production: Within School Sorting of Pupils

(with Angela K. Dills)

Safety, Stability, and Hate Group Activity

How Important are Human Capital. Physical Capital, and Total Factor Productivity for Determining Economic Growth in the United States, 1840 - 2000

           (with Scott L. Baier, Robert Tamura, and Chad Turner)

Current Research

In Search of State Productivity Differences: the Importance of Black — White Schooling Differences from 1840 to 2000

           (with Robert Tamura, and Chad Turner)

Hate Source: Are Hate Groups a Complement or Substitute For Hate Crimes?

The Importance of Education and Race  in Determining the Migratory Response to Economic Freedom

           (with Reynaldo Hernandez-Julian)

On the Economies of Scale of Private Land Conservation

Do Independent Redistricting Commissions Reduce Congressional Partisanship?

           (with David G. Oedel, Allen K. Lynch, and Neil T. Edwards 

The Faculty Flutie Factor: Does Athletic Performance Affect a University’s US News and World Report Peer Assessment Score?

           (with Aleksandar (Sasha) Tomic and  Samuel N. Sholander)