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"The impact of place-based poverty relief: Evidence from the federal Promise Zone program." Regional Science and Urban Economics, 95: 103735. 2022. (with Carl Kitchens)
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"Who responds to changes to the federal adoption tax credit? Evidence from Florida." Southern Economic Journal, 87(2): 483-516. 2020. (with Luke P. Rodgers)
"Suffering in silence: How COVID-19 school closures inhibit the reporting of child maltreatment." Journal of Public Economics, 190: 104258. 2020. (with E. Jason Baron and Ezra G. Goldstein) (Working paper on SSRN)
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