Research
Short CV Working Papers
Anti-SLAPP Laws and the Real Effects of Civil Procedure (revisions requested)
Energy, Environment and Agriculture
Lessons for regulating flaring and venting: Results from Alberta, Canada (with A. Guerin, P. Ho and N. Najjar), Energy Policy, 2025, 206(November), 114774.
My current research is on regulation, the energy sector and the economics of civil procedure.
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The Surprising Static and Dynamic Effects of Oil and Gas Flaring on Agriculture (revisions requested)
Production Controls in Heavy Oil and Bitumen Markets: Surplus Transfer Due to Alberta's Curtailment Policy (with J. Winter), Energies, 2023, 16(3): 1389.
Curvature and Competitveness: Carbon Taxes in Cattle Markets, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2022, 104(4): 1268-1292.
Lessons from a Utility-Sponsored Revenue Neutral Electricity Conservation Program, Energy Policy, 2021, 150, 112157.
Public Transit and Air Pollution: Evidence from Canadian Transit Strikes (with N. Rivers and S. Saberian), Canadian Journal of Economics, 2020, 53(2).
Pollution and Political Productivity: The Effect of PM on MPs (with A. Heyes and N. Rivers), Land Economics, 2019, 95(2): 157-173.
Gasoline Price and New Vehicle Fuel Efficiency: Evidence from Canada (with N. Rivers), Energy Economics, 2017, 68: 454-465.
New Vehicle Feebates (with N. Rivers), Canadian Journal of Economics, 2017, 50(1): 201-232.
Taxes, Volatility and Resources in Canadian Provinces, Canadian Public Policy, 2016, 42(4): 469-481.
Salience of Carbon Taxes in the Gasoline Market (with N. Rivers), Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2015, 74(1): 23-36.
The Effect of Carbon Taxes on Agricultural Trade (with N. Rivers), Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2015, 63(2): 235-257.
Regulation and the Financial Performance of Canadian Agribusinesses (with D. Sparling), Agricultural Finance Review, 2011, 71(2): 201-217.
AgriStability with the Prospect for Catastrophic Price Risk for Cow-calf Producers (with J.R. Unterschultz and T. Nilsson), Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2010, 58(3): 361-380.
Cow-calf Producers Should Blame Exchange Rates Not BSE for Lost Wealth (with Z. Komirenko and J.R. Unterschultz), Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A, 2009, 72(17-18): 1086-1091.
Law, Regulation and Politics
Windfalls or Just Rewards: Class Action Fee Ratios in Ontario (with J. Kalajdzic), Canadian Bar Review, 2024, 102(3).
Merger Bonds: A New Remedy for an Old Problem, Canadian Competition Law Review, 2023, 36(1): 29-45.
Interacting Corporate Political Activities with Evidence from the Tobacco Industry (with K. Rao), Business and Politics, 2021, 23(4), 456-473.
Spillovers from Regulating Corporate Campaign Contributions (with A. Fremeth and B.K. Richter), Journal of Regulatory Economics, 2018, 54(3), 244-265.
Motivations for Corporate Political Activity (with A. Fremeth and B.K. Richter), Advances in Strategic Management, Strategy Beyond Markets, 2016, 34: 161-191.
Campaign Contributions over CEOs' Careers (with A. Fremeth and B.K. Richter), American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2013, 5(3): 170-188.
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