Finance

1. A comprehensive evaluation of the comparative cost of negotiated and competitive methods of municipal bond issuance. Under review at the Municipal Finance Journal, with with R. J. Pozdena, J. Booth, and R. Smith. 2007.


2. Evaluation of the Missouri State Auditor's Report on Negotiated Versus Competitive Bond Issuance Costs. ECONorthwest, with R.J. Pozdena. 2006.


3. The Use of Credit Information by Insurers. ECONorthwest, with A. Dyke. 2006.


4. Use of Pension Obligation Bonds to Offset PERS Unfunded Actuarial Liability. ECONorthwest, with R.J. Pozdena. 2002.


5. The Determinants of Managerial Ownership: Theory and Evidence From Initial Public Offerings. Claremont Graduate University. 1997.


6. Managerial ownership, compensation, and initial public offerings. In Marr, M. and Hirschey, M., editors, Advances in Financial Economics, volume2. JAI Press. 1996.


7. Easy money. The Economist, p.6. 1994.

Markets and Competition

1. Optimal Size and Location of Washington State Liquor Stores. ECONorthwest. 2006.


2. Request by Umatilla County to Establish a Minimum Parcel Size Less Than 160 Acres. ECONorthwest, with T. Helvoigt. 2006.


3. Characteristics of a Luxury Wine Country Hotel in Yamhill County, Oregon: Evaluation of Available Sites. ECONorthwest, with R. Whelan. 2006.


4. Competitive, Economic, and Fiscal Impacts of a Large Format Retailer at the Burnside Bridgehead: Evaluation of a Prospective Costco, Home Depot, or Target Store. ECONorthwest and L. Graven, Graven & Associates. 2004.


5. Portland Competitiveness: An Analysis of Comparative and Absolute Advantage. ECONorthwest, with J. Tapogna and R. Whelan. 2004.


6. The Economic Costs of the Proposed Government Acquisition of Portland General Electric: A Preliminary Evaluation of the Willamette Valley Power Proposal. ECONorthwest, with S. Grover. 2002.


7. Market power and cartel formation: Theory and an empirical test. Journal of Law and Economics, with D. Filson, E. Keen, and T. Borcherding. 44:465-480. 2001.

Economic and Fiscal Impacts

1. Fiscal and Economic Impacts of Intel Oregon's Potential Future Investments. ECONorthwest. 2005.


2. Economic and Fiscal Impact of Micron's Idaho Operations. ECONorthwest, with A. Josephson. 2005.


3. Nike's Impact on Oregon. ECONorthwest, with A. Josephson. 2005.


4. How Does Oregon Spending Rank? Ideas for Budget Stability. Cascade Policy Institute, with R.J. Pozdena. 2004.


5. Economic Impacts of Intel's Oregon Operations. ECONorthwest, with C. Batten. 2003.

Oregon Business articles

1. Do we really have a health-care crisis? January 2008.


2. Economic forecast: Will 2008 bring economic salvation? 2007.


3. The pixie dust of streetcars. October 2007.


4. Pay me what I'm worth, or else. July 2007.

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