Academic Degrees
Ph D, Boston College
MA, Boston College
BA, Calvin College
Representative Publications
âCartel formation and decision: the role of information and disclosureâ (with Ruben Korsen) forthcoming in Europeen Journl ofPolitical Economy (May 2023)
âGoing Underground: THe impact of deterrence on the landlord's decision to operate informally)â (with Jeremy Schwartz) forthcoming in Applied Economics (January 2023)
âRace, poverty and the social determinants of the coronavirus divide: U.S. county-level
disparities and risk factorsâ, (with Laura J. Samuel, PhD, Darrell J. Gaskin, PhD,
et al), BMC Public Health (June 2021).
Ajit Mishra, Samuel Andrew, Does it matter who extorts? Extortion by competent and
incompetent officersâ, accepted to Scottish Journal of Political Economy (August 2021).
âSelf-reporting and Market Structureâ (with Matthew Rablen) accepted to Economica (December 2020).
âLicensing and the informal sector in rental markets: theory and evidenceâ (with Jeremy Schwartz and Kerry Tan), accepted to Contemporary Economic Policy (July 2020).
âAnnounced or Surprise Inspections and Oligopoly Competition" (with Emmanuel Dechenaux) forthcoming in B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy
âAvoidance and the optimal burden of proofâ (with Murat Mungan) forthcoming in Economics Letters
âProduct market competitionâs effect on earnings management when audit quality is endogenous: theory and evidenceâ (with Jeremy Schwartz) forthcoming in Review of Law and Economics
âLaw enforcement among endogenously (in)competent officersâ (with Ajit Mishra) forthcoming in Economic Inquiry (September 2017)
âA note on licenses in the presence of corruptionâ (with Fabio Mendez and Amy Farmer) forthcoming in Review of Law and Economics (June 2017)
âPreemptive bribery and asymmetric information: Does prior knowledge matterâ (with Ajit Mishra) forthcoming Journal of Public Economic Theory (October 2016)
âMaximal fines under announced and unannounced inspectionsâ (with Emmanuel Dechenaux) forthcoming Journal of Public Economic Theory (March 4, 2015)
âGaming the âsystemâ: Interdependent networks and investment inefficienciesâ (with Allison Reilly and Seth Guikema), forthcoming Decision Analysis (April 27, 2015)
"Corruption and Hold-up: the role of intermediaries" (with Ajit Mishra), forthcoming in European Journal of Law and Economics, (May 22, 2015)
âCognitive Dissonance, Ethical Behavior, and Briberyâ, forthcoming in Thinking about Bribery: Neuroscience, Moral Cognition and the Psychology of Bribery (eds. Philip Nichols and Diana Roberstson), Cambridge University Press
âThe effect of de-hubbing on airfaresâ, forthcoming Journal of Air Transport Management 50, 45 â 52 (resubmitted September 2015, October, 2015)
âAnnounced vs. surprise inspections with tipping-offâ (with Emmanuel Dechenaux) European Journal of Political Economy Volume 34, June 2014, 167â183 ( December 17, 2013)
âFair Trade, Market Failures, and (the absence of) Institutionsâ (with Charles Scott and Fred Derrick), Review of Social Economy, Volume 72, Issue 2, 2014 ( July 16, 2013)
âBribery in subsidized credit markets: evidence from households in Bangladesh.â (with Aaron Lowen and Emmanuel Dechenaux), Indian Growth and Development Review, 2014, 7(1), 61-72 ( December 9, 2012)
âResource allocation for homeland defense: Dealing with the team effectâ, Decision Analysis, Volume 9 Issue 3, 09 2012, 238-252 ( March 11, 2012)
âPreemptive Corruption, Hold-Up and Repeated Interactionsâ (with Emmanuel Dechenaux), Economica, Vol. 79, No. 314, 2012 (December, 2011)
âBribery and Endogenous Monitoring Effort: An Experimental Studyâ (with Aaron Lowen), Eastern Economic Journal, 38, 356-380 ( August 1, 2011)
âMorality and Happinessâ (old title: âMotivating Morality: Game Theory and Moral Motivationâ), (with Kelly Clark) in âEvidence and Religious Beliefâ, Oxford University Press, August 2011
âCorruption and Monitoring Technologyâ (with Aaron Lowen), Economics of Governance, Vol 11, 2010 (, March 26, 2010)
âPreemptive Collusion among Corruptible Law-Enforcersâ, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol 7: 2, 2009 (, March 2009)