My publications, book reviews, and working papers are linked below. If you are interested in any works in progress, please feel free to reach out.
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"The Fertility Gap and Economic Freedom" (with Lyman R. Stone), 2024 in Contemporary Economic Policy.
Podcast link: "The Fertility Gap" (Acton Line)
Article link: "The Fertility Benefits of Economic Freedom" (Institute for Family Studies)
"The Supply and Demand of Marital Contracts: The Case of Same-Sex Marriage" (with Rachael Behr and Kacey Reeves West), 2023 in Public Choice.
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"Bargaining over Beauty: The Economics of Renaissance Art Contracts" (with Ennio E. Piano), 2023 in the Journal of Law and Economics.
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"Contracting Creativity" (with Ennio E. Piano), 2023 in the European Review of Economic History.
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"Autocratic Family Policy," 2022 in Constitutional Political Economy.
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Article link: "Centrally Planning the Family" (Public Discourse)
Podcast link: "The Family and The Regime" (Austin Institute)
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"The Family and the State: A Public Choice Perspective", 2022 in Review of Austrian Economics.
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Podcast link: "Populations as Infrastructure" (Beneath the Surface)
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"Does Marriage Protect Mental Health? Evidence from the COVID-19 Pandemic" (with Christos A. Makridis), 2021 in Social Science Quarterly.
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Article link: "Marriage Protects Mental Health" (Institute for Family Studies)
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"In Persona Christi Capitis: Agency Problems When God is the Principal" (with Ennio E. Piano), 2021 in the Journal of Economics, Management, and Religion.
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"Introduction to the Special Issue on the Economics of Religion" 2021 in Cosmos + Taxis.
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"Substitutes or Complements? A Study of Welfare Services in Utah" (with Bobbi Herzberg), 2021 in Cosmos + Taxis.
"An Economic Theory of Economic Analysis: The Case of the School of Salamanca," 2019 in Public Choice.​​
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Podcast link: "Priests doing economic analysis? Clara Jace explains" (Faith & Economics)
Podcast link: "Why did the School of Salamanca write economic analysis?" (Fe y Libertad)
Video link: "The World's First Economists" (IDH Shorts)
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"Creativity and Cleverness within Discipline in the Study of Man and the Study of Happiness" (with Peter J. Boettke), 2019 in Expositions.
​"Review: Pope Francis and the Caring Society (ed. by Robert M. Whaples)," 2018 in Cosmos + Taxis.
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Under review:​​​​​​​
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The Effects of School Closures on Parental Mental Health: Evidence from the COVID-19 Pandemic (with Christos Makridis and Corey DeAngelis)
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Competition Within the Church: Market Entry and the Rise of Traditional Catholicism in the US (with Ennio E. Piano and Benjamin Bauer)
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Property and Family: The Other Argument for Private Property
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Three to Get Married? An Economic Theory of Religious Marriage (with Anna Claire Noblitt)
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The Fertility Gap and Childcare Regulation (with Anna Claire Flowers, Vincent Geloso, and Lyman Stone)
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Works in progress:​​​​​​​​​​
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The Economics of the Medieval Marriage Contract