Working Papers


2021

  1. Doremus, Jacqueline, Irene Jacqz, and Sarah Johnston, (2021) “Sweating the energy bill: Extreme weather, poor households, and the energy spending gap.” Cal Poly Working Paper 2101.
  2. Bednarek, Ziemowit, Jacqueline Doremus, and Sarah Stith, (2021) “U.S. Cannabis Laws Projected to Cost Generic and Brand Pharmaceutical Firms Billions.” Cal Poly Working Paper 2102.
  3. Hasbany, James, Ryland Burke, Lawrence Watson, and Jacqueline Doremus, (2021) “Scoring Benefits of Eastward Travel in the NBA.” Cal Poly Working Paper 2103.
  4. Rodríguez, Francisco and Eduardo Zambrano, (2021) “Monotone Comparative Statics in the Calver-Wittman Model.” Cal Poly Working Paper 2104.
  5. Hill, Ruth, Carolina Mejia-Mantilla, and Kathryn Vasilaky, (2021) “Is the Price Right? Returns to Input Adoption in Uganda.” Cal Poly Working Paper 2105.
  6.  Ahn, Tom, Esteban, Aucejo, and Johnathan James, (2021) “The Importance of Matching Effects for Labor Productivity: Evidence from Teacher-Student Interactions.” Cal Poly Working Paper 2106.

2020

  1. Chakraborty, Avinandan, Jacqueline Doremus, and Sarah Stith, (2020) “The Effects of Recreational Cannabis Access on the Labor Market: Evidence from Colorado.” Cal Poly Working Paper 2001.
  2. Doremus, Jacqueline, Irene Jacqz, and Sarah Johnston, (2020) “Sweating the energy bill: Extreme weather, poor households, and the energy spending gap.” Cal Poly Working Paper 2002. (Updated version: Cal Poly Working Paper 2101)
  3. Herrero, Carmen, José Pineda, Antonio Villar, and Eduardo Zambrano, (2020) “The Inclusive Green Energy index of progress.” Cal Poly Working Paper 2003.

2019

  1. Aucejo, Esteban M. and Jonathan James, (2019) “The Path to College Education: The Role of Math and Verbal Skills.” Cal Poly Working Paper 1901.
  2. Cole, Matthew T., Jacqueline M. Doremus, and Stephen F. Hamilton, (2019) “Market Segmentation by Certification: Quantity Effects on Tropical Timber Production.” Cal Poly Working Paper 1902.
  3. Bostwick, Valerie, Stefanie Fischer, and Matthew Lang, (2019) “Semesters or Quarters? The Effect of the Academic Calendar on Postsecondary Student Outcomes.” Cal Poly Working Paper 1903.
    • Published version: Bostwick, Valerie, Stefanie Fischer, and Matthew Lang, (Forthcoming) “Semesters or Quarters? The Effect of the Academic Calendar on Postsecondary Student Outcomes.” American Economic Journal: Economic Policy.
  4. Babcock, Philip, Kelly Bedard, Stefanie Fischer, and John Hartman, (2019) “Coordination and Contagion: Individual Connections and Peer Mechanisms in a Randomized Field Experiment.” Cal Poly Working paper 1904.
  5. Mullins, Jamie and Corey White, (2019) “Does Access to Health Care Mitigate Environmental Damages?” Cal Poly Working Paper 1905.
  6. Zambrano, Eduardo, (2019) “Risk Attitudes Over Small and Large Stakes Recalibrated.” Cal Poly Working Paper 1906.

2018

  1. Mullins, Jamie and Corey White, (2018) “Temperature, Climate Change, and Mental Health: Evidence from the Spectrum of Mental Health Outcomes.” Cal Poly Working Paper 1801.
  2. James, Jonathan, (2018) “Estimation of Factor Structured Covariance Mixed Logit Models.” Cal Poly Working Paper 1802.
  3. White, Corey, (2018) “Measuring the Social and Externality Benefits of Influenza Vaccination.” Cal Poly Working Paper 1803.
  4. Doremus, Jacqueline, (2018) “Unintended Impacts from Forest Certification: Evidence from Indigenous Aka Households in Congo.” Cal Poly Working Paper 1804.
  5. Allison, Blake, Adib Bagh, and Jason Lepore, (2018) “Invariant Equilibria and Classes of Equivalent Games.” Cal Poly Working Paper 1805.

2017

  1. Aucejo, Estaban M. and Jonathan James, (2017) “Catching Up to Girls: Understanding the Gender Imbalance in Educational Attainment Within Race.” Cal Poly Working Paper 1701.
  2. Doremus, Jacqueline, (2017) “Unintended Impacts: How roads change health and nutrition for ethnic minorities in Congo.” Cal Poly Working Paper 1702. (Updated version: Cal Poly Working Paper 1804)
  3. Cole, Matthew T., James Lake, and Benjamin Zissimos, (2017) “Contesting an International Trade Agreement.” Cal Poly Working Paper 1703.
  4. Bedard, Kelly and Stefanie Fischer, (2017) “Competition and Academic Performance: Evidence from a Classroom Experiment.” Cal Poly Working Paper 1704.
  5. Fischer, Stefanie, Heather Royer, and Corey White, (2017) “The Impacts of Reduced Access to Abortion and Family Planning Services: Evidence from Texas.” Cal Poly Working Paper 1705. (Updated version: Cal Poly Working Paper 1706)
  6. Fischer, Stefanie, Heather Royer, and Corey White, (2017) The Impacts of Reduced Access to Abortion and Family Planning Services on Abortion, Births, and Contraceptive Purchases. Cal Poly Working Paper 1706.

2016

  1. Cole, Matthew T., Ronald B. Davies, and Todd Kaplan, (2016) “Protection in Government Procurement Auctions.” Cal Poly Working Paper 1601.
    • Published version: Cole, Matthew T., Ronald B. Davies, and Todd Kaplan, (2017) “Protection in government procurement auctions.” Journal of International Economics, Vol 106, pp. 134-142.
  2. Aucejo, Esteban M. and Jonathan James, (2016) “The Path to College Education: Are Verbal Skills More Important than Math Skills?” Cal Poly Working Paper 1602. (Updated version: Cal Poly Working Paper 1901)
  3. Shafran, Aric P., (2016) “Urban Sprawl and the Public Provision of Fire Suppression.” Cal Poly Working Paper 1603.
  4.  Cole, Matthew T. and Carsten Eckel, (2016) “Tariffs and Markups in Retailing.” Cal Poly Working Paper 1604.
    • Published version: Cole, Matthew T. and Carsten Eckel, (2018) “Tariffs and markups in retailing.” Journal of International Economics, Vol 113, pp. 139-153.
  5. Fischer, Stefanie, (2016) “The Downside of Good Peers: How Classroom Composition Differentially Affects Men’s and Women’s STEM Persistence.” Cal Poly Working Paper 1605.
  6. Fischer, Stefanie and Daniel Argyle, (2016) “Juvenile Crime and the Four-Day School Week.” Cal Poly Working Paper 1606.
  7. Allison, Blake and Jason Lepore, (2016) “Price Competition with Decreasing Returns-to-Scale: A General Model of Bertrand-Edgeworth Duopoly.” Cal Poly Working Paper 1607.
  8. Allison, Blake, Adib Bagh, and Jason Lepore, (2016) “Simple Sufficient Conditions for Weak Reciprocal Upper Semi-Continuity in Extended Games.” Cal Poly Working Paper 1608.

2015

  1. Cole, Matthew T. and Benjamin Zissimos, (2015) “Too Small to Protect? The Role of Firm Size in Trade Agreements.” Cal Poly Working Paper 1501.
  2. Buck, Steven, Maximilian Auffhammer, Stephen F. Hamilton and David Sunding, (2015) “Measuring the Welfare Losses of Urban Water Supply Disruptions.” Cal Poly Working Paper 1502.
  3. Richards, Timothy J., Stephen F. Hamilton and Koichi Yonezawa, (2015) “Retail Market Power in a Shopping Basket Model of Supermarket Competition.” Cal Poly Working Paper 1503.
  4. Richards, Timothy J., Stephen F. Hamilton and William Allender, (2015) “Search and Price Dispersion in Online Grocery Markets.” Cal Poly Working Paper 1504.
  5. Richards, Timothy J. and Stephen F. Hamilton, (2015) “Attribute Search in Online Retail Grocery Markets.” Cal Poly Working Paper 1505.
  6. Besedeš, Tibor and Matthew T. Cole, (2015) “Distorted Trade Barriers: A Dissection of Trade Costs in a ‘Distorted Gravity’ Model.” Cal Poly Working Paper 1506.