Research

Publications

• “Is the Taylor Rule Still an Adequate Representation of Monetary Policy in Macroeconomic Models?” (with S. Schuh), accepted at Empirical Economics
• “Poverty Spells and Economic Freedom: Canadian Evidence”, (with V. Geloso), Journal of Economic Behavior and Control, 224 (2024): 282-296.
• “On the Long-Run Properties of Income and Stock Prices: The Stability of the `Golden Ratios’” (with J. Hall), Journal of Financial Economic Policy, 16.3 (2024), 315-329.
• “Economic Freedom Improves Income Mobility: Evidence from Canadian Provinces, 1982–2018” (with V. Geloso), Journal of Institutional Economics 18.5 (2022), 807-826
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• “Who Gains from Economic Freedom? A Panel Analysis of Decile Income Levels” (with R. Lawson) Economics and Business Letters Vol. 10, No. 2 (June 2021).

Book Chapters

• “The Racial Political Economy of Bank Entry Restrictions” Empirical Applications of the Median Voter Model. Springer, Cham, 2025. 105-114.

Working Papers

• “Better On Average: Average Inflation Targeting with Unconventional Monetary Policy”, revisions requested
• “The Spillover of United States Monetary Policy on Three European Agricultural Commodity Prices” (with M. Roy), revisions requested
• “Unconventional US Monetary Policy and International Financial Market Stability”
• “Does Oil Production Matter for State Level Inflation?” (with M. Roy)

Works in Progress

• Does the Minimum Wage Improve Upward Mobility? Evidence from Canada (with V. Geloso)
• Re-examining the Output Gap Restriction and Role of Aggregate Supply in Macroeconomic Fluctuations (with S. Schuh)