Research

Publications

• “Estimating the Federal Reserve’s Inflation Target Through the Average Inflation Targeting Era”, Applied Economics Letters, 2026
• “Unconventional US Monetary Policy and International Financial Market Stability”, Economics Bulletin, 40, 1 (2026)
• “Better On Average: Average Inflation Targeting with An Unclear Averaging Window”, Southern Economic Journal, 2026
  • WCU Ideas With Impact
• “From Conventional to Unconventional Monetary Policy: Is the Taylor Rule an Adequate Representation in Macro Models?” (with S. Schuh), Empirical Economics 70 (2026).
• “Poverty Spells and Economic Freedom: Canadian Evidence”, (with V. Geloso), Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 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
  • Twitter Thread
• “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.

Book Reviews

• “Review of: Inflation Is About More than Money: Economics, Politics, and the Social Fabric” Faith and Economics, 86 (2026).

Working Papers and Works In Progress

• “The Spillover of United States Monetary Policy on Three European Agricultural Commodity Prices” (with M. Roy), revisions requested
• “Does the Minimum Wage Improve Upward Mobility? Evidence from Canada” (with V. Geloso)
• “COVID Inflation Whodunit? Potential Output, with Money, in the United States” (with S. Schuh)
• “Does Fiscal Stress Shape Monetary Policy?”