Peer Reviewed Research

Regulatory Thickening and the Politics of Market-Oriented Environmental Policy

Environmental Politics

2018

Assistant Professor Christopher Rea examines the linkages between market-based policy instruments and expanding state control over environmental quality.

American Journal of Political Science

2018

Professor Stéphane Lavertu and Vladimir Kogan examine how election timing influences voter composition in terms of partisanship, ideology, and the numerical strength of powerful interest groups.

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

2018

Professor Stéphane Lavertu estimates the effect of Ohio’s School Improvement Grant turnaround efforts on student achievement and school administration.

Beyond Spending Levels: Revenue Uncertainty and the Performance of Local Governments

Journal of Urban Economics

2018

Professor Stéphane Lavertu estimates the impact of revenue uncertainty on Ohio public school districts’ educational effectiveness.

Government Privatization and Political Participation: The Case of Charter Schools

Journal of Politics

2020

Professor Stéphane Lavertu and Vladimir Kogan explore if privatization could also affect citizen participation in democratic governance.

Journal of Public Economics

2020

Professors Stéphane Lavertu and Vladimir Kogan use close tax elections to estimate the impact of school district funding increases on operational spending and student outcomes.

American Journal of Political Science

2021

Professors Stéphane Lavertu and Vladimir Kogan investigates how the racial and ethnic composition of California school boards affects school district administration and student achievement.

The Democratic Deficit in U.S. Education Governance

American Political Science Review

2021

Professors Stéphane Lavertu and Vladimir Kogan compare voters and students in four states on several policy-relevant dimensions.

Rent-Seeking through Collective Bargaining: Teachers Unions and Education Production

Economics of Education Review

2020

Professor Stéphane Lavertu explores how teachers unions affect education production by comparing outcomes between districts allocating new tax revenue amidst collective bargaining negotiations and districts allocating tax revenue well before.

Testing Strategies to Increase Saving in Individual Development Account Programs

Journal of Economic Psychology

2018

Associate Professor Lauren Jones tests whether saving rates in a federally funded, matched, savings program for low-income families – the Individual Development Account program – can be improved through insights from behavioral economics.