Research

If you have any comments on the work below, or if you’d like to collaborate on a research project, please feel free to email me.

Works in Progress

Criminal Records in the Labor Market: Industry Concentration and Employer Dynamics (with Amanda Agan) [Census FSRDC proposal submitted 2/2026]

Scared Straight? How Close Election Victories Influence Candidate Party Loyalty

How Trade Exposure in Childhood Impacts Adult Earnings (with Victor Besse)

Working Papers

Drug Money, Police Incentives, and Crime: Evidence from Civil Asset Forfeiture (sole author) [under review as of 2/2026]

Abstract: Do drug-money seizures influence police behavior? In this paper, I exploit variation from the 2015 suspension of a federal asset forfeiture program that sent monetary kickbacks to local law enforcement for policing drug crimes. Using a difference-in-differences design, I find that participating local agencies cut drug-related arrests in response to the suspension of adoptions payments. The decline scales with pre-suspension participation and is strongest for possession offenses and municipal police departments. I also find suggestive evidence that violent crime increased after the suspension, implying forfeiture revenue can expand enforcement effort in ways that may be socially beneficial.