Alex Whalley
Assistant Professor of Economics
University of California - Merced
School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts
P.O. Box 2039 · Merced, CA 95344
awhalley [at] gmail
[dot] com
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Working Papers:
"Hierarchical Accountability in Government: Theory and Evidence"
with Razvan Vlaicu, American Economic Review, revise and resubmit.
"Are Program Participants Good Evaluators?"
with Jeffrey Smith and Nathaniel T. Wilcox
Publications:
"Knowledge Spillovers from Research Universities: Evidence from Endowment Value Shocks"
with Shawn Kantor, Review of Economics and Statistics, forthcoming.
"Elected Versus Appointed Policymakers: Evidence from City Treasurers"
Journal of Law and Economics, forthcoming.
Media: The Economist Governing NBER Digest
"Spending Wisely? How Resources Affect Knowledge Production in Universities"
with Justin Hicks, Economic Inquiry, forthcoming.
"Green Infrastructure: The Effects of Urban Rail Transit on Air Quality"
with Yihsu Chen, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, February 2012, 4(1): 58–97.
Supplemental Appendix
"Do Housing Bubbles Generate Fiscal Bubbles? Evidence From California Cities"
with Razvan Vlaicu, Public Choice, October 2011, 149(1-2): 89-108.
"Education and Labor Market Risk: Understanding the Role of Data Cleaning"
Economics of Education Review, June 2011, 30(3): 528-545.
UC-Merced Economics