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
"Do Universities Generate Agglomeration Spillovers? Evidence from Endowment Value Shocks" (National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper No. 15299, revised)
with Shawn Kantor, Review of Economics and Statistics, revise and resubmit
"Elected Versus Appointed Policymakers: Evidence from City Treasurers" (National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper No. 15643, revised)
Journal of Law and Economics, revise and resubmit
Media: The Economist Governing NBER Digest
"Spending Wisely? How Resources Affect Knowledge Production in Universities"
with Justin Hicks, Economic Inquiry, revise and resubmit
"Are Program Participants Good Evaluators?"
with Jeffrey Smith and Nathaniel T. Wilcox
Publications:
"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