Hi! I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Arizona. I received my PhD in economics from Michigan State University in 2021. My general research interests include political economy, public economics, industrial organization, and applied econometrics.
My CV is available here.
Email: christiancox@arizona.edu
Peer-Reviewed Publications
"Access to Healthcare and Voting: The Case of Hospital Closures in Rural America" (with Derek Epp and Michael Shepherd) - Accepted, American Political Science Review, 2024
"Lobbying for Government Appropriations" - The RAND Journal of Economics, Volume 54, Issue 3, 2023
"Dark Money in Congressional House Elections" - Economics Letters, Volume 216, 2022
"Campaign Contributions by Nonprofit Executives and Government Grants" - Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Volume 82, Issue 4, 2020
Working Papers
"The Equilibrium Effects of Campaign Finance Deregulation on US Elections", 2024 - Revise & Resubmit, Econometrica
"In-Kind Benefits and Behavioral Demand" (with Katherine Harris-Lagoudakis), 2024 - Revise & Resubmit, Management Science
"Risk Sharing with Network Transaction Costs" (with Akanksha Negi and Digvijay Singh Negi), 2024
"Party Discipline in Elections and Latent Policy Ideals" (with Ian Shapiro), 2024
"Incumbent Policy Strategy and the Value of Winning" (with Ian Shapiro), 2024
"Chasing Fiscal Responsibility Through Balanced Budgets: The Collision of Ideology with Political Realities" (with Derek Epp and Ian Shapiro), 2024
"Party Realignment and Single-Issue Voters: Evidence from Brexit'' (with Ian Shapiro), 2024
"Health Care Access In America: Measuring Disparities to Emergency Medical Services" (with Derek Epp and Michael Shepherd), 2024
Selected Works in Progress
"Identification and Estimation of Two-Party Voting with Micro Data'' (with Steven Berry and Philip Haile) [draft coming soon]
Other Publications
"Independent commissions can ditch partisanship and make redistricting fairer to voters" (with Jon Eguia) - The Conversation, 2021