Hi! I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at Cornell University. I was previously on the faculty at the University of Arizona. I received my PhD in economics from Michigan State University. My general research interests include political economy and industrial organization.
My CV is available here.
Email: christiancox@cornell.edu
Peer-Reviewed Publications
"Risk Sharing with Network Transaction Costs" (with Akanksha Negi and Digvijay Singh Negi), 2026 - Accepted, IMF Economic Review
"The Equilibrium Effects of Campaign Finance Deregulation on US Elections", 2026 - Accepted, Econometrica
"Incumbent Policy Strategy and the Value of Winning" (with Ian Shapiro), 2025 - Accepted, Economics of Governance
"The Political Economy of Fiscal Responsibility" (with Derek Epp and Ian Shapiro), 2025 - Forthcoming, Public Choice
"Health Care Access In America: Measuring Disparities to Emergency Medical Services" (with Derek Epp and Michael Shepherd) - Journal of Rural Health, Volume 41, Issue 1, 2025
"Party Realignment and Single-Issue Voters: Evidence from Brexit'' (with Ian Shapiro) - PLOS One, Volume 20, Issue 3, 2025
"Access to Healthcare and Voting: The Case of Hospital Closures in Rural America" (with Derek Epp and Michael Shepherd) - American Political Science Review, Volume 119, Issue 3, 2025
"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
"Selective Turnout, Voting Policy, and Partisan Bias: Evidence from Multi-Level Data" (with Steven Berry and Philip Haile), 2026 - Revise & Resubmit, Econometrica
"Market-Based Campaign Finance Reform" (with Nick Warshaw), 2026 - Revise & Resubmit, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
"Rent-Seeking and Firm Conduct: Evidence from Federal Contractor Lobbying" (with Sarah Waldfogel and Jun Zhao), 2026
"In-Kind Benefits and Behavioral Demand" (with Katherine Harris-Lagoudakis), 2026
"Discipline and Dissent: How Voters, Parties, and Interest Groups Shape Candidate Policy" (with Ian Shapiro), 2025
Selected Works in Progress
"Tiebout Competition and Political Economy" (with Matias Iaryczower, Sergio Montero, and Juha Tolvanen)
"Free-For-All Partisan Gerrymandering'' (with Steven Berry and Philip Haile)
"Registration Policy, Selective Turnout, and Electoral Outcomes"
Other Publications
"Independent commissions can ditch partisanship and make redistricting fairer to voters" (with Jon Eguia) - The Conversation, 2021
Media Mentions
New York Times (2025), Salon (2024), Virginia Mercury (2021)