Recent Publications by Villanova Economics Faculty

Bagchi, S. (2025). The Effects of Introducing Withholding on Tax Compliance: Evidence from Pennsylvania’s Local Earned Income Tax. National Tax Journal, 78(2).

 

Bénétrix, A., and Curran, M. (2025). Uncertainty Shocks and the Cross-Border Funding of Banks: Unmasking Heterogeneity. Journal of Money, Credit and Banking.

 

Catanzaro, B.* and Jeffords, C. (2025). The Weight of Words: How Constitutional Environmental Human Rights Shape Emissions. Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences. 

 

Dave, C., Dressler, S., and Malik, S. (2025). Cautionary Tales of Fat Tails. Journal of Macroeconomics, 84, 103679.  

 

Fjelstul, J., Hug, S., and Kilby, C. (2025). Decision-Making in The United Nations General Assembly: A Comprehensive Database of Resolution-Related Decisions. Review of International Organizations, 1-18.

 

Kersting, E. (2025). After Multilateralism: The US and the World Bank. The Economists’ Voice.  

 

Li, X., Linde, S., and Shimao, H. (2025). Major-Occupation Specificity and College Skill Production. Journal of Human Resources, 60(4).  

 

Li, X., Moyer, O., Pfeiffer, O.*, Velthuis, R. and Zaleski, P. (2025). Female CEO Selection: Does the Glass Cliff Exist? The Leadership Quarterly, 36(2):101853.  

 

Meng, D., and Wang, S. (2025). Echo chambers: Choosing interlocutors and messages. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 236:107121.  

 

Qin, X., Wang, S., Wu, M. Z., and Feng, X. (2025). From Adam Smith to artificial intelligence: an experimental exploration of emotion in humanomics. Public Choice, 202(3):383-399.  

 

Reimão, M. E. (2025). Cash and Change: a replication and further analysis of a cash transfer experiment in Malawi. Journal of Applied Econometrics.

 

Reimão, M. E., Sabbadini*, R. and Rego, E.*. (2025). Serial Position Bias Among Experts: Evidence from a Cooking Competition Show. Kyklos, 78(2):701-717.  

 

Wang, S., Xu, H., Shen, M., and Meng, D. (2025, May). Returns to Education: The Roles of Income, Gender, and Occupations. AEA Papers and Proceedings,115:664-668.   

 

 

2024 

Barrett, M., Santoro, J., and Jeffords, C. (2024). Science on Tap: Pouring Knowledge into the Local Community. Frontiers in Communication: Science and Environmental Communication, 9.  

 

Borja, R., Blare, T., Reimão, M., Padilla, G., and Oyarzún, P.. (2024). Women’s associations in Cotopaxi, Ecuador: from rights to agroecological markets. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, 48(6):848-75.

 

Ferreira, F., Kenney, J., and Smith, B. (2024). Mobility, Networks, and Gentrification of Minority Neighborhoods in the US. Journal of Labor Economics, 42(S1): S61-S94

 

Kejriwal, M., Li, X., Nguyen, L. and Totty, E. (2024). The efficacy of ability proxies for estimating the returns to schooling: A factor model‐based evaluation. Journal of Applied Econometrics, 39(1):3-21.

 

Kelly, M. and Swann, C. (2024) Evaluating Opportunities, Challenges, and Strategic Options  for New Entrants and Incumbents in a Changing Competitive Landscape. In Sage Business Cases.

 

Kersting, E. K., and Kilby, C. (2024) “International consequences of domestic politics: How divided government drives informal U.S. influence in the World Bank.” In Kenneth W. Abbott & Thomas J. Biersteker, Editors, Informal Governance in World Politics, Cambridge University Press, 2024, 161-187. 

 

Kersting, E., and Kilby C. (2024). How Do Stock Markets in Emerging Economies Respond to World Bank Loan Approvals? Emerging Markets Review, 63, 101207.

 

Kilby, C. (2024) “Donor Motives and Aid Effectiveness.” In Raj M. Desai, Shantayanan Devarajan & Jennifer Tobin, Editors, Handbook on Aid and Development, Edward Elgar, 2024, 174-186.

 

Meng, D., and Wang, S. (2024). Impact of open-mindedness on information avoidance: Tailored vs. generic communication. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 108, 102152.  

 

Qin, X., Wang, S., and Wu, M. Z. (2024). Is it what you say or how you say it?. Experimental Economics, 27(4), 874-921.  

 

Ratigan, D., and Zaleski P. (2024). The Drucker Indexes and Profitability: A First Look. Business Economics, 59:78-85.  

 

Ratigan, D., and Zaleski, P. (2024). Managerial Performance and Economic Performance in the Technology Sector. Atlantic Economic Journal, 52:117-130.  

 

Zaleski, P. (2024). A Useful Interpretation of Firm Level Tobin’s q. Managerial and Decision Economics, 45(8): 5381-9.  

 

* Villanova undergraduate students