Selected recent papers
Schur, Ronit Levine and Gary A. Wagner. (Forthcoming). "Takings for Economic Development: An Empirical Analysis of Eminent Domain Exercises in New York City." Journal of Empirical Legal Studies.
Sobel, Russell S., Gary A. Wagner, and Peter T. Calcagno (2026). “The Political Economy of State Economic
Development: A Path to Unproductive Entrepreneurship.” Small Business Economics.
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Callais, Justin T., Vincent Geloso, Alicia Plemmons, and Gary A. Wagner (2025). “Baumol’s Migrants:
Productive and Unproductive Entrepreneurship and Between-MSA Migration.” European Journal of Political Economy.
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Anastasi, Sebastian, Alex Marsella, Vitor Melo, E. Frank Stephenson, and Gary A. Wagner (2025).
“Short-term Rental Bans and the Hotel Industry: Evidence from New York City.” European Journal of Political Economy.
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Stephen Miller, Gary A. Wagner, and Alicia Plemmons (2025). “Employment Effects of Minimum Wage Indexing: Establishment Evidence from Oregon Restaurants.” Economic Inquiry.
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Development: A Path to Unproductive Entrepreneurship.” Small Business Economics.
Callais, Justin T., Vincent Geloso, Alicia Plemmons, and Gary A. Wagner (2025). “Baumol’s Migrants:
Productive and Unproductive Entrepreneurship and Between-MSA Migration.” European Journal of Political Economy.
Anastasi, Sebastian, Alex Marsella, Vitor Melo, E. Frank Stephenson, and Gary A. Wagner (2025).
“Short-term Rental Bans and the Hotel Industry: Evidence from New York City.” European Journal of Political Economy.
Stephen Miller, Gary A. Wagner, and Alicia Plemmons (2025). “Employment Effects of Minimum Wage Indexing: Establishment Evidence from Oregon Restaurants.” Economic Inquiry.
Araki, Michael E., Daniel L. Bennett, and Gary A. Wagner. (2024). “Labor Market Reform as an External Enabler of High-Growth Entrepreneurship: A Multi-Level Institutional Contingency Perspective.” Journal of Business Venturing.
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Araki, Michael E., Daniel L. Bennett, and Gary A. Wagner. (2023). “Regional Innovation Networks & High Growth Entrepreneurship.” Research Policy.
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Araki, Michael E., Daniel L. Bennett, and Gary A. Wagner. (2023). “Regional Innovation Networks & High Growth Entrepreneurship.” Research Policy.
Wagner, Gary A. and Jonathan C. Rork. (2023). “Does State Tax Reciprocity Affect Interstate Commuting? Evidence from a Natural Experiment.” Regional Science & Urban Economics.
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Komarek, Timothy M., Kyle Butts, and Gary A. Wagner. (2022). “Government Contracting, Labor Intensity, and the Local Effects of Fiscal Consolidation: Evidence from the Budget Control Act of 2011.” Journal of Urban Economics.
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Portillo, Javier E. and Gary A. Wagner. (2021). “Do Cultural Districts Spur Urban Revitalization: Evidence from Louisiana.” Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization.
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Komarek, Timothy and Gary A. Wagner. (2021). “Local Fiscal Adjustments from Depopulation: Evidence from the Post-Cold War Defense Contraction.” National Tax Journal .
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