• Exploring Intra-State Tensions in Government Responses to COVID-19 

  Federman, Peter; Curley, Cali (Oxford Academic, 2022-05-13)

  Research and attention to federalism has vastly increased due to the COVID-19 pandemic. While political polarization has largely been used as a scapegoat to explain the U.S. policy response to the pandemic, federalism has ...
• Playing Offense: How Athletes are Impacting a Changing Administrative State 

  Thomas, M. Blair; Levine Daniel, Jamie (2022)

  The start of the 2020s presents a broken American administrative system plagued by state ineptitude in a time of turmoil and government distrust. In their protests, marginalized citizens have seen their voices amplified ...
• Five-County Validation of the Indiana Risk Assessment System – Pretrial Assessment Tool (IRAS-PAT) using a Local Validation Approach 

  Lowder, Evan M.; Lawson, Spencer G.; Grommon, Eric; Ray, Brad R. (Taylor & Francis, 2020)

  Local jurisdictions are increasingly using pretrial risk assessment instruments to assess risk of pretrial misconduct and inform release decisions. We adopted a local validation approach to examine the predictive validity ...
• Reducing probation revocations challenge (2021): Strategies to reduce revocations in Monroe County, Indiana 

  Northcutt Bohmert, Miriam; Hatfield, Troy; Ying, Michelle; Grommon, Eric; Lowder, Evan (Indiana University Public Policy Institute, 2021)
• Reducing probation revocations challenge (2021): Monroe County, Indiana 

  Northcutt Bohmert, Miriam; Hatfield, Troy; Ying, Michelle; Grommon, Eric; Lowder, Evan (Indiana University, 2021)
• Crowdfunding in a not-so-flat world 

  Breznitz, Shiri M; Noonan, Douglas S (Oxford, 2020-07)

  This article analyzes the geographic clustering of crowdfunding (CF) activity across two countries at the city level. We find that the ability of Kickstarter projects to attract funding or backers is spikier than the simple ...
• A comparative analysis of US and EU regulatory frameworks of crowdfunding for the cultural and creative industries 

  Lazzaro, Elisabetta; Noonan, Douglas (T&F, 2021-07)

  In the face of the dramatic shrinking of public and private funding, the arts, culture and creative industries are increasingly relying on crowdfunding (CCCF). Furthermore, crowdfunding is relevant for its informative, ...
• Assessing GAN-based approaches for generative modeling of crime text reports 

  Khorshidi, Samira; Mohler, George; Carter, Jeremy G. (IEEE, 2020-11)

  Analysis and modeling of crime text report data has important applications, including refinement of crime classifications, clustering of documents, and feature extraction for spatio-temporal forecasts. Having better neural ...
• Does Reentry Court Completion Affect Recidivism Three Years after Exit? Results from a Retrospective Cohort Study 

  Lawson, Spencer G.; Grommon, Eric; Ray, Bradley (Taylor & Francis, 2021-08)

  Reentry courts are a strategy to assist individuals subjected to post-release supervision in the reintegration process, but there is limited evidence on the effectiveness of these practices. The current study presents the ...
• In the LEED: Racing to the Top in Environmental Self-Regulation 

  Flowers, Mallory Elise; Matisoff, Daniel C.; Noonan, Douglas S. (Wiley, 2020-09)

  Does voluntary participation in eco-certification become more substantive over time, or less? Although past research on voluntary programs suggests that later participants are more likely to greenwash by only symbolically ...
• The effect of economic downturns on state budgets: a counterfactual analysis of the great recession 

  Buerger, Christian (Taylor & Francis, 2021)

  I propose a novel method to estimate the effect of recessions on government finances. Using the Great Recession and state budgets as an empirical example, I find large and prolonged budget cuts, but also increases in ...
• The Impact of Government Contracting Out on Spending: The Case of Public Education in New Orleans 

  Buerger, Christian; Harris, Douglas N. (Sage, 2021-02)

  In this study, we start with developing a theoretical framework incorporating theories from the contracting literature and adapt them to the unusual case of nonprofit charter schools, which yields several seemingly novel ...
• Looking for a Change in Scene: Analyzing the Mobility of Crowdfunding Entrepreneurs 

  Noonan, Douglas S.; Breznitz, Shiri M.; Maqbool, Sana (Springer, 2021-08)

  As the platform economy expands, little is known about entrepreneurial mobility for those creating new ventures using online platforms. Few studies have focused on entrepreneurs’ decisions to relocate. Entrepreneurs using ...
• Where does all the biofuel go? Fuel efficiency gains and its effects on global agricultural production 

  Dumortier, Jerome; Carriquiry, Miguel; Elobeid, Amani (Elsevier, 2021-01)

  Increasing biofuel production over the last decade and biofuel policies in Brazil, the European Union, and the United States have changed the global agricultural landscape in terms of land-use, commodity prices, and trade. ...
• Fiscal Shocks, Budgetary Pressures, and Public Education Expenditure Stabilization 

  Jones, Peter A.; Reitano, Vincent; Buerger, Christian (Taylor & Francis, 2022)

  Fiscal shocks exert budgetary pressures on school districts and constrain their ability to provide public education. An emerging literature examines the role of fiscal reserves to mitigate expenditure cuts in school ...
• Volunteers as Active Shapers of their Work: The Role of Job Crafting in Volunteer Satisfaction and Organizational Identification 

  Walk, Marlene; Peterson, Emily (2022-01-28)

  Volunteer satisfaction is a significant concern, as volunteers have lower barriers to exit than employees and tend to leave nonprofits when dissatisfied. While volunteer management predominantly focuses on the implementation ...
• Participation and non-participation in FEMA's Community Rating System (CRS) program: Insights from CRS coordinators and floodplain managers 

  Sadiq, Abdul-Akeem; Tyler, Jenna; Noonan, Douglas (Elsevier, 2020-09)

  Given that floods cause the greatest economic impact and affect more communities annually than any other natural hazard, there is a compelling need to better understand how communities can enhance their resilience to future ...
• Competition is on the rise: to what extent does traditional fundraising performance research apply in competitive environments? 

  Walk, Marlene; Curley, Cali; Levine Daniel, Jamie (2022-01-14)

  Research on fundraising performance links organizational size, professional donor engagement, and legitimacy with fundraising outcomes. But can we assume the same factors will positively impact fundraising performance in ...
• The Influence of Finance Policies on Charter School Supply Decisions in Five States 

  Buerger, Christian (Wiley, 2020)

  This paper tests if charter school finance policies influence charter school location. I create a theoretical framework describing the location incentives created by charter school finance provisions and test their relevance ...
• How Valuable is Experience? Examining the Impact of Founder Experience on Nonprofit Start-Up Success 

  Andersson, Fredrik O. (MPAC, 2020-08)

  Nonprofit entrepreneurs face a number of liabilities that are particularly significant during the emergent phase of a new nonprofit. Using a human capital perspective, this study examines the influence previous experience ...

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