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Brian G. Knight

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First Name:Brian
Middle Name:G.
Last Name:Knight
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https://sites.brown.edu/brianknight/
Terminal Degree:2000 Economics Department; University of Wisconsin-Madison (from RePEc Genealogy)

Affiliation

Economics Department
Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island (United States)
http://www.econ.brown.edu/
RePEc:edi:edbrous (more details at EDIRC)

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Working papers

  1. Giulia Buccione & Brian G. Knight, 2024. "The Rise of the Religious Right: Evidence from the Moral Majority and the Jimmy Carter Presidency," NBER Working Papers 32551, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  2. Francesco Ferlenga & Brian G. Knight, 2022. "Vote Early and Vote Often? Detecting Electoral Fraud from the Timing of 19th Century Elections," NBER Working Papers 30393, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  3. Brian G. Knight & Maria Mercedes Ponce de Leon & Ana Tribin, 2021. "Crime and Gender Segregation: Evidence from the Bogota "Pico y Genero" Lockdown," NBER Working Papers 28686, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  4. Brian Knight & Anna Tribin, 2020. "Opposition Media, State Censorship, and Political Accountability:Evidence from Chavezís Venezuela," Working Papers 2020-02, Brown University, Department of Economics.
  5. Giovanni Facchini & Brian Knight & Cecilia Testa, 2020. "The Franchise, Policing, and Race: Evidence from Arrests Data and the Voting Rights Act," Working Papers 2020-18, Brown University, Department of Economics.
  6. Brian Knight & Ana María Tribín-Uribe, 2020. "Immigration and Violent Crime: Evidence from the Colombia-Venezuela Border," Borradores de Economia 1121, Banco de la Republica de Colombia.
  7. Brian Knight & Nathan Schiff, 2020. "Reducing Frictions in College Admissions: Evidence from the Common Application," Working Papers 2020-01, Brown University, Department of Economics.
  8. Guy Rolnik & Julia Cagé & Joshua Gans & Ellen Goodman & Brian Knight & Andrea Prat & Anya Schiffrin, 2019. "Protecting Journalism in the Age of Digital Platforms," SciencePo Working papers Main hal-03947806, HAL.
  9. Kinght, Brian & Beattie, Graham & Sen, Ananya, 2017. "Advertising Spending and Media Bias: Evidence from News Coverage of Car Safety Recalls," CEPR Discussion Papers 12366, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  10. Brian G. Knight & Nathan M. Schiff, 2016. "The Out-of-State Tuition Distortion," NBER Working Papers 22996, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  11. Brian Knight & Ana Tribin, 2016. "The Limits of Propaganda: Evidence from Chavez's Venezuela," NBER Working Papers 22055, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  12. Stefano Dellavigna & Ruben Durante & Eliana La Ferrara & Brian Knight, 2014. "Market-Based Lobbying: Evidence from Advertising Spending in Italy," SciencePo Working papers Main hal-03574187, HAL.
  13. La Ferrara, Eliana & DellaVigna, Stefano & Kinght, Brian, 2014. "Market-based Lobbying: Evidence from Advertising Spending in Italy," CEPR Discussion Papers 9813, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  14. Yosh Halberstam & Brian Knight, 2014. "Homophily, Group Size, and the Diffusion of Political Information in Social Networks: Evidence from Twitter," NBER Working Papers 20681, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  15. De Clippel, Geoffroy & Eliaz, Kfir & Knight, Brian, 2014. "On the Selection of Arbitrators," Foerder Institute for Economic Research Working Papers 275829, Tel-Aviv University > Foerder Institute for Economic Research.
  16. Brian G. Knight, 2014. "An Econometric Evaluation of Competing Explanations for The Midterm Gap," NBER Working Papers 20311, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  17. Patrick Hummel & Brian Knight, 2012. "Sequential or Simultaneous Elections? A Welfare Analysis," NBER Working Papers 18076, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  18. Ruben Durante & Brian Knight, 2012. "Partisan Control, Media Bias, and Viewer Responses: Evidence from Berlusconi’s Italy," Post-Print hal-03600693, HAL.
  19. Brian G. Knight, 2011. "State Gun Policy and Cross-State Externalities: Evidence from Crime Gun Tracing," NBER Working Papers 17469, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  20. Brian Knight & Nathan Schiff, 2010. "Spatial competition and cross-border shopping," New England Public Policy Center Working Paper 10-1, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.
  21. Brian G. Knight & Nathan Schiff, 2010. "Spatial Competition and Cross-border Shopping: Evidence from State Lotteries," NBER Working Papers 15713, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  22. Stephen Coate & Brian Knight, 2009. "Pet Overpopulation: An Economic Analysis," Working Papers 2009-7, Brown University, Department of Economics.
  23. Stephen Coate & Brian Knight, 2009. "Government Form and Public Spending: Theory and Evidence from U.S. Municipalities," NBER Working Papers 14857, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  24. Brian G. Knight & Chun-Fang Chiang, 2008. "Media Bias and Influence: Evidence from Newspaper Endorsements," NBER Working Papers 14445, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  25. Brian Knight & Nathan Schiff, 2007. "Momentum and Social Learning in Presidential Primaries," NBER Working Papers 13637, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  26. Coate, Stephen & Knight, Brian, 2007. "Socially Optimal Districting: A Theoretical and Empirical Exploration," Working Papers 07-06, Cornell University, Center for Analytic Economics.
  27. Stephen Coate & Brian Knight, 2006. "Socially Optimal Districting: An Empirical Investigation," NBER Working Papers 12313, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  28. Nora Gordon & Brian Knight, 2006. "The Causes of Political Integration: An Application to School Districts," NBER Working Papers 12047, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  29. Stephen Coate & Brian Knight, 2005. "Socially Optimal Districting," NBER Working Papers 11462, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  30. Brian Knight, 2004. "Are Policy Platforms Capitalized into Equity Prices? Evidence from the Bush/Gore 2000 Presidential Election," NBER Working Papers 10333, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  31. Brian Knight, 2004. "Legislative Representation, Bargaining Power, and the Distribution of Federal Funds: Evidence from the U.S. Senate," NBER Working Papers 10385, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  32. Kate L. Antonovics & Brian G. Knight, 2004. "A New Look at Racial Profiling: Evidence from the Boston Police Department," NBER Working Papers 10634, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  33. Brian Knight, 2004. "Bargaining in Legislatures: An Empirical Investigation," NBER Working Papers 10530, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  34. Brian Knight, 2003. "Parochial Interests and the Centralized Provision of Local Public Goods: Evidence from Congressional Voting on Transportation Projects," NBER Working Papers 9748, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  35. Brian Knight, 2002. "State capital taxes and the location of investment: empirical lessons from theoretical models of tax competition," Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2002-59, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
  36. Brian Knight, 2000. "The flypaper effect unstuck: evidence on endogenous grants from the Federal Highway Aid Program," Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2000-49, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
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Articles

  1. Brian Knight & Maria Mercedes Ponce de Leon & Ana Tribin, 2024. "Crime and Gender Segregation: Evidence from the Bogota “Pico y Genero” Lockdown," The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank, vol. 38(3), pages 466-482.
  2. Knight, Brian & Tribin, Ana, 2023. "Immigration and violent crime: Evidence from the Colombia-Venezuela Border," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 162(C).
  3. Brian Knight & Ana Tribin, 2022. "Opposition Media, State Censorship, and Political Accountability: Evidence from Chavez’s Venezuela," The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank, vol. 36(2), pages 455-487.
  4. Brian Knight & Nathan Schiff, 2022. "Reducing Frictions in College Admissions: Evidence from the Common Application," American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, American Economic Association, vol. 14(1), pages 179-206, February.
  5. Brian Knight & Nathan Schiff, 2021. "The Common Application and Student Choice," AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association, vol. 111, pages 460-464, May.
  6. Graham Beattie & Ruben Durante & Brian Knight & Ananya Sen, 2021. "Advertising Spending and Media Bias: Evidence from News Coverage of Car Safety Recalls," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 67(2), pages 698-719, February.
  7. Brian Knight & Nathan Schiff, 2019. "The Out-of-State Tuition Distortion," American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, American Economic Association, vol. 11(1), pages 317-350, February.
  8. Brian Knight & Ana Tribin, 2019. "The Limits of Propaganda: Evidence from Chavez’s Venezuela," Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association, vol. 17(2), pages 567-605.
  9. Knight, Brian, 2017. "An Econometric Evaluation of Competing Explanations for the Midterm Gap," Quarterly Journal of Political Science, now publishers, vol. 12(2), pages 205-239, September.
  10. Stefano DellaVigna & Ruben Durante & Brian Knight & Eliana La Ferrara, 2016. "Market-Based Lobbying: Evidence from Advertising Spending in Italy," American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association, vol. 8(1), pages 224-256, January.
  11. Halberstam, Yosh & Knight, Brian, 2016. "Homophily, group size, and the diffusion of political information in social networks: Evidence from Twitter," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 143(C), pages 73-88.
  12. Patrick Hummel & Brian Knight, 2015. "Sequential Or Simultaneous Elections? A Welfare Analysis," International Economic Review, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association, vol. 56(3), pages 851-887, August.
  13. Geoffroy de Clippel & Kfir Eliaz & Brian Knight, 2014. "On the Selection of Arbitrators," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 104(11), pages 3434-3458, November.
  14. Brian Knight, 2013. "State Gun Policy and Cross-State Externalities: Evidence from Crime Gun Tracing," American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, American Economic Association, vol. 5(4), pages 200-229, November.
  15. Ruben Durante & Brian Knight, 2012. "Partisan Control, Media Bias, And Viewer Responses: Evidence From Berlusconi'S Italy," Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association, vol. 10(3), pages 451-481, May.
  16. Brian Knight & Nathan Schiff, 2012. "Spatial Competition and Cross-Border Shopping: Evidence from State Lotteries," American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, American Economic Association, vol. 4(4), pages 199-229, November.
  17. Stephen Coate & Brian Knight, 2011. "Government Form and Public Spending: Theory and Evidence from US Municipalities," American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, American Economic Association, vol. 3(3), pages 82-112, August.
  18. Chun-Fang Chiang & Brian Knight, 2011. "Media Bias and Influence: Evidence from Newspaper Endorsements," The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd, vol. 78(3), pages 795-820.
  19. Coate Stephen & Knight Brian, 2010. "Pet Overpopulation: An Economic Analysis," The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, De Gruyter, vol. 10(1), pages 1-59, December.
  20. Brian Knight & Nathan Schiff, 2010. "Momentum and Social Learning in Presidential Primaries," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 118(6), pages 1110-1150.
  21. Kate Antonovics & Brian G. Knight, 2009. "A New Look at Racial Profiling: Evidence from the Boston Police Department," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 91(1), pages 163-177, February.
  22. Gordon, Nora & Knight, Brian, 2009. "A spatial merger estimator with an application to school district consolidation," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 93(5-6), pages 752-765, June.
  23. Brian Knight, 2008. "Legislative Representation, Bargaining Power and The Distribution of Federal Funds: Evidence From The Us Congress," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 118(532), pages 1785-1803, October.
  24. Nora Gordon & Brian Knight, 2008. "The Effects of School District Consolidation on Educational Cost and Quality," Public Finance Review, , vol. 36(4), pages 408-430, July.
  25. Stephen Coate & Brian Knight, 2007. "Socially Optimal Districting: A Theoretical and Empirical Exploration," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 122(4), pages 1409-1471.
  26. Knight, Brian, 2007. "Erratum to "Are policy platforms capitalized into equity prices? Evidence from the Bush/Gore 2000 Presidential Election" [J. Public Econ. 90 (4-5) (2006) 751-773]," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 91(1-2), pages 387-387, February.
  27. Knight, Brian, 2006. "Are policy platforms capitalized into equity prices? Evidence from the Bush/Gore 2000 Presidential Election," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 90(4-5), pages 751-773, May.
  28. Brian Knight, 2005. "Estimating the Value of Proposal Power," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 95(5), pages 1639-1652, December.
  29. Knight, Brian, 2004. "Parochial interests and the centralized provision of local public goods: evidence from congressional voting on transportation projects," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 88(3-4), pages 845-866, March.
  30. Coronado, Julie L. & Engen, Eric M. & Knight, Brian, 2003. "Public Funds and Private Capital Markets: The Investment Practices and Performance of State and Local Pension Funds," National Tax Journal, National Tax Association;National Tax Journal, vol. 56(3), pages 579-594, September.
  31. Brian Knight, 2002. "Endogenous Federal Grants and Crowd-out of State Government Spending: Theory and Evidence from the Federal Highway Aid Program," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 92(1), pages 71-92, March.
  32. Knight, Brian G., 2000. "Supermajority voting requirements for tax increases: evidence from the states," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 76(1), pages 41-67, April.
  33. Knight, Brian & Levinson, Arik, 1999. "Rainy Day Funds and State Government Savings," National Tax Journal, National Tax Association;National Tax Journal, vol. 52(3), pages 459-472, September.

Chapters

  1. Brian G. Knight, 2023. "Comment on "Intergovernmental Grants and Policy Competition: Concepts, Institutions, and Evidence"," NBER Chapters, in: Policy Responses to Tax Competition, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

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  1. NEP-POL: Positive Political Economics (17) 2004-03-07 2004-06-07 2004-06-07 2005-07-03 2006-06-24 2007-12-01 2008-10-28 2009-03-07 2013-12-29 2014-01-10 2014-06-02 2014-07-28 2019-07-15 2020-02-17 2020-12-14 2022-09-26 2024-07-08. Author is listed
  2. NEP-URE: Urban and Real Estate Economics (17) 2003-01-27 2003-06-16 2004-07-18 2006-02-26 2009-04-13 2010-02-20 2010-04-17 2011-10-09 2014-12-19 2017-01-08 2019-09-02 2020-09-07 2020-09-14 2020-12-14 2020-12-14 2021-04-26 2021-06-21. Author is listed
  3. NEP-CDM: Collective Decision-Making (12) 2003-06-16 2006-06-24 2007-12-01 2008-10-28 2009-03-07 2009-04-13 2009-09-19 2014-07-28 2014-12-19 2020-12-14 2022-09-26 2024-07-08. Author is listed
  4. NEP-LAW: Law and Economics (6) 2004-07-18 2020-09-07 2020-09-14 2020-12-14 2020-12-14 2021-06-21. Author is listed
  5. NEP-PBE: Public Economics (6) 2003-06-16 2004-03-07 2006-02-26 2006-06-24 2009-04-13 2010-02-20. Author is listed
  6. NEP-HIS: Business, Economic and Financial History (5) 2020-09-14 2020-12-14 2021-06-21 2022-09-26 2024-07-08. Author is listed
  7. NEP-COM: Industrial Competition (3) 2010-02-20 2010-04-17 2017-10-29
  8. NEP-MIC: Microeconomics (3) 2004-03-07 2004-06-07 2004-06-07
  9. NEP-MKT: Marketing (3) 2010-04-17 2017-10-29 2017-10-29
  10. NEP-CUL: Cultural Economics (2) 2008-10-28 2009-03-07
  11. NEP-EDU: Education (2) 2006-02-26 2020-02-24
  12. NEP-SOC: Social Norms and Social Capital (2) 2009-03-07 2014-12-19
  13. NEP-BEC: Business Economics (1) 2014-01-10
  14. NEP-CMP: Computational Economics (1) 2007-12-01
  15. NEP-DCM: Discrete Choice Models (1) 2003-01-27
  16. NEP-FMK: Financial Markets (1) 2004-03-07
  17. NEP-GEN: Gender (1) 2021-04-26
  18. NEP-IND: Industrial Organization (1) 2017-10-29
  19. NEP-INV: Investment (1) 2024-07-08
  20. NEP-LAB: Labour Economics (1) 2004-07-18
  21. NEP-MAC: Macroeconomics (1) 2004-03-07
  22. NEP-MIG: Economics of Human Migration (1) 2020-08-10
  23. NEP-NET: Network Economics (1) 2014-12-19
  24. NEP-RMG: Risk Management (1) 2004-03-07
  25. NEP-TRE: Transport Economics (1) 2017-10-29

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