selected publications academic article Hoekstra, M., Puller, S. L., & West, J. (2017). Cash for Corollas: When Stimulus Reduces Spending. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics. 9(3), 1-35. Carrell, S. E., & Hoekstra, M. (2014). Are school counselors an effective education input?. Economics Letters. 125(1), 66-69. Berkowitz, D., Hoekstra, M., & Schoors, K. (2014). Bank privatization, finance, and growth. Journal of Development Economics. 110, 93-106. Cheng, C., & Hoekstra, M. (2013). Does Strengthening Self-Defense Law Deter Crime or Escalate Violence?. The Journal of Human Resources. 48(3), 821-854. Carrell, S. E., & Hoekstra, M. (2012). Family Business or Social Problem? The Cost of Unreported Domestic Violence. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. 31(4), 861-875. Berkowitz, D., Hoekstra, M., & Schoors, K. (2012). Does Finance Cause Growth? Evidence from the Origins of Banking in Russia Carrell, S. E., Hoekstra, M., & West, J. E. (2011). Is poor fitness contagious? Evidence from randomly assigned friends. Journal of Public Economics. 95(7-8), 657-663. Hankins, S., Hoekstra, M., & Skiba, P. M. (2011). The Ticket to Easy Street? The Financial Consequences of Winning the Lottery. The Review of Economics and Statistics. 93(3), 961-969. Berkowitz, D., & Hoekstra, M. (2011). Does high school quality matter? Evidence from admissions data. Economics of Education Review. 30(2), 280-288. Carrell, S. E., Hoekstra, M., & West, J. E. (2011). Does drinking impair college performance? Evidence from a regression discontinuity approach. Journal of Public Economics. 95(1-2), 54-62. Hankins, S., & Hoekstra, M. (2011). Lucky in Life, Unlucky in Love?. The Journal of Human Resources. 46(2), 403-426. Carrell, S. E., & Hoekstra, M. L. (2010). Externalities in the Classroom: How Children Exposed to Domestic Violence Affect Everyone's Kids. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics. 2(1), 211-228. Hoekstra, M. (2009). The Effect of Attending the Flagship State University on Earnings: A Discontinuity-Based Approach. The Review of Economics and Statistics. 91(4), 717-724. Carrell, S. E., & Hoekstra, M. L. (2009). Domino effect domestic violence harms everyone's kinds. Education Next. 9(3), 59-63. institutional repository document Carrell, S. E., Hoekstra, M., & West, J. E. (2015). The Impact of Intergroup Contact on Racial Attitudes and Revealed Preferences Hoekstra, M., & Orozco-Aleman, S. (2014). Illegal Immigration, State Law, and Deterrence
teaching activities ECON315 Sports Economics Instructor ECON491 Research Instructor ECON603 Public Economics I Instructor ECON609 Human Resource Econ I Instructor ECON685 Directed Studies Instructor ECON691 Research Instructor
chaired theses and dissertations Carr, Jillian Beaugez (2015-04). Three Essays on the Economics of Crime. Cheng, Cheng (2014-06). Three Essays In Applied Microeconometrics. Koppa, Vijetha (2016-06). The Intended and Unintended Consequences of Public Policy. Mouganie, Pierre Edward (2015-07). Three Essays in the Economics of Education. Peralta, Abigail-Allison M. (2018-05). Three Essays on Public Economics. Sanchez, Gonzalo Eduardo (2015-03). Three Essays on Impact Evaluation of Public Policies. Wang, Yaojing (2016-05). Academic Self-Concept, Teacher Quality and Peer Effects on Chinese Secondary School Student Performance and Track Choice.
education and training Ph.D. in Economics, University of Florida - (Gainesville, Florida, United States) 2006 B.A. in Economics, Hope University - (Hargeisa, Somalia) 2001
awards and honors Association of Former Students University-Level Distinguished Achievement Award, The, conferred by Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States), 2023 Researcher (NBER Family Members), conferred by National Bureau of Economic Research - (Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States), 2011
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