Christopher Swann
Education
Ph.D. in Economics, University of Virginia, May 1996.
M.A. in Economics, University of Virginia, May 1992.
B.S. in Economics, summa cum laude, Bradley University, May 1990.
Recent Research & Publications
Publications
“Assessment of the U.S. Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program: A Study of Project Failure”, with Martijn van Hasselt and Al Link, Science and Public Policy, 2022, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/scipol/scac049.
“Substance Use and Participation in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families: The Role of Unobserved Heterogeneity”, with Joshua Price and Jeremy Bray, Journal of Substance Use, 2022, DOI: 10.1080/14659891.2022.2039969.
“The overcrowding of Zion National Park: is it a pricing problem?”, with Kelsi G. Hobbs and Al Link, Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy, 2021, DOI: 10.1080/21606544.2021.2012837.
“Household History, SNAP Participation, and Food Insecurity,” Food Policy, 73, 2017, 1-9.
“R&D As an Investment in Knowledge-Based Capital,” with Al Link, Journal of Industrial and Business Economics, 43, 2016, 11-24.
Works in Progress
SNAP Participation by Children in Kinship Care, (with Nelís Del C. Soto-Ramírez) August 2020.
“WIC Participation by Children who Participate as Infants: The Roles of (Re-) Certification and Changes in Family Composition,” 2021.
“The Determinants of Child-Only Welfare Cases”