Contact Information

Texas A&M University Department of Economics
3087 Allen Building
4228 TAMU                                                College Station, TX  77843

Phone: (979) 845-7302
Fax: (979) 847-8757

Email:
mhoekstra(at)econmail(dot)tamu(dot)edu

Mark Hoekstra
Associate Professor

Curriculum Vitae

• Does Strengthening Self-Defense Law Deter Crime or Escalate Violence?  Evidence from Expansions to Castle Doctrine (with Cheng Cheng), forthcoming in the Journal of Human Resources (pdf) (Stata files) (basic homicide data in Excel format)

• Family Business or Social Problem?  The Cost of Unreported Domestic Violence (with Scott E. Carrell), forthcoming in the Journal of Policy Analysis & Management (pdf)

• Is Poor Fitness Contagious?  Evidence from Randomly Assigned Friends (with Scott E. Carrell and James West),  Journal of Public Economics 2011, 95 (7-8): 657-663 (pdf)

• The Ticket to Easy Street?  The Financial Consequences of Winning the Lottery (with Scott Hankins and Paige Marta Skiba),  Review of Economics and Statistics 2011, 93 (3): 961-969 (pdf)

• Does Drinking Impair College Performance?  Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Approach (with Scott E. Carrell and James West),  Journal of Public Economics 2011, 95 (1-2): 54-62 (pdf)

• Does High School Quality Matter?  Evidence from Admissions Data (with Daniel Berkowitz), Economics of Education Review 2011, 30 (2): 280-288 (pdf)

• Lucky in Life, Unlucky in Love?  The Effect of Random Income Shocks on Marriage and Divorce (with Scott Hankins),  Journal of Human Resources 2011, 46 (2): 403-426 (pdf)

• Externalities in the Classroom: How Children Exposed to Domestic Violence Affect Everyone’s Kids (with Scott E. Carrell),  American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 2010, 2 (1): 211-228 (pdf)

• The Effect of Attending the Flagship State University on Earnings: A Discontinuity-Based Approach, Review of Economics and Statistics 2009, 91 (4):  717-724 (pdf)