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Elijah Neilson

Southern Utah University

351 West Center Street

Cedar City, UT 84720

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

7

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1,364

TOTAL CITATIONS

3

Scholarly Papers (7)

1.

Drug Decriminalization, Public Health, and Crime: Evidence from Oregon

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 31 May 2024
Knee Regulatory Research Center, Southern Utah University, Clemson University and Clemson University - John E. Walker Department of Economics
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Drug Policy, Decriminalization, Crime, Public Health

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Why Are Nursing Homes so Heavily Regulated? The Effects and Political Economy of Certificate-of-Need Laws

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 26 Aug 2022
Vitor Melo and Elijah Neilson
Clemson University and Southern Utah University
Downloads 260 (295,303)
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Nursing Homes, Healthcare Regulation, Certificate-of-Need Laws

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Introducing an Index of Rent Seeking: A Synthetic Matching Approach

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 04 Jan 2023 Last Revised: 07 Jan 2023
Vitor Melo and Elijah Neilson
Clemson University and Southern Utah University
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Rent Seeking, Lobbying, Corruption

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Indoor Vaccine Mandates in US Cities, Vaccination Behavior, and COVID-19 Outcomes

Mercatus Research Paper
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 15 Mar 2023
Vitor Melo, Elijah Neilson and Dorothy Kemboi
Clemson University, Southern Utah University and West Virginia University
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COVID-19, health outcomes, regulation, vaccination

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Rural Healthcare Access and Supply Constraints: a Causal Analysis

Melo, V., Sigaud, L., Neilson, E., & Bjoerkheim, M. (2024). Rural healthcare access and supply constraints: A causal analysis. Southern Economic Journal, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1002/soej.12686
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 12 Jun 2024
Clemson University, George Mason University - Mercatus Center, Southern Utah University and Mercatus Center - George Mason University
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Healthcare Access, Rural Areas, Regulation, Certificate-of-need

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Transitory Shocks to Local Labor Market Opportunities and College Attainment

Number of pages: 67 Posted: 28 Apr 2023
Elijah Neilson
Southern Utah University
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human capital, college attainment, resource booms, fracking boom

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Divorce and Property Division Laws Shape Human Capital Investment

NBER Working Paper No. w31545
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 14 Aug 2023
Peter Q.. Blair and Elijah Neilson
Harvard University - Harvard Graduate School of Education and Southern Utah University
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