Kendall Stephenson

Research

Kendall Stephenson presenting economic research.

Peer Reviewed Publications

  1. “How Much is Fiscal Consolidation Offset by Increases in Social
    Safety Net Spending? Evidence from the 2011 Budget Control Act    .” With Timothy Komarek and Vinicius Cicero. The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy (2026).
  2. “Viewing Unions Through a Public Health Model Lens.” With Tony Ramirez, Alex L. Bush, and Keaton Fletcher. Industrial and Organizational Psychology. (2026).
  3. “Minors at Work: The Impact of Education and Labor Policy Changes on I-O Psychology.” With Keaton Fletcher. Industrial and Organizational Psychology (2025).
  4. “Occupational Health and Labor Unions.” With Denise Vesper, Michael J Zickar, Liam O’Brien, Rory O’Neill, Maureen F Dollard, Kevin Flynn, Keaton A Fletcher, Timo Ahr, Alexander Jost, Kaylee Somerville, Julian Barling. Occupational Health Science (2025).
  5. “Multi-Level Nowcasting: Estimation in a Post-COVID Landscape.” With Erin Lacey-King, Stephan Weiler, and Eric Stewart. Economies (2022).

Working Papers

  1. “The ‘Crowding Out’ Effects of Special Districts: Evidence from Colorado’s Metropolitan Districts.”
  2. “Taxation and State-Building on the Frontier: Public Finance, Economic Development, and the General Property Tax in 19th Century Colorado.”
  3. “School Finance Reform and Local Property Tax Setting: Evidence from Michigan’s Proposal A.”

Publications For Broad Audiences

  1. “The Cost of Aging in Colorado: Budget Trends and Gaps in Colorado’s Public Programs.” With Shana McClain. Colorado Fiscal Institute Reports (2025). Related interview on public radio available here (begins at minute 6:00).
  2. “The Other Debt Crisis: Public Higher Education and Institutional Debt in the United States.” Dollars and Sense (2024). Available in print only.
  3. “Evaluating Housing Affordability in Fort Collins.” With Gregory Miller and Ryan Defilppi. Regional Economic Development Institute Reports (2022).
  4. “Colorado’s Unemployment Insurance Experience: 1980-2020.” Regional Economic Development Institute Reports (2021).

Presentations

2026

  • John Jay-New School Conference on Contemporary Political Economy (New York, NY)
  • American Society for Public Administration (Los Angeles, CA)

2025

  • North American Regional Science Council (Denver, CO)
  • Association for Budgeting and Financial Management (Atlanta, GA)
  • Western Social Science Association (Seattle, WA)
  • Eastern Economic Association (New York, NY)
  • International Confederation of Associations for Pluralism in Economics (San Francisco, CA)

2024

  • North American Regional Science Council (New Orleans, LA)

2023

  • North American Regional Science Council (San Diego, CA)
  • American Association of Geographers (Denver, CO)
  • Eastern Economic Association (New York, NY)

2022

  • ClassCrits XIII, Thurgood Marshall School of Law (Houston, TX)

2021

  • Mid-Continent Regional Science Association (Virtual)

2018

  • Federal Reserve Bank of New York (New York, NY)
  • Union for Radical Political Economics (Amherst, MA)