Monica Escaleras

Education

• PhD (2003) Economics, Florida International University
• MS (1996) Food and Resource Economics, University of Florida
• BA (1991) Business Administration, Kentucky Wesleyan College

Research Interests

• Development Economics, Economics of Public Policy, Macroeconomics, Political Economy

Intellectual Contributions

• Sapat, Alka; Mitsova, Diana; Sweeting, Karen; Esnard, Ann-Margaret; Escaleras, Monica. (2023). Concurrent disasters: Perceived administrative burdens and household coping capacities, Public Administration Review, 83(5), 1202-1220
• Sapat, Alka; Mitsova, Diana; Esnard, Ann-Margaret; Escaleras, Monica; Sweeting, Karen. (2023). COVID-19, subjective resilience, adaptive, and coping capacities in hurricane-prone regions, International Journal of Mass Emergencies & Disasters, 41(2-3), 241-258
• Boudreaux, Christopher; Jha, A.; Escaleras, Monica. (2023). Natural disasters, entrepreneurship activity, and the moderating role of country governance, Small Business Economics, 60(4), 1483-1508
• Boudreaux, Christopher; Jha, A.; Escaleras, Monica. (2022). Weathering the storm: How foreign aid affects entrepreneurial activity following natural disasters, Entrepreneurship, Theory and Practice, 46(6), 1843-1868
• Mitsova, D.; Esnard, A.; Sapat, A.; Lamadrid, A.; Escaleras, Monica; Velarde-Perez, C.. (2021). Effects of Infrastructure Service Disruptions Following Hurricane Irma: A Multi-Level Analysis of Post-Disaster Recovery Outcomes, Natural Hazards Review, 22(1)
• Mitsova, D.; Escaleras, Monica; Esnard, A.; Sapat, A.; Lamadrid, A.. (2019). The Effects of Infrastructure Service Disruptions and Socio-Economic Vulnerability on Hurricane Recovery, Sustainability, 11(2), 516-532
• Escaleras, Monica; Dukhong, K.; Wagner, K.. (2019). You Are Who You Think You Are: Linked Fate and Vote Choices Among Latino Voters, Politics & Policy, 47, 909-930
• Boudreaux, Christopher; Escaleras, Monica; Skidmore, M.. (2019). Natural Disasters and Entrepreneurship Activity, Economics Letters, 182, 82-85
• Escaleras, Monica; Calcagno, Peter. (2018). Does Fiscal Decentralization Affect Infrastructure Quality? An Examination of U.S. States, Contemporary Economic Policy, 36(2), 410-422
• Escaleras, Monica; Chiang, Eric. (2017). Fiscal Decentralization and Institutional Quality on the Business Environment, Economics Letters, 159, 161-163
• Register, Charles; Escaleras, Monica. (2016). The High Cost of Low Quality Infrastructure when Natural Disaster Strikes , Journal of Developing Areas, 50(1), 103-122
• Escaleras, Monica; Register, Charles. (2016). Public Sector Corruption and Natural Hazards, Public Finance Review, 44(6), 746-768
• Escaleras, Monica; Kottaridi, Constantina. (2014). The Joint Effect of Macroeconomic Uncertainty, Sociopolitical Instability, and Public Provision on Private Investment, Journal of Developing Areas, 48, 227-251
• Escaleras, Monica; Calcagno, Peter; Shughart II, William. (2012). Corruption and Voter Participation: Evidence from the US States, Public Finance Review, 40, 789-815
• Escaleras, Monica; Register, Charles. (2012). Fiscal Decentralization and Natural Hazard Risks, Public Choice, 151(1), 165-183
• Anbarci, Nejat; Escaleras, Monica; Register, Charles. (2012). From Cholera Outbreaks to Pandemics: The Role of Poverty and Inequality, The American Economist, 57, 21-31
• Escaleras, Monica; Register, Charles. (2011). Natural Disasters and Foreign Direct Investment, Land Economics, 87(2), 346-363
• Escaleras, Monica; Lin, Shu; Register, Charles. (2010). Freedom of Information Acts and Public Sector Corrpution, Public Choice, 145(3), 435-460
• Escaleras, Monica; Calagno, Peter. (2009). Does the Gubernatorial Term Limit Type Affect State Government Expenditures?, Public Finance Review, 37(5), 572-595
• Escaleras, Monica; Register, Charles. (2009). Ethnic Tensions and Social Infrastructure, Applied Economics, 40, 1-13
• Anbarci, Nejat; Escaleras, Monica; Register, Charles. (2009). The Ill-effects of Public Sector Corruption in the Water and Sanitation Sector, Land Economics, 85(2), 363-377
• Anbarci, Nejat; Escaleras, Monica; Register, Charles. (2009). Traffic Fatalities: Does Income Inequality Create an Externality?, Canadian Journal of Economics, 42(1), 244-266
• Escaleras, Monica; Thomakos, Dimitrios. (2008). Exchange Rate Uncertainty, Sociopolitical Instability and Private Investment: Empirical Evidence from Latin America, Review of Development Economics, 12(2), 372-385
• Escaleras, Monica; Register, Charles. (2008). Mitigating Natural Disasters Through Collective Action: The Effectiveness of Tsunami Early Warnings, Southern Economic Journal, 74(4), 1017-1034
• Register, Charles; Escaleras, Monica. (2007). "The Peril of Weak Property Rights in the Face of Natural Disasters", Hazard and Disaster Researcher's Proceedings
• Escaleras, Monica; Register, Charles. (2007). The Potentially Deadly Effect of Weak Property Rights from a Houshold Perspective, Proceedings of the natural Hazards and Disasters Research Meeting, Boulder, Colorado
• Escaleras, Monica; Anbarci, Nejat; Register, Charles. (2007). Public Sector Corruption and Major Earthquakes: A Potentially Deadly Interaction, Public Choice, 132(1), 209-230
• Calcagno, Peter; Escaleras, Monica. (2007). Party Alternation, Divided Government, and Fiscal Performance within US States, Economics of Governance, 8, 111-128
• Escaleras, Monica; Calcagno, Peter. (2007). Political Determinants of U.S. State Fiscal Performance: An Analysis of Party Alternation and Divided Government, Economics of Governance, 8, 111-128
• Escaleras, Monica; Register, Charles; Anbarci, Nejat. (2006). Traffic Fatalities and Public Sector Corruption, Kyklos International Review for Social Sciences, 59(3), 327-344
• Escaleras, Monica; Register, Charles; Anbarci, Nejat. (2005). Earthquakes Fatalities: The Interaction of Nature and Political Economy, Journal of Public Economics, 89, 1907-1933
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