Christopher John Cruz
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Publications

​Environmental Quality, Public Health, and Economic Indicators for West Michigan: An Environmental Justice Index
Seidman Business Review, 2026 
​(with Manuel Pulido-Velasquez)
Armed conflict and unemployment in Colombia: the role of US drug interdiction policy
Empirical Economics, 2025 
​(with Manuel Pulido-Velasquez, Alexander Alegria-Castellanos)
 Mission Statements: Man vs Machine
Strategic Finance, 2024 

​(with Randi Jiang and Thuy Simpson)
 Economic Impact Potential and Characterization of Municipal Solid Waste in Michigan 
Michigan Sustainable Business Forum, 2024​
(with Daniel Schoonmaker, Aaron Lowen, and Carrie Veldman)
​Race and Teaching Evaluations: Evidence from the Covid-19 Pandemic
Applied Economics, 2023 

​(with Sonia Dalmia and Manuel Pulido-Velasquez)
​​Digital Assessment Study for Kent County
Seidman Business Review, 2023 
​(with Paul Isely)
​American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Funding for West Michigan
Seidman Business Review, 2023 
​(with Bobbie Biby)
Second Time Sweeter?:  Marital Matching Between First and Second Marriages
Journal of International Business and Economics (International Academy of Business and Economics), 2022 
​(with Sonia Dalmia, Paul Sicilian, and Claudia Smith-Kelly)
Reduced Macroeconomic Volatility after Adoption of Inflation Targeting: Impulses or Propagation? 
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International Review of Economics and Finance, 2022
Surveillance of the Philippine Rice Market
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BSP Economic Newsletter, 2014
Assessing Inflation Vulnerability: An Early Warning System for Inflation in the Philippines
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Theoretical and Practical Research in Economics, 2013
​(with Dennis Mapa)
Tenets of Effective Monetary Policy in the Philippines
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BS Review, 2012
(with Jasmin Dacio)

Working Papers

Feeling Squeezed? Impact of Social Security Benefit Cuts on Labor Market Outcomes of the Elderly
​(Under Review)
Covid-19 and family businesses: Does generation of management matter?
​(With Sonia Dalmia and Manuel Pulido-Velasquez)
Inflation Volatility and the Bretton Woods system
​(With Dan Giedeman)

Works In Progress

Social Security Benefit Cuts and Elderly Savings
The Effects of Automation Technologies on SSDI Applications and Awards
(With John Nunley and Alan Seals)
Credit Channel of Monetary Policy: Evidence from Bank Loan Officers' Survey
(With Vanessa Espano, Cristi Bagsic, and Ruby Lemence)
Family Involvement in Family Businesses
(With Ana Gonzalez and Juan Manuel Gonzalez)
Is the quest for 'miracle drug' over?: Initial Evaluation of the Impact of Truvada on HIV Rates
Retirement, Health Investments, and Cognitive Decline among older Americans
Impact of Data Revisions on Monetary Policy Formulation: Evidence from OECD countries
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