Chris Cotton

Select High-Impact Articles
All Academic Publications
Select Technical Reports
Not-Yet-Published Projects

Papers by topic:
Lab & Field Experiments
Metascience: Research on Science & Publishing
Education & Human Capital
Collective Action, Public Goods, & Foundations of Collaboration
Information & Persuasion, Lobbying
Public Health

Select High-Impact Publications

Cotton C, Hickman B, List J, Price J, & Roy S (2026), Why Don’t Struggling Kids Do Their Homework? Disentangling Motivation and Study Productivity in a Model of Human Capital Investment, Journal of Political Economy, forthcoming [NBER wp27995 & wp37274]

Cotton C, editor (2025), Lasting Disruption: Health, Economic, and Social Impacts of COVID-19 in Canada, McGill-Queen’s University Press. BOOK LINK

Cotton C, Alam A, Tosta S, Buchman TG, & Maslove D (2025), Effect of monetary incentives on peer review acceptance and completion: A quasi-randomized interventional trial, Critical Care Medicine [lead/feature article; CCM forward & editorial, featured by Nature, Nature again, Queen’s Gazette]

Nordstrom A & Cotton C (2025), The Impact of a Severe Drought on Girls’ Attendance and Learning, American Educational Research Journal [leading education journal]

Corazzini L, Cotton C , Longo E, & Reggiani T (2024), Coordinated selection of collective action: Wealthy-interest bias and inequality, Journal of Public Economics

Cotton C, Hickman B, & Price J (2022), Affirmative action and human capital investment: Evidence from a randomized field experiment, Journal of Labor Economics [NBER wp20397; featured at Quartz, FiveThirtyEight, The Chronicle of Higher Education]

Agranov M, Cotton C, & Tergiman C (2020), Persistence of Power: Repeated multilateral bargaining with endogenous agenda setting authority, Journal of Public Economics [lead article]

Boleslavsky R, Cotton C, & Gurnani H (2017), Demonstrations and price competition in new product release, Management Science

Corazzini L, Cotton C, & Valbonesi P (2015), Donor coordination in project funding: Evidence from a threshold public goods experiment, Journal of Public Economics

Boleslavsky R & Cotton C (2015), Grading standards and education quality, American Economic Journal: Microeconomics [featured in an AEA Research Highlight and on Vox-EU]

Boleslavsky R & Cotton C (2015), Information and extremism in elections, American Economic Journal: Microeconomics. [featured in The Washington Post, IB Times, and Discovery News]

Cotton C (2013), Submission fees and response times in academic publishing, American Economic Review

Cotton C (2012), Pay to play politics: Informational lobbying and contribution limits when money buys access, Journal of Public Economics

Cotton C (2009), Should we tax or cap political contributions? A lobbying model with policy favors and access, Journal of Public Economics [lead article]

Full List of Academic Publications

C Cotton, B Hickman, J List, J Price, & S Roy (2026), Why Don’t Struggling Kids Do Their Homework? Disentangling Motivation and Study Productivity in a Model of Human Capital Investment, Journal of Political Economy, forthcoming [NBER wp27995 & wp37274]

A Nordstrom, Z Robb, & C Cotton (2026), Using Full Matching to Measure the Marginal Benefit of Bicycles in a Multifaceted Development Program, Journal of Development Effectiveness accepted

C. Cotton (2025), The Broad Impacts of COVID-19 in Canada, Ch 1 in Lasting Disruption: Health, Economic, and Social Impacts of COVID-19 in Canada, McGill-Queen’s University Press. LINK

C Cotton (2025), Assessing the Impacts of COVID-19 on Canadian Economy and Businesses, Ch 2 in Lasting Disruption: Health, Economic, and Social Impacts of COVID-19 in Canada, State of the Federation book series, McGill-Queen’s University Press. LINK

N Afodjo, C Cotton, M Jones, & L Scholle-Cotton (2025), The Economics of COVID-19 and Educational Attainment in Canada, Ch 6 in Lasting Disruption: Health, Economic, and Social Impacts of COVID-19 in Canada, McGill-Queen’s University Press. LINK

B Mutic & C Cotton, COVID-19’s Other Impacts: Technology, Homelessness, Mental Health, and Addiction, Ch 13 in Lasting Disruption: Health, Economic, and Social Impacts of COVID-19 in Canada, McGill-Queen’s University Press. LINK

WL Adamowicz, R Boadway, D Breznitz, C Cotton, S Elgie, E Forget, R Gold, E.Jones, F Lange, N de Marcellis-Warin, C McCabe, S Peacock, & L Tedds [the Royal Society of Canada COVID-19 working group on economic recovery] (2025),Renewing the Social Contract and Fostering Innovation to Build a Stronger Post-Covid Economy, Ch 14 in Lasting Disruption: Health, Economic, and Social Impacts of COVID-19 in Canada, McGill-Queen’s University Press, LINK

MA Lewis, P Brown, C Colijn, C Cotton, L Cowen, T Day, R Deardon, DJD Earn, D Haskell, J Heffernan, P Leighton, K Murty, S Otto, E Rafferty, C Hughes Tuohy, J Wu, & H Zhu [Canada’s NSERC Emerging Infectious Disease Modelling network leadership] (2025), Charting a Future for Emerging Infectious Disease Modelling in Canada: A Call to Maintain Capacity, Ch 15 in Lasting Disruption: Health, Economic, and Social Impacts of COVID-19 in Canada, McGill-Queen’s University Press, LINK

C Cotton, A Alam, S Tosta, TG Buchman, & D Maslove (2025), Effect of monetary incentives on peer review acceptance and completion: A quasi-randomized interventional trial, Critical Care Medicine [lead/feature article; CCM forward & editorial, featured by Nature, Nature again, Queen’s Gazette]

The article was the issue’s feature article and was accompanied by a journal forward & editorial. Queen’s Gazette summary. It also kicked off a discussion of referee compensation at several outlets, including Nature, Nature again, and Critical Care Medicine, where we were invited to reply to each round of discussion.

Cotton, Alam, Tosta, Buchman, & Maslove (2025). Author’s reply to ‘Effect of Monetary Incentives on Peer Review Acceptance and Completion: A Quasi-Randomized Interventional Trial—A Welcome Step Forward.’ Critical Care Medicine

Cotton, Alam, Tosta, Buchman, & Maslove (2025). Author’s reply to ‘Concerning Monetary Incentives for Peer Review, Should They Be Differentiated Among Various Reviewers?’ and ‘Introducing the ρ-Index: A New Metric to Valorize and Acknowledge the Peer-Review Process.’ Critical Care Medicine

A Nordstrom & C Cotton (2025), The Impact of a Severe Drought on Girls’ Attendance and Learning, American Educational Research Journal [leading education journal]

C Cotton, M LaBarge, & A Nordstrom (2025), Canadian Public Health Experiences with COVID-19 and a New Framework for Assessing Evidence, Frontiers in Public Health

D Teeter & C Cotton (2025), Reforms that stick: A roadmap for strengthening Canada’s internal market, in Barriers and Bridges: Rethinking Trade in the Federation, Centre of Excellence of the Canadian Federation, Institute for Research on Public Policy

C Cotton & D Tetter (2025), Breaking Down Canada’s Internal Trade Barriers, JDI Policy Insight, John Deutsch Institute for the Study of Economic Policy [fodder for an op ed at The Hill Times]

C Cotton, A Nordstrom, J Nanowski, & E Richter (2025), Can Discussions About Girls’ Education Improve Academic Outcomes: Evidence from a Randomized Development Intervention, World Bank Economic Review [featured on VoxDev]

L Corazzini, C Cotton, E Longo, & T Reggiani (2024), Coordinated selection of collective action: Wealthy-interest bias and inequality, Journal of Public Economics

C Li & C Cotton (2023), Profiling restrictions in a model of law enforcement and strategic crime, European Journal of Law & Economics

C Cotton, B Hickman, & J Price (2022), Affirmative action and human capital investment: Evidence from a randomized field experiment, Journal of Labor Economics [NBER wp20397; featured at Quartz, FiveThirtyEight, The Chronicle of Higher Education]

C Cotton, B Crowley, B Kashi, H Lloyd-Ellis, & F Tremblay (2022), Quantifying the economic impacts of COVID-19 policy responses in (almost) real-time, Canadian Journal of Economics

Z Kurzawa, C Cotton, N Mazurkewich, A Verney, J Busch-Hallen, & B Kashi (2021), Training healthcare workers increases IFA use and adherence: Evidence and cost-effectiveness analysis from Bangladesh, Maternal & Child Nutrition

M Agranov, C Cotton, & C Tergiman (2020), Persistence of Power: Repeated multilateral bargaining with endogenous agenda setting authority, Journal of Public Economics [lead article]

L Corazzini, C Cotton, & T Reggiani (2020), Delegation and coordination with multiple threshold public goods: experimental evidence, Experimental Economics

C McCabe, … C Cotton et al. (2020), Renewing the social contract: Economic recovery in Canada from COVID-19, Royal Society of Canada Policy Briefing, RSC COVID-19 Task Force

C Cotton, F McIntyre, A Nordstrom, & J Price (2019), Correcting for bias in hot-hand analysis: An application to youth golf,  Journal of Economic Psychology

R Boleslavsky & C Cotton (2018), Limited capacity in project selection: Competition through evidence production, Economic Theory

C Li & C Cotton (2018), Clueless Politicians: On Policymaker Incentives for Information Acquisition in a Model of Lobbying, Journal of Law, Economics & Organization

R Boleslavsky, C Cotton, & H Gurnani (2017), Demonstrations and price competition in new product release, Management Science

C Cotton (2016), Competing for attention: Lobbying time-constrained politicians, Journal of Public Economic Theory

C Cotton & A Dellis (2016), Informational lobbying and agenda distortion, Journal of Law, Economics & Organization

L Corazzini, C Cotton, & P Valbonesi (2015), Donor coordination in project funding: Evidence from a threshold public goods experiment, Journal of Public Economics

C Cotton, C Li, F McIntyre, & J Price (2015), Which explanations for gender differences in competition are consistent with a simple theoretical model?, Journal of Behavioral & Experimental Economics

R Boleslavsky & C Cotton (2015), Grading standards and education quality, American Economic Journal: Microeconomics[featured in an AEA Research Highlight and on Vox-EU]

R Boleslavsky & C Cotton (2015), Information and extremism in elections, American Economic Journal: Microeconomics. [featured in The Washington Post, IB Times, and Discovery News]

S Campos, C Cotton, & C Li (2015), Deterrence effects under Twombly: On the costs of increasing pleading standards in litigation, International Review of Law and Economics

C Cotton & C Li (2015), Profiling, screening and criminal recruitment, Journal of Public Economic Theory

C Cotton (2013), Submission fees and response times in academic publishing, American Economic Review

C Cotton, F McIntyre, & J Price (2013), Gender differences in repeated competition: Evidence from school math contests, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization [NBER wp16436; featured in Forbes, Vox-EU]

C Cotton (2012), Pay to play politics: Informational lobbying and contribution limits when money buys access, Journal of Public Economics

C Cotton & C Liu (2011), 100 horsemen and the empty city: A game theoretic exploration of deception in Chinese military legend, Journal of Peace Research [featured in U.S. News & World Report]

C Cotton (2009), Multiple bidding in auctions as bidders become confident of their private valuations, Economics Letters

C Cotton (2009), Should we tax or cap political contributions? A lobbying model with policy favors and access, Journal of Public Economics [lead article]

Select Technical Reports

C Cotton (2024), Expert opinion on COVID-19 pandemic and policy impacts on Alberta businesses, Alberta Justice, Government of Alberta

C Cotton, A Nordstrom, T Pracek, & Z Robb (2024), Six-Country Impact Evalaution and Value-for-Money Analysis of the THRIVE Livelihoods Program, World Vision US

K Safar & C Cotton, (2023), On the mental health effects of parenting practices: Cost-benefit analysis of Positive Parenting programs, World Vision Canada

H Fox & C Cotton, (2023), Global cost-benefit analysis of Unlock Literacy early-grade reading programs, World Vision Canada

C Cotton, J MacKinnon, A Nordstrom, Z Robb, & L Wallace (2021), Value for money analysis of the IGATE-T Girls’ Education Challenge project, UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

H Britt, C Cotton, J MacKinnon, A Nordstrom, Z Robb, S Veenstra, & L Wallace (2021), Endline evaluation of the IGATE-T Girls’ Education Challenge project, UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

S Carillo, C Cotton, S Hamilton, B Kashi, & Z Robb (2021), Returns on Healthy School Feeding: Impacts and Design Considerations, World Health Organization

C Cotton, B Kashi, J MacKinnon, J Makuwira, A Nordstrom, L Wallace, & B Wong (2020), Cost-Benefit Analysis of Interventions to Improve Primary Education Quality in Malawi, in The Malawi Priorities Project, Copenhagen Consensus Center and the African Institute for Development Policy

C Cotton, N Kanyongolo, B Kashi, J MacKinnon, A Nordstrom, L Wallace, & B Wong (2020), Cost-Benefit Analysis of Interventions to Decrease Secondary Education Dropout Rates in Malawi, in The Malawi Priorities Project, Copenhagen Consensus Center and the African Institute for Development Policy

C Cotton, S Davis, B Kashi, Z Kurzawa, & K Yeates (2019), Development Bond Feasibility Study for Addressing Stunting in Lesotho, World Vision International, World Health Organization, and UNICEF

C Cotton, A Nordstrom, J MacKinnon, & B Kashi (2018), Baseline evaluation of the IGATE-T Girls’ Education Challenge project, UK Department for International Development

C Cotton, F Tremblay, Z Kurzawa, & B Crowley (2018), Impact evaluation of the Youth Ready work-skills training program, World Vision Canada

C Cotton (2018), Opinion on Campaign Finance Policy, Ministry of Attorney General, Government of British Columbia.

Not-Yet-Published Projects

Rigor is not readiness: Why behavioral and social sciences need policy evidence readiness levels

Should Star Performers Lead or Anchor Their Teams? Sequential Contributions in a Threshold Public Goods Experiment, with Luca Corazzini and Enrico Longo.

The Economics of VSLA Savings Groups and The Value of Financial Inclusion with Frederic Tremblay

Affirmative action, shifting competition, and human capital accumulation: A comparative static analysis of investment contests, with Brent Hickman, R&R

Capability Building, Market Validation, and Competition for Venture Capital with Ralph Boleslavsky

Wildfire Smoke and Labor Market Losses, with Zemar Hakim.

A Market Design Approach to Reducing Achievement Gaps in Light of Academic Productivity, Motivation, and School Quality Differences, with Brent Hickman, John List, and Greg Sun

Is Math Tutoring a Treatment for Lack of Understanding or Lack of Engagement? A Field Experiment, with Brent Hickman, John List, and Karen Ye

Could targeted support for struggling students reduce the pandemic’s inequitable educational impacts: Evidence from Ontario with Nabil Afodjo and Lydia Scholle-Cotton

A Model of Challenge Funds: How Funding Availability and Selection Rigor Affect Project Quality with Raphael Boleslavsky

Disincentive effects of evaluation with Raphael Boleslavsky

Competing for Capital: Auditing and Credibility in Financial Reporting, with Raphael Boleslavsky and Bruce Carlin, NBER working paper 23273

Less Proficient or More Methodical: A Field Experimental Investigation of Measured Gender Gaps in Math Scores, with Brent Hickman and John List

Motivated reasoning in the assessment of evidence during crises: Insights from public health leaders during COVID-19, with Monica LaBarge and Ardyn Nordstrom

What makes for successful collaborations? Experimental evidence various projects with Luca Corazzini and collaborators

Field & Lab Experiments

C Cotton, B Hickman, J List, J Price, & S Roy (2026), Why Don’t Struggling Kids Do Their Homework? Disentangling Motivation and Study Productivity in a Model of Human Capital Investment, Journal of Political Economy, forthcoming [NBER wp27995 & wp37274]

C Cotton, A Alam, S Tosta, TG Buchman, & D Maslove (2025), Effect of monetary incentives on peer review acceptance and completion: A quasi-randomized interventional trial, Critical Care Medicine [lead/feature article; CCM forward & editorial, featured by Nature, Nature again, Queen’s Gazette]

L Corazzini, C Cotton, E Longo, & T Reggiani (2024), Coordinated selection of collective action: Wealthy-interest bias and inequality, Journal of Public Economics

C Cotton, B Hickman, & J Price (2022), Affirmative action and human capital investment: Evidence from a randomized field experiment, Journal of Labor Economics [NBER wp20397; featured at Quartz, FiveThirtyEight, The Chronicle of Higher Education]

M Agranov, C Cotton, & C Tergiman (2020), Persistence of Power: Repeated multilateral bargaining with endogenous agenda setting authority, Journal of Public Economics [lead article]

L Corazzini, C Cotton, & T Reggiani (2020), Delegation and coordination with multiple threshold public goods: experimental evidence, Experimental Economics

L Corazzini, C Cotton, & P Valbonesi (2015), Donor coordination in project funding: Evidence from a threshold public goods experiment, Journal of Public Economics

C Cotton, F McIntyre, & J Price (2013), Gender differences in repeated competition: Evidence from school math contests, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization [NBER wp16436; featured in Forbes, Vox-EU]

C Cotton (2009), Multiple bidding in auctions as bidders become confident of their private valuations, Economics Letters

Metascience: Scientific Publishing & Science-Based Policy

C Cotton, A Alam, S Tosta, TG Buchman, & D Maslove (2025), Effect of monetary incentives on peer review acceptance and completion: A quasi-randomized interventional trial, Critical Care Medicine [lead/feature article; CCM forward & editorial, featured by Nature, Nature again, Queen’s Gazette]

C Cotton, M LaBarge, & A Nordstrom (2025), Canadian Public Health Experiences with COVID-19 and a New Framework for Assessing Evidence, Frontiers in Public Health

C Cotton (2013), Submission fees and response times in academic publishing, American Economic Review

Cotton C. Rigor Is Not Readiness: Why behavioral and social sciences need policy evidence readiness levels. Working paper.

Education & Human Capital

C Cotton, B Hickman, J List, J Price, & S Roy (2026), Why Don’t Struggling Kids Do Their Homework? Disentangling Motivation and Study Productivity in a Model of Human Capital Investment, Journal of Political Economy, forthcoming [NBER wp27995 & wp37274]

A Nordstrom, Z Robb, & C Cotton (2026), Using Full Matching to Measure the Marginal Benefit of Bicycles in a Multifaceted Development Program, Journal of Development Effectiveness, accepted

N Afodjo, C Cotton, M Jones, & L Scholle-Cotton (2025), The Economics of COVID-19 and Educational Attainment in Canada, Ch 6 in Lasting Disruption: Health, Economic, and Social Impacts of COVID-19 in Canada, McGill-Queen’s University Press. LINK

A Nordstrom & C Cotton (2025), The Impact of a Severe Drought on Girls’ Attendance and Learning, American Educational Research Journal [leading education journal]

C Cotton, A Nordstrom, J Nanowski, & E Richter (2025), Can Discussions About Girls’ Education Improve Academic Outcomes: Evidence from a Randomized Development Intervention, World Bank Economic Review

C Cotton, B Hickman, & J Price (2022), Affirmative action and human capital investment: Evidence from a randomized field experiment, Journal of Labor Economics

R Boleslavsky & C Cotton (2015), Grading standards and education quality, American Economic Journal: Microeconomics

C Cotton, F McIntyre, & J Price (2013), Gender differences in repeated competition: Evidence from school math contests, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Affirmative action, shifting competition, and human capital accumulation: A comparative static analysis of investment contests, with Brent Hickman, R&R

A Market Design Approach to Reducing Achievement Gaps in Light of Academic Productivity, Motivation, and School Quality Differences, with Brent Hickman, John List, and Greg Sun

Is Math Tutoring a Treatment for Lack of Understanding or Lack of Engagement? A Field Experiment, with Brent Hickman, John List, and Karen Ye

Could targeted support for struggling students reduce the pandemic’s inequitable educational impacts: Evidence from Ontario with Nabil Afodjo and Lydia Scholle-Cotton

Less Proficient or More Methodical: A Field Experimental Investigation of Measured Gender Gaps in Math Scores, with Brent Hickman and John List

Collective Action, Public Goods, & Foundations of Collaboration

L Corazzini, C Cotton, E Longo, & T Reggiani (2024), Coordinated selection of collective action: Wealthy-interest bias and inequality, Journal of Public Economics

M Agranov, C Cotton, & C Tergiman (2020), Persistence of Power: Repeated multilateral bargaining with endogenous agenda setting authority, Journal of Public Economics [lead article]

L Corazzini, C Cotton, & T Reggiani (2020), Delegation and coordination with multiple threshold public goods: experimental evidence, Experimental Economics

L Corazzini, C Cotton, & P Valbonesi (2015), Donor coordination in project funding: Evidence from a threshold public goods experiment, Journal of Public Economics

Should Star Performers Lead or Anchor Their Teams? Sequential Contributions in a Threshold Public Goods Experiment, with Luca Corazzini and Enrico Longo. Working paper.

Information & Persuasion

R Boleslavsky & C Cotton (2018), Limited capacity in project selection: Competition through evidence production, Economic Theory

C Li & C Cotton (2018), Clueless Politicians: On Policymaker Incentives for Information Acquisition in a Model of Lobbying, Journal of Law, Economics & Organization

R Boleslavsky, C Cotton, & H Gurnani (2017), Demonstrations and price competition in new product release, Management Science

C Cotton (2016), Competing for attention: Lobbying time-constrained politicians, Journal of Public Economic Theory

C Cotton & A Dellis (2016), Informational lobbying and agenda distortion, Journal of Law, Economics & Organization

R Boleslavsky & C Cotton (2015), Grading standards and education quality, American Economic Journal: Microeconomics

R Boleslavsky & C Cotton (2015), Information and extremism in elections, American Economic Journal: Microeconomics

C Cotton (2013), Submission fees and response times in academic publishing, American Economic Review

C Cotton (2012), Pay to play politics: Informational lobbying and contribution limits when money buys access, Journal of Public Economics

C Cotton & C Liu (2011), 100 horsemen and the empty city: A game theoretic exploration of deception in Chinese military legend, Journal of Peace Research

C Cotton (2009), Multiple bidding in auctions as bidders become confident of their private valuations, Economics Letters

C Cotton (2009), Should we tax or cap political contributions? A lobbying model with policy favors and access, Journal of Public Economics [lead article]

Boleslavsky R & Cotton C. Capability Building, Market Validation, and Competition for Venture Capital working paper

Boleslavsky R, Carlin B, & Cotton C. Competing for Capital: Auditing and Credibility in Financial Reporting, NBER working paper 23273

Public Health

C Cotton, M LaBarge, & A Nordstrom (2025), Canadian Public Health Experiences with COVID-19 and a New Framework for Assessing Evidence, Frontiers in Public Health

C Cotton, A Alam, S Tosta, TG Buchman, & D Maslove (2025), Effect of monetary incentives on peer review acceptance and completion: A quasi-randomized interventional trial, Critical Care Medicine [lead/feature article; CCM forward & editorial, featured by Nature, Nature again, Queen’s Gazette]

C Cotton, ed. (2025), Lasting Disruption: Health, Economic, and Social Impacts of COVID-19 in Canada, McGill-Queen’s University Press. LINK

C. Cotton (2025), The Broad Impacts of COVID-19 in Canada, Ch 1 in Lasting Disruption: Health, Economic, and Social Impacts of COVID-19 in Canada, McGill-Queen’s University Press. LINK

C Cotton (2025), Assessing the Impacts of COVID-19 on Canadian Economy and Businesses, Ch 2 in Lasting Disruption: Health, Economic, and Social Impacts of COVID-19 in Canada, State of the Federation book series, McGill-Queen’s University Press. LINK

N Afodjo, C Cotton, M Jones, & L Scholle-Cotton (2025), The Economics of COVID-19 and Educational Attainment in Canada, Ch 6 in Lasting Disruption: Health, Economic, and Social Impacts of COVID-19 in Canada, McGill-Queen’s University Press. LINK

B Mutic & C Cotton, COVID-19’s Other Impacts: Technology, Homelessness, Mental Health, and Addiction, Ch 13 in Lasting Disruption: Health, Economic, and Social Impacts of COVID-19 in Canada, McGill-Queen’s University Press. LINK

WL Adamowicz, R Boadway, D Breznitz, C Cotton, S Elgie, E Forget, R Gold, E.Jones, F Lange, N de Marcellis-Warin, C McCabe, S Peacock, & L Tedds [the Royal Society of Canada COVID-19 working group on economic recovery] (2025),Renewing the Social Contract and Fostering Innovation to Build a Stronger Post-Covid Economy, Ch 14 in Lasting Disruption: Health, Economic, and Social Impacts of COVID-19 in Canada, McGill-Queen’s University Press, LINK

MA Lewis, P Brown, C Colijn, C Cotton, L Cowen, T Day, R Deardon, DJD Earn, D Haskell, J Heffernan, P Leighton, K Murty, S Otto, E Rafferty, C Hughes Tuohy, J Wu, & H Zhu [Canada’s NSERC Emerging Infectious Disease Modelling network leadership] (2025), Charting a Future for Emerging Infectious Disease Modelling in Canada: A Call to Maintain Capacity, Ch 15 in Lasting Disruption: Health, Economic, and Social Impacts of COVID-19 in Canada, McGill-Queen’s University Press, LINK

C Cotton, B Crowley, B Kashi, H Lloyd-Ellis, & F Tremblay (2022), Quantifying the economic impacts of COVID-19 policy responses in (almost) real-time, Canadian Journal of Economics

Z Kurzawa, C Cotton, N Mazurkewich, A Verney, J Busch-Hallen, & B Kashi (2021), Training healthcare workers increases IFA use and adherence: Evidence and cost-effectiveness analysis from Bangladesh, Maternal & Child Nutrition

K Safar & C Cotton, (2023), On the mental health effects of parenting practices: Cost-benefit analysis of Positive Parenting programs, World Vision Canada

S Carillo, C Cotton, S Hamilton, B Kashi, & Z Robb (2021), Returns on Healthy School Feeding: Impacts and Design Considerations, World Health Organization

C Cotton, S Davis, B Kashi, Z Kurzawa, & K Yeates (2019), Development Bond Feasibility Study for Addressing Stunting in Lesotho, World Vision International, World Health Organization, and UNICEF

I have several ongoing projects with Davis Maslove on incentives in medical research and practice, and several other ongoing projects with Ardyn Nordstrom & Monica LaBarge on public health decision making based on the detailed interviews we conducted with 25 senior public health leaders following COVID-19.

Wildfire Smoke and Labor Market Losses, with Zemar Hakim.

Motivated reasoning in the assessment of evidence during crises: Insights from public health leaders during COVID-19, with Monica LaBarge and Ardyn Nordstrom