Briggs Depew
Associate Professor
Department(s):- Economics and Finance

Contact Information
Eccles Business Building 518435.797.6383
briggs.depew@usu.edu
Personal Website
Curriculum Vitae
Education
PhD, University of Arizona, 2013
MA, University of Arizona, 2010
BS, Brigham Young University, Idaho, 2008
Awards
Undergraduate Faculty Mentor of the Year - 2025
Researcher of the Year - 2018
Biography
Dr. Briggs Depew is an Associate Professor of Economics in the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University and a Research Fellow with the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn, Germany. Briggs earned a PhD in Economics at the University of Arizona in 2013. Prior to joining Utah State University, he was an Assistant Professor of Economics at Louisiana State University. Briggs enjoys both teaching and research. While at LSU he was awarded the Outstanding Undergraduate Teacher award in his department. His research is focused on policy-oriented microeconomic topics and has been published in leading academic journals. His work studying the Affordable Care Act was cited in the October 2014 Council of Economic Advisers report to the President of the United States. His research has also been featured in several media outlets including The Washington Post and NPR.
Journal Articles
Academic Journal
- Depew, B., Davis, J., (2026). The Trade-Offs of Gunshot Detection Technology: Evidence from Detroit. Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 1-26.
- Depew, B., (2026). Youth Injury Prevention and Sport Governance: Evidence from USA Hockey's Ban on Body Checking. International Journal of Sport Finance
- Depew, B., (2025). Priceless or Pricey? “Arbitrary” Choices in Log-Linear Models and the “Arbitrary” Cost of Having Children. Journal for Economic Educators, 25:2, 54-68.
- Depew, B., Cardella, E., Williams, R., (2024). Behavioral Impacts of Masking Within Social Interactions. Public Choice, 4:9
- Depew, B., Meyer, J., (2023). Legal access to alcohol and automobile accidents: Potential interactive effects of alcohol and drug consumption. Contemporary Economic Policy, 41:2, 338-353.
- Depew, B., Swensen, I., (2022). The Effect of Concealed-Carry and Handgun Restrictions on Gun-Related Deaths: Evidence from the Sullivan Act of 1911. The Economic Journal, 132:646, 2118-2140.
- Depew, B., Swensen, I., (2019). The Decision to Carry: Understanding the Effect of Crime on Concealed-Carry Applications. Journal of Human Resources, 54:4, 1121-1153.
- Depew, B., Cardella, E., (2018). Output restriction and the ratchet effect: Evidence from a real-effort work task. Games and Economic Behavior, 107, 182-202.
- Depew, B., Price, J., (2018). Marriage and the Economic Status of Women with Children. Review of Economics of the Household, 16:4, 1049-1061.
- Depew, B., Arnold, G., (2018). School starting age and long‐run health in the United States. Health Economics, 27:12, 1904-1920.
- Eren, O., Depew, B., Barnes, S., (2017). Test-Based Promotion Policies, Dropping Out, and Juvenile Crime. Journal of Public Economics, 153, 9-31.
- Depew, B., Eren, O., Mocan, N., (2017). Judges, Juveniles, and In-Group Bias. The Journal of Law and Economics, 60:2, 209-239.
- Depew, B., Norlander, P., Sorensen, T.A, (2017). Inter-firm mobility and return migration patterns of skilled guest workers. Journal of Population Economics, 1–41.
- Depew, B., Eren, O., (2016). Born on the wrong day? School entry age and juvenile crime. Journal of Urban Economics, 96, 73–90.
- Depew, B., Bailey, J., (2015). Did the Affordable Care Act’s dependent coverage mandate increase premiums?. Journal of health economics, 41, 1–14.
- Depew, B., (2015). The effect of state dependent mandate laws on the labor supply decisions of young adults. Journal of health economics, 39, 123–134.
- Cardella, E., Depew, B., (2014). The effect of health insurance coverage on the reported health of young adults. Economics Letters, 124:3, 406–410.
- Depew, B., Fishback, P.V, Rhode, P.W, (2013). New deal or no deal in the Cotton South: The effect of the AAA on the agricultural labor structure. Explorations in Economic History, 50:4, 466–486.
- Depew, B., Sorensen, T.A, (2013). The elasticity of labor supply to the firm over the business cycle. Labour Economics, 24, 196–204.
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
