"Variations in Inpatient Mortality Among Hospitals in Different System Types, 1995 to 2000" (with Askar Chukmaitov, Gloria Bazzoli, Robert Hurley, Kelly Devers, and Mei Zhao), Medical Care, Vol. 47, no. 4, pp. 466-473

"California's Minimum Nurse Staffing Legislation and Nurse Wages" (with Barbara Mark and Joanne Spetz), Health Affairs, Vol. 28, no. 2 (2009) pp. w326–w334.

"Compliance with International Financial Reporting Standards and Auditor Choice: New Evidence on the Importance of the Statutory Audit" (with Christopher Hodgdon, Rasoul Tondkar, and Ajay Adhikari), The International Journal of Accounting, 2009, Vol. 44, pp. 33-55.

"Does Harmonization of Accounting Standards Lead to the Harmonization of Accounting Practices? A Study from China." (with Songlan Peng, Rasoul Tondkar, and Joyce van der Laan Smith), The International Journal of Accounting, 2008, Vol. 43, pp. 448-468.

"How well does diagnosis-based risk-adjustment work for comparing ambulatory clinical outcomes?" (with Askar Chukmaitov, Nir Menachemi, Charles Saunders, and Robert Brooks), forthcoming in Health Care Management Science.

"Compliance with IFRS Disclosure Requirements and Individual Analysts' Forecast Errors" (with Christopher Hodgdon, Rasoul Tondkar, and Ajay Adhikari), Journal of International Accounting, Auditing, and Taxation, 2008, Vol. 17, pp. 1-13.

"Fair Value Accounting and MSRs" (with Robert Cochran and Edward Coffman). Mortgage Banking, Vol. 68(3), December 2007, pp. 80-83.

"Nurse Staffing and Adverse Events in Hospitalized Children," (with Barbara A. Mark and Wallace Berman). Policy, Politics & Nursing Practice, 2007, Vol. 8, pp. 83-92.

"Do Laboratory Frontal Crash Test Programs Predict Driver Fatality Risk? Evidence From Within Vehicle-Line Variation in Test Ratings" (with George Hoffer). Accident Analysis and Prevention, 2007, Vol. 39, pp. 902-913.

An Examination of Mortgage Loan Servicing Rights and Fair Value Accounting, with Robert Cochran and Edward Coffman, Bank Accounting & Finance, Vol. 20, pp. 29-38, 2007.

"Nurse Staffing, Mortality and Length of Stay in For-Profit and Not-for-Profit Hospitals" (with Barbara A. Mark). Inquiry, 2007, Vol. 44, pp. 167-186.

"Addressing Measurement Error Bias in Nurse Staffing Research" (with Barbara A. Mark), Health Services Research, 2006, Vol 41, pp. 2006-2024.

"The Impact of HMO Penetration on the Relationship Between Nurse Staffing and Quality” (with Barbara Mark, and Michael McCue), Health Economics, Vol. 14, pp. 737-753, 2005.

"Fair Value Capitalization of Mortgage Loan Servicing Rights" (with Robert Cochran and Edward Coffman), Research in Accounting Regulation, 2004, Vol. 17, pp. 155-167.

"A Longitudinal Examination of Hospital Registered Nurse Staffing and Quality of Care" (with Barbara Mark, Michael McCue and Yihua Xu), Health Services Research, 2004, Vol. 39, pp. 279-300.

“Testing for Offsetting Behavior and Adverse Recruitment Among Drivers of Airbag-Equipped Vehicles” (with George Hoffer), Journal of Risk and Insurance, 2003, Vol. 70, pp. 629-650.

“Nurse Staffing, Quality, and Financial Performance” (with Michael McCue and Barbara Mark), Journal of Health Care Finance, Vol. 29, 2003, pp. 54-76.

David W. Harless and George E. Hoffer, "Do Women Pay More for New Motor Vehicles? Evidence from Transactions Price Data," American Economic Review, Vol. 92, pp. 270-279, 2002.

David W. Harless and George E. Hoffer, "The Antilock Braking System Anomaly: A Drinking Driver Problem?," Accident Analysis and Prevention, Vol. 34, pp.333-341, 2002.