Academic publications

Selected academic articles and book chapters, listed in order from newest to oldest, with links to PDF copies when available:

• Goldstein, R., and Sambucci, O. (2024). Assessment of the Future Impacts of Legal Interstate Commerce on the United States and Nevada Cannabis Markets. UNLV Cannabis Policy Institute Research Report, William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (under contract, in prep).
• Goldstein, R., and Sumner, D. (2024). High on Hemp: Implications of the Farm Bill for National Weed Markets. The Seasonal Harvest, American Enterprise Institute (in press).
• Goldstein, R., and Sambucci, O. (2024). Overview of the 2024 Cannabis Economy in Nevada. UNLV Cannabis Policy Institute Research Report, William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (in press).
• Sumner, D., Goldstein, R., and Sambucci, O. (2024). Cannabis Market Prices in the Licensed and Unlicensed Markets and the Economic Impacts of Current and Alternative Cannabis Tax Structures and Tax Rates on the Private and Public Sectors in California, Including Government Administrative Costs and Revenues. Report prepared for the California Department of Cannabis Control.
• Goldstein, R., and Sambucci, O. (2024). Assessment of the Location, Structure, Function, and Demographics of Licensed Cannabis, Focusing on Geographical Price Differences, and Differential Impacts of Local Prop-64-related Regulations on the Competitiveness of Licensed Businesses. Report prepared for the California Department of Cannabis Control.
• Sumner, D., Goldstein, R., and Sambucci, O. (2024). Environmental Impacts of Cannabis Cultivation in California As Affected by the Farm Economics of Licensed and Unlicensed Cannabis Production, Including Effects of Testing Regulations and Compliance with the Criminal Prohibition of Unlicensed Cannabis Production. Report prepared for the California Department of Cannabis Control.
• Goldstein, R., and Sumner, D. (2022). Blunt realities of weed economics: the national patchwork of legalization. The Monthly Harvest, American Enterprise Institute, 4 August 2022.
• Sumner, D., and Goldstein, R. (2022). Federal weed legalization: less is more. The Monthly Harvest, American Enterprise Institute, 4 August 2022.
• Goldstein, R., and Sumner, D. (2021). The economic impact of state regulations and taxes on legal and illegal cannabis markets. Chapter 13 in Routledge Handbook of Post-Prohibition Cannabis Research, 1st Edition, Corva, D., and Meisel, J., Eds., 149–161.
• Sumner, D., Goldstein, R., and Sambucci, O. (2021). California Cannabis Industry: Guidance for revisions of fee structures. Report prepared for the California Bureau of Cannabis Control, Department of Consumer Affairs.
• Goldstein, R., Saposhnik, R., and Sumner, D. (2020). Prices of cannabis in California from licensed and unlicensed retailers. ARE Update  23(3): 1–4. University of California Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics.
• Valdes-Donoso, P.,  Sumner, D., and Goldstein, R. (2020). Costs of cannabis testing compliance: Assessing mandatory testing in the California cannabis market. PLOS One  15(4): e0232041.
• Sumner, D., Goldstein, R., Matthews, W., and Sambucci, O (2020). Cannabis in California. In California Agriculture: Dimensions and Issues, Giannini Foundation Information Series Monograph 20-01, Chapter 13.
• Sumner, D., Goldstein, R., Hart, J., Lee, H., Matthews, W., and Medellin-Asuara, J. (2020). Standardized Regulatory Impact Assessment (SRIA) of proposed regulations to implement Proposition 12. Report prepared for the California Department of Food and Agriculture and accepted by the California Department of Finance in July 2020.
• Goldstein, R. (2019). Half-blind tasting: A deception-free method for sizing placebo and nocebo responses to price and packaging attributes. Journal of Wine Economics  14:3, 321-331.
• Goldstein, R., Sumner, D., and Fafard, A. (2019). Retail cannabis prices in California through legalization, regulation and taxation. California Agriculture  73:3–4, 136–145.
• Sumner, D., and Goldstein, R. (2019). Study on the feasibility of creating one or more classifications of nonprofit cannabis license types. Report prepared for the California Bureau of Cannabis Control, Department of Consumer Affairs, and accepted in December 2019.
• Goldstein, R., and Sumner, D. (2019). California cannabis regulation: an overview. California Agriculture  73:3–4, 101–102.
• Valdes-Donoso, P., Sumner, D., and Goldstein, R. (2019). Costs of mandatory cannabis testing in California. California Agriculture  73:3–4, 154–160.
• Sumner, D., Goldstein, R., Matthews, W. (2018). California’s Cannabis Industry. In California Agriculture: Dimensions and Issues, Giannini Foundation Information Series Monograph 18-01, Chapter 12.
• Sumner, D., Goldstein, R., Matthews, W., Pan, Y., Lee, H., and Lapsley, J. (2018). Economic Costs and Benefits of Proposed Regulations for the Implementation of the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannnabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA): Standardized Regulatory Impact Analysis (SRIA) and Appendix. Report prepared for the California Bureau of Cannabis Control and accepted by the California Department of Finance in April 2018.
• Sumner, D., Goldstein, R., Matthews, W., Pan, Y., Lee, H., and Lapsley, J. (2017). Economic Costs and Benefits of Proposed Regulations for the Implementation of the Medical Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MCRSA): Standardized Regulatory Impact Analysis (SRIA) and Appendix. Report prepared for the California Bureau of Marijuana Control and accepted by the California Department of Finance in February 2017.
• Catapano, R., Buttrick, N., Widness, J., Goldstein, R., and Santos, L.R., (2014). Capuchin monkeys do not show human-like pricing effects. Frontiers in Decision Neuroscience  5(1330).
• Bohannon, J., Goldstein, R., and Herschkowitsch, A. (2010). Can people distinguish pâté from dog food? Chance  23(2), 43–46.
• Goldstein, R. (2010). Book review, Parker’s Wine Bargains, by Robert M. Parker, Jr. Journal of Wine Economics  5(1), 209–216.
• Goldstein, R., Almenberg, J., Dreber, A., Emerson, J., and Herschkowitsch, A. (2008). Do more expensive wines taste better? Evidence from a large sample of blind tastings. Journal of Wine Economics  3(2), 1–9.
• See my CV for additional publications.