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Working Papers

2023

1. Informal Work and Official Employment Statistics: What’s Missing?
   Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

2022

2. Inflation Levels and (In)Attention
   Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston View citations (5)

2019

3. Inflation Thresholds and Inattention
   Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

2018

4. The Heterogeneous Effect of Affirmative Action on Performance
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   See also Journal Article The heterogeneous effect of affirmative action on performance, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2019) View citations (5) (2019)
5. The ups and downs of the gig economy, 2015–2017
   Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
6. Working Hard or Working Smart?
   Foerder Institute for Economic Research Working Papers, Tel-Aviv University > Foerder Institute for Economic Research

2017

7. Wage inflation and informal work
   Current Policy Perspectives, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Wage inflation and informal work, Economics Letters, Elsevier (2018) View citations (4) (2018)

2016

8. Investment decisions and negative interest rates
   Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston View citations (3)
9. Relative pay, productivity, and labor supply
   Current Policy Perspectives, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
10. Who counts as employed?: informal work, employment status, and labor market slack
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston View citations (5)

2015

11. Changing patterns in informal work participation in the United States 2013–2015
    Current Policy Perspectives, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston View citations (3)

2014

12. Affective Utilities: A Rational Theory of Optimistic Bias in Asset Markets
    Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University
13. Informal work in the United States: evidence from survey responses
    Current Policy Perspectives, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston View citations (8)
14. Nudging credit scores in the field: the effect of text reminders on creditworthiness in the United States
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston View citations (7)

2013

15. (Ir)Rational Exuberance: Optimism, Ambiguity and Risk
    Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University
    Also in Levine's Working Paper Archive, David K. Levine (2013) View citations (2)
16. Affirmative action and stereotype threat
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston View citations (2)
17. How low can you go? Charity reporting when donations signal income and generosity
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston View citations (7)
18. Keynesian Utilities: Bulls and Bears
    Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University
    Also in Levine's Working Paper Archive, David K. Levine (2013) View citations (3)

2012

19. A psychological perspective of financial panic
    Public Policy Discussion Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston View citations (4)
20. Competitive incentives: working harder or working smarter?
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article Competitive Incentives: Working Harder or Working Smarter?, Management Science, INFORMS (2013) View citations (19) (2013)
21. Relative pay and labor supply
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Relative Pay and Labor Supply, Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press (2015) View citations (54) (2015)
22. Shifting confidence in homeownership: the Great Recession
    Public Policy Discussion Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article Shifting Confidence in Homeownership: The Great Recession, The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, De Gruyter (2012) View citations (6) (2012)

2010

23. Affective Decision-Making: A Theory of Optimism-Bias
    Levine's Working Paper Archive, David K. Levine View citations (11)
    Also in Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (2010) View citations (4)
    Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University (2010) View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Affective decision making: A theory of optimism bias, Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier (2012) View citations (38) (2012)
24. Public and private values
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

2009

25. Affective Decision Making: A Behavioral Theory of Choice
    Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University View citations (11)
    Also in Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University (2007) View citations (1)
    Levine's Bibliography, UCLA Department of Economics (2007) View citations (1)
26. Seeds to succeed: sequential giving to public projects
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
    Also in Working Paper, Harvard University OpenScholar View citations (34)
    See also Journal Article Seeds to succeed?: Sequential giving to public projects, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2011) View citations (43) (2011)

2008

27. Affective Decision Making and the Ellsberg Paradox
    Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University
    Also in Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University (2008)
    Levine's Working Paper Archive, David K. Levine (2008)

2007

28. Doing Good or Doing Well? Image Motivation and Monetary Incentives in Behaving Prosocially
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (84)
    Also in Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (2007) View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Doing Good or Doing Well? Image Motivation and Monetary Incentives in Behaving Prosocially, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2009) View citations (862) (2009)

2005

29. Randomized Sign Test for Dependent Observations on Discrete Choice under Risk
    Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University

2004

30. Affective Decision Making in Insurance Markets
    Yale School of Management Working Papers, Yale School of Management
31. Consistency and Refutability of Affective Choice
    Yale School of Management Working Papers, Yale School of Management

Journal Articles

2021

1. How Big is the Gig? The Extensive Margin, The Intensive Margin, and The Hidden Margin
   Labour Economics, 2021, 69, (C) View citations (7)

2019

2. The heterogeneous effect of affirmative action on performance
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2019, 158, (C), 173-218 View citations (5)
   See also Working Paper The Heterogeneous Effect of Affirmative Action on Performance, NBER Working Papers (2018) (2018)

2018

3. Wage inflation and informal work
   Economics Letters, 2018, 171, (C), 159-163 View citations (4)
   See also Working Paper Wage inflation and informal work, Current Policy Perspectives (2017) View citations (1) (2017)

2017

4. Mixed signals: Charity reporting when donations signal generosity and income
   Games and Economic Behavior, 2017, 104, (C), 24-42 View citations (11)
5. Relative pay, effort, and labor supply
   IZA World of Labor, 2017, 367 View citations (2)

2015

6. Relative Pay and Labor Supply
   Journal of Labor Economics, 2015, 33, (2), 297 - 315 View citations (54)
   See also Working Paper Relative pay and labor supply, Working Papers (2012) View citations (2) (2012)

2014

7. Asymmetric responses to income changes: The payroll tax increase versus tax refund in 2013
   Economics Letters, 2014, 124, (3), 534-538 View citations (11)

2013

8. Asymmetric responses to tax-induced changes in personal income: the 2013 payroll tax hike versus anticipated 2012 tax refunds
   Public Policy Brief, 2013
9. Competitive Incentives: Working Harder or Working Smarter?
   Management Science, 2013, 59, (4), 771-781 View citations (19)
   See also Working Paper Competitive incentives: working harder or working smarter?, Working Papers (2012) View citations (9) (2012)
10. The Great Recession and confidence in homeownership
    Communities and Banking, 2013, (Spring), 28-30

2012

11. Affective decision making: A theory of optimism bias
    Games and Economic Behavior, 2012, 75, (1), 67-80 View citations (38)
    See also Working Paper Affective Decision-Making: A Theory of Optimism-Bias, Levine's Working Paper Archive (2010) View citations (11) (2010)
12. Shifting Confidence in Homeownership: The Great Recession
    The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, 2012, 12, (3), 48 View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper Shifting confidence in homeownership: the Great Recession, Public Policy Discussion Paper (2012) View citations (6) (2012)

2011

13. Seeds to succeed?
    Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95, (5), 416-427 View citations (35)
14. Seeds to succeed?: Sequential giving to public projects
    Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95, (5-6), 416-427 View citations (43)
    See also Working Paper Seeds to succeed: sequential giving to public projects, Working Papers (2009) (2009)

2009

15. Doing Good or Doing Well? Image Motivation and Monetary Incentives in Behaving Prosocially
    American Economic Review, 2009, 99, (1), 544-55 View citations (862)
    See also Working Paper Doing Good or Doing Well? Image Motivation and Monetary Incentives in Behaving Prosocially, IZA Discussion Papers (2007) View citations (84) (2007)