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Working Papers

2023

1. Misinterpreting Yourself
   Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University

2021

2. Browsing versus Studying: A Pro-market Case for Regulation
   LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (9)
   See also Journal Article Browsing versus Studying: A Pro-market Case for Regulation, The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd (2021) View citations (10) (2021)

2018

3. Behavioral Industrial Organization
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (32)

2017

4. Financial choice and financial information
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (2)
5. Inferior Products and Profitable Deception
   Munich Reprints in Economics, University of Munich, Department of Economics View citations (35)
   See also Journal Article Inferior Products and Profitable Deception*, The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd (2017) View citations (81) (2017)

2016

6. Exploitative Innovation
   Munich Reprints in Economics, University of Munich, Department of Economics View citations (19)
   See also Journal Article Exploitative Innovation, American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, American Economic Association (2016) View citations (27) (2016)

2015

7. Cursed financial innovation
   2015 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (2)
   Also in Discussion Papers, Research Unit: Economics of Change, WZB Berlin Social Science Center (2015) View citations (1)

2011

8. A Model of Focusing in Economic Choice
   2011 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (14)
   See also Journal Article A Model of Focusing in Economic Choice, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2013) View citations (179) (2013)

2010

9. Regular prices and sales
   ESMT Research Working Papers, ESMT European School of Management and Technology View citations (9)
   See also Journal Article Regular prices and sales, Theoretical Economics, Econometric Society (2014) View citations (83) (2014)

2006

10. Reference-Dependent Risk Attitudes
    Levine's Bibliography, UCLA Department of Economics View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Reference-Dependent Risk Attitudes, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2007) View citations (450) (2007)

2005

11. A Model of Reference-Dependent Preferences
    Levine's Bibliography, UCLA Department of Economics View citations (7)
    Also in Method and Hist of Econ Thought, University Library of Munich, Germany (2004) View citations (23)
    Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley (2004) View citations (25)
    See also Journal Article A Model of Reference-Dependent Preferences, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2006) View citations (1430) (2006)
12. The Impact of Consumer Loss Aversion on Pricing
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (57)
    Also in CIG Working Papers, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (WZB), Research Unit: Competition and Innovation (CIG) (2004) View citations (11)

2002

13. A Theory of Government Regulation of Addictive Bads: Optimal Tax Levels and Tax Incidence for Cigarette Excise Taxation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (35)
14. Ambition and Talent
    CERS-IE WORKING PAPERS, Institute of Economics, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies

2000

15. Is Addiction "Rational"? Theory and Evidence
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (65)
    See also Journal Article Is Addiction "Rational"? Theory and Evidence, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2001) View citations (404) (2001)

Journal Articles

2023

1. Steering Fallible Consumers
   The Economic Journal, 2023, 133, (652), 1430-1465 View citations (2)

2022

2. Fragile Self-Esteem
   The Review of Economic Studies, 2022, 89, (4), 2026-2060 View citations (3)

2021

3. Browsing versus Studying: A Pro-market Case for Regulation
   The Review of Economic Studies, 2021, 88, (2), 708-729 View citations (10)
   See also Working Paper Browsing versus Studying: A Pro-market Case for Regulation, LIDAM Reprints CORE (2021) View citations (9) (2021)
4. Convergence in models of misspecified learning
   Theoretical Economics, 2021, 16, (1) View citations (5)

2020

5. Choice Simplification: A Theory of Mental Budgeting and Naive Diversification*
   (Fungibility, Labels, and Consumption)
   The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2020, 135, (2), 1153-1207 View citations (3)

2018

6. Unrealistic Expectations and Misguided Learning
   Econometrica, 2018, 86, (4), 1159-1214 View citations (44)

2017

7. Inferior Products and Profitable Deception*
   The Review of Economic Studies, 2017, 84, (1), 323-356 View citations (81)
   See also Working Paper Inferior Products and Profitable Deception, Munich Reprints in Economics (2017) View citations (35) (2017)
8. Naïveté-Based Discrimination
   The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2017, 132, (2), 1019-1054 View citations (44)

2016

9. Exploitative Innovation
   American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 2016, 8, (1), 1-23 View citations (27)
   See also Working Paper Exploitative Innovation, Munich Reprints in Economics (2016) View citations (19) (2016)

2015

10. On the Welfare Costs of Naiveté in the US Credit-Card Market
    Review of Industrial Organization, 2015, 47, (3), 341-354 View citations (14)

2014

11. Behavioral Contract Theory
    Journal of Economic Literature, 2014, 52, (4), 1075-1118 View citations (82)
12. Regular prices and sales
    Theoretical Economics, 2014, 9, (1) View citations (83)
    See also Working Paper Regular prices and sales, ESMT Research Working Papers (2010) View citations (9) (2010)

2013

13. A Model of Focusing in Economic Choice
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2013, 128, (1), 53-104 View citations (179)
    See also Working Paper A Model of Focusing in Economic Choice, 2011 Meeting Papers (2011) View citations (14) (2011)

2010

14. Exploiting Naivete about Self-Control in the Credit Market
    American Economic Review, 2010, 100, (5), 2279-2303 View citations (180)
15. Utility from anticipation and personal equilibrium
    Economic Theory, 2010, 44, (3), 415-444 View citations (22)

2009

16. Reference-Dependent Consumption Plans
    American Economic Review, 2009, 99, (3), 909-36 View citations (233)

2008

17. Choices, situations, and happiness
    Journal of Public Economics, 2008, 92, (8-9), 1821-1832 View citations (54)
18. Competition and Price Variation When Consumers Are Loss Averse
    American Economic Review, 2008, 98, (4), 1245-68 View citations (237)
19. Drive and Talent
    Journal of the European Economic Association, 2008, 6, (1), 210-236 View citations (4)

2007

20. Mistakes in Choice-Based Welfare Analysis
    American Economic Review, 2007, 97, (2), 477-481 View citations (40)
21. Reference-Dependent Risk Attitudes
    American Economic Review, 2007, 97, (4), 1047-1073 View citations (450)
    See also Working Paper Reference-Dependent Risk Attitudes, Levine's Bibliography (2006) View citations (2) (2006)

2006

22. A Model of Reference-Dependent Preferences
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2006, 121, (4), 1133-1165 View citations (1430)
    See also Working Paper A Model of Reference-Dependent Preferences, Levine's Bibliography (2005) View citations (7) (2005)
23. Ego Utility, Overconfidence, and Task Choice
    Journal of the European Economic Association, 2006, 4, (4), 673-707 View citations (100)
24. Emotional Agency
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2006, 121, (1), 121-155 View citations (10)

2005

25. Psychology, Behavioral Economics, and Public Policy
    Marketing Letters, 2005, 16, (3), 443-454 View citations (18)

2004

26. Tax incidence when individuals are time-inconsistent: the case of cigarette excise taxes
    Journal of Public Economics, 2004, 88, (9-10), 1959-1987 View citations (184)

2003

27. Health anxiety and patient behavior
    Journal of Health Economics, 2003, 22, (6), 1073-1084 View citations (32)
28. Quasi-hyperbolic discounting and retirement
    Journal of Public Economics, 2003, 87, (9-10), 1839-1872 View citations (197)

2001

29. Is Addiction "Rational"? Theory and Evidence
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2001, 116, (4), 1261-1303 View citations (404)
    See also Working Paper Is Addiction "Rational"? Theory and Evidence, NBER Working Papers (2000) View citations (65) (2000)