Details about Michael L. Anderson

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Working Papers

2025

1. Real-world Effectiveness of the Influenza Vaccine in Young Children
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2022

2. Bounds, Benefits, and Bad Air: Welfare Impacts of Pollution Alerts
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
3. Highly Powered Analysis Plans
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2021

4. Uber and Alcohol-Related Traffic Fatalities
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2018

5. Two Empirical Tests of Hypercongestion
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2017

6. School Lunch Quality and Academic Performance
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (15)
7. Split-Sample Strategies for Avoiding False Discoveries
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (20)

2015

8. As the Wind Blows: The Effects of Long-Term Exposure to Air Pollution on Mortality
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (36)
   See also Journal Article As the Wind Blows: The Effects of Long-Term Exposure to Air Pollution on Mortality, Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association (2020) View citations (83) (2020)
9. Superstitions, Street Traffic, and Subjective Well-Being
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
   See also Journal Article Superstitions, street traffic, and subjective well-being, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2016) View citations (27) (2016)
10. The Effect of Healthy School Lunch Provision on Academic Test Scores
    2015 AAEA & WAEA Joint Annual Meeting, July 26-28, San Francisco, California, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association

2013

11. Subways, Strikes, and Slowdowns: The Impacts of Public Transit on Traffic Congestion
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article Subways, Strikes, and Slowdowns: The Impacts of Public Transit on Traffic Congestion, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2014) View citations (208) (2014)

2012

12. The Benefits of College Athletic Success: An Application of the Propensity Score Design with Instrumental Variables
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (15)

2011

13. Pounds that Kill: The External Costs of Vehicle Weight
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article Pounds That Kill: The External Costs of Vehicle Weight, The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd (2014) View citations (75) (2014)

2010

14. The Effect of Health Insurance Coverage on the Use of Medical Services
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article The Effect of Health Insurance Coverage on the Use of Medical Services, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, American Economic Association (2012) View citations (99) (2012)

2007

15. Are Restaurants Really Supersizing America?
    CUDARE Working Papers, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Are Restaurants Really Supersizing America?, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association (2011) View citations (123) (2011)

2005

16. Uncovering Gender Differences in the Effects of Early Intervention: A Reevaluation of the Abecedarian, Perry Preschool, and Early Training Projects
    HEW, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (15)

Journal Articles

2024

1. Does telecommuting reduce trip-making? Evidence from a U.S. panel during the COVID-19 pandemic
   Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 2024, 180, (C) View citations (1)

2020

2. An empirical test of hypercongestion in highway bottlenecks
   Journal of Public Economics, 2020, 187, (C) View citations (6)
3. As the Wind Blows: The Effects of Long-Term Exposure to Air Pollution on Mortality
   Journal of the European Economic Association, 2020, 18, (4), 1886-1927 View citations (83)
   See also Working Paper As the Wind Blows: The Effects of Long-Term Exposure to Air Pollution on Mortality, NBER Working Papers (2015) View citations (36) (2015)

2018

4. School meal quality and academic performance
   Journal of Public Economics, 2018, 168, (C), 81-93 View citations (20)

2017

5. Learning to Manage and Managing to Learn: The Effects of Student Leadership Service
   Management Science, 2017, 63, (10), 3246-3261 View citations (4)
6. The Benefits of College Athletic Success: An Application of the Propensity Score Design
   The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2017, 99, (1), 119-134 View citations (28)

2016

7. Superstitions, street traffic, and subjective well-being
   Journal of Public Economics, 2016, 142, (C), 1-10 View citations (27)
   See also Working Paper Superstitions, Street Traffic, and Subjective Well-Being, NBER Working Papers (2015) View citations (6) (2015)

2015

8. Peer Effects in Microenvironments: The Benefits of Homogeneous Classroom Groups
   Journal of Labor Economics, 2015, 33, (1), 91 - 122 View citations (51)

2014

9. Pounds That Kill: The External Costs of Vehicle Weight
   The Review of Economic Studies, 2014, 81, (2), 535-571 View citations (75)
   See also Working Paper Pounds that Kill: The External Costs of Vehicle Weight, NBER Working Papers (2011) View citations (7) (2011)
10. Subways, Strikes, and Slowdowns: The Impacts of Public Transit on Traffic Congestion
    American Economic Review, 2014, 104, (9), 2763-96 View citations (208)
    See also Working Paper Subways, Strikes, and Slowdowns: The Impacts of Public Transit on Traffic Congestion, NBER Working Papers (2013) View citations (7) (2013)
11. The Effect of Health Insurance on Emergency Department Visits: Evidence from an Age-Based Eligibility Threshold
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2014, 96, (1), 189-195 View citations (42)

2012

12. Learning from the Crowd: Regression Discontinuity Estimates of the Effects of an Online Review Database
    Economic Journal, 2012, 122, (563), 957-989 View citations (166)
13. The Effect of Health Insurance Coverage on the Use of Medical Services
    American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2012, 4, (1), 1-27 View citations (99)
    See also Working Paper The Effect of Health Insurance Coverage on the Use of Medical Services, NBER Working Papers (2010) View citations (6) (2010)
14. The Effects of Promotions on Heart Disease: Evidence from Whitehall
    Economic Journal, 2012, 122, (561), 555-589 View citations (23)

2011

15. Are Restaurants Really Supersizing America?
    American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2011, 3, (1), 152-88 View citations (123)
    See also Working Paper Are Restaurants Really Supersizing America?, CUDARE Working Papers (2007) View citations (3) (2007)

2008

16. Multiple Inference and Gender Differences in the Effects of Early Intervention: A Reevaluation of the Abecedarian, Perry Preschool, and Early Training Projects
    Journal of the American Statistical Association, 2008, 103, (484), 1481-1495 View citations (1280)
17. Safety for whom? The effects of light trucks on traffic fatalities
    Journal of Health Economics, 2008, 27, (4), 973-989 View citations (20)

2001

18. Declining manufacturing employment in the New York-New Jersey region: 1969-99
    Current Issues in Economics and Finance, 2001, 7, (Jan) View citations (1)

Software Items

2013

1. GEOCODEOPEN: Stata module to geocode addresses using MapQuest Open Geocoding Services and Open Street Maps
   Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics