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Working Papers

2020

1. Environmental Preferences and Technological Choices: Is Market Competition Clean or Dirty?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2019

2. Narratives, Imperatives, and Moral Reasoning
   CRC TR 224 Discussion Paper Series, University of Bonn and University of Mannheim, Germany View citations (2)
   Also in Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group (2018) View citations (27)
   Working Papers, eSocialSciences (2018) View citations (28)
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2018) View citations (27)
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2018) View citations (28)
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2018) View citations (28)

2016

3. Image Versus Information: Changing Societal Norms and Optimal Privacy
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
   Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2016) View citations (2)
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2016) View citations (2)

2015

4. Forbidden Fruits: The Political Economy of Science, Religion, and Growth
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (34)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2015) View citations (6)
5. Religion and Innovation
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (40)
   Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2015) View citations (40)
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2015) View citations (40)
   See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2015)

2013

6. Bonus Culture: Competitive Pay, Screening and Multitasking
   TSE Working Papers, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) View citations (16)
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2013) View citations (15)
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2013) View citations (15)
   IAST Working Papers, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse (IAST) (2013) View citations (16)
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2013) View citations (15)
   IDEI Working Papers, Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse (2013) View citations (16)
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Political Economy (2016)
7. Groupthink: Collective Delusions in Organizations and Markets
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (12)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2009) View citations (12)
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2009) View citations (8)
   See also Journal Article in Review of Economic Studies (2013)

2012

8. Laws and Norms
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2011) View citations (35)
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2011) View citations (29)

2010

9. Individual and Corporate Social Responsibility
   Institutions and Markets Papers, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) View citations (348)
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2009) View citations (7)
   TSE Working Papers, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) (2009) View citations (7)
   Working Papers, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (2010) View citations (337)
   See also Journal Article in Economica (2010)

2008

10. Ideology
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2008)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2008) View citations (1)

2007

11. Identity, Dignity and Taboos: Beliefs as Assets
    Carlo Alberto Notebooks, Collegio Carlo Alberto View citations (24)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2007) View citations (19)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2007) View citations (22)

2006

12. Belief in Just World and Redistributive Politics
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (284)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2005) View citations (34)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2005) View citations (25)
    2004 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics (2004) View citations (13)
    Papers, Princeton University, Research Program in Political Economy (2004)
    See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (2006)
13. Incentives and Prosocial Behavior
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (641)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2005) View citations (20)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2004) View citations (13)
    Working Papers, Princeton University, School of Public and International Affairs, Discussion Papers in Economics (2004) View citations (5)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2005) View citations (23)
    IDEI Working Papers, Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse (2006) View citations (886)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2006)

2005

14. The French Zones D'Education Prioritaire: Much Ado About Nothing?
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article in Economics of Education Review (2009)

2004

15. Inequality, Technology and the Social Contract
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2004) View citations (3)
    Working Papers, Princeton University, School of Public and International Affairs, Discussion Papers in Economics (2003)
    Papers, Princeton University, Research Program in Political Economy (2004)
    See also Chapter (2005)

2003

16. Self-Control in Peer Groups
    IDEI Working Papers, Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse View citations (3)
    Also in Working Papers, Princeton, Woodrow Wilson School - Public and International Affairs (2001) View citations (4)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2002) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Theory (2005)
17. Zones d'Education Prioritaire: Quels moyens pour quels résultats ?
    Working Papers, Center for Research in Economics and Statistics View citations (2)

2002

18. Political Activism, Trust, and Coordination
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
19. Willpower and Personal Rules
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
    Also in Working Papers, Princeton, Woodrow Wilson School - Public and International Affairs (2001) View citations (24)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Political Economy (2004)

2001

20. Mobility as Progressivity: Ranking Income Processes According to Equality of Opportunity
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (59)
    Also in Working Papers, Princeton, Woodrow Wilson School - Public and International Affairs (2000) View citations (5)
    Working Papers, Princeton University, School of Public and International Affairs, Discussion Papers in Economics (2000) View citations (1)
    Princeton Economic Theory Papers, Economics Department, Princeton University (2000) View citations (3)

2000

21. Self-Confidence & Social Interactions
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (5)
22. Self-Confidence and Social Interactions
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (18)
    Also in Princeton Economic Theory Papers, Economics Department, Princeton University (1999) View citations (4)
    Working Papers, Princeton, Woodrow Wilson School - Public and International Affairs (2000) View citations (9)
    Working Papers, Princeton University, School of Public and International Affairs, Discussion Papers in Economics (1999)
23. Self-Confidence: Intrapersonal Strategies
    Working Papers, Princeton, Woodrow Wilson School - Public and International Affairs View citations (8)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2000) View citations (6)
    Princeton Economic Theory Papers, Economics Department, Princeton University (1999) View citations (4)
24. Tax And Education Policy In A Heterogeneous Agent Economy: What Levels Of Redistribution Maximize Growth And Efficiency?
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1999) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article in Econometrica (2002)

1999

25. Social Mobility and the Demand for Redistribution: the POUM Hypothesis
    IDEI Working Papers, Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (1998) View citations (30)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1998) View citations (21)
    Working Papers, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University (1998) View citations (17)
    See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (2001)

1996

26. Inequality and Growth
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (125)
    Also in Working Papers, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University (1996) View citations (371)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (1996) View citations (341)
    See also Chapter (1996)
27. Meritocracy, Redistribution, and the Size of the Pie
    Working Papers, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University
28. Unequal Societies
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (15)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (1996) View citations (7)
    Working Papers, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University (1996) View citations (7)

1994

29. Education, Income Distribution and Growth: The Local Connection
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (1994) View citations (8)
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics (1994) View citations (9)

1993

30. Heterogeneity, Stratification and Growth
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (6)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1993) View citations (30)
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics (1992) View citations (22)
31. On Inflation and Output with Costly Price Changes: A Simple Unifying Result
    NBER Technical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
    Also in Working Papers, Wilfrid Laurier University, Department of Economics (1993) View citations (5)
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics (1991) View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1994)

1991

32. Inflation and Markups: Theories and Evidence from the Retail Trade Sector
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article in European Economic Review (1992)
33. Location, Education, and Production
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics View citations (11)
34. The Informativeness of Prices: Search With Learning and Cost Uncertainty
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
35. Workings of a City: Location, Education, and Production
    NBER Technical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (39)
    See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (1993)

1990

36. SOME WELFARE EFFECTS OF INFLATION
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics
37. THEINFORMATIVENESS OF PRICES: SEARCH WITH LEARNING AND INFLATION UNCERTAINTY
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics

1989

38. USING PRIVILEGED INFORMATION TO MANIPULATE MARKETS: INSIDERS, GURUS, AND CREDIBILITY
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics View citations (2)
    Also in Working Papers, Princeton, Woodrow Wilson School - Discussion Paper (1988)
    See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (1992)

1988

39. Search market equilibrium bilateral heterogeneity and repeat purchases
    CEPREMAP Working Papers (Couverture Orange), CEPREMAP
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Theory (1993)
40. Wage bargaining and staggered contracts: theory and estimation
    CEPREMAP Working Papers (Couverture Orange), CEPREMAP

1987

41. Optimal price dynamics and speculation with a storable good
    CEPREMAP Working Papers (Couverture Orange), CEPREMAP
    See also Journal Article in Econometrica (1989)

1986

42. Search, price setting & inflation
    CEPREMAP Working Papers (Couverture Orange), CEPREMAP

Journal Articles

2018

1. Comment
   NBER Macroeconomics Annual, 2018, 32, (1), 394 - 406

2016

2. Bonus Culture: Competitive Pay, Screening, and Multitasking
   Journal of Political Economy, 2016, 124, (2), 305 - 370 View citations (57)
   See also Working Paper (2013)
3. Mindful Economics: The Production, Consumption, and Value of Beliefs
   Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2016, 30, (3), 141-64 View citations (95)

2015

4. Religion and Innovation
   American Economic Review, 2015, 105, (5), 346-51 View citations (52)
   See also Working Paper (2015)
5. The Economics of Motivated Beliefs
   Revue d'économie politique, 2015, 125, (5), 665-685 View citations (3)

2013

6. Groupthink: Collective Delusions in Organizations and Markets
   Review of Economic Studies, 2013, 80, (2), 429-462 View citations (12)
   See also Working Paper (2013)

2011

7. Identity, Morals, and Taboos: Beliefs as Assets
   The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2011, 126, (2), 805-855 View citations (270)

2010

8. Individual and Corporate Social Responsibility
   Economica, 2010, 77, (305), 1-19 View citations (337)
   See also Working Paper (2010)

2009

9. Over My Dead Body: Bargaining and the Price of Dignity
   American Economic Review, 2009, 99, (2), 459-65 View citations (16)
10. The French zones d'éducation prioritaire: Much ado about nothing?
    Economics of Education Review, 2009, 28, (3), 345-356 View citations (20)
    See also Working Paper (2005)

2008

11. Joseph Schumpeter Lecture Ideology
    Journal of the European Economic Association, 2008, 6, (2-3), 321-352 View citations (12)

2006

12. Belief in a Just World and Redistributive Politics
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2006, 121, (2), 699-746 View citations (451)
    See also Working Paper (2006)
13. Incentives and Prosocial Behavior
    American Economic Review, 2006, 96, (5), 1652-1678 View citations (876)
    See also Working Paper (2006)

2005

14. Self-control in peer groups
    Journal of Economic Theory, 2005, 123, (2), 105-134 View citations (47)
    See also Working Paper (2003)

2004

15. Willpower and Personal Rules
    Journal of Political Economy, 2004, 112, (4), 848-886 View citations (184)
    See also Working Paper (2002)
16. Zones d'éducation prioritaire: quels moyens pour quels résultats ? Suivi d'un commentaire de Marc Gurgand
    Économie et Statistique, 2004, 380, (1), 3-34

2003

17. Human Capital, Technical Change, and the Welfare State
    Journal of the European Economic Association, 2003, 1, (2-3), 522-532 View citations (2)
18. Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation
    Review of Economic Studies, 2003, 70, (3), 489-520 View citations (781)
19. Trust, Coordination, and the Industrial Organization of Political Activism
    Journal of the European Economic Association, 2003, 1, (4), 851-889 View citations (15)

2002

20. Dynamic inconsistency and self-control: a planner-doer interpretation
    Economics Letters, 2002, 77, (3), 419-424 View citations (50)
21. Self-Confidence and Personal Motivation
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2002, 117, (3), 871-915 View citations (446)
22. Tax and Education Policy in a Heterogeneous-Agent Economy: What Levels of Redistribution Maximize Growth and Efficiency?
    Econometrica, 2002, 70, (2), 481-517 View citations (234)
    See also Working Paper (2000)

2001

23. Social Mobility and the Demand for Redistribution: The Poum Hypothesis
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2001, 116, (2), 447-487 View citations (514)
    See also Working Paper (1999)

2000

24. Unequal Societies: Income Distribution and the Social Contract
    American Economic Review, 2000, 90, (1), 96-129 View citations (390)

1996

25. Equity and Efficiency in Human Capital Investment: The Local Connection
    Review of Economic Studies, 1996, 63, (2), 237-264 View citations (278)
26. Heterogeneity, Stratification, and Growth: Macroeconomic Implications of Community Structure and School Finance
    American Economic Review, 1996, 86, (3), 584-609 View citations (226)

1995

27. Quelques effets de la décentralisation sur les structures urbaines et le système éducatif
    Revue Économique, 1995, 46, (3), 595-604

1994

28. Human capital, inequality, and growth: A local perspective
    European Economic Review, 1994, 38, (3-4), 817-826 View citations (46)
29. On Inflation and Output with Costly Price Changes: A Simple Unifying Result
    American Economic Review, 1994, 84, (1), 290-97 View citations (33)
    See also Working Paper (1993)

1993

30. History Versus Expectations: A Comment
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1993, 108, (2), 535-542 View citations (56)
31. Search Market Equilibrium, Bilateral Heterogeneity, and Repeat Purchases
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1993, 60, (1), 140-158 View citations (38)
    See also Working Paper (1988)
32. Search with Learning from Prices: Does Increased Inflationary Uncertainty Lead to Higher Markups?
    Review of Economic Studies, 1993, 60, (1), 69-93 View citations (54)
33. Workings of a City: Location, Education, and Production
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1993, 108, (3), 619-652 View citations (328)
    See also Working Paper (1991)

1992

34. Inflation and Efficiency in Search Markets
    Review of Economic Studies, 1992, 59, (2), 299-329 View citations (57)
35. Inflation and markups: Theories and evidence from the retail trade sector
    European Economic Review, 1992, 36, (2-3), 566-574 View citations (48)
    See also Working Paper (1991)
36. Using Privileged Information to Manipulate Markets: Insiders, Gurus, and Credibility
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1992, 107, (3), 921-958 View citations (222)
    See also Working Paper (1989)

1991

37. The Welfare Costs of Moderate Inflations: Comment
    Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 1991, 23, (3), 504-13 View citations (2)

1989

38. Optimal Price Dynamics and Speculation with a Storable Good
    Econometrica, 1989, 57, (1), 41-80 View citations (15)
    See also Working Paper (1987)

1988

39. Search, Price Setting and Inflation
    Review of Economic Studies, 1988, 55, (3), 353-376 View citations (88)

Books

2006

1. Understanding Poverty
   OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press View citations (18)

Chapters

2017

1. Comment on "Understanding the Great Gatsby Curve"
   A chapter in NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2017, volume 32, 2017, pp 394-406

2005

2. Inequality, Technology and the Social Contract
   Chapter 25 in Handbook of Economic Growth, 2005, vol. 1, Part B, pp 1595-1638 View citations (5)
   See also Working Paper (2004)

1996

3. Inequality and Growth
   A chapter in NBER Macroeconomics Annual 1996, Volume 11, 1996, pp 11-92 View citations (81)
   See also Working Paper (1996)