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Working Papers

2025

1. Bring Out the Bulls: Employment Dynamics of Trucking Firms During Highly Expansive Market Conditions
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

2023

2. Job Creation and Job Destruction Dynamics in the U.S. Truck Transportation Industry, 1995-2019
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
3. State-Level Trucking Employment and the COVID-19 Pandemic in the U.S: Understanding Heterogenous Declines and Rebounds
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
4. When Is High Turnover Cheaper? A Simple Model of Cost Tradeoffs in a Long-Distance Truckload Motor Carrier, with Empirical Evidence and Policy Implications
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
   Also in Discussion Papers, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham (2023) View citations (1)

2018

5. Is the U.S. Labor Market for Truck Drivers Broken?
   Economic Working Papers, Bureau of Labor Statistics
6. Is the U.S. Labor Market for Truck Drivers Broken? An Empirical Analysis Using Nationally Representative Data
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)

2017

7. Training Contracts, Employee Turnover, and the Returns from Firm-Sponsored General Training
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (8)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2017) View citations (6)
8. Worker Overconfidence: Field Evidence and Implications for Employee Turnover and Returns from Training
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (12)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2017) View citations (13)

2016

9. Lab Measures of Other-Regarding Preferences Can Predict Some Related On-the-Job Behavior: Evidence from a Large Scale Field Experiment
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (18)
   Also in Discussion Papers, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham (2015)

2014

10. Moving Ahead by Thinking Backwards: Cognitive Skills, Personality, and Economic Preferences in Collegiate Success
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)
    Also in Discussion Papers, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham (2014) View citations (3)

2013

11. The Value of Hiring through Referrals
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (16)

2012

12. Health Behavior and Accident Risk: Obesity Is Associated with the Future Risk of Heavy Truck Crashes among Newly Recruited Commercial Drivers
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (7)
13. Self-Selection and Variations in the Laboratory Measurment of Other-Regarding Preferences Across Subject Pools: Evidence from One College Student and Two Adult Samples
    Discussion Papers, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Self-selection and variations in the laboratory measurement of other-regarding preferences across subject pools: evidence from one college student and two adult samples, Experimental Economics, Springer (2013) View citations (64) (2013)
14. Toward the Integration of Personality Theory and Decision Theory in the Explanation of Economic and Health Behavior
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (64)
15. What Are Over-the-Road Truckers Paid For? Evidence from an Exogenous Regulatory Change on the Role of Social Comparisons and Work Organization in Wage Determination
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

2011

16. A Multi-Method Approach to Identifying Norms and Normative Expectations within a Corporate Hierarchy: Evidence from the Financial Services Industry
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article A Multimethod Approach to Identifying Norms and Normative Expectations Within a Corporate Hierarchy: Evidence from the Financial Services Industry, Management Science, INFORMS (2012) View citations (65) (2012)
17. Which Measures of Time Preference Best Predict Outcomes? Evidence from a Large-Scale Field Experiment
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Which measures of time preference best predict outcomes: Evidence from a large-scale field experiment, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2012) View citations (75) (2012)

2010

18. Overconfidence is a Social Signaling Bias
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (18)
19. Self Selection Does Not Increase Other-Regarding Preferences among Adult Laboratory Subjects, but Student Subjects May Be More Self-Regarding than Adults
    Discussion Papers, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham View citations (4)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2010) View citations (10)

2008

20. Cognitive Skills Explain Economic Preferences, Strategic Behavior, and Job Attachment
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (59)

2007

21. Choice, Social Norms and Intelligence
    2007 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics
22. Stuck in the Slow Lane: Traffic Composition and the Measurement of Labor Productivity in the U.S. Trucking Industry
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (3)
23. Using Behavioral Economic Experiments at a Large Motor Carrier: The Context and Design of the Truckers and Turnover Project
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (10)
24. Using Behavioral Economic Field Experiments at a Large Motor Carrier: The Context and Design of the Truckers and Turnover Project
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)

2006

25. Performance Pay and the Erosion of Worker Cooperation: Field Experimental Evidence
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (9)
    Also in Middlebury College Working Paper Series, Middlebury College, Department of Economics (2006) View citations (12)

2004

26. Comparing Students to Workers: The Effects of Social Framing on Behavior in Distribution Games
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (36)
    See also Chapter COMPARING STUDENTS TO WORKERS: THE EFFECTS OF SOCIAL FRAMING ON BEHAVIOR IN DISTRIBUTION GAMES, Research in Experimental Economics, Emerald Group Publishing Limited (2005) View citations (2) (2005)
27. Fairness and Freight-Handlers: Local Labor-Market Conditions and Wage-Fairness Perceptions in a Trucking Firm
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Fairness and Freight-Handlers: Local Labor Market Conditions and Wage-Fairness Perceptions in a Trucking Firm, ILR Review, Cornell University, ILR School (2007) View citations (9) (2007)

2003

28. The Effect of Stakes in Distribution Experiments
    Middlebury College Working Paper Series, Middlebury College, Department of Economics View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article The effect of stakes in distribution experiments, Economics Letters, Elsevier (2005) View citations (120) (2005)

1997

29. Good Jobs and Bad Jobs in For-Hire Motor Freight: A New Theoretical Microfoundation for a Segmented Labor Market
    Transportation Research Forum Proceedings 1990s, Transportation Research Forum

Journal Articles

2025

1. Shedding light on truck driver supply and demand: Heterogeneous state‐level recovery of trucking employment following the COVID‐19 employment shock
   Transportation Journal, 2025, 64, (1)

2020

2. Worker overconfidence: Field evidence and implications for employee turnover and firm profits
   Quantitative Economics, 2020, 11, (1), 315-348 View citations (36)

2016

3. Toward the integration of personality theory and decision theory in explaining economic behavior: An experimental investigation
   Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 2016, 64, (C), 122-137 View citations (43)

2015

4. Cognitive skills, personality, and economic preferences in collegiate success
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2015, 115, (C), 30-44 View citations (32)
5. The Value of Hiring through Employee Referrals
   The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2015, 130, (2), 805-839 View citations (115)

2013

6. Overconfidence and Social Signalling
   The Review of Economic Studies, 2013, 80, (3), 949-983 View citations (88)
7. Self-selection and variations in the laboratory measurement of other-regarding preferences across subject pools: evidence from one college student and two adult samples
   Experimental Economics, 2013, 16, (2), 170-189 View citations (64)
   See also Working Paper Self-Selection and Variations in the Laboratory Measurment of Other-Regarding Preferences Across Subject Pools: Evidence from One College Student and Two Adult Samples, Discussion Papers (2012) View citations (2) (2012)

2012

8. A Multimethod Approach to Identifying Norms and Normative Expectations Within a Corporate Hierarchy: Evidence from the Financial Services Industry
   Management Science, 2012, 58, (1), 203-217 View citations (65)
   See also Working Paper A Multi-Method Approach to Identifying Norms and Normative Expectations within a Corporate Hierarchy: Evidence from the Financial Services Industry, IZA Discussion Papers (2011) View citations (2) (2011)
9. Which measures of time preference best predict outcomes: Evidence from a large-scale field experiment
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2012, 84, (1), 308-320 View citations (75)
   See also Working Paper Which Measures of Time Preference Best Predict Outcomes? Evidence from a Large-Scale Field Experiment, IZA Discussion Papers (2011) View citations (4) (2011)

2009

10. Performance pay and worker cooperation: Evidence from an artefactual field experiment
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2009, 70, (3), 458-469 View citations (65)
11. Stuck in the Slow Lane: Undoing Traffic Composition Biases in the Measurement of Trucking Productivity
    Southern Economic Journal, 2009, 75, (4), 1220-1237

2007

12. Fairness and Freight-Handlers: Local Labor Market Conditions and Wage-Fairness Perceptions in a Trucking Firm
    ILR Review, 2007, 60, (4), 477-498 View citations (9)
    See also Working Paper Fairness and Freight-Handlers: Local Labor-Market Conditions and Wage-Fairness Perceptions in a Trucking Firm, IZA Discussion Papers (2004) View citations (5) (2004)

2005

13. The effect of stakes in distribution experiments
    Economics Letters, 2005, 86, (3), 393-398 View citations (120)
    See also Working Paper The Effect of Stakes in Distribution Experiments, Middlebury College Working Paper Series (2003) View citations (6) (2003)

2004

14. 7. SHIFTING GEARS IN THE CORNER OFFICE: DEREGULATION AND THE EARNINGS OF TRUCKING EXECUTIVES
    Research in Transportation Economics, 2004, 10, (1), 137-164 View citations (3)
15. Industry Issue Paper: The Balance Between Private and For-Hire Carriage and Trends in the Use of Large Trucks (1977 to 1997)
    Journal of the Transportation Research Forum, 2004, 43, (2) View citations (2)
16. Industry Issue Paper: Trends in the Use of Large Trucks by Truckload and Less-Than-Truckload Motor Carriers in the 1990s
    Journal of the Transportation Research Forum, 2004, 43, (2) View citations (2)

2003

17. Playing both roles in the trust game
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2003, 51, (2), 195-216 View citations (147)

Chapters

2008

1. Using Behavioral Economic Field Experiments at a Firm: The Context and Design of the Truckers and Turnover Project
   A chapter in The Analysis of Firms and Employees: Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches, 2008, pp 45-106 View citations (17)

2005

2. COMPARING STUDENTS TO WORKERS: THE EFFECTS OF SOCIAL FRAMING ON BEHAVIOR IN DISTRIBUTION GAMES
   A chapter in Field Experiments in Economics, 2005, pp 261-289 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper Comparing Students to Workers: The Effects of Social Framing on Behavior in Distribution Games, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2004) View citations (36) (2004)