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Working Papers
2025
- Bring Out the Bulls: Employment Dynamics of Trucking Firms During Highly Expansive Market Conditions
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
2023
- 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)
- 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)
- 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
- Is the U.S. Labor Market for Truck Drivers Broken?
Economic Working Papers, Bureau of Labor Statistics
- 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
- Training Contracts, Employee Turnover, and the Returns from Firm-Sponsored General Training
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (7)
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2017) View citations (5)
- Worker Overconfidence: Field Evidence and Implications for Employee Turnover and Returns from Training
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (11)
Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2017) View citations (10)
2016
- 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
- Moving Ahead by Thinking Backwards: Cognitive Skills, Personality, and Economic Preferences in Collegiate Success
Discussion Papers, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham View citations (3)
Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2014) View citations (2)
2013
- The Value of Hiring through Referrals
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (16)
2012
- 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)
- 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)
- 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 (63)
- 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
- 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 (62) (2012)
- 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 (74) (2012)
2010
- Overconfidence is a Social Signaling Bias
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (18)
- 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
- Cognitive Skills Explain Economic Preferences, Strategic Behavior, and Job Attachment
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (59)
2007
- Choice, Social Norms and Intelligence
2007 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics
- 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)
- 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)
- 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
- 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
- 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)
- 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
- 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 (117) (2005)
1997
- 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
- 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
- Worker overconfidence: Field evidence and implications for employee turnover and firm profits
Quantitative Economics, 2020, 11, (1), 315-348 View citations (27)
2016
- 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 (40)
2015
- Cognitive skills, personality, and economic preferences in collegiate success
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2015, 115, (C), 30-44 View citations (32)
- The Value of Hiring through Employee Referrals
The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2015, 130, (2), 805-839 View citations (107)
2013
- Overconfidence and Social Signalling
The Review of Economic Studies, 2013, 80, (3), 949-983 View citations (84)
- 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
- 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 (62)
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)
- 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 (74)
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
- Performance pay and worker cooperation: Evidence from an artefactual field experiment
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2009, 70, (3), 458-469 View citations (65)
- Stuck in the Slow Lane: Undoing Traffic Composition Biases in the Measurement of Trucking Productivity
Southern Economic Journal, 2009, 75, (4), 1220-1237
2007
- 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
- The effect of stakes in distribution experiments
Economics Letters, 2005, 86, (3), 393-398 View citations (117)
See also Working Paper The Effect of Stakes in Distribution Experiments, Middlebury College Working Paper Series (2003) View citations (6) (2003)
2004
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
2003
- Playing both roles in the trust game
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2003, 51, (2), 195-216 View citations (147)
Chapters
2008
- 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
- 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)
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