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Workplace:	Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California-San Diego (UCSD), (more information at EDIRC) National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), (more information at EDIRC) Department of Economics, University of California-San Diego (UCSD), (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2020

1. How Hurricanes Sweep Up Housing Markets: Evidence from Florida
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
2. The Effects of Prize Structures on Innovative Performance
   University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC San Diego
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2020)
3. The Risk of Caution: Evidence from an R&D Experiment
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
4. When Externalities Collide: Influenza and Pollution
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2019

5. Going Green in China: Firms’ Responses to Stricter Environmental Regulations
   University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC San Diego
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2019)
6. Incentivizing Learning-By-Doing: The Role of Compensation Schemes
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2019)
7. The Unintended Impacts of Agricultural Fires: Human Capital in China
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Development Economics (2020)

2018

8. Can Innovators be Created? Experimental Evidence from an Innovation Contest
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
9. Dynamic Corrective Taxes with Time-Varying Salience
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
   Also in Working Papers, Colorado School of Mines, Division of Economics and Business (2018) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Environmental Economics and Management (2020)
10. Heat, Disparities, and Health Outcomes in San Diego County's Diverse Climate Zones
    University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC San Diego
11. Temperature and High-Stakes Cognitive Performance: Evidence from the National College Entrance Examination in China
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Environmental Economics and Management (2020)

2017

12. Multi-state residential transaction estimates of solar photovoltaic system premiums
    University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC San Diego View citations (1)

2016

13. Costs per Diagnosis of Acute HIV Infection in Community-based Screening Strategies: A Comparative Analysis of Four Screening Algorithms
    University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC San Diego
14. Gray Matters: Fetal Pollution Exposure and Human Capital Formation
    Department of Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics, Williams College View citations (20)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2014) View citations (25)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (2017)
15. Industrial Productivity in a Hotter World: The Aggregate Implications of Heterogeneous Firm Investment in Air Conditioning
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
16. Opportunities for advances in climate change economics
    ISU General Staff Papers, Iowa State University, Department of Economics
17. Screening for acute HIV infection in community-based settings: Cost-effectiveness and impact on transmissions
    University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC San Diego
18. The Effect of Pollution on Worker Productivity: Evidence from Call-Center Workers in China
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (17)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2016) View citations (18)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Journal: Applied Economics (2019)
19. The Mobility of Elite Life Scientists: Professional and Personal Determinants
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article in Research Policy (2017)

2015

20. Does Science Advance One Funeral at a Time?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2015) View citations (4)
    Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2015) View citations (4)
    Working Papers, Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (2015) View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2019)
21. Public R&D Investments and Private-sector Patenting: Evidence from NIH Funding Rules
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article in Review of Economic Studies (2019)
22. Temperature and Human Capital in the Short- and Long-Run
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (2018)

2014

23. Eavesdropping selects for conspicuous signals
    University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC San Diego
24. Particulate Pollution and the Productivity of Pear Packers
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (20)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Journal: Economic Policy (2016)

2013

25. Dynamic Salience with Intermittent Billing: Evidence from Smart Electricity Meters
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2014)
26. Environment, Health, and Human Capital
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (98)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Literature (2013)
27. Something in the Water: Contaminated Drinking Water and Infant Health
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (31)
    See also Journal Article in Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique (2013)
28. What Do We Know About Short and Long Term Effects of Early Life Exposure to Pollution?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article in Annual Review of Resource Economics (2014)

2012

29. NIH Peer Review: Challenges and Avenues for Reform
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
30. Spatial and Temporal Heterogeneity of Marginal Emissions: Implications for Electric Cars and Other Electricity-Shifting Policies
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (17)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2014)

2011

31. The Diffusion of Scientific Knowledge Across Time and Space: Evidence from Professional Transitions for the Superstars of Medicine
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (18)
    See also Chapter (2011)
32. The Impact of Pollution on Worker Productivity
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2012)
33. Understanding the Solar Home Price Premium: Electricity Generation and "Green" Social Status
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article in European Economic Review (2012)
34. Water Quality Violations and Avoidance Behavior: Evidence from Bottled Water Consumption
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (30)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2011)

2010

35. Health Shocks and Natural Resource Management: Evidence from Western Kenya
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Environmental Economics and Management (2015)
36. Temperature and the Allocation of Time: Implications for Climate Change
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (41)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Labor Economics (2014)

2009

37. Incentives and Creativity: Evidence from the Academic Life Sciences
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article in RAND Journal of Economics (2011)

2008

38. Days of Haze: Environmental Information Disclosure and Intertemporal Avoidance Behavior
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Environmental Economics and Management (2009)
39. Superstar Extinction
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (84)
    See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (2010)

2007

40. AIDS Treatment and Intrahousehold Resource Allocations: Children's Nutrition and Schooling in Kenya
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (2)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2006) View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (2009)

2006

41. PublicationHarvester: An Open-Source Software Tool for Science Policy Research
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (14)
    See also Journal Article in Research Policy (2006)
42. The Economic Impact of AIDS Treatment: Labor Supply in Western Kenya
    Working Papers, Economic Growth Center, Yale University View citations (13)
    Also in Working Papers, eSocialSciences (2005) View citations (11)
    Center Discussion Papers, Yale University, Economic Growth Center (2006) View citations (4)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2005) View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Human Resources (2008)

2003

43. Outcome Versus Service Based Payment in Health Care: Lessons from African Traditional Healers
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Health Economics (2005)
44. Risk Aversion, Liability Rules, and Safety
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article in International Review of Law and Economics (2005)

2002

45. Modeling Health Insurance Expansions: Effects of Alternate Approaches
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (2004)

2000

46. How Do Doctors Behave When Some (But Not All) of Their Patients are in Managed Care?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Health Economics (2002)
47. Managing a Multiple-Use Resource: The Case of Feral Pig Management in California Rangeland
    Staff General Research Papers Archive, Iowa State University, Department of Economics View citations (10)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Environmental Economics and Management (2000)

Journal Articles

2020

1. Dynamic corrective taxes with time-varying salience
   Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2020, 103, (C) View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper (2018)
2. Temperature and high-stakes cognitive performance: Evidence from the national college entrance examination in China
   Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2020, 104, (C)
   See also Working Paper (2018)
3. The spread of COVID-19 shows the importance of policy coordination
   Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2020, 117, (52), 32842-32844
4. The unintended impacts of agricultural fires: Human capital in China
   Journal of Development Economics, 2020, 147, (C)
   See also Working Paper (2019)

2019

5. Corrigendum: Particulate Pollution and the Productivity of Pear Packers
   American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2019, 11, (3), 454-56
6. Does Science Advance One Funeral at a Time?
   American Economic Review, 2019, 109, (8), 2889-2920 View citations (4)
   See also Working Paper (2015)
7. Increasing STEM undergraduate participation in innovative activities: Field experimental evidence
   PLOS ONE, 2019, 14, (4), 1-16
8. Public R&D Investments and Private-sector Patenting: Evidence from NIH Funding Rules
   Review of Economic Studies, 2019, 86, (1), 117-152 View citations (27)
   See also Working Paper (2015)
9. The Effect of Pollution on Worker Productivity: Evidence from Call Center Workers in China
   American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2019, 11, (1), 151-72 View citations (23)
   See also Working Paper (2016)

2018

10. Temperature and Human Capital in the Short and Long Run
    Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 2018, 5, (1), 77 - 105 View citations (28)
    See also Working Paper (2015)

2017

11. Gray Matters: Fetal Pollution Exposure and Human Capital Formation
    Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 2017, 4, (2), 505 - 542 View citations (28)
    See also Working Paper (2016)
12. The mobility of elite life scientists: Professional and personal determinants
    Research Policy, 2017, 46, (3), 573-590 View citations (8)
    See also Working Paper (2016)

2016

13. Cost-Effectiveness of Combined Sexual and Injection Risk Reduction Interventions among Female Sex Workers Who Inject Drugs in Two Very Distinct Mexican Border Cities
    PLOS ONE, 2016, 11, (2), 1-15
14. Particulate Pollution and the Productivity of Pear Packers
    American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2016, 8, (3), 141-69 View citations (49)
    See also Working Paper (2014)
15. Upgrading Efficiency and Behavior: Electricity Savings from Residential Weatherization Programs
    The Energy Journal, 2016, Volume 37, (Number 4) View citations (25)

2015

16. Health shocks and natural resource management: Evidence from Western Kenya
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2015, 69, (C), 36-52 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper (2010)
17. Vessel buybacks in fisheries: The role of auction and financing structures
    Marine Policy, 2015, 53, (C), 188-197

2014

18. Dynamic salience with intermittent billing: Evidence from smart electricity meters
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2014, 107, (PA), 176-190 View citations (38)
    See also Working Paper (2013)
19. Spatial and temporal heterogeneity of marginal emissions: Implications for electric cars and other electricity-shifting policies
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2014, 107, (PA), 248-268 View citations (84)
    See also Working Paper (2012)
20. Temperature and the Allocation of Time: Implications for Climate Change
    Journal of Labor Economics, 2014, 32, (1), 1 - 26 View citations (102)
    See also Working Paper (2010)
21. What Do We Know About Short- and Long-Term Effects of Early-Life Exposure to Pollution?
    Annual Review of Resource Economics, 2014, 6, (1), 217-247 View citations (79)
    See also Working Paper (2013)

2013

22. Environment, Health, and Human Capital
    Journal of Economic Literature, 2013, 51, (3), 689-730 View citations (104)
    See also Working Paper (2013)
23. National Institutes of Health Peer Review: Challenges and Avenues for Reform
    Innovation Policy and the Economy, 2013, 13, (1), 1 - 22 View citations (1)
    See also Chapter (2012)
24. Something in the water: contaminated drinking water and infant health
    Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, 2013, 46, (3), 791-810 View citations (17)
    Also in Canadian Journal of Economics, 2013, 46, (3), 791-810 (2013) View citations (39)
    See also Working Paper (2013)
25. The Effect of Absenteeism and Clinic Protocol on Health Outcomes: The Case of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV in Kenya
    American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2013, 5, (2), 58-85 View citations (14)

2012

26. Behavioral Responses of Patients in AIDS Treatment Programs: Sexual Behavior in Kenya
    Forum for Health Economics & Policy, 2012, 15, (2), 1-31 View citations (3)
27. Health and Labor Supply in the Context of HIV/AIDS: The Long-Run Economic Impacts of Antiretroviral Therapy
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2012, 61, (1), 73 - 96 View citations (3)
28. The Impact of Pollution on Worker Productivity
    American Economic Review, 2012, 102, (7), 3652-73 View citations (166)
    See also Working Paper (2011)
29. Understanding the Solar Home price premium: Electricity generation and “Green” social status
    European Economic Review, 2012, 56, (5), 961-973 View citations (60)
    See also Working Paper (2011)

2011

30. Incentives and creativity: evidence from the academic life sciences
    RAND Journal of Economics, 2011, 42, (3), 527-554 View citations (146)
    See also Working Paper (2009)
31. Water Quality Violations and Avoidance Behavior: Evidence from Bottled Water Consumption
    American Economic Review, 2011, 101, (3), 448-53 View citations (37)
    See also Working Paper (2011)

2010

32. Medical technology adoption, uncertainty, and irreversibilities: is a bird in the hand really worth more than in the bush?
    Health Economics, 2010, 19, (2), 142-153 View citations (1)
33. Superstar Extinction
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2010, 125, (2), 549-589 View citations (185)
    See also Working Paper (2008)

2009

34. AIDS treatment and intrahousehold resource allocation: Children's nutrition and schooling in Kenya
    Journal of Public Economics, 2009, 93, (7-8), 1008-1015 View citations (21)
    See also Working Paper (2007)
35. ARV Treatment and Time Allocation to Household Tasks: Evidence from Kenya
    African Development Review, 2009, 21, (1), 180-208 View citations (17)
36. Days of haze: Environmental information disclosure and intertemporal avoidance behavior
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2009, 58, (2), 119-128 View citations (61)
    See also Working Paper (2008)

2008

37. Poverty, risk, and the supply of soil carbon sequestration
    Environment and Development Economics, 2008, 13, (3), 353-373 View citations (14)
38. The Economic Impact of AIDS Treatment: Labor Supply in Western Kenya
    Journal of Human Resources, 2008, 43, (3), 511-552 View citations (69)
    See also Working Paper (2006)

2006

39. Ensuring a Safe Food Supply: The Importance of Heterogeneity
    Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization, 2006, 4, (1), 1-27
40. PublicationHarvester: An open-source software tool for science policy research
    Research Policy, 2006, 35, (7), 970-974 View citations (15)
    See also Working Paper (2006)

2005

41. A Modigliani-Miller Theory of Altruistic Corporate Social Responsibility
    The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2005, 5, (1), 1-21 View citations (43)
42. Outcome versus service based payments in health care: lessons from African traditional healers
    Health Economics, 2005, 14, (6), 575-593 View citations (8)
    See also Working Paper (2003)
43. Risk Aversion, Liability Rules, and Safety
    International Review of Law and Economics, 2005, 25, (4), 604-623 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper (2003)

2004

44. Modeling health insurance expansions: Effects of alternate approaches
    Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2004, 23, (2), 291-313 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper (2002)
45. To err on humans is not benign: Incentives for adoption of medical error-reporting systems
    Journal of Health Economics, 2004, 23, (5), 935-949

2003

46. Risk sharing in Coasean contracts
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2003, 45, (2, Supplement 1), 394-415 View citations (9)

2002

47. How do doctors behave when some (but not all) of their patients are in managed care?
    Journal of Health Economics, 2002, 21, (2), 337-353 View citations (56)
    See also Working Paper (2000)
48. Optimal Environmental Health Regulations with Heterogeneous Populations: Treatment versus "Tagging"
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2002, 43, (3), 455-476 View citations (5)

2001

49. Cost‐effectiveness analysis with risk aversion
    Health Economics, 2001, 10, (6), 499-508 View citations (10)

2000

50. Insect Population Dynamics, Pesticide Use, and Farmworker Health
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2000, 82, (3), 527-540 View citations (19)
51. Managing a Multiple-Use Resource: The Case of Feral Pig Management in California Rangeland
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2000, 39, (2), 189-204 View citations (13)
    See also Working Paper (2000)

Books

2012

1. The Intended and Unintended Effects of U.S. Agricultural and Biotechnology Policies
   NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)

Edited books

2012

1. The Intended and Unintended Effects of U.S. Agricultural and Biotechnology Policies
   National Bureau of Economic Research Books, University of Chicago Press

Chapters

2012

1. National Institutes of Health Peer Review: Challenges and Avenues for Reform
   A chapter in Innovation Policy and the Economy, Volume 13, 2012, pp 1-21
   See also Journal Article in Innovation Policy and the Economy (2013)

2011

2. An Overview of the Intended and Unintended Effects of U.S. Agricultural and Biotechnology Policies
   A chapter in The Intended and Unintended Effects of U.S. Agricultural and Biotechnology Policies, 2011, pp 1-12 View citations (1)
3. The Diffusion of Scientific Knowledge across Time and Space: Evidence from Professional Transitions for the Superstars of Medicine
   A chapter in The Rate and Direction of Inventive Activity Revisited, 2011, pp 107-155 View citations (10)
   See also Working Paper (2011)