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Working Papers

2025

1. Commitment and Randomization in Communication
   Papers, arXiv.org View citations (1)
   Also in PIER Working Paper Archive, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania (2024) View citations (5)
   CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research (2024)

2024

2. What is Newsworthy? Theory and Evidence
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article What Is Newsworthy? Theory and Evidence, American Economic Review: Insights, American Economic Association (2026) (2026)

2021

3. Information hierachies
   CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research
   See also Journal Article Information Hierarchies, Econometrica, Econometric Society (2022) View citations (5) (2022)
4. Relational Incentives Theory
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Relational Incentives Theory, EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics (2021) View citations (1) (2021)

2018

5. Coming Apart? Cultural Distances in the United States over Time
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (36)
   Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research (2018) View citations (39)
   See also Journal Article Coming Apart? Cultural Distances in the United States over Time, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association (2023) View citations (20) (2023)
6. Peer Effects in Legislative Voting
   Boston University - Department of Economics - The Institute for Economic Development Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Peer Effects in Legislative Voting, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association (2019) View citations (20) (2019)

2017

7. The Past, Present, and Future of Economics: A Celebration of the 125-Year Anniversary of the JPE and of Chicago Economics
   Natural Field Experiments, The Field Experiments Website View citations (4)

2015

8. Gender Identity and Relative Income Within Households
   CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research View citations (815)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2013) View citations (59)
   See also Journal Article Gender Identity and Relative Income within Households, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2015) View citations (816) (2015)

2012

9. Labor Supply of Politicians
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (36)
   See also Journal Article LABOR SUPPLY OF POLITICIANS, Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association (2015) View citations (45) (2015)

2011

10. Competition in Persuasion
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (22)
    See also Journal Article Competition in Persuasion, The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd (2017) View citations (70) (2017)

2009

11. Bayesian Persuasion
    NajEcon Working Paper Reviews, www.najecon.org View citations (11)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2009) View citations (4)
    See also Chapter Bayesian Persuasion, World Scientific Book Chapters, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. (2025) (2025)
    Book Bayesian Persuasion, World Scientific Books, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. (2025) (2025)
    Journal Article Bayesian Persuasion, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2011) View citations (674) (2011)

2005

12. Searching for a Mate: Theory and Experimental Evidence
    Research Papers, Stanford University, Graduate School of Business

2004

13. Racial Preferences in Mate Selection: Evidence from a Speed Dating Experiment
    Research Papers, Stanford University, Graduate School of Business View citations (1)

Journal Articles

2026

1. What Is Newsworthy? Theory and Evidence
   American Economic Review: Insights, 2026, 8, (3), 354-73
   See also Working Paper What is Newsworthy? Theory and Evidence, NBER Working Papers (2024) View citations (1) (2024)

2025

2. Representing type spaces as signal allocations
   Economic Theory Bulletin, 2025, 13, (1), 37-43

2024

3. Comparisons of Signals
   American Economic Review, 2024, 114, (9), 2981-3006 View citations (3)

2023

4. Coming Apart? Cultural Distances in the United States over Time
   American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2023, 15, (4), 100-141 View citations (20)
   See also Working Paper Coming Apart? Cultural Distances in the United States over Time, NBER Working Papers (2018) View citations (36) (2018)

2022

5. Information Hierarchies
   Econometrica, 2022, 90, (5), 2187-2214 View citations (5)
   See also Working Paper Information hierachies, CEPR Discussion Papers (2021) (2021)

2021

6. Bayesian persuasion and information design: perspectives and open issues
   Economic Theory, 2021, 72, (3), 701-704 View citations (7)
7. Relational Incentives Theory
   EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, 2021, (fothcoming) View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Relational Incentives Theory, MPRA Paper (2021) View citations (1) (2021)

2019

8. Bayesian Persuasion and Information Design
   Annual Review of Economics, 2019, 11, (1), 249-272 View citations (211)
   See also Chapter Bayesian Persuasion and Information Design, World Scientific Book Chapters, 2025, 233-273 (2025) (2025)
9. Peer Effects in Legislative Voting
   American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2019, 11, (4), 156-80 View citations (20)
   See also Working Paper Peer Effects in Legislative Voting, Boston University - Department of Economics - The Institute for Economic Development Working Papers Series (2018) View citations (1) (2018)
10. Quantifying Information and Uncertainty
    American Economic Review, 2019, 109, (10), 3650-80 View citations (32)

2017

11. Bayesian persuasion with multiple senders and rich signal spaces
    Games and Economic Behavior, 2017, 104, (C), 411-429 View citations (60)
12. Competition in Persuasion
    The Review of Economic Studies, 2017, 84, (1), 300-322 View citations (70)
    See also Working Paper Competition in Persuasion, NBER Working Papers (2011) View citations (22) (2011)
13. Disclosure of endogenous information
    Economic Theory Bulletin, 2017, 5, (1), 47-56 View citations (17)
14. Information Economics
    Journal of Political Economy, 2017, 125, (6), 1885 - 1890 View citations (3)

2016

15. A Rothschild-Stiglitz Approach to Bayesian Persuasion
    American Economic Review, 2016, 106, (5), 597-601 View citations (109)

2015

16. Gender Identity and Relative Income within Households
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2015, 130, (2), 571-614 View citations (816)
    See also Working Paper Gender Identity and Relative Income Within Households, CEPR Discussion Papers (2015) View citations (815) (2015)
17. LABOR SUPPLY OF POLITICIANS
    Journal of the European Economic Association, 2015, 13, (5), 871-905 View citations (45)
    See also Working Paper Labor Supply of Politicians, NBER Working Papers (2012) View citations (36) (2012)
18. Suspense and Surprise
    Journal of Political Economy, 2015, 123, (1), 215 - 260 View citations (150)
    See also Chapter Suspense and Surprise, World Scientific Book Chapters, 2025, 177-232 (2025) (2025)

2014

19. Costly Persuasion
    American Economic Review, 2014, 104, (5), 457-62 View citations (48)
20. Voters, dictators, and peons: expressive voting and pivotality
    Public Choice, 2014, 159, (1), 159-176 View citations (22)

2013

21. Information and subsidies: Complements or substitutes?
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2013, 88, (C), 133-139 View citations (58)

2012

22. Behavioral Economics and Psychology of Incentives
    Annual Review of Economics, 2012, 4, (1), 427-452 View citations (126)

2011

23. Bayesian Persuasion
    American Economic Review, 2011, 101, (6), 2590-2615 View citations (674)
    See also Book Bayesian Persuasion, World Scientific Books, 2025 (2025) (2025)
    Working Paper Bayesian Persuasion, NajEcon Working Paper Reviews (2009) View citations (11) (2009)
    Chapter Bayesian Persuasion, World Scientific Book Chapters, 2025, 1-38 (2025) (2025)
24. Helping Consumers Know Themselves
    American Economic Review, 2011, 101, (3), 417-22 View citations (25)

2010

25. Choice proliferation, simplicity seeking, and asset allocation
    Journal of Public Economics, 2010, 94, (7-8), 530-539 View citations (97)

2008

26. Contextual Inference in Markets: On the Informational Content of Product Lines
    American Economic Review, 2008, 98, (5), 2127-49 View citations (127)
27. Man's search for meaning: The case of Legos
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2008, 67, (3-4), 671-677 View citations (67)
28. Racial Preferences in Dating
    The Review of Economic Studies, 2008, 75, (1), 117-132 View citations (54)

2006

29. Gender Differences in Mate Selection: Evidence From a Speed Dating Experiment
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2006, 121, (2), 673-697 View citations (198)

Books

2025

1. Bayesian Persuasion
   World Scientific Books, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.
   See also Journal Article Bayesian Persuasion, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2011) View citations (674) (2011)
   Working Paper Bayesian Persuasion, NajEcon Working Paper Reviews, www.najecon.org (2009) View citations (11) (2009)
   Chapter Bayesian Persuasion, World Scientific Book Chapters, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. (2025) (2025)

Chapters

2025

1. Bayesian Persuasion
   Chapter 1 in BAYESIAN PERSUASION, 2025, pp 1-38
   See also Book Bayesian Persuasion, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. (2025) (2025)
   Working Paper Bayesian Persuasion, www.najecon.org (2009) View citations (11) (2009)
   Journal Article Bayesian Persuasion, American Economic Association (2011) View citations (674) (2011)
2. Bayesian Persuasion and Information Design
   Chapter 9 in BAYESIAN PERSUASION, 2025, pp 233-273
   See also Journal Article Bayesian Persuasion and Information Design, Annual Reviews (2019) View citations (211) (2019)
3. Reducing Congestion Through Information Design
   Chapter 7 in BAYESIAN PERSUASION, 2025, pp 165-176
4. Suspense and Surprise
   Chapter 8 in BAYESIAN PERSUASION, 2025, pp 177-232
   See also Journal Article Suspense and Surprise, University of Chicago Press (2015) View citations (150) (2015)