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Working Papers

2025

1. Not as bad as I thought’: economic attitudes and motivated reasoning in coalition governments
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library
2. Passing on the flame: do mega sports events promote health behaviours?
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library
   See also Journal Article Passing on the flame: Do mega sports events promote health behaviours?, Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier (2025) (2025)

2024

3. Pay transparency intervention and the gender pay gap: evidence from research‐intensive universities in the UK
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library
   See also Journal Article Pay transparency intervention and the gender pay gap: Evidence from research‐intensive universities in the UK, British Journal of Industrial Relations, London School of Economics (2024) (2024)

2021

4. "Better the devil you know": are stated preferences over health and happiness determined by how healthy and happy people are?
   CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
   Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2021)
   See also Journal Article “Better the devil you know”: Are stated preferences over health and happiness determined by how healthy and happy people are?, Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier (2022) View citations (5) (2022)
5. The effect of the Brexit referendum result on subjective well-being*
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (7)
   Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2018) View citations (4)
   CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2018) View citations (3)
   See also Journal Article The effect of the Brexit referendum result on subjective well‐being, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, Royal Statistical Society (2021) View citations (10) (2021)

2020

6. Pay Transparency Initiative and Gender Pay Gap: Evidence from Research-Intensive Universities in the UK
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (5)

2019

7. Quantifying the Intangible Impact of the Olympics Using Subjective Well-Being Data
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (43)
   Also in Working Papers, HAL (2019) View citations (39)
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2019) View citations (39)
   Post-Print, HAL (2019) View citations (43)
   PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL (2019) View citations (36)
   CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2019) View citations (44)
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2019) View citations (32)
   See also Journal Article Quantifying the intangible impact of the Olympics using subjective well-being data, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2019) View citations (43) (2019)

2017

8. Would you choose to be happy? Tradeoffs between happiness and the other dimensions of life in a large population survey
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (52)
   Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2015) View citations (1)
   CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2015) View citations (14)
   See also Journal Article Would you choose to be happy? Tradeoffs between happiness and the other dimensions of life in a large population survey, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2017) View citations (55) (2017)

2016

9. Happy talk: mode of administration effects on subjective well-being
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (16)
   Also in CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2012) View citations (13)
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2012) View citations (12)
10. The Host with the Most? The Effects of the Olympic Games on Happiness
    SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) View citations (6)
    Also in CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2016) View citations (4)
    Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research (2016) View citations (4)
    Working Papers, Queen Mary, University of London, School of Business and Management, Centre for Globalisation Research (2016) View citations (6)
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2016) View citations (3)
11. Without my Medal on my Mind: Counterfactual Thinking and Other Determinants of Athlete Emotions
    Working Papers, Queen Mary, University of London, School of Business and Management, Centre for Globalisation Research View citations (2)
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2016) View citations (2)
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2016) View citations (2)

2015

12. In brief: Business cycle blues
    CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
13. In fatal pursuit of immortal fame: Peer competition and early mortality of music composers
    Discussion Papers on Economics, University of Southern Denmark, Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article In fatal pursuit of immortal fame: Peer competition and early mortality of music composers, Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier (2015) (2015)
14. The Asymmetric Experience of Positive and Negative Economic Growth: Global Evidence Using Subjective Well-Being Data
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (17)
    Also in CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2014) View citations (7)
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2014) View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article The Asymmetric Experience of Positive and Negative Economic Growth: Global Evidence Using Subjective Well-Being Data, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2018) View citations (94) (2018)

2014

15. Form or function?: the effect of new sports stadia on property prices in London
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (55)
    See also Journal Article Form or function?: the effect of new sports stadia on property prices in London, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, Royal Statistical Society (2014) View citations (81) (2014)

2011

16. Does Competition Kill? The Case of Classical Composers
    Economic Papers, Trinity College Dublin, Economics Department
17. Form or Function? The Impact of New Football Stadia on Property Prices in London
    SERC Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (21)
    Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2010) View citations (1)

2008

18. National Wellbeing and International Sports Events
    Working Papers, International Association of Sports Economists View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article National well-being and international sports events, Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier (2010) View citations (79) (2010)

Journal Articles

2025

1. Passing on the flame: Do mega sports events promote health behaviours?
   Social Science & Medicine, 2025, 377, (C)
   See also Working Paper Passing on the flame: do mega sports events promote health behaviours?, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2025) (2025)

2024

2. Pay transparency intervention and the gender pay gap: Evidence from research‐intensive universities in the UK
   British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2024, 62, (2), 293-318
   See also Working Paper Pay transparency intervention and the gender pay gap: evidence from research‐intensive universities in the UK, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2024) (2024)

2022

3. “Better the devil you know”: Are stated preferences over health and happiness determined by how healthy and happy people are?
   Social Science & Medicine, 2022, 303, (C) View citations (5)
   See also Working Paper "Better the devil you know": are stated preferences over health and happiness determined by how healthy and happy people are?, CEP Discussion Papers (2021) (2021)

2021

4. Faster, higher, stronger… and happier? Relative achievement and marginal rank effects
   Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 2021, 95, (C) View citations (2)
5. The effect of the Brexit referendum result on subjective well‐being
   Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, 2021, 184, (2), 707-731 View citations (10)
   See also Working Paper The effect of the Brexit referendum result on subjective well-being*, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2021) View citations (7) (2021)

2019

6. Quantifying the intangible impact of the Olympics using subjective well-being data
   Journal of Public Economics, 2019, 177, (C), - View citations (43)
   See also Working Paper Quantifying the Intangible Impact of the Olympics Using Subjective Well-Being Data, IZA Discussion Papers (2019) View citations (43) (2019)

2018

7. The Asymmetric Experience of Positive and Negative Economic Growth: Global Evidence Using Subjective Well-Being Data
   The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2018, 100, (2), 362-375 View citations (94)
   See also Working Paper The Asymmetric Experience of Positive and Negative Economic Growth: Global Evidence Using Subjective Well-Being Data, IZA Discussion Papers (2015) View citations (17) (2015)

2017

8. Would you choose to be happy? Tradeoffs between happiness and the other dimensions of life in a large population survey
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2017, 139, (C), 60-73 View citations (55)
   See also Working Paper Would you choose to be happy? Tradeoffs between happiness and the other dimensions of life in a large population survey, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2017) View citations (52) (2017)

2015

9. In fatal pursuit of immortal fame: Peer competition and early mortality of music composers
   Social Science & Medicine, 2015, 134, (C), 30-42
   See also Working Paper In fatal pursuit of immortal fame: Peer competition and early mortality of music composers, Discussion Papers on Economics (2015) (2015)

2014

10. Form or function?: the effect of new sports stadia on property prices in London
    Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, 2014, 177, (1), 169-190 View citations (81)
    See also Working Paper Form or function?: the effect of new sports stadia on property prices in London, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2014) View citations (55) (2014)
11. Greasy Roads: The Impact of Bad Financial News on Road Traffic Accidents
    Risk Analysis, 2014, 34, (3), 556-566 View citations (16)
12. Measuring happiness: context matters
    Applied Economics Letters, 2014, 21, (5), 308-311 View citations (12)

2013

13. Sick but satisfied: The impact of life and health satisfaction on choice between health scenarios
    Journal of Health Economics, 2013, 32, (4), 708-714 View citations (14)

2012

14. National Pride: War Minus the Shooting
    Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2012, 106, (1), 173-185 View citations (12)
15. The Impact of the London Olympics Announcement on Property Prices
    Urban Studies, 2012, 49, (7), 1453-1470 View citations (29)

2011

16. Technological affluence and subjective well-being
    Journal of Economic Psychology, 2011, 32, (5), 742-753 View citations (35)
17. The impact of physical activity on employment
    Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 2011, 40, (6), 775-779 View citations (11)

2010

18. National well-being and international sports events
    Journal of Economic Psychology, 2010, 31, (2), 158-171 View citations (79)
    See also Working Paper National Wellbeing and International Sports Events, Working Papers (2008) View citations (5) (2008)

2009

19. From the Olympics to the grassroots: What will London 2012 mean for sport funding and participation in Britain?
    Public Policy Review, 2009, 16, (3), 192-196 View citations (4)

2008

20. Olympic Games, Terrorism and their Impact on the London and Paris Stock Exchanges
    Revue d'économie politique, 2008, 118, (2), 189-206 View citations (2)

2006

21. Testing for the existence of the ‘January effect’ in transition economies
    Applied Financial Economics Letters, 2006, 2, (6), 375-381

Chapters

2013

1. Should I wish on a stadium? Measuring the average effect on the treated
   Chapter 11 in The Econometrics of Sport, 2013, pp 189-201 View citations (1)

2012

2. Outlook, Progress and Challenges of Stadium Evaluation
   Chapter 17 in International Handbook on the Economics of Mega Sporting Events, 2012 View citations (6)

2011

3. Physical Activity and Subjective Well-being: An Empirical Analysis
   Chapter 11 in The Economics of Sport, Health and Happiness, 2011 View citations (2)