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Working Papers

2022

1. Is the Price Right? The Role of Economic Tradeoffs in Explaining Reactions to Price Surges
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
2. Is the Price Right? The Role of Morals, Ideology, and Tradeoff Thinking in Explaining Reactions to Price Surges
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
   Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2022)
3. Nudging the Nudger: A Field Experiment on the Effect of Performance Feedback to Service Agents on Increasing Organ Donor Registrations
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2022)

2021

4. Sticky Price for Declining Risk? The Case of Cancellation Premia in the Hotel Industry
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2020

5. Compliance with COVID-19 Social-Distancing Measures in Italy: The Role of Expectations and Duration
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (81)
   Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2020) View citations (94)
6. Expectations, reference points, and compliance with COVID-19 social distancing measures
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (31)

2019

7. Does Scientific Progress Affect Culture? A Digital Text Analysis
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (1)
8. How Does Scientific Progress Affect Cultural Changes? A Digital Text Analysis
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Growth (2022)
9. Leaning In or Not Leaning Out? Opt-Out Choice Framing Attenuates Gender Differences in the Decision to Compete
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
10. Paying for Kidneys? A Randomized Survey and Choice Experiment
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (22)
    Also in Working Paper CRENoS, Centre for North South Economic Research, University of Cagliari and Sassari, Sardinia (2019) View citations (22)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2019)

2018

11. Moral NIMBY-ism? Understanding Societal Support for Monetary Compensation to Plasma Donors in Canada
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    Also in Working Papers, Canadian Centre for Health Economics (2018)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2018)
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2018)

2017

12. Economic Development and the Regulation of Morally Contentious Activities
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2017)
13. Understanding repugnance: Implications for public policy
    CEMA Working Papers: Serie Documentos de Trabajo., Universidad del CEMA View citations (1)

2016

14. Efficiency-Morality Trade-Offs in Repugnant Transactions: A Choice Experiment
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (8)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2016) View citations (8)
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2016) View citations (10)
15. Incentives and Ethics in the Economics of Body Parts
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2015

16. Above a Swamp: A Theory of High-Quality Scientific Production
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article in Research Policy (2018)
17. Sacred Values? The Effect of Information on Attitudes toward Payments for Human Organs
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (43)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2015)

2014

18. Viral Altruism? Generosity and Social Contagion in Online Networks
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)

2013

19. Bid Takers or Market Makers? The Effect of Auctioneers on Auction Outcomes
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Journal: Microeconomics (2016)
20. Digitization and the Contract Labor Market: A Research Agenda
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (26)
    See also Chapter (2015)
21. Does Information Help or Hinder Job Applicants from Less Developed Countries in Online Markets?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (29)
22. Estimating the Effect of Salience in Wholesale and Retail Car Markets
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (30)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2013)

2012

23. Removing Financial Barriers to Organ and Bone Marrow Donation: The Effect of Leave and Tax Legislation in the U.S
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2012) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Health Economics (2014)
24. The Effects of Information, Social and Economic Incentives on Voluntary Undirected Blood Donations: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Argentina
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)
25. Viral altruism? A natural field experiment of social contagion in on-line networks
    Working Papers, NET Institute
26. Would You Buy a Honda Made in the U.S.? The Impact of Production Location on Manufacturing Quality
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)

2011

27. Heuristic Thinking and Limited Attention in the Car Market
    2011 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (11)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2011) View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2012)
28. Individual Preferences, Organization, and Competition in a Model of R&D Incentive Provision
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2012)
29. Rewarding Altruism? A Natural Field Experiment
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)

2010

30. WILL THERE BE BLOOD? INCENTIVES AND SUBSTITUTION EFFECTS IN PRO-SOCIAL BEHAVIOR*
    Working Papers, University of Sydney, School of Economics View citations (2)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2009) View citations (7)

2009

31. Do All Material Incentives for Prosocial Activities Backfire? The Response to Cash and Non-Cash Incentives for Blood Donations
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Psychology (2010)

2008

32. Knowledge Spillovers, Competition, and R&D Incentive Contracts
    Working Papers, Dipartimento Scienze Economiche, Universita' di Bologna View citations (4)
33. Motivating Altruism: A Field Study
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (7)
34. Social Image Concerns and Pro-Social Behavior
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (18)
35. The Economics of Scientific Misconduct
    KITeS Working Papers, KITeS, Centre for Knowledge, Internationalization and Technology Studies, Universita' Bocconi, Milano, Italy View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article in The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization (2011)

2003

36. Incentives and spillovers in R&D activities: an agency-theoretic analysis of industry-university relations
    Microeconomics, University Library of Munich, Germany

Journal Articles

2022

1. How does scientific progress affect cultural changes? A digital text analysis
   Journal of Economic Growth, 2022, 27, (3), 415-452
   See also Working Paper (2019)

2021

2. Opt-out choice framing attenuates gender differences in the decision to compete in the laboratory and in the field
   Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2021, 118, (42), e2108337118

2019

3. Paying for Kidneys? A Randomized Survey and Choice Experiment
   American Economic Review, 2019, 109, (8), 2855-88 View citations (21)
   See also Working Paper (2019)

2018

4. Above a swamp: A theory of high-quality scientific production
   Research Policy, 2018, 47, (5), 827-839 View citations (4)
   See also Working Paper (2015)

2017

5. Economic Development and the Regulation of Morally Contentious Activities
   American Economic Review, 2017, 107, (5), 76-80 View citations (6)
   See also Working Paper (2017)

2016

6. Bid Takers or Market Makers? The Effect of Auctioneers on Auction Outcome
   American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 2016, 8, (4), 195-229 View citations (16)
   See also Working Paper (2013)
7. Does standardized information in online markets disproportionately benefit job applicants from less developed countries?
   Journal of International Economics, 2016, 103, (C), 1-12 View citations (29)
8. Incentives for prosocial activities
   IZA World of Labor, 2016, 238 View citations (3)

2015

9. Markets and Morals: An Experimental Survey Study
   PLOS ONE, 2015, 10, (6), 1-13 View citations (8)
10. Sacred Values? The Effect of Information on Attitudes toward Payments for Human Organs
    American Economic Review, 2015, 105, (5), 361-65 View citations (41)
    See also Working Paper (2015)
11. Would You Buy a Honda Made in the United States? The Impact of Production Location on Manufacturing Quality
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2015, 97, (4), 855-876 View citations (1)

2014

12. Removing financial barriers to organ and bone marrow donation: The effect of leave and tax legislation in the U.S
    Journal of Health Economics, 2014, 33, (C), 43-56 View citations (15)
    See also Working Paper (2012)
13. Rewarding Volunteers: A Field Experiment
    Management Science, 2014, 60, (5), 1107-1129 View citations (44)

2013

14. Estimating the Effect of Salience in Wholesale and Retail Car Markets
    American Economic Review, 2013, 103, (3), 575-79 View citations (31)
    See also Working Paper (2013)
15. The effects of information, social and financial incentives on voluntary undirected blood donations: Evidence from a field experiment in Argentina
    Social Science & Medicine, 2013, 98, (C), 214-223 View citations (16)
16. Time for Blood: The Effect of Paid Leave Legislation on Altruistic Behavior
    The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 2013, 29, (6), 1384-1420 View citations (12)

2012

17. Heuristic Thinking and Limited Attention in the Car Market
    American Economic Review, 2012, 102, (5), 2206-36 View citations (140)
    See also Working Paper (2011)
18. Individual preferences, organization, and competition in a model of R&D incentive provision
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2012, 84, (2), 550-570 View citations (20)
    See also Working Paper (2011)
19. Will There Be Blood? Incentives and Displacement Effects in Pro-social Behavior
    American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2012, 4, (1), 186-223 View citations (87)

2011

20. Incentives and Problem Uncertainty in Innovation Contests: An Empirical Analysis
    Management Science, 2011, 57, (5), 843-863 View citations (182)
21. The Economics of Scientific Misconduct
    The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 2011, 27, (3), 568-603 View citations (42)
    See also Working Paper (2008)

2010

22. Do all material incentives for pro-social activities backfire? The response to cash and non-cash incentives for blood donations
    Journal of Economic Psychology, 2010, 31, (4), 738-748 View citations (73)
    See also Working Paper (2009)
23. Inside or outside the IP system? Business creation in academia
    Research Policy, 2010, 39, (8), 1060-1069 View citations (49)
24. Social image concerns and prosocial behavior: Field evidence from a nonlinear incentive scheme
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2010, 76, (2), 225-237 View citations (140)

2009

25. Academic entrepreneurship
    Managerial and Decision Economics, 2009, 30, (7), 443-464 View citations (23)
26. Different Missions and Commitment Power in R&D Organizations: Theory and Evidence on Industry-University Alliances
    Organization Science, 2009, 20, (3), 565-582 View citations (34)

2008

27. Sample Size and Precision in NIH Peer Review
    PLOS ONE, 2008, 3, (7), 1-3 View citations (7)

2001

28. Corporate Governance and the Governance of Innovation: The Case of Pharmaceutical Industry
    Journal of Management & Governance, 2001, 5, (1), 29-59 View citations (17)

Chapters

2015

1. Digitization and the Contract Labor Market: A Research Agenda
   A chapter in Economic Analysis of the Digital Economy, 2015, pp 219-250 View citations (36)
   See also Working Paper (2013)