Details about Sendhil Mullainathan

Homepage:	https://www.chicagobooth.edu/faculty/directory/m/sendhil-mullainathan
Workplace:	National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), (more information at EDIRC) Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), (more information at EDIRC) Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, (more information at EDIRC) Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2025

1. Large Language Models: An Applied Econometric Framework
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
   Also in Papers, arXiv.org (2025) View citations (3)

2024

2. From Predictive Algorithms to Automatic Generation of Anomalies
   Papers, arXiv.org
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2024)
3. The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Algorithms
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   See also Journal Article The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Algorithms, AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association (2024) (2024)

2023

4. Automating Automaticity: How the Context of Human Choice Affects the Extent of Algorithmic Bias
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
5. Machine Learning as a Tool for Hypothesis Generation
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
   See also Journal Article Machine Learning as a Tool for Hypothesis Generation*, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2024) View citations (3) (2024)

2022

6. An Economic Approach to Machine Learning in Health Policy
   CEBI working paper series, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics. The Center for Economic Behavior and Inequality (CEBI)

2021

7. A Note on the Level of Customer Support by State Governments: A Mystery-Shopping Approach
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
8. Do Financial Concerns Make Workers Less Productive?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (15)
   Also in Working Papers, Becker Friedman Institute for Research In Economics (2021) View citations (15)
9. Fragile Algorithms and Fallible Decision-Makers: Lessons from the Justice System
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (13)
   See also Journal Article Fragile Algorithms and Fallible Decision-Makers: Lessons from the Justice System, Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association (2021) View citations (13) (2021)

2020

10. An Economic Approach to Regulating Algorithms
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (19)
11. Scarcity and Cognitive Function around Payday: A Conceptual and Empirical Analysis
    CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford View citations (21)
    See also Journal Article Scarcity and Cognitive Function around Payday: A Conceptual and Empirical Analysis, Journal of the Association for Consumer Research, University of Chicago Press (2020) View citations (21) (2020)

2019

12. Diagnosing Physician Error: A Machine Learning Approach to Low-Value Health Care
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article Diagnosing Physician Error: A Machine Learning Approach to Low-Value Health Care, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2023) (2023)
13. Discrimination In The Age Of Algorithms
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)
14. Machine-Learning Tests for Effects on Multiple Outcomes
    Papers, arXiv.org View citations (2)
15. Measuring the Completeness of Theories
    Papers, arXiv.org View citations (3)
16. Simplicity Creates Inequity: Implications for Fairness, Stereotypes, and Interpretability
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (11)

2018

17. Debt Traps? Market Vendors and Moneylender Debt in India and the Philippines
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (2)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2018) View citations (2)
    Working Papers, eSocialSciences (2018) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Debt Traps? Market Vendors and Moneylender Debt in India and the Philippines, American Economic Review: Insights, American Economic Association (2019) View citations (9) (2019)

2017

18. Human Decisions and Machine Predictions
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (55)
    See also Journal Article Human Decisions and Machine Predictions, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2018) View citations (156) (2018)
19. The Theory is Predictive, but is it Complete? An Application to Human Perception of Randomness
    PIER Working Paper Archive, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania View citations (6)
    Also in PIER Working Paper Archive, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania (2017) View citations (6)

2015

20. Thinking, Fast and Slow? Some Field Experiments to Reduce Crime and Dropout in Chicago
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article Thinking, Fast and Slow? Some Field Experiments to Reduce Crime and Dropout in Chicago, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2017) View citations (143) (2017)

2014

21. Behavioral Design: A New Approach to Development Policy
    WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (32)
    Also in Policy Papers, Center for Global Development (2012) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Behavioral Design: A New Approach to Development Policy, Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth (2014) View citations (39) (2014)

2013

22. Framing Lifetime Income
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (17)
23. The Nature of the Beast: What Behavioral Economics is Not
    Working Papers, eSocialSciences

2012

24. Behavioral Hazard in Health Insurance
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (20)
    See also Journal Article Behavioral Hazard in Health Insurance, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2015) View citations (92) (2015)
25. Corruption
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
    Also in Scholarly Articles, Harvard Kennedy School of Government (2012) View citations (4)
    Working Papers, eSocialSciences (2012) View citations (1)
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2012)
26. Energy Policy with Externalities and Internalities
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article Energy policy with externalities and internalities, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2014) View citations (139) (2014)
27. Learning Through Noticing: Theory and Experimental Evidence in Farming
    CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University View citations (18)
    Also in Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2012) View citations (18)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2012) View citations (27)
28. Notes on Behavioral Economics and Labor Market Policy
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (33)
    See also Journal Article Notes on behavioral economics and labor market policy, IZA Journal of Labor Policy, Springer (2012) View citations (35) (2012)
29. Site Selection Bias in Program Evaluation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (16)
30. The Market for Financial Advice: An Audit Study
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (207)

2011

31. Comparison Friction: Experimental Evidence from Medicare Drug Plans
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (12)
    Also in Mathematica Policy Research Reports, Mathematica Policy Research View citations (73)
    See also Journal Article Comparison Friction: Experimental Evidence from Medicare Drug Plans, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2012) View citations (200) (2012)
32. Mechanism Experiments and Policy Evaluations
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (89)
    See also Journal Article Mechanism Experiments and Policy Evaluations, Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association (2011) View citations (86) (2011)

2010

33. Getting to the Top of Mind: How Reminders Increase Saving
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research View citations (84)
    Also in Working Papers, eSocialSciences (2010) View citations (30)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2010) View citations (89)
    Working Papers, Yale University, Department of Economics (2010) View citations (100)
    Center Discussion Papers, Yale University, Economic Growth Center (2010) View citations (91)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2010) View citations (89)
    Working Papers, Economic Growth Center, Yale University (2010) View citations (88)
34. The Shape of Temptation: Implications for the Economic Lives of the Poor
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (216)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2010) View citations (212)
    Working Papers, eSocialSciences (2010) View citations (196)

2009

35. Behavioral Economics and Tax Policy
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (48)
    See also Journal Article Behavioral Economics and Tax Policy, National Tax Journal, National Tax Association (2009) View citations (50) (2009)
36. What's Advertising Content Worth? Evidence from a Consumer Credit Marketing Field Experiment
    Working Papers, Economic Growth Center, Yale University View citations (9)
    Also in Center Discussion Papers, Yale University, Economic Growth Center (2009) View citations (11)
    Working Papers, Economic Growth Center, Yale University (2005) View citations (55)
    Working Papers, Yale University, Department of Economics (2009) View citations (16)
    See also Journal Article What's Advertising Content Worth? Evidence from a Consumer Credit Marketing Field Experiment, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2010) View citations (164) (2010)

2008

37. Affirmative Action in Education: Evidence From Engineering College Admissions in India
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (17)
    See also Journal Article Affirmative action in education: Evidence from engineering college admissions in India, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2010) View citations (112) (2010)
38. Coarse Thinking and Persuasion
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (180)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2006) View citations (79)
    See also Journal Article Coarse Thinking and Persuasion, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2008) View citations (197) (2008)
39. Limited Attention and Income Distribution
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (69)
    See also Journal Article Limited Attention and Income Distribution, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2008) View citations (71) (2008)
40. Why Don't People Insure Late Life Consumption: A Framing Explanation of the Under-Annuitization Puzzle
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (148)
    Also in Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics (2008) View citations (140)
    See also Journal Article Why Don’t People Insure Late-Life Consumption? A Framing Explanation of the Under-Annuitization Puzzle, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2008) View citations (163) (2008)

2007

41. Sticking with Your Vote: Cognitive Dissonance Voting
    Working Papers, Yale University, Department of Economics View citations (2)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2006) View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Sticking with Your Vote: Cognitive Dissonance and Political Attitudes, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association (2009) View citations (108) (2009)

2006

42. Behavioral Economics and Marketing in Aid of Decision Making Among the Poor
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (98)
43. Does Corruption Produce Unsafe Drivers?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (25)
    Also in Natural Field Experiments, The Field Experiments Website (2006) View citations (12)
44. What's psychology worth? A field experiment in the consumer credit market
    Natural Field Experiments, The Field Experiments Website View citations (7)
    Also in Center Discussion Papers, Yale University, Economic Growth Center (2005) View citations (46)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2005) View citations (34)

2005

45. Persuasion in Finance
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (16)
46. Profitable Investments or Dissipated Cash? Evidence on the Investment-Cash Flow Relationship From Oil and Gas Lease Bidding
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
    Also in Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research (2005) View citations (6)
47. The Market for News
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (423)
    See also Journal Article The Market for News, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2005) View citations (451) (2005)

2004

48. A Behavioral Economics View of Poverty
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (145)
    See also Journal Article A Behavioral-Economics View of Poverty, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2004) View citations (156) (2004)

2003

49. Are Emily and Greg More Employable than Lakisha and Jamal? A Field Experiment on Labor Market Discrimination
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (79)
    Also in Natural Field Experiments, The Field Experiments Website (2003) View citations (69)
    See also Journal Article Are Emily and Greg More Employable Than Lakisha and Jamal? A Field Experiment on Labor Market Discrimination, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2004) View citations (1547) (2004)
50. Enjoying the Quiet Life? Corporate Governance and Managerial Preferences
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (1173)
    See also Journal Article Enjoying the Quiet Life? Corporate Governance and Managerial Preferences, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (2003) View citations (1286) (2003)

2002

51. Do Cigarette Taxes Make Smokers Happier?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (92)
    See also Journal Article Do Cigarette Taxes Make Smokers Happier, The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, De Gruyter (2005) View citations (215) (2005)
    Chapter Do Cigarette Taxes Make Smokers Happier?, Palgrave Macmillan Books, Palgrave Macmillan (2006) View citations (16) (2006)
52. How Much Should We Trust Differences-in-Differences Estimates?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (327)
    See also Journal Article How Much Should We Trust Differences-In-Differences Estimates?, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2004) View citations (5873) (2004)
53. Media Bias
    Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research View citations (8)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2002) View citations (12)

2000

54. Agents With and Without Principals
    Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section. View citations (50)
    See also Journal Article Agents with and without Principals, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2000) View citations (56) (2000)
55. Behavioral Economics
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (99)
56. Do CEOs Set Their Own Pay? The Ones Without Principals Do
    Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section. View citations (20)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2000) View citations (23)
57. Ferreting Out Tunneling: An Application to Indian Business Groups
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (39)
    See also Journal Article Ferreting out Tunneling: An Application to Indian Business Groups, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2002) View citations (587) (2002)
58. Public Policy and Extended Families: Evidence from South Africa
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)
    Also in Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section. (1999) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Public Policy and Extended Families: Evidence from Pensions in South Africa, The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank (2003) View citations (163) (2003)

1999

59. Network Effects and Welfare Cultures
    Working Papers, Harris School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago
    Also in Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section. (1998) View citations (6)
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics (1998) View citations (24)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1998) View citations (7)
    Working Papers, Princeton, Woodrow Wilson School - Public and International Affairs (1998) View citations (5)
    JCPR Working Papers, Northwestern University/University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research (1999) View citations (12)
    See also Journal Article Network Effects and Welfare Cultures, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2000) View citations (533) (2000)

1998

60. Executive Compensation and Incentives: The Impact of Takeover Legislation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (18)
    Also in Working Papers, Princeton, Woodrow Wilson School - Public and International Affairs (1998) View citations (17)
    Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section. (1998) View citations (15)
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics (1998) View citations (16)
61. Is There Discretion in Wage Setting? A Test Using Takeover Legislation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
    Also in Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics (1998) View citations (1)
    Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section. (1998) View citations (2)
    Working Papers, Princeton, Woodrow Wilson School - Public and International Affairs (1998) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Is There a Discretion in Wage Setting? A Test Using Takeover Legislation, RAND Journal of Economics, The RAND Corporation (1999) View citations (115) (1999)

Undated

62. Megastudies Improve the Impact of Applied Behavioural Science
    Mathematica Policy Research Reports, Mathematica Policy Research
    See also Journal Article Megastudies improve the impact of applied behavioural science, Nature, Nature (2021) View citations (25) (2021)

Journal Articles

2024

1. Machine Learning as a Tool for Hypothesis Generation*
   The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2024, 139, (2), 751-827 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper Machine Learning as a Tool for Hypothesis Generation, NBER Working Papers (2023) View citations (6) (2023)
2. The Challenge of Understanding What Users Want: Inconsistent Preferences and Engagement Optimization
   Management Science, 2024, 70, (9), 6336-6355
3. The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Algorithms
   AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2024, 114, 623-27
   See also Working Paper The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Algorithms, NBER Working Papers (2024) (2024)

2023

4. Diagnosing Physician Error: A Machine Learning Approach to Low-Value Health Care
   The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2023, 137, (2), 679-727
   See also Working Paper Diagnosing Physician Error: A Machine Learning Approach to Low-Value Health Care, NBER Working Papers (2019) View citations (8) (2019)
5. Human bias in algorithm design
   Nature Human Behaviour, 2023, 7, (11), 1822-1824 View citations (3)

2022

6. A 680,000-person megastudy of nudges to encourage vaccination in pharmacies
   Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2022, 119, (6), e2115126119 View citations (5)
7. Erratum: Self-Control at Work
   Journal of Political Economy, 2022, 130, (8), 2223 - 2224
8. Measuring the Completeness of Economic Models
   Journal of Political Economy, 2022, 130, (4), 956 - 990 View citations (7)

2021

9. Fragile Algorithms and Fallible Decision-Makers: Lessons from the Justice System
   Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2021, 35, (4), 71-96 View citations (13)
   See also Working Paper Fragile Algorithms and Fallible Decision-Makers: Lessons from the Justice System, NBER Working Papers (2021) View citations (13) (2021)
10. Integrating explanation and prediction in computational social science
    Nature, 2021, 595, (7866), 181-188 View citations (28)
11. Megastudies improve the impact of applied behavioural science
    Nature, 2021, 600, (7889), 478-483 View citations (25)
    See also Working Paper Megastudies Improve the Impact of Applied Behavioural Science, Mathematica Policy Research Reports
12. On the Inequity of Predicting A While Hoping for B
    AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2021, 111, 37-42

2020

13. An Economic Perspective on Algorithmic Fairness
    AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2020, 110, 91-95 View citations (10)
14. Scarcity and Cognitive Function around Payday: A Conceptual and Empirical Analysis
    Journal of the Association for Consumer Research, 2020, 5, (4), 365 - 376 View citations (21)
    See also Working Paper Scarcity and Cognitive Function around Payday: A Conceptual and Empirical Analysis, CSAE Working Paper Series (2020) View citations (21) (2020)

2019

15. An exercise in self-replication: Replicating Shah, Mullainathan, and Shafir (2012)
    Journal of Economic Psychology, 2019, 75, (PA) View citations (12)
16. Augmenting Pre-Analysis Plans with Machine Learning
    AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2019, 109, 71-76 View citations (4)
17. Debt Traps? Market Vendors and Moneylender Debt in India and the Philippines
    American Economic Review: Insights, 2019, 1, (1), 27-42 View citations (9)
    See also Working Paper Debt Traps? Market Vendors and Moneylender Debt in India and the Philippines, CEPR Discussion Papers (2018) View citations (2) (2018)

2018

18. Algorithmic Fairness
    AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2018, 108, 22-27 View citations (21)
19. An opportunity for self-replication
    Nature Human Behaviour, 2018, 2, (9), 603-603 View citations (1)
20. Human Decisions and Machine Predictions
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2018, 133, (1), 237-293 View citations (156)
    See also Working Paper Human Decisions and Machine Predictions, NBER Working Papers (2017) View citations (55) (2017)

2017

21. Does Machine Learning Automate Moral Hazard and Error?
    American Economic Review, 2017, 107, (5), 476-80 View citations (26)
22. Machine Learning: An Applied Econometric Approach
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2017, 31, (2), 87-106 View citations (676)
23. Thinking, Fast and Slow? Some Field Experiments to Reduce Crime and Dropout in Chicago
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2017, 132, (1), 1-54 View citations (143)
    See also Working Paper Thinking, Fast and Slow? Some Field Experiments to Reduce Crime and Dropout in Chicago, NBER Working Papers (2015) View citations (9) (2015)

2016

24. Productivity and Selection of Human Capital with Machine Learning
    American Economic Review, 2016, 106, (5), 124-27 View citations (63)
25. The Psychological Lives of the Poor
    American Economic Review, 2016, 106, (5), 435-40 View citations (94)

2015

26. Behavioral Hazard in Health Insurance
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2015, 130, (4), 1623-1667 View citations (92)
    See also Working Paper Behavioral Hazard in Health Insurance, NBER Working Papers (2012) View citations (20) (2012)
27. Prediction Policy Problems
    American Economic Review, 2015, 105, (5), 491-95 View citations (192)
28. Self-Control at Work
    Journal of Political Economy, 2015, 123, (6), 1227 - 1277 View citations (126)

2014

29. Behavioral Design: A New Approach to Development Policy
    Review of Income and Wealth, 2014, 60, (1), 7-35 View citations (39)
    See also Working Paper Behavioral Design: A New Approach to Development Policy, WIDER Working Paper Series (2014) View citations (32) (2014)
30. Energy policy with externalities and internalities
    Journal of Public Economics, 2014, 112, (C), 72-88 View citations (139)
    See also Working Paper Energy Policy with Externalities and Internalities, NBER Working Papers (2012) View citations (9) (2012)
31. Learning Through Noticing: Theory and Evidence from a Field Experiment
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2014, 129, (3), 1311-1353 View citations (182)

2013

32. Targeting with Agents
    American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2013, 5, (1), 206-38 View citations (40)

2012

33. A Reduced-Form Approach to Behavioral Public Finance
    Annual Review of Economics, 2012, 4, (1), 511-540 View citations (87)
34. Comparison Friction: Experimental Evidence from Medicare Drug Plans
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2012, 127, (1), 199-235 View citations (200)
    See also Working Paper Comparison Friction: Experimental Evidence from Medicare Drug Plans, NBER Working Papers (2011) View citations (12) (2011)
35. Do Judges Vary in Their Treatment of Race?
    The Journal of Legal Studies, 2012, 41, (2), 347 - 383 View citations (117)
36. Notes on behavioral economics and labor market policy
    IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 2012, 1, (1), 1-14 View citations (35)
    See also Working Paper Notes on Behavioral Economics and Labor Market Policy, Scholarly Articles (2012) View citations (33) (2012)

2011

37. Helping Consumers Know Themselves
    American Economic Review, 2011, 101, (3), 417-22 View citations (22)
38. Mechanism Experiments and Policy Evaluations
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2011, 25, (3), 17-38 View citations (86)
    See also Working Paper Mechanism Experiments and Policy Evaluations, NBER Working Papers (2011) View citations (89) (2011)

2010

39. Affirmative action in education: Evidence from engineering college admissions in India
    Journal of Public Economics, 2010, 94, (1-2), 16-29 View citations (112)
    See also Working Paper Affirmative Action in Education: Evidence From Engineering College Admissions in India, NBER Working Papers (2008) View citations (17) (2008)
40. Self-Control and the Development of Work Arrangements
    American Economic Review, 2010, 100, (2), 624-28 View citations (59)
41. What's Advertising Content Worth? Evidence from a Consumer Credit Marketing Field Experiment
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2010, 125, (1), 263-306 View citations (164)
    See also Working Paper What's Advertising Content Worth? Evidence from a Consumer Credit Marketing Field Experiment, Working Papers (2009) View citations (9) (2009)

2009

42. Behavioral Economics and Tax Policy
    National Tax Journal, 2009, 62, (3), 375-86 View citations (50)
    See also Working Paper Behavioral Economics and Tax Policy, NBER Working Papers (2009) View citations (48) (2009)
43. Labor market discrimination in Delhi: Evidence from a field experiment
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 2009, 37, (1), 14-27 View citations (94)
44. Sticking with Your Vote: Cognitive Dissonance and Political Attitudes
    American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2009, 1, (1), 86-111 View citations (108)
    See also Working Paper Sticking with Your Vote: Cognitive Dissonance Voting, Working Papers (2007) View citations (2) (2007)

2008

45. Coarse Thinking and Persuasion
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2008, 123, (2), 577-619 View citations (197)
    See also Working Paper Coarse Thinking and Persuasion, Scholarly Articles (2008) View citations (180) (2008)
46. Limited Attention and Income Distribution
    American Economic Review, 2008, 98, (2), 489-93 View citations (71)
    See also Working Paper Limited Attention and Income Distribution, Scholarly Articles (2008) View citations (69) (2008)
47. Why Don’t People Insure Late-Life Consumption? A Framing Explanation of the Under-Annuitization Puzzle
    American Economic Review, 2008, 98, (2), 304-09 View citations (163)
    See also Working Paper Why Don't People Insure Late Life Consumption: A Framing Explanation of the Under-Annuitization Puzzle, NBER Working Papers (2008) View citations (148) (2008)

2007

48. Obtaining a Driver's License in India: An Experimental Approach to Studying Corruption
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2007, 122, (4), 1639-1676 View citations (60)

2005

49. Do Cigarette Taxes Make Smokers Happier
    The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2005, 5, (1), 45 View citations (215)
    See also Chapter Do Cigarette Taxes Make Smokers Happier?, Palgrave Macmillan Books, 2006, 109-146 (2006) View citations (16) (2006)
    Working Paper Do Cigarette Taxes Make Smokers Happier?, NBER Working Papers (2002) View citations (92) (2002)
50. Implicit Discrimination
    American Economic Review, 2005, 95, (2), 94-98 View citations (225)
51. Market Efficiency versus Behavioral Finance
    Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, 2005, 17, (3), 124-136 View citations (8)
52. Psychology, Behavioral Economics, and Public Policy
    Marketing Letters, 2005, 16, (3), 443-454 View citations (18)
53. The Market for News
    American Economic Review, 2005, 95, (4), 1031-1053 View citations (451)
    See also Working Paper The Market for News, Scholarly Articles (2005) View citations (423) (2005)

2004

54. A Behavioral-Economics View of Poverty
    American Economic Review, 2004, 94, (2), 419-423 View citations (156)
    See also Working Paper A Behavioral Economics View of Poverty, Scholarly Articles (2004) View citations (145) (2004)
55. Are Emily and Greg More Employable Than Lakisha and Jamal? A Field Experiment on Labor Market Discrimination
    American Economic Review, 2004, 94, (4), 991-1013 View citations (1547)
    See also Working Paper Are Emily and Greg More Employable than Lakisha and Jamal? A Field Experiment on Labor Market Discrimination, NBER Working Papers (2003) View citations (79) (2003)
56. How Much Should We Trust Differences-In-Differences Estimates?
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2004, 119, (1), 249-275 View citations (5873)
    See also Working Paper How Much Should We Trust Differences-in-Differences Estimates?, NBER Working Papers (2002) View citations (327) (2002)

2003

57. Enjoying the Quiet Life? Corporate Governance and Managerial Preferences
    Journal of Political Economy, 2003, 111, (5), 1043-1075 View citations (1286)
    See also Working Paper Enjoying the Quiet Life? Corporate Governance and Managerial Preferences, Scholarly Articles (2003) View citations (1173) (2003)
58. Public Policy and Extended Families: Evidence from Pensions in South Africa
    The World Bank Economic Review, 2003, 17, (1), 27-50 View citations (163)
    See also Working Paper Public Policy and Extended Families: Evidence from South Africa, NBER Working Papers (2000) View citations (10) (2000)
59. Pyramids
    Journal of the European Economic Association, 2003, 1, (2-3), 478-483

2002

60. A Memory-Based Model of Bounded Rationality
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2002, 117, (3), 735-774 View citations (243)
61. Ferreting out Tunneling: An Application to Indian Business Groups
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2002, 117, (1), 121-148 View citations (587)
    See also Working Paper Ferreting Out Tunneling: An Application to Indian Business Groups, NBER Working Papers (2000) View citations (39) (2000)

2001

62. Are CEOs Rewarded for Luck? The Ones Without Principals Are
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2001, 116, (3), 901-932 View citations (620)
63. Do Firm Boundaries Matter?
    American Economic Review, 2001, 91, (2), 195-199 View citations (35)
64. Do People Mean What They Say? Implications for Subjective Survey Data
    American Economic Review, 2001, 91, (2), 67-72 View citations (845)

2000

65. Agents with and without Principals
    American Economic Review, 2000, 90, (2), 203-208 View citations (56)
    See also Working Paper Agents With and Without Principals, Working Papers (2000) View citations (50) (2000)
66. Network Effects and Welfare Cultures
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2000, 115, (3), 1019-1055 View citations (533)
    See also Working Paper Network Effects and Welfare Cultures, Working Papers (1999) (1999)

1999

67. Is There a Discretion in Wage Setting? A Test Using Takeover Legislation
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1999, 30, (3), 535-554 View citations (115)
    See also Working Paper Is There Discretion in Wage Setting? A Test Using Takeover Legislation, NBER Working Papers (1998) View citations (2) (1998)

Chapters

2023

1. Health Data Platforms
   A chapter in The Economics of Artificial Intelligence: Health Care Challenges, 2023, pp 87-95

2014

2. Contract Farming and Agricultural Productivity in Western Kenya
   A chapter in African Successes, Volume IV: Sustainable Growth, 2014, pp 137-160 View citations (2)

2010

3. Does Less Market Entry Regulation Generate More Entrepreneurs? Evidence from a Regulatory Reform in Peru
   A chapter in International Differences in Entrepreneurship, 2010, pp 159-177 View citations (19)

2008

4. The psychology of nutrition messages
   A chapter in Beyond Health Insurance: Public Policy to Improve Health, 2008, pp 145-172

2006

5. Do Cigarette Taxes Make Smokers Happier?
   Palgrave Macmillan View citations (16)
   See also Working Paper Do Cigarette Taxes Make Smokers Happier?, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2002) View citations (92) (2002)
   Journal Article Do Cigarette Taxes Make Smokers Happier, De Gruyter (2005) View citations (215) (2005)