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Working Papers

2023

1. Behavioral Economics in Education Market Design: A Forward-Looking Review
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)
   See also Journal Article Behavioral Economics in Education Market Design: A Forward-Looking Review, Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics, University of Chicago Press (2023) View citations (6) (2023)

2022

2. An Approach to Testing Reference Points
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2021

3. Experience of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Support for Safety-Net Expansion
   Working Papers, Barcelona School of Economics
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2020) View citations (17)
   See also Journal Article Experience of the COVID-19 pandemic and support for safety-net expansion, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2022) View citations (3) (2022)

2020

4. Correlation Neglect in Student-to-School Matching
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (17)
   See also Journal Article Correlation Neglect in Student-to-School Matching, American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, American Economic Association (2024) View citations (1) (2024)
5. Immigration Lottery Design: Engineered and Coincidental Consequences of H-1B Reforms
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (14)
   Also in Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics (2020) View citations (8)
   See also Journal Article Immigration Lottery Design: Engineered and Coincidental Consequences of H-1B Reforms, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2025) (2025)
6. Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic: It Is Not Who You Teach, but How You Teach
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2020) View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article Learning during the COVID-19 pandemic: It is not who you teach, but how you teach, Economics Letters, Elsevier (2021) View citations (21) (2021)
7. Reversing Reserves
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
   Also in Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics (2020)
   See also Journal Article Reversing Reserves, Management Science, INFORMS (2023) (2023)
8. The Negative Consequences of Loss-Framed Performance Incentives
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)
   See also Journal Article The Negative Consequences of Loss-Framed Performance Incentives, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, American Economic Association (2025) (2025)

2019

9. Price Isn’t Everything: Behavioral Response around Changes in Sin Taxes
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
   See also Journal Article Price Isn’t Everything: Behavioral Response Around Changes In Sin Taxes, National Tax Journal, University of Chicago Press (2023) (2023)

2018

10. An Experimental Investigation of Preference Misrepresentation in the Residency Match
    Papers, arXiv.org View citations (36)

2017

11. Taxing Humans: Pitfalls of the Mechanism Design Approach and Potential Resolutions
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    See also Chapter Taxing Humans: Pitfalls of the Mechanism Design Approach and Potential Resolutions, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2017) (2017)
    Journal Article Taxing Humans: Pitfalls of the Mechanism Design Approach and Potential Resolutions, Tax Policy and the Economy, University of Chicago Press (2018) View citations (2) (2018)

2016

12. Attention Variation and Welfare: Theory and Evidence from a Tax Salience Experiment
    Natural Field Experiments, The Field Experiments Website View citations (21)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2016) View citations (15)
    See also Journal Article Attention Variation and Welfare: Theory and Evidence from a Tax Salience Experiment, The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd (2018) View citations (98) (2018)
13. Measuring “Schmeduling”
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article Measuring “Schmeduling”, The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd (2020) View citations (12) (2020)

2013

14. Can Marginal Rates of Substitution Be Inferred from Happiness Data? Evidence from Residency Choices
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (23)
    See also Journal Article Can Marginal Rates of Substitution Be Inferred from Happiness Data? Evidence from Residency Choices, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2014) View citations (95) (2014)

2010

15. Do People Seek to Maximize Happiness? Evidence from New Surveys
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (13)

Journal Articles

2025

1. Immigration Lottery Design: Engineered and Coincidental Consequences of H-1B Reforms
   The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2025, 107, (1), 1-13
   See also Working Paper Immigration Lottery Design: Engineered and Coincidental Consequences of H-1B Reforms, NBER Working Papers (2020) View citations (14) (2020)
2. The Negative Consequences of Loss-Framed Performance Incentives
   American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2025, 17, (1), 506-39
   See also Working Paper The Negative Consequences of Loss-Framed Performance Incentives, NBER Working Papers (2020) View citations (9) (2020)

2024

3. Behavioral Incentive Compatibility and Empirically Informed Welfare Analysis: An Introductory Guide
   Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2024, 38, (4), 155-74
4. Correlation Neglect in Student-to-School Matching
   American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 2024, 16, (3), 1-42 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Correlation Neglect in Student-to-School Matching, NBER Working Papers (2020) View citations (17) (2020)

2023

5. Behavioral Economics in Education Market Design: A Forward-Looking Review
   Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics, 2023, 1, (3), 557 - 613 View citations (6)
   See also Working Paper Behavioral Economics in Education Market Design: A Forward-Looking Review, NBER Working Papers (2023) View citations (10) (2023)
6. Price Isn’t Everything: Behavioral Response Around Changes In Sin Taxes
   National Tax Journal, 2023, 76, (1), 5 - 35
   See also Working Paper Price Isn’t Everything: Behavioral Response around Changes in Sin Taxes, NBER Working Papers (2019) View citations (3) (2019)
7. Reversing Reserves
   Management Science, 2023, 69, (11), 6940-6953
   See also Working Paper Reversing Reserves, NBER Working Papers (2020) View citations (5) (2020)

2022

8. Experience of the COVID-19 pandemic and support for safety-net expansion
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2022, 200, (C), 1090-1104 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper Experience of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Support for Safety-Net Expansion, Working Papers (2021) (2021)

2021

9. Learning during the COVID-19 pandemic: It is not who you teach, but how you teach
   Economics Letters, 2021, 202, (C) View citations (21)
   See also Working Paper Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic: It Is Not Who You Teach, but How You Teach, NBER Working Papers (2020) View citations (6) (2020)

2020

10. Measuring “Schmeduling”
    The Review of Economic Studies, 2020, 87, (5), 2399-2438 View citations (12)
    See also Working Paper Measuring “Schmeduling”, NBER Working Papers (2016) View citations (9) (2016)

2018

11. Attention Variation and Welfare: Theory and Evidence from a Tax Salience Experiment
    The Review of Economic Studies, 2018, 85, (4), 2462-2496 View citations (98)
    See also Working Paper Attention Variation and Welfare: Theory and Evidence from a Tax Salience Experiment, Natural Field Experiments (2016) View citations (21) (2016)
12. Quantifying Loss-Averse Tax Manipulation
    The Review of Economic Studies, 2018, 85, (2), 1251-1278 View citations (53)
13. Suboptimal behavior in strategy-proof mechanisms: Evidence from the residency match
    Games and Economic Behavior, 2018, 108, (C), 317-330 View citations (74)
14. Taxing Humans: Pitfalls of the Mechanism Design Approach and Potential Resolutions
    Tax Policy and the Economy, 2018, 32, (1), 107 - 133 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper Taxing Humans: Pitfalls of the Mechanism Design Approach and Potential Resolutions, NBER Working Papers (2017) (2017)
    Chapter Taxing Humans: Pitfalls of the Mechanism Design Approach and Potential Resolutions, NBER Chapters, 2017, 107-133 (2017) (2017)

2017

15. Mistaken Play in the Deferred Acceptance Algorithm: Implications for Positive Assortative Matching
    American Economic Review, 2017, 107, (5), 225-29 View citations (9)

2014

16. Can Marginal Rates of Substitution Be Inferred from Happiness Data? Evidence from Residency Choices
    American Economic Review, 2014, 104, (11), 3498-3528 View citations (95)
    See also Working Paper Can Marginal Rates of Substitution Be Inferred from Happiness Data? Evidence from Residency Choices, NBER Working Papers (2013) View citations (23) (2013)

2012

17. What Do You Think Would Make You Happier? What Do You Think You Would Choose?
    American Economic Review, 2012, 102, (5), 2083-2110 View citations (274)

Chapters

2017

1. Taxing Humans: Pitfalls of the Mechanism Design Approach and Potential Resolutions
   A chapter in Tax Policy and the Economy, Volume 32, 2017, pp 107-133
   See also Journal Article Taxing Humans: Pitfalls of the Mechanism Design Approach and Potential Resolutions, University of Chicago Press (2018) View citations (2) (2018)
   Working Paper Taxing Humans: Pitfalls of the Mechanism Design Approach and Potential Resolutions, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2017) (2017)