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Working Papers

2022

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

2021

2. 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 (13)
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2022)

2020

3. Correlation Neglect in Student-to-School Matching
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (12)
4. Immigration Lottery Design: Engineered and Coincidental Consequences of H-1B Reforms
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (13)
   Also in Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics (2020) View citations (7)
5. 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 (5)
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2020) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article in Economics Letters (2021)
6. Reversing Reserves
   Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2020) View citations (5)
7. The Negative Consequences of Loss-Framed Performance Incentives
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)

2019

8. Price Isn’t Everything: Behavioral Response around Changes in Sin Taxes
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)

2018

9. An Experimental Investigation of Preference Misrepresentation in the Residency Match
   Papers, arXiv.org View citations (19)
   See also Journal Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2018)

2017

10. Taxing Humans: Pitfalls of the Mechanism Design Approach and Potential Resolutions
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    See also Chapter (2017)
    Journal Article in Tax Policy and the Economy (2018)

2016

11. Attention Variation and Welfare: Theory and Evidence from a Tax Salience Experiment
    Natural Field Experiments, The Field Experiments Website View citations (19)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2016) View citations (13)
    See also Journal Article in Review of Economic Studies (2018)
12. Measuring “Schmeduling”
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article in Review of Economic Studies (2020)

2013

13. 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 in American Economic Review (2014)

2010

14. Do People Seek to Maximize Happiness? Evidence from New Surveys
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (11)

Journal Articles

2022

1. Experience of the COVID-19 pandemic and support for safety-net expansion
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2022, 200, (C), 1090-1104
   See also Working Paper (2021)

2021

2. Learning during the COVID-19 pandemic: It is not who you teach, but how you teach
   Economics Letters, 2021, 202, (C) View citations (8)
   See also Working Paper (2020)

2020

3. Measuring “Schmeduling”
   Review of Economic Studies, 2020, 87, (5), 2399-2438 View citations (5)
   See also Working Paper (2016)

2018

4. An experimental investigation of preference misrepresentation in the residency match
   Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2018, 115, (45), 11471-11476 View citations (18)
   See also Working Paper (2018)
5. Attention Variation and Welfare: Theory and Evidence from a Tax Salience Experiment
   Review of Economic Studies, 2018, 85, (4), 2462-2496 View citations (57)
   See also Working Paper (2016)
6. Quantifying Loss-Averse Tax Manipulation
   Review of Economic Studies, 2018, 85, (2), 1251-1278 View citations (41)
7. Suboptimal behavior in strategy-proof mechanisms: Evidence from the residency match
   Games and Economic Behavior, 2018, 108, (C), 317-330 View citations (61)
8. 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 Chapter (2017)
   Working Paper (2017)

2017

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

2014

10. Can Marginal Rates of Substitution Be Inferred from Happiness Data? Evidence from Residency Choices
    American Economic Review, 2014, 104, (11), 3498-3528 View citations (83)
    See also Working Paper (2013)

2012

11. 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 (239)

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 in Tax Policy and the Economy (2018)
   Working Paper (2017)