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Working Papers

2019

1. Complexity and Sophistication
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (16)
2. Misfortune and Mistake: The Financial Conditions and Decision-making Ability of High-cost Loan Borrowers
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
3. Rational Illiquidity and Consumption: Theory and Evidence from Income Tax Withholding and Refunds
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)

2018

4. Whom Do Employers Want? The Role of Recent Employment and Unemployment Status and Age
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)

2016

5. The Response of Consumer Spending to Changes in Gasoline Prices
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (24)

2015

6. Accounting for Adaptation in the Economics of Happiness
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)
7. Factors Determining Callbacks to Job Applications by the Unemployed: An Audit Study
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (27)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2015) View citations (25)
   Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section. (2015) View citations (26)
8. How Individuals Respond to a Liquidity Shock: Evidence from the 2013 Government Shutdown
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (21)
9. Sources of Lower Financial Decision-making Ability at Older Ages
   Working Papers, University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center

2014

10. Annuitized Wealth and Post-Retirement Saving
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
11. Directed Giving: Evidence from an Inter-Household Transfer Experiment
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2013) View citations (6)
    Norface Discussion Paper Series, Norface Research Programme on Migration, Department of Economics, University College London (2013) View citations (7)
    RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Rockwool Foundation Berlin (RF Berlin) - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM) (2013) View citations (9)
    NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Nova School of Business and Economics, NOVAFRICA (2013) View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article Directed giving: Evidence from an inter-household transfer experiment, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2015) View citations (30) (2015)

2012

12. Revising Commitments: Field Evidence on the Adjustment of Prior Choices
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (32)
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2012) View citations (18)

2011

13. Who Is (More) Rational?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (24)
    See also Journal Article Who Is (More) Rational?, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2014) View citations (139) (2014)

2010

14. Cognitive Ability and Retiree Health Care Expenditure
    Working Papers, University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center View citations (8)
15. Willpower and the Optimal Control of Visceral Urges
    RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future View citations (12)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2006) View citations (13)
    Levine's Working Paper Archive, David K. Levine (2006) View citations (13)
    Levine's Working Paper Archive, David K. Levine (2005) View citations (5)
    Economics Working Papers, Institute for Advanced Study, School of Social Science (2006) View citations (31)
    See also Journal Article WILLPOWER AND THE OPTIMAL CONTROL OF VISCERAL URGES, Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association (2012) View citations (50) (2012)

2007

16. Consumption Commitments and Employment Contracts, Fourth Version
    PIER Working Paper Archive, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania
17. Factions and Political Competition
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Factions and Political Competition, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (2011) View citations (22) (2011)
18. Life-Cycle Models: Lifetime Earnings and the Timing of Retirement
    Working Papers, University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center View citations (1)
19. Time-Inconsistency and Welfare Program Participation: Evidence from the NLSY
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (17)
    Also in Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University (2004) View citations (25)
    See also Journal Article TIME-INCONSISTENCY AND WELFARE PROGRAM PARTICIPATION: EVIDENCE FROM THE NLSY, International Economic Review, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association (2009) View citations (94) (2009)

2006

20. Consumption Commitments and Employment Contracts
    PIER Working Paper Archive, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania View citations (2)
    Also in PIER Working Paper Archive, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania (2006) View citations (10)
    See also Journal Article Consumption Commitments and Employment Contracts, The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd (2008) View citations (24) (2008)
21. Consumption, Retirement, and Social Security: Evaluating the Efficiency of Reform with a Life-Cycle Model
    Working Papers, University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center View citations (7)
22. Sources of Advantageous Selection: Evidence from the Medigap Insurance Market
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (44)
    Also in Working Papers, Yale University, Department of Economics (2006) View citations (29)
    See also Journal Article Sources of Advantageous Selection: Evidence from the Medigap Insurance Market, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (2008) View citations (272) (2008)
23. Testing the Mechanisms of Structural Models: The Case of the Mickey Mantle Effect
    MEA discussion paper series, Munich Center for the Economics of Aging (MEA) at the Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Testing the Mechanisms of Structural Models: The Case of the Mickey Mantle Effect, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2007) View citations (20) (2007)
24. Time Preference, Time Discounting, and Smoking Decisions
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Time preference, time discounting, and smoking decisions, Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier (2007) View citations (106) (2007)

2005

25. Estimating Life-Cycle Parameters from Consumption Behavior at Retirement
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (84)
    Also in Working Papers, University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center (2005) View citations (26)

2004

26. Consumption Commitments and Preferences for Risk
    PIER Working Paper Archive, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania View citations (9)
    Also in Working papers, Wisconsin Madison - Social Systems (2004) View citations (8)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2004)
27. Social Isolation and Inequality
    PIER Working Paper Archive, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania View citations (4)
    Also in PIER Working Paper Archive, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania (2004) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Social isolation and inequality, The Journal of Economic Inequality, Springer (2005) View citations (12) (2005)
28. The Effect of Adolescent Experience on Labor Market Outcomes: The Case of Height
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (390)
    Also in PIER Working Paper Archive, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania (2003) View citations (88)
    See also Journal Article The Effect of Adolescent Experience on Labor Market Outcomes: The Case of Height, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (2004) View citations (373) (2004)
29. The Effect of Adolescent Experience on Labor Market Outcomes: The Case of Height, Third Version
    PIER Working Paper Archive, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania View citations (245)

Journal Articles

2016

1. Determinants of Callbacks to Job Applications: An Audit Study
   American Economic Review, 2016, 106, (5), 314-18 View citations (39)

2015

2. Directed giving: Evidence from an inter-household transfer experiment
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2015, 118, (C), 2-21 View citations (30)
   See also Working Paper Directed Giving: Evidence from an Inter-Household Transfer Experiment, NBER Working Papers (2014) View citations (4) (2014)

2014

3. Distinguishing the role of authority “in” and authority “to”
   Journal of Public Economics, 2014, 113, (C), 32-42 View citations (25)
4. Who Is (More) Rational?
   American Economic Review, 2014, 104, (6), 1518-50 View citations (139)
   See also Working Paper Who Is (More) Rational?, NBER Working Papers (2011) View citations (24) (2011)

2013

5. An Old Measure of Decision-Making Quality Sheds New Light on Paternalism
   Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), 2013, 169, (1), 29-44 View citations (10)

2012

6. Consumption, retirement and social security: Evaluating the efficiency of reform that encourages longer careers
   Journal of Public Economics, 2012, 96, (7-8), 615-634 View citations (51)
7. WILLPOWER AND THE OPTIMAL CONTROL OF VISCERAL URGES
   Journal of the European Economic Association, 2012, 10, (2), 342-368 View citations (50)
   See also Working Paper Willpower and the Optimal Control of Visceral Urges, RFF Working Paper Series (2010) View citations (12) (2010)

2011

8. Factions and Political Competition
   Journal of Political Economy, 2011, 119, (2), 242 - 288 View citations (22)
   See also Working Paper Factions and Political Competition, NBER Working Papers (2007) View citations (4) (2007)

2009

9. Are mature smokers misinformed?
   Journal of Health Economics, 2009, 28, (2), 385-397 View citations (33)
10. TIME-INCONSISTENCY AND WELFARE PROGRAM PARTICIPATION: EVIDENCE FROM THE NLSY
    International Economic Review, 2009, 50, (4), 1043-1077 View citations (94)
    See also Working Paper Time-Inconsistency and Welfare Program Participation: Evidence from the NLSY, NBER Working Papers (2007) View citations (17) (2007)

2008

11. Consumption Commitments and Employment Contracts
    The Review of Economic Studies, 2008, 75, (2), 559-578 View citations (24)
    See also Working Paper Consumption Commitments and Employment Contracts, PIER Working Paper Archive (2006) View citations (2) (2006)
12. Sources of Advantageous Selection: Evidence from the Medigap Insurance Market
    Journal of Political Economy, 2008, 116, (2), 303-350 View citations (272)
    See also Working Paper Sources of Advantageous Selection: Evidence from the Medigap Insurance Market, NBER Working Papers (2006) View citations (44) (2006)

2007

13. Smoking, wealth accumulation and the propensity to plan
    Economics Letters, 2007, 94, (1), 96-103 View citations (13)
14. Testing the Mechanisms of Structural Models: The Case of the Mickey Mantle Effect
    American Economic Review, 2007, 97, (2), 53-59 View citations (20)
    See also Working Paper Testing the Mechanisms of Structural Models: The Case of the Mickey Mantle Effect, MEA discussion paper series (2006) View citations (3) (2006)
15. Time preference, time discounting, and smoking decisions
    Journal of Health Economics, 2007, 26, (5), 927-949 View citations (106)
    See also Working Paper Time Preference, Time Discounting, and Smoking Decisions, NBER Working Papers (2006) View citations (3) (2006)

2005

16. Social isolation and inequality
    The Journal of Economic Inequality, 2005, 3, (3), 243-262 View citations (12)
    See also Working Paper Social Isolation and Inequality, PIER Working Paper Archive (2004) View citations (4) (2004)

2004

17. On the compassion of time-limited welfare programs
    Journal of Public Economics, 2004, 88, (7-8), 1445-1470 View citations (11)
18. STREET CRIME AND STREET CULTURE
    International Economic Review, 2004, 45, (3), 761-786 View citations (61)
19. The Effect of Adolescent Experience on Labor Market Outcomes: The Case of Height
    Journal of Political Economy, 2004, 112, (5), 1019-1053 View citations (373)
    See also Working Paper The Effect of Adolescent Experience on Labor Market Outcomes: The Case of Height, NBER Working Papers (2004) View citations (390) (2004)