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Working Papers

2012

1. Happiness as a Driver of Risk-Avoiding Behavior
   CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (11)
   Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2012)
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2011) View citations (18)

2010

2. Are Pregnant Women Happier? Racial Differences in the Relationsip Between Pregnancy and Life Satisfaction
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (4)
3. Fatalism and Savings
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Fatalism and savings, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier (2011) View citations (13) (2011)
4. Heat waves, droughts, and preferences for environmental policy
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Heat Waves, Droughts, and Preferences for Environmental Policy, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (2012) View citations (10) (2012)
5. Objective Confirmation of Subjective Measures of Human Well-being: Evidence from the USA
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (335)
6. The Effects of Daughters on Health Choices and Risk Behaviour
   Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of York
7. The happiness - suicide paradox
   Working Paper Series, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

2009

8. Well-being across America
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (28)
   See also Journal Article Well-Being across America, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2011) View citations (68) (2011)

2008

9. Identity and environmentalism: the influence of community characteristics
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
   See also Journal Article Identity and Environmentalism: The Influence of Community Characteristics, Review of Social Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals (2010) View citations (8) (2010)
10. More information isn’t always better: the case of voluntary provision of environmental quality
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article MORE INFORMATION IS NOT ALWAYS BETTER: THE CASE OF VOLUNTARY PROVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International (2012) View citations (1) (2012)

2003

11. Portfolio Choice and Health Status
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Portfolio choice and health status, Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier (2004) View citations (241) (2004)

2001

12. Health Status and Portfolio Choice
    Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Center for Economic Policy Studies.

1998

13. Forecasting Successful Economics Graduate Students
    Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section.

Journal Articles

2024

1. How Do You Say Your Name? Difficult-to-Pronounce Names and Labor Market Outcomes
   American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2024, 16, (4), 254-79 View citations (1)
2. Impact of sports gambling on mental health
   Economics Letters, 2024, 243, (C) View citations (2)

2023

3. Income Improves Subjective Well-Being: Evidence from South Africa
   Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2023, 71, (2), 485 - 517 View citations (3)
4. Priming past experiences and preferences for redistribution
   Economics Bulletin, 2023, 43, (1), 53 - 73

2021

5. Leadership Matters: Police Chief Race and Fatal Shootings by Police Officers
   Social Science Quarterly, 2021, 102, (1), 407-419 View citations (1)
6. Sharing common roots: Student‐graduate committee matching and job market outcomes
   Southern Economic Journal, 2021, 88, (2), 828-856

2020

7. The Taste for Status in International Comparison
   Journal of Happiness Studies, 2020, 21, (6), 2237-2256 View citations (5)

2018

8. The Effects of Cueing and Framing on Youth Attitudes towards Gun Control and Gun Rights
   Social Sciences, 2018, 7, (2), 1-18 View citations (1)

2016

9. Are pregnant women happier? Racial and ethnic differences in the relationship between pregnancy and life satisfaction in the United States
   Review of Economics of the Household, 2016, 14, (3), 507-527 View citations (7)

2014

10. Criminal Records and the Labor Market for Professional Athletes
    Journal of Sports Economics, 2014, 15, (6), 617-635 View citations (4)
11. Happiness as a Driver of Risk-avoiding Behaviour: Theory and an Empirical Study of Seatbelt Wearing and Automobile Accidents
    Economica, 2014, 81, (324), 674-697 View citations (14)
12. Social Comparisons and Life Satisfaction Across Racial and Ethnic Groups: The Effects of Status, Information and Solidarity
    Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2014, 117, (3), 849-869 View citations (16)

2012

13. Heat Waves, Droughts, and Preferences for Environmental Policy
    Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2012, 31, (3), 556-577 View citations (10)
    See also Working Paper Heat waves, droughts, and preferences for environmental policy, MPRA Paper (2010) View citations (1) (2010)
14. MORE INFORMATION IS NOT ALWAYS BETTER: THE CASE OF VOLUNTARY PROVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
    Economic Inquiry, 2012, 50, (3), 585-603 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper More information isn’t always better: the case of voluntary provision of environmental quality, MPRA Paper (2008) View citations (3) (2008)
15. The influence of social relationships on pro-environment behaviors
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2012, 63, (1), 35-50 View citations (63)

2011

16. Dark contrasts: The paradox of high rates of suicide in happy places
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2011, 80, (3), 435-442 View citations (33)
17. Fatalism and savings
    Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 2011, 40, (5), 645-651 View citations (13)
    See also Working Paper Fatalism and Savings, MPRA Paper (2010) View citations (1) (2010)
18. Well-Being across America
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2011, 93, (4), 1118-1134 View citations (68)
    See also Working Paper Well-being across America, IZA Discussion Papers (2009) View citations (28) (2009)

2010

19. Early decision and college performance
    Economics of Education Review, 2010, 29, (4), 517-525 View citations (12)
20. Identity and Environmentalism: The Influence of Community Characteristics
    Review of Social Economy, 2010, 68, (4), 465-486 View citations (8)
    See also Working Paper Identity and environmentalism: the influence of community characteristics, MPRA Paper (2008) (2008)

2007

21. Financial shocks and worry about the future
    Empirical Economics, 2007, 33, (3), 515-530 View citations (11)
22. Is Trade Good for Your Health?*
    Review of International Economics, 2007, 15, (4), 660-682 View citations (77)
23. Recent publishing trends at the AER, JPE and QJE
    Applied Economics Letters, 2007, 14, (1), 59-63 View citations (23)
24. The Search for Economics Talent: Doctoral Completion and Research Productivity
    American Economic Review, 2007, 97, (2), 506-511 View citations (26)

2005

25. Fatalistic Tendencies: An Explanation of Why People Don't Save
    The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2005, 4, (1), 1-21 View citations (6)

2004

26. Portfolio choice and health status
    Journal of Financial Economics, 2004, 72, (3), 457-484 View citations (241)
    See also Working Paper Portfolio Choice and Health Status, NBER Working Papers (2003) View citations (4) (2003)

2003

27. Sickness and preventive medical behavior
    Journal of Health Economics, 2003, 22, (4), 675-689 View citations (44)
28. The Effects of Health Events on the Economic Status of Married Couples
    Journal of Human Resources, 2003, 38, (1) View citations (91)

2001

29. Adapting to heart conditions: a test of the hedonic treadmill
    Journal of Health Economics, 2001, 20, (4), 495-507 View citations (48)

2000

30. Forecasting Job Placements of Economics Graduate Students
    The Journal of Economic Education, 2000, 31, (1), 81-94 View citations (18)

Chapters

2011

1. Factors Influencing Student Performance in Economics: Class and Instructor Characteristics
   Chapter 33 in International Handbook on Teaching and Learning Economics, 2011 View citations (2)