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Working Papers

2012

1. Does Transparency Reduce Favoritism and Corruption? Evidence from the Reform of Figure Skating Judging
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
   See also Journal Article Does Transparency Reduce Favoritism and Corruption? Evidence From the Reform of Figure Skating Judging, Journal of Sports Economics (2014) View citations (9) (2014)
2. Insurance as Delegated Purchasing: Theory and Evidence from Health Care
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
3. Prediction Markets for Economic Forecasting
   CAMA Working Papers, Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis, Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University View citations (15)
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2012) View citations (14)
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2012) View citations (15)
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2012) View citations (15)
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2012) View citations (14)
   See also Chapter Prediction Markets for Economic Forecasting, Handbook of Economic Forecasting, Elsevier (2013) View citations (12) (2013)
4. Should Benchmark Indices Have Alpha? Revisiting Performance Evaluation
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (49)
   See also Journal Article Should Benchmark Indices Have Alpha? Revisiting Performance Evaluation, Critical Finance Review, now publishers (2013) View citations (55) (2013)
5. Wintertime for Deceptive Advertising?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article Wintertime for Deceptive Advertising?, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association (2016) View citations (11) (2016)

2011

6. How Prediction Markets Can Save Event Studies
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (26)
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2011) View citations (23)
   CAMA Working Papers, Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis, Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University (2011) View citations (23)
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2011) View citations (23)
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2011) View citations (23)

2010

7. How Much Does Size Erode Mutual Fund Performance? A Regression Discontinuity Approach
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (28)
8. Should Benchmark Indices Have Alpha? Revisiting Performance
   Yale School of Management Working Papers, Yale School of Management

2006

9. Five Open Questions About Prediction Markets
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (24)
   Also in Working Paper Series, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (2006) View citations (15)
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2006) View citations (24)
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2006) View citations (24)
10. Interpreting Prediction Market Prices as Probabilities
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (75)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2006) View citations (77)
    Working Paper Series, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (2006) View citations (45)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2006) View citations (98)
11. Partisan Impacts on the Economy: Evidence from Prediction Markets and Close Elections
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2006) View citations (14)
    Research Papers, Stanford University, Graduate School of Business (2006) View citations (6)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2006) View citations (34)
    Working Paper Series, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (2006) View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Partisan Impacts on the Economy: Evidence from Prediction Markets and Close Elections, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2007) View citations (158) (2007)
12. Party Influence in Congress and the Economy
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article Party Influence in Congress and the Economy, Quarterly Journal of Political Science, now publishers (2007) View citations (24) (2007)
13. Prediction Markets in Theory and Practice
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (15)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2006) View citations (15)
    Research Papers, Stanford University, Graduate School of Business (2006) View citations (15)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2006) View citations (15)

2005

14. Do Ads Influence Editors? Advertising and Bias in the Financial Media
    Finance, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (33)
    See also Journal Article Do Ads Influence Editors? Advertising and Bias in the Financial Media, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2006) View citations (143) (2006)
15. How Widespread is Late Trading in Mutual Funds?
    Finance, University Library of Munich, Germany
    Also in Research Papers, Stanford University, Graduate School of Business (2003) View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article How Widespread Was Late Trading in Mutual Funds?, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2006) View citations (33) (2006)

2004

16. Prediction Markets
    Research Papers, Stanford University, Graduate School of Business View citations (186)
    Also in Discussion Papers, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (2004) View citations (155)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2004) View citations (180)
    See also Journal Article Prediction Markets, Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association (2004) View citations (265) (2004)
17. Retrospective vs. prospective analyses of school inputs: The case of flip charts in kenya
    Natural Field Experiments, The Field Experiments Website View citations (98)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2000) View citations (24)
    See also Journal Article Retrospective vs. prospective analyses of school inputs: the case of flip charts in Kenya, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2004) View citations (110) (2004)

2003

18. What Do Financial Markets Think of War in Iraq?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (55)
    Also in Research Papers, Stanford University, Graduate School of Business (2003) View citations (58)

2002

19. Nationalism in Winter Sports Judging and Its Lessons for Organizational Decision Making
    Research Papers, Stanford University, Graduate School of Business View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Nationalism in Winter Sports Judging and Its Lessons for Organizational Decision Making, Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, Wiley Blackwell (2006) View citations (48) (2006)
20. Who Cares About Shareholders? Arbitrage-Proofing Mutual Funds
    Research Papers, Stanford University, Graduate School of Business View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Who Cares About Shareholders? Arbitrage-Proofing Mutual Funds, The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Oxford University Press (2003) View citations (48) (2003)

2001

21. Measuring Herding and Exaggeration by Equity Analysts and Other Opinion Sellers
    Research Papers, Stanford University, Graduate School of Business View citations (31)

Journal Articles

2019

1. An Event Long-Short Index: Theory and Applications
   American Economic Review: Insights, 2019, 1, (3), 357-72 View citations (14)

2018

2. The "Standard Error" of Event Studies: Lessons from the 2016 Election
   AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2018, 108, 584-89 View citations (9)

2016

3. Wintertime for Deceptive Advertising?
   American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2016, 8, (1), 177-92 View citations (11)
   See also Working Paper Wintertime for Deceptive Advertising?, NBER Working Papers (2012) View citations (2) (2012)

2015

4. Corporate Prediction Markets: Evidence from Google, Ford, and Firm X
   The Review of Economic Studies, 2015, 82, (4), 1309-1341 View citations (53)

2014

5. Does Transparency Reduce Favoritism and Corruption? Evidence From the Reform of Figure Skating Judging
   Journal of Sports Economics, 2014, 15, (1), 3-30 View citations (9)
   See also Working Paper Does Transparency Reduce Favoritism and Corruption? Evidence from the Reform of Figure Skating Judging, NBER Working Papers (2012) View citations (7) (2012)

2013

6. Should Benchmark Indices Have Alpha? Revisiting Performance Evaluation
   Critical Finance Review, 2013, 2, (1), 1-48 View citations (55)
   See also Working Paper Should Benchmark Indices Have Alpha? Revisiting Performance Evaluation, NBER Working Papers (2012) View citations (49) (2012)

2012

7. Forensic Economics
   Journal of Economic Literature, 2012, 50, (3), 731-69 View citations (64)

2010

8. When should firms share credit with employees? Evidence from anonymously managed mutual funds
   Journal of Financial Economics, 2010, 95, (3), 400-424 View citations (50)

2009

9. Prosecutorial Discretion in Mutual Fund Settlement Negotiations, 2003-7
   The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2009, 9, (1), 42 View citations (6)
10. Using Markets to Inform Policy: The Case of the Iraq War
    Economica, 2009, 76, (302), 225-250 View citations (60)

2007

11. Partisan Impacts on the Economy: Evidence from Prediction Markets and Close Elections
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2007, 122, (2), 807-829 View citations (158)
    See also Working Paper Partisan Impacts on the Economy: Evidence from Prediction Markets and Close Elections, NBER Working Papers (2006) View citations (4) (2006)
12. Party Influence in Congress and the Economy
    Quarterly Journal of Political Science, 2007, 2, (3), 277-286 View citations (24)
    See also Working Paper Party Influence in Congress and the Economy, NBER Working Papers (2006) View citations (9) (2006)

2006

13. Do Ads Influence Editors? Advertising and Bias in the Financial Media
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2006, 121, (1), 197-227 View citations (143)
    See also Working Paper Do Ads Influence Editors? Advertising and Bias in the Financial Media, Finance (2005) View citations (33) (2005)
14. How Widespread Was Late Trading in Mutual Funds?
    American Economic Review, 2006, 96, (2), 284-289 View citations (33)
    See also Working Paper How Widespread is Late Trading in Mutual Funds?, Finance (2005) (2005)
15. Nationalism in Winter Sports Judging and Its Lessons for Organizational Decision Making
    Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 2006, 15, (1), 67-99 View citations (48)
    See also Working Paper Nationalism in Winter Sports Judging and Its Lessons for Organizational Decision Making, Research Papers (2002) View citations (3) (2002)

2004

16. Experimental Political Betting Markets and the 2004 Election
    The Economists' Voice, 2004, 1, (2), 8 View citations (12)
17. Prediction Markets
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2004, 18, (2), 107-126 View citations (265)
    See also Working Paper Prediction Markets, Research Papers (2004) View citations (186) (2004)
18. Retrospective vs. prospective analyses of school inputs: the case of flip charts in Kenya
    Journal of Development Economics, 2004, 74, (1), 251-268 View citations (110)
    See also Working Paper Retrospective vs. prospective analyses of school inputs: The case of flip charts in kenya, Natural Field Experiments (2004) View citations (98) (2004)

2003

19. Competition and Long–run Productivity Growth in the UK and US Tobacco Industries, 1879–1939
    Journal of Industrial Economics, 2003, 51, (1), 1-33 View citations (5)
20. Who Cares About Shareholders? Arbitrage-Proofing Mutual Funds
    The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 2003, 19, (2), 245-280 View citations (48)
    See also Working Paper Who Cares About Shareholders? Arbitrage-Proofing Mutual Funds, Research Papers (2002) View citations (5) (2002)

1998

21. Extending the East Asian Miracle: Microeconomic Evidence from Korea
    Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 1998, 29, (1998 Microeconomics), 249-321 View citations (3)

Chapters

2014

1. Retail Securities Regulation in the Aftermath of the Bubble
   A chapter in Economic Regulation and Its Reform: What Have We Learned?, 2014, pp 545-588

2013

2. Prediction Markets for Economic Forecasting
   Elsevier View citations (12)
   See also Working Paper Prediction Markets for Economic Forecasting, Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis, Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University (2012) View citations (15) (2012)

2001

3. Service Sector Productivity Comparisons: Lessons for Measurement
   A chapter in New Developments in Productivity Analysis, 2001, pp 419-464 View citations (6)