Affirmative action policies have been shown to induce talented women to compete in laboratory contexts. However, evidence from actual policy changes is more ambiguous. Wh [...]

Objective: Little is known about the longitudinal progression of cost-related medication non-adherence (CRN) among the high-need, high-cost diabetes population. We aim [...]

We make use of data from a Facebook application where hundreds of thousands of people played a simultaneous move, zero-sum game—rock-paper-scissors—with varying informati [...]

During the post-COVID volatility regime, many traditional and machine-learning asset pricing models failed to provide stable explanations of return drivers. Shifts in fac [...]

This study evaluates the causal effect of household composition, measured by three proxies (the number of adults, the number of men and the child-adult ratio) on the like [...]

I show that dispersion among equity analysts' forecasts increases following earnings announcements. I provide evidence that this is due to information selection: analysts [...]

Climate change threatens global food systems, but the extent to which adaptation will reduce losses remains unknown and controversial. Even within the well-studied contex [...]

The rise of charter schools in the United States has led to questions about their effect on traditional public schools. I use panel data starting in 2003 to examine the i [...]

Introduction: Patient satisfaction in the UnitedStates (U.S.) healthcare varies regionally due to cultural, socioeconomic, and infrastructure differences. The Hospital [...]

This paper studies the impact of housing wealth shocks on marital stability, focusing on divorce outcomes. Exploiting a natural experiment from China's 90-square-meter ho [...]

It has long been established that the availability heuristic plays a role in shaping individuals' decision-making. In particular, fortuitous encounters with salient event [...]

This study examines the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Debt Sustainability Assessment (DSA) and its influence on sovereign bond debt negotiations, particularly focus [...]

This thesis investigates whether increasing high school math graduation requirements can reduce the gender gap in math self-efficacy among American students. Math self-ef [...]

The 2008 Global Financial Crisis significantly disrupted economies across the world, presenting a unique opportunity to examine how economic shocks influence the cultural [...]

I develop a theoretical model in which firms make strategic patent acquisition decisions based on technological proximity and patent portfolio size. Firms derive higher v [...]

This research investigates Ramsey optimal monetary and fiscal policies in China under capital controls, nominal exchange rate targets, and costly sterilization, employing [...]

National border configurations significantly affect welfare: they govern trading opportunities and eligibility for public services. Empirical evidence suggests that postc [...]

This dissertation consists of two essays on the role of incomplete information, and the timing with which it is revealed, in agents' strategic behavior and the mechani [...]

This dissertation consists of two chapters studying how news is priced in equity markets. Chapter 1 studies how earnings news becomes priced into stock returns. I use a [...]

Tax incentives on financial activities have a major impact on the U.S. government budget and currently amount to $1 trillion in foregone tax revenue per year. Motivated b [...]

This dissertation contains two essays on econometric methods for policy choice. The first essay develops a method for designing experiments with the objective of choosing [...]

We study the welfare implications of exclusive dealing in the U.S. retail sector. Using a novel dataset, we document widespread use of exclusive dealing contracts that ex [...]

Rapid urban growth in low- and middle-income countries brings both opportunities and significant challenges. Addressing traffic congestion, air pollution, and other envir [...]

This dissertation contains an essay on the optimal design of national security policy. The essay develops a theory of the national security externality. When countries ba [...]

This dissertation investigates the optimal design of international climate policy. Using Integrated Assessment Models (IAM) where countries differ in income, climate impa [...]