"Using Response Time Data from Social Science Surveys to Model Cognition and Cognitive Decline"

"Consumers' Costly Responses to Product-Harm Crises"

"Leader Identity and Coordination Failure" Abstract This paper investigates the role of leader identity in addressing coordination failure. It uses data from an artefactual field experiment and survey conducted in 44 towns in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, sampling individuals from among the minority Muslim and the majority Hindu communities. We find that Muslim leaders…

"A Model of Focusing in Political Choice"

"Bilateral Communication and Matching/Partnership Formation" Abstract We consider match formation between two parties, such as marriage, merger or partnership formation. Each party has private information about the value of the match, which creates friction in the matching process. We focus on the role of bilateral communication in this setting and investigate how such communication should…

"Diverted dreams: Estimating the effect of assignment to Higher Education institutions"

"Unrealistic Expectations and Misguided Learning"

"Dynamic Information Acquisition and Strategic Trading"

"The Dynamics of Domestic Violence: Learning about the Match"

"Meet the Oligarchs: Business Legitimacy, State Capacity and Taxation"

"The Demand for Bad Policy when Voters Underappreciate Equilibrium Effects"

"Human errors and pension reform" abstract The talk will discuss the microeconomic, macroeconomic and public policy implications when many households make mistakes due to myopia, procrastination and/or mispredictions. I will start with the motivation and background for this topic: aging and the general strategy of pension reforms in Europe, including more saving for old-age in…

"Networks, Frictions, and Price Dispersion" Note: this seminar is on Monday

"Evaluating Strategic Forecasters"

"Recruiting Talent"

"The Perverse Politics of Polarization"

"Valuing Alternative Work Arrangements"