BFI Working Papers

Sharing research in progress—and refining it through rigorous discussion and debate—is a hallmark of scholarship at the Becker Friedman Institute for Economics.
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BFI Working Paper Aug 29, 2023

Disentangling Motivation and Study Productivity as Drivers of Adolescent Human Capital Formation: Evidence from a Field Experiment and Structural Analysis

Christopher S. Cotton, Brent R. Hickman, John List, Joseph Price, Sutanuka Roy
Topics:  Early Childhood Education, K-12 Education
BFI Working Paper Dec 9, 2022

High-Frequency Location Data Shows That Race Affects the Likelihood of Being Stopped and Fined for Speeding

Pradhi Aggarwal, Alec Brandon, Ariel Goldszmidt, Justin Holz, John List, Ian Muir, Gregory Sun, Thomas Yu
Topics:  Uncategorized
BFI Working Paper Oct 16, 2020

Introducing CogX: A New Preschool Education Program Combining Parent and Child Interventions

Roland Fryer, Steve Levitt, John List, Anya Samek
Topics:  Early Childhood Education
BFI Working Paper Aug 19, 2020

The $100 Million Nudge: Increasing Tax Compliance of Businesses and the Self-Employed using a Natural Field Experiment

Justin E. Holz, John List, Alejandro Zentner, Marvin Cardoza, Joaquin Zentner
Topics:  Fiscal Studies
BFI Working Paper Dec 16, 2019

Do Appeals to Donor Benefits Raise More Money than Appeals to Recipient Benefits? Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment with Pick.Click.Give.

John List, James J. Murphy, Michael K. Price, Alexander G. James
Topics:  Uncategorized
BFI Working Paper Oct 21, 2019

Design and Analysis of Cluster-Randomized Field Experiments in Panel Data Settings

Bharat K. Chandar, Ali Hortaçsu, John List, Ian Muir, Jeffrey M. Wooldridge
Topics:  Employment & Wages
BFI Working Paper Oct 21, 2019

The Drivers of Social Preferences: Evidence from a Nationwide Tipping Field Experiment

Bharat Chandar, Uri Gneezy, John List, Ian Muir
Topics:  Employment & Wages
BFI Working Paper Jan 24, 2019

The Dozen Things Experimental Economists Should Do (More Of)

Eszter Czibor, David Jimenez-Gomez, John List
Topics:  Tax & Budget, Technology & Innovation, Fiscal Studies