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 Sep 18, 2023

Generation Next: Experimentation with AI

Gary Charness, Brian Jabarian, John List
Topics:  Technology & Innovation
BFI Working Paper Aug 29, 2023

Stress Testing Structural Models of Unobserved Heterogeneity: Robust Inference on Optimal Nonlinear Pricing

Aaron Bodoh-Creed, Brent Hickman, John List, Ian Muir, Gregory Sun
Topics:  Uncategorized
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 Jun 26, 2023

Scarcity and Inattention

Ariel Kalil, Susan Mayer, Rohen Shah
Topics:  Early Childhood Education
BFI Working Paper May 15, 2023

Judging Nudging: Understanding the Welfare Effects of Nudges Versus Taxes

John List, Matthias Rodemeier, Sutanuka Roy, Gregory K. Sun
Topics:  Fiscal Studies
BFI Working Paper May 8, 2023

Toward an Understanding of Tax Amnesties: Theory and Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment

Patricia Gil, Justin E. Holz, John List, Andrew Simon, Alejandro Zentner
Topics:  Fiscal Studies
BFI Working Paper Mar 30, 2023

Boosting Parent-Child Math Engagement and Preschool Children’s Math Skills: Evidence from an RCT with Low-Income Families

Susan Mayer, Ariel Kalil, William Delgado, Haoxuan Liu, Derek Rury, Rohen Shah
Topics:  Early Childhood Education
BFI Working Paper Mar 21, 2023

Engaging Parents with Preschools: Evidence from a Field Experiment

Ariel Kalil, Susan Mayer, Rohen Shah
Topics:  Early Childhood Education