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 2, 2023

Micro- and Macroeconomic Impacts of a Place-Based Industrial Policy

Enghin Atalay, Ali Hortaçsu, Mustafa Runyun, Chad Syverson, Mehmet Fatih Ulu
Topics:  Industrial Organization
BFI Working Paper May 18, 2023

Representation and Hesitancy in Population Health Research: Evidence from a COVID-19 Antibody Study

Deniz Dutz, Michael Greenstone, Ali Hortaçsu, Santiago Lacouture, Magne Mogstad, Azeem Shaikh, Alexander Torgovitsky, Winnie van Dijk
Topics:  COVID-19
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 Jan 18, 2023

A Simple Rational Expectations Model of the Voltage Effect

Omar Al-Ubaydli, Chien-Yu Lai, John List
Topics:  Uncategorized