Stefano DellaVigna

• "Understanding Expert Choices Using Decision Time", with David Card, Chenxi Jiang and Dmitry Taubinsky, April 2024
• "Policy Diffusion and Polarization across U.S. States", (with Woojin Kim), Revise and Resubmit, Review of Economic Studies, November 2024.

Publications

• "Bottlenecks for Evidence Adoption", (with Woojin Kim and Elizabeth Linos), Journal of Political Economy, August 2024, Vol. 132, 2748-2789.
• "Gender Gaps at the Academies" (with David Card, Patricia Funk and Nagore Iriberri), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2023, Vol. 120..
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• "Evidence on Job Search Models from a Survey of Unemployed Workers in Germany", with Joerg Heining, Johannes F. Schmieder and Simon Trenkle, Quarterly Journal of Economics, May 2022, Vol. 137, 1181-1232.
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• "Estimating Social Preferences and Gift Exchange at Work", with John List, Ulrike Malmendier and Gautam Rao, American Economic Review, March 2022, Vol, 112, 1038-74.
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• "Stability of Experimental Results: Forecasts and Evidence" (with Devin Pope), AEJ: Microeconomics, forthcoming.
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• "Gender Differences in Peer Recognition by Economists", (with David Card, Patricia Funk and Nagore Iriberri), Econometrica, forthcoming.
• "RCTs to Scale: Comprehensive Evidence from Two Nudge Units", (with Elizabeth Linos), Econometrica, January 2022, Vol. 90, 81-116.
• "Forecasting the Results of Experiments: Piloting an Elicitation Strategy", (with Nicholas Otis and Eva Vivalt), AEA Papers and Proceedings, May 2020, Vol. 110, 75-79.
• "What do Editors Maximize? Evidence from Four Economics Journals" (with David Card), Review of Economics and Statistics, March 2020, Vol. 102, 195-217.
• "Are Referees and Editors in Economics Gender Neutral?" (with David Card, Patricia Funk, Nagore Irriberri), Quarterly Journal of Economics, February 2020, Vol. 135, 269-327..
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• "Uniform Pricing in US Retail Chains" (with Matthew Gentzkow), Quarterly Journal of Economics, November 2019, Vol. 134, 2011–2084
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• "Predict Science to Improve Science" (with Devin Pope and Eva Vivalt), Science, October 25 2019, Vol. 366, 428-429.
• "Predicting Experimental Results: Who Knows What?" (with Devin Pope), Journal of Political Economy, December 2018, Vol. 126, 2410-2456.
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• "Structural Behavioral Economics", Handbook of Behavioral Economics, Volume 1 (eds. Doug Bernheim, Stefano DellaVigna, and David Laibson), Elsevier, October 2018.
• "What Motivates Effort? Evidence and Expert Forecasts" (with Devin Pope), Review of Economic Studies, April 2018, Vol. 85, 1029–1069.
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• Reference-Dependent Job Search: Evidence from Hungary (with Attila Lindner, Balazs Reizer and Johannes F. Schmieder), Quarterly Journal of Economics, November 2017, Vol. 132, 1969–2018.
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• Does Conflict of Interest Lead to Biased Coverage? Evidence from Movie Reviews (with Johannes Hermle), Review of Economic Studies, October 2017, Vol. 84, 1510–1550.
• Voting to Tell Others, with John List, Ulrike Malmendier and Gautam Rao, Review of Economic Studies, January 2017, Vol. 84, 143-181.
• Market-based Lobbying: Evidence from Advertising Spending in Italy, with Ruben Durante, Brian Knight and Eliana La Ferrara, AEJ:Applied Economics, January 2016, Vol. 8, 224-256.
• Economic and Social Impacts of the Media, with Eliana La Ferrara, Handbook of the Economics of the Media, Vol. 1, Elsevier, January 2016.
• Page Limits on Economics Articles: Evidence from Two Journals, with David Card, Journal of Economic Perspectives, Summer 2014, Vol. 28, pp. 149-168.
• Cross-border media and nationalism: Evidence from Serbian radio in Croatia, with Ruben Enikolopov, Vera Mironova, Maria Petrova and Ekaterina Zhuravskaya, AEJ: Applied Economics, July 2014, Vol. 6, pp. 103-132.
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• The Importance of Being Marginal: Gender Differences in Generosity, with John A. List, Ulrike Malmendier, and Gautam Rao, American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, May 2013.
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• Nine Facts about Top Journals in Economics, with David Card, December, Journal of Economic Literature, March 2013
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  Update to "Nine Facts about Top Journals in Economics" (4/2018)
• Testing for Altruism and Social Pressure in Charitable Giving, with John A. List and Ulrike Malmendier, Quarterly Journal of Economics, February 2012, Vol. 127, pp. 1-56
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• The Role of Theory in Field Experiments, with David Card and Ulrike Malmendier, Journal of Economic Perspectives, Summer 2011, Vol. 25, Number 3, pp. 39-62. [DATA]
• Capital Budgeting vs. Market Timing: An Evaluation Using Demographics, with Joshua Pollet, Journal of Finance, February 2013, Vol. 68.
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• Persuasion: Empirical Evidence, with Matthew Gentzkow, Annual Review of Economics, 2010, Vol.2
• Detecting Illegal Arms Trade, with Eliana La Ferrara, AEJ: Economic Policy, November 2010, Vol. 2, pp. 26-57. [DATA]
• The Effect of Fast Food Restaurants on Obesity and Weight Gain, with Janet Currie, Enrico Moretti and Vikram Pathania, AEJ: Economic Policy, August 2010, Vol. 2, pp. 32-63.
• Psychology and Economics: Evidence from The Field, Journal of Economic Literature, June 2009, Vol. 47, pp. 315-372. (Older Version, includes Section on Empirical Methods)
• Does Movie Violence Increase Violent Crime? (with Gordon Dahl), Quarterly Journal of Economics, May 2009, Vol. 124, pp. 677-734.
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• Investor Inattention and Friday Earnings Announcements (with Joshua Pollet), Journal of Finance, April 2009, Vol. 64, pp. 709-749. forthcoming, (formerly "Strategic Release of Information on Friday: Evidence from Earnings Announcements"). [DATA on accuracy of earnings announcement dates]
• Demographics and Industry Returns, with Joshua Pollet, American Economic Review, December 2007, Vol 97, pp. 1167-1702. (formerly "Attention, Demographics, and the Stock Market").
• The Fox News Effect: Media Bias and Voting, with Ethan Kaplan, Quarterly Journal of Economics, August 2007, Vol. 122, pp. 1187-1234. [DATA]
• The Political Impact of Media Bias, with Ethan Kaplan, in Fact Finder, Fact Filter: How media reporting affects public policy, Roumeen Islam, Ed. World Bank Publications, forthcoming.
• Paying Not To go To The Gym with Ulrike Malmendier, American Economic Review, June 2006, Vol. 96, pp. 694-719. [DATA] (formerly Overestimating Self-Control: Evidence from the Health Club Industry" and "Self-Control in the Market: Evidence from the Health Club Industry" (older version, includes model)).
• Contract Design and Self-Control: Theory and Evidence, with Ulrike Malmendier, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 119, May 2004, pp.353-402.
• Job Search and Impatience, with M. Daniele Paserman, Journal of Labor Economics, July 2005, Vol. 23, pp. 527-588.
• Learning to Make Risk Neutral Choices in a Symmetric World, with Marco LiCalzi, Mathematical Social Sciences, 41(1), January 2001, pp. 19-17.

Older Papers

• "The Obama Effect on Economic Outcome: Evidence from Event Studies", July 2010.

Courses

• Economics 219B, Class in Psychology and Economics, Spring 2020
• Economics 219B, Class in Psychology and Economics, Spring 2019
• Economics 219B, Applications of Psychology and Economics, Spring 2018
• Economics 101A, Microeconomic Theory, Spring 2017
• Economics 219B, Applications of Psychology and Economics, Spring 2017
• Economics 101A, Microeconomic Theory, Spring 2015
• Economics 219B, Applications of Psychology and Economics, Spring 2015