Published and Forthcoming Papers

1. Does Online Search Crowd Out Traditional Search and Improve Matching Efficiency? Evidence from Craigslist
   Journal of Labor Economics (forthcoming). With Kory Kroft.

2. Improving College Performance and Retention the Easy Way: Unpacking the ACT Exam
   American Economic Journal: Economic Policy (forthcoming). With Eric Bettinger and Brent Evans.

   Press Reactions: USA Today, Washington Post

3. Understanding College Application Decisions: Why College Sports Success Matters
   Journal of Sports Economics (forthcoming). With Jaren C Pope.

   Press Reactions: The Chronicle, ESPN

4. Heuristic Thinking and Limited Attention in the Car Market
   American Economic Review (2012) 102(5), 2206-2236. With Nicola Lacetera and Justin Sydnor.

   Press Reactions: VoxEU, NPR, Christian Science Monitor

5. An Age Penalty in Racial Preferences
   Social Psychological and Personality Science (forthcoming). With Deborah Small and Michael Norton.

6. Crime and Property Values: Evidence from the 1990's Crime Drop

   Regional Science and Urban Economics (2012) 42, 177-188. With Jaren C Pope.

7. How Personal Experience with a Fine Influences Behavior
   Management Science (2012) 58(1), 35-51. With Michael Haselhuhn, Maurice Schweitzer and Peter Fishman.

8. Implementing Anti-Discrimination Policies in Statistical Profiling Models
   American Economic Journal: Economic Policy (2011) 3(3), 206-231. With Justin Sydnor.

9. Round Numbers as Goals: Evidence from Baseball, SAT Takers, and the Lab
   Psychological Science (2011) 22(1), 71-79. With Uri Simonsohn.

   Press Reactions: Wall Street Journal, New York Times

10. Is Tiger Woods Loss Averse? Persistent Bias in the Face of Experience, Competition, and High Stakes
    American Economic Review (2011) 101(1), 129-157. With Maurice Schweitzer.

    Press Reactions: New York Times, The Atlantic, Slate.com

11. What's in a Picture? Evidence of Discrimination from Prosper.com
    Journal of Human Resources (2011) 46(1), 53-92. With Justin Sydnor.

    Press Reactions: New York Times, Portfolio.com, Slate.com

12. Can Losing Lead to Winning
    Management Science (2011), 57(5), 817-827. With Jonah Berger.

    Press Reactions: New York Times, Boston Globe, Wall Street Journal, ESPN.com

13. A New Perspective on Stereotypical Gender Differences in Test Scores
    Journal of Economic Perspectives (2010) 24(2), 95-108. With Justin Sydnor.

14. Reacting to Rankings: Evidence from "America's Best Hospitals"
    Journal of Health Economics (2009) 28(6), 1154-1165.

    Press Reactions: Inside Healthcare

15. The Impact of College Sports Success on the Quantity and Quality of Student Applications
    Southern Economic Journal (2009) 75(3), 750-780. With Jaren C Pope.

    Press Reactions: Associated Press Article (covered by USA Today, LA Times, Washington Post, and others)

16. Benefits of Bilingualism: Evidence from Mormon Missionaries
    Economics of Education Review (2008) 27(2), 234-242.

17. Poker Superstars: Skill or Luck?
    CHANCE (2008) 21(4), 25-28. With Rachel Croson and Peter Fishman.

Working Papers

1. Projection Bias in the Car and Housing Markets
   Revise and resubmit Quarterly Journal of Economics. With Meghan Busse, Jaren Pope, and Jorge Silva-Risso.

   Press Reactions: Washington Post, Wall Street Journal

2. When Walmart Comes to Town: Always Low Housing Prices? Always?
   Revise and resubmit Journal of Urban Economics. With Jaren C Pope.

   Press Reactions: CNN, Time, Chicago Tribune, Bloomberg, ABC

3. The Impact of Time Between Cognitive Tasks on Performance: Evidence from Advanced Placement Exams
   Under review. With Ian Fillmore

1. Awareness Reduces Racial Bias
   With Joseph Price and Justin Wolfers

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