Research

Working Papers:

• "Do Physicians Follow the Golden Rule? Evidence of Imperfect Agency and Moral Hazard from Physicians’ Self-Prescriptions"  (with Niels Skipper)

• "Biased expectations, memory and overconfidence in higher education" (with Andrew Hill and Trevor Vogel) [In revision; Email me for latest version]
• "Consumer Observational Learning among Brands and Generics considering Strategic Supply" (with Sofia Villas-Boas) [In revision; Email me for latest version]

Publications:

• "Generic Aversion and Observational Learning in the Over-the-Counter Drug Market"  (with Sofia Villas-Boas) AEJ-Applied. July 2023. [Ungated version]
• "Who Chooses Commitment? Evidence and Welfare Implications" (with Heather Royer, Mark Stehr, Justin Sydnor, and Dmitry Taubinsky) Review of Economic Studies, Aug. 2021. [NBER WP version]
• "Population Mortality and Laws Encouraging Influenza Vaccination for Hospital Workers." (with Emily Lawler and Corey White) Annals of Internal Medicine, Jan. 2021.
  • Supplementary Appendix
• "Do Health Risk Assessments Change Eating Habits at the Workplace?" (with Silvia Prina and Ayesha Hasan) 
  Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, April 2020. 
  
  • Supplementary Appendix
• “The Structure of Health Incentives: Evidence from a Field Experiment” (with Heather Royer, Mark Stehr, and Justin Sydnor) Management Science, November 2019.
  
  • Supplementary Appendix
• "The Limits of Simple Implementation Intentions: Evidence from a Field Experiment on Making Plans to Exercise” (with Heather Royer, Mark Stehr, Justin Sydnor, and Dmitry Taubinsky) Journal of Health Economics, Volume 62, November 2018, Pages 95-104
• “Can Financial Incentives Help People Trying to Establish New Habits? Experimental Evidence with New Gym  Members” (with Heather Royer, Mark Stehr, and Justin Sydnor) Journal of Health Economics, March 2018: 58(1).
• "Do Physicians Respond to the Costs and Cost-Sensitivity of their Patients?” (with Dana Goldman, Geoffrey Joyce, and Neeraj Sood) American Economic Journal- Economic Policy, Feb 2018: 10(1).
• “Physicians are more likely than non-physicians to use brand-name drugs to treat their chronic conditions” (with Niels Skipper) Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, Sep 2017: 71(9).
• "Physician Prescribing Behavior and Its Impact on Patient-Level Outcomes" (with Dana Goldman, Geoffrey Joyce, and Neeraj Sood) American Journal of Managed Care, December 2011: 17(12).

Work in Progress:

• "Social norms and the willingness to disclose COVID-19 vaccination status"

• "Do Planning Prompts Increase Gym Attendance? A Randomized Field Experiement" with Heather Royer, Mark Stehr, Justin Sydnor and Dmitry Taubinsky.

• "Incentives and Participation in Health Risk Assessments." with Silvia Prina.