Professor of Economics, Associate Chair
Department of Economics
Cornell University
430 Uris Hall,
14853, Ithaca, NY, USA
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Editor-in-Chief Journal of Economic Geography
Information, Mobile Communication and Referral Effects, with P. Jia Barwick, Y. Liu and Q. Wu, R&R American Economic Review
Tax Professionals and Tax-Evasion, with M. Battaglini, L. Guiso and C. Lacava, R&R Quarterly Journal of Economics
Effectiveness of Connected Legislators (2020), American Journal of Political Science, vol. 64, 4, pp.735-1049, Lead Article, with M. Battaglini and V. Leone Sciabolazza, online appendix
Who is the Key Player? A Network Analysis of Juvenile Delinquency (2020), Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, with L. F. Lee, X. Liu and Y. Zenou, profiled by The Economist: Social Networks: Centrality Planning
Multidimensional Diffusion Processes in Dynamic Online Networks (2020), Plos One, 15(2): e0228421, with D.Easley and C.Rojas
Friendship and Female Education: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Bangladeshi Primary Schools (2020), The Economic Journal, 130, 740-764, with Y. Hahn, A. Islam and Y. Zenou
Treatment Effects with Heterogeneous Externalities (2019), Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 38, 826-838, with T. Arduini and E. Rainone
Econet: An R Package for Parameter-dependent Network Centrality Measures, with M. Battaglini, V. Leone Sciabolazza and S. Peng, conditionally accepted Journal of Statistical Software
NEW WORKING PAPERS
Abstentions and Social Networks in Congress (2020), with M. Battaglini and V. Leone Sciabolazza
A Graphical Lasso Approach to Estimating Network Connections: The Case of U.S. Lawmakers (2020), with M. Battaglini, F. W. Crawford and S. Peng
Social Groups and the Effectiveness of Protests (2020), with M. Battaglini and R.B. Morton
Professional Interactions and Hiring Decisions: Evidence from the Federal Judiciary (2020), with M. Battaglini and J.Harris, profiled by NBER Digest
Dynamic Social Interactions and Health Risky Behavior (2019), with T. Arduini, A. Bisin and O. Ozgur
Hurricanes, Climate Change Policies and Electoral Accountability (2019), with Stefano Gagliarducci and Daniele M. Paserman
Girls, Boys, and High Achievers (2019), with Angela Cools and Raquel Fernandez, profiled by MarketWatch: Girls who spend more time in class with ‘high-achieving’ boys are less likely to complete a bachelor’s degree, study says
Altruism, Insurance, and Costly Solidarity Commitments (2019), with C. Barrett, V. Nourani and T. Walker