Professor of Economics, Associate Chair
Department of Economics
Cornell University
430 Uris Hall,
14853, Ithaca, NY, USA
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Tax Professionals and Tax-Evasion (2020), with M. Battaglini, L. Guiso and C. Lacava, R&R Quarterly Journal of Economics
Who is the Key Player? A Network Analysis of Juvenile Delinquency, Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, forthcoming, with L. F. Lee, X. Liu and Y. Zenou, profiled by The Economist: Social Networks: Centrality Planning
Multidimensional Diffusion Processes in Dynamic Online Networks, Plos One, forthcoming, with D. Easley and C. Rojas, Supplementary information, Data, Code
Effectiveness of Connected Legislators, American Journal of Political Science, forthcoming, with M. Battaglini and V. Leone Sciabolazza, online appendix
Treatment Effects with Heterogeneous Externalities, Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, forthcoming, with T. Arduini and E. Rainone, supplementary appendix
Friendship and Female Education: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Bangladeshi Primary Schools, The Economic Journal, forthcoming, with Y. Hahn, A. Islam and Y. Zenou, online appendix
The Brother Earnings Penalty (2019), Labour Economics, 58, 37-51, with A. Cools, profiled by The Independent: Women who have a brother are likely to earn less, US study shows
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
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
Information, Mobile Communication and Referral Effects (2019), with P. Jia Barwick, Y. Liu and Q. Wu
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