Stephen and Barbara Friedman Professor of International Political Economy

 Associate Chair    

Department of Economics

Cornell University

430 Uris Hall,

14853, Ithaca, NY, USA

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 Latest News

​Editor-in-Chief Journal of Economic Geography

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Spatial interactions, with J. S. Kim, P. M. Picard and Y. Zenou,  R&R Quantitative Economics

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

Endogenous Social Connections in Legislatures, with M. Battaglini and E. Rainone, R&R Review of Economic Studies, supplementary appendix

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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

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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

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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

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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

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NEW WORKING PAPERS

Professional Interactions and Hiring Decisions: Evidence from the Federal Judiciary (2021), revised version of NBER wp n. 26726, with M. Battaglini and J.Harris, profiled by NBER Digest

Girls, Boys, and High Achievers (2021), with Angela Cools and Raquel Fernandez, revised version of NBER wp n. wp n. 25763, 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

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A Graphical Lasso Approach to Estimating Network Connections: The Case of U.S. Lawmakers (2021), revised version of NBER wp n. 27557, with M. Battaglini, F. W. Crawford, and S. Peng

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Abstentions and Social Networks in Congress (2020), NBER wp n. 27822, with M. Battaglini and V. Leone Sciabolazza

Social Groups and the Effectiveness of Protests (2020), NBER wp n. 26757, with M. Battaglini and R.B. Morton

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Dynamic Social Interactions and Health Risky Behavior (2019),  NBER wp n. 26223, with T. Arduini, A. Bisin, and O. Ozgur

Hurricanes, Climate Change Policies and Electoral Accountability (2019), NBER wp. n. 25835, with Stefano Gagliarducci and Daniele M. Paserman

Altruism, Insurance, and Costly Solidarity Commitments (2019), CEPR wp n. 14148, with C. Barrett, V. Nourani, and T. Walker