Publications

Publications

with Daniel J. Benjamin, Marc Fleurbaey, Ori Heffetz, and Miles Kimball. ”What Do Happiness Data Mean? Theory and Survey Evidence” Journal of the European Economic Association, 2023.

with Marie Christelle Mabeu, and Roland Pongou. 2022. “Identity during a Crisis: COVID-19 and Ethnic Divisions in the United States.” AEA Papers and Proceedings 112: 319-24.

Debnam, Jakina. 2017. “Selection Effects and Heterogeneous Demand Responses to the Berkeley Soda Tax Vote.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 99 (5): 1172–87. (Author's Copy)(Web Appendix)

Under Review

with Emily Kiernan, Conspicuous Consumption on Digital Payment Platforms: Peer Effects and Willingness to Pay 

with Jeff Carpenter, Peter Hans Matthews and Erin Wolcott, Can incorrect beliefs about the racial composition of welfare and unemployment insurance beneficiaries be changed? (Web Appendix)

Working Papers

with Marie Christelle Mabeu and Roland Pongou, Identity During a Crisis:  COVID-19 and Ethnic Divisions in the United States 

with Jeff Carpenter, Peter Hans Matthews and Erin Wolcott, Does racial Animus Determine Redistributive Policy in the U.S.?

with David R. Just, Endogenous Responses to Paternalism: Examining Psychological Reactance in the Lab and the Field. (Web Appendix)

Peers and Persuasion Across Collegiate Social Networks