Publications
For a full list, see my Google Scholar page.
Note: “pub” and “wp” respectively point to the journal website and most recent working paper.
Primary Topics/Methods
Social Interactions, Mechanisms, and Equilibrium: Evidence from a Model of Study Time and Academic Achievement (with Timothy G. Conley, Ralph Stinebrickner, and Todd Stinebrickner). Journal of Political Economy, 132(3), 824-866, 2024. pub, wp.
Optimal Contracting with Altruistic Agents: Medicare Payments for Dialysis Drugs (with Martin Gaynor and Seth Richards-Shubik). American Economic Review, 113(6), 1530-1571, 2023. pub, wp
An Economic Approach to Generalizing Findings from Regression-Discontinuity Designs. Journal of Human Resources, 54(4), 953-985, 2019. pub, wp
Measuring Quality for Use in Incentive Schemes: The Case of “Shrinkage” Estimators. Quantitative Economics, 10(4), 1537-1577, 2019. pub, wp
Time-Use and Academic Peer Effects in College (with Ralph Stinebrickner and Todd Stinebrickner). Economic Inquiry, 57(1), 162-171, 2019. pub, wp
The Potential Output Gains from Using Optimal Teacher Incentives: An Illustrative Calibration of a Hidden Action Model. Economics of Education Review, 66, 67-72, 2018. pub, wp
Ability Tracking, School and Parental Effort, and Student Achievement: A Structural Model and Estimation (with Chao Fu). Journal of Labor Economics, 36(4), 923-979, 2018. pub, wp
Competition in Public School Districts: Charter School Entry, Student Sorting, and School Input Determination. International Economic Review, 58(4), 1089-1116. 2017. pub, wp
Other Publications
Primary Care Payment Models and Avoidable Hospitalizations: A Multivalued Treatment Effects Analysis (with Nibene Somè, Rose Anne Devlin, and Sisira Sarma). Health Economics, Forthcoming.
The Effect of Expanded Parental Benefits on Union Dissolution (with Rachel Margolis, Youjin Choi, and Anders Holm). Journal of Marriage and Family, February 2021, 83(1): 191-208.
Team-based Primary Care Practice and Physician’s Services: Evidence from Family Health Teams in Ontario, Canada (with Nibene Somè, Rose Anne Devlin, Greg Zaric, and Sisira Sarma). Social Science and Medicine, 264 (2020): 113310.
Stirring the Pot: Switching from Blended Fee-For-Service to Blended Capitation Models of Physician Remuneration (with Nibene Somè, Rose Anne Devlin, Greg Zaric, and Sisira Sarma). Health Economics, 29(11), 1435-1455.
Production of Physician Services under Fee-For-Service and Blended Fee-For-Service: Evidence from Ontario, Canada (with Sisira Sarma, Nibene Habib Somè, Rose Anne Devlin, Gregory Zaric, Lihua Li, Salimah Shariff, Bachir Belhadji, Amardeep Thind, and Amit Garg). Health Economics, 28(12), 1418-1434.
Family Physician Remuneration Schemes and Specialist Referrals: Quasi-experimental Evidence from Ontario, Canada (with Sisira Sarma, Rose Anne Devlin, Koffi Ahoto Kpelitse, and Lihua Li). Health Economics, 1-17, 2018.
After-hours Incentives and Emergency Department Visits: Evidence from Ontario (with Koffi Ahoto Kpelitse, Rose Anne Devlin, Lihua Li, and Sisira Sarma). Canadian Public Policy, 46(2), 253-263.