Publications

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

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.