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The Impact of Criminal Financial Sanctions : A Multi-State Analysis of Survey and Administrative Data

Finlay, Keith; Gross, Matthew; Lieberman, Carl; Luh, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

We estimate the impact of financial sanctions in the U.S. criminal justice system using nine distinct natural experiments across five states. These regression discontinuity designs capture a range of enforcement levels ($17-$6,000) and institutional environments, providing robust causal evidence...

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Cognitive Behavior Therapy Reduces Crime and Violence over 10 Years : Experimental Evidence

Blattman, Christopher; Chaskel, Sebastian; Jamison, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

In most societies, a small number of people commit the most serious violence. Short-term studies have shown that cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) can reduce such antisocial behaviors. These behavior changes may be temporary, however, especially from therapy on its own. This is unsettled,...

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The Role of Repugnance in Markets : How the Jared Fogle Scandal Affected Patronage of Subway

Cawley, John H.; Eddelbuettel, Julia; Cunningham, Scott; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

Economics has long studied how consumers respond to the disclosure of information about firms. We study a case in which the disclosed information is unrelated to the product or firm leadership, but which could still potentially affect consumer patronage through the mechanism of repugnance, as...

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(Pro-) Social Learning and Strategic Disclosure

Bénabou, Roland; Vellodi, Nikhil - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

We study a sequential experimentation model with endogenous feedback. Agents choose between a safe and risky action, the latter generating stochastic rewards. When making this choice, each agent is selfishly motivated (myopic). However, agents can disclose their experiences to a public record,...

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Innovation Adoption by Committee : Evaluating Decision-Making in the FDA

Canen, Nathan J.; Iaryczower, Matiás - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

learning and policy recommendation in advisory committees. We quantify the effectiveness of advisory panels, and evaluate …

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Rationalizable Learning

Caplin, Andrew; Martin, Daniel; Marx, Philip - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

maker has learned? The key constraint we impose, which is shared across models of Bayesian learning, is that any learning … Dean 2015) and the NIAS condition (Caplin and Martin 2015) to allow for arbitrary learning. We apply our framework to show … how identification of what was learned can be strengthened with additional assumptions on the form of Bayesian learning …

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Heterogeneity, Uncertainty and Learning : Semiparametric Identification and Estimation

Bunting, Jackson; Diegert, Paul; Maurel, Arnaud - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

We provide semiparametric identification results for a broad class of learning models in which continuous outcomes …

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A Simplified Quest for Knowledge

Gans, Joshua - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2025

This paper develops a transparent, simplified version of Carnehl and Schneider (2025)'s model of knowledge creation. Our tractable framework, which yields closed-form solutions for key welfare trade-offs, preserves the essential economic mechanisms while eliminating mathematical complexity. We...

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A Cognitive View of Policing

Dube, Oeindrila; MacArthur, Sandy Jo; Shah, Anuj K. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

What causes adverse policing outcomes, such as excessive uses of force and unnecessary arrests? Prevailing explanations focus on problematic officers or deficient regulations and oversight. Here, we introduce a new, overlooked perspective. We suggest that the cognitive demands inherent in...

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Police Discretion and Public Safety

Gonçalves, Felipe M.; Mello, Steven - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

fines by deviating from statutory fine rules. Relying on variation across officers in this discretionary behavior, we find …

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