A flurry of research examining the effect of body-worn cameras (BWCs) on policing has arrived at mixed and inconclusive set findings. We present a multi-year study of the precinct-by-precinct rollout of BWCs in the New York City Police Department (NYPD), the largest metropolitan police force in...

We empirically examine and quantify network effects on a large online dating platform in Brazil. We consider the effects of a seeding intervention by the platform operator, wherein it acquired its primary competitor and subsequently imported the competitor's 150,000 user accounts over a 3-day...

Bidders frequently overpay in auctions, a phenomenon termed the “Winner’s Curse.” Vickrey’s second-price auctions only lessen the winner’s curse; they do not eliminate it. Overpayment is partly due to an endowment effect; bidders develop a sense of psychological ownership toward a...

We study how the placement of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations impacts foot traffic at neighboring brick-and-mortar businesses. Our analysis focuses on the Tesla Supercharger network within the United States. We employ a differences-in-differences design, exploiting the staggered...

Recent shifts in societal discourse have led digital platforms to support equity, inclusivity, and diversity by introducing identity signaling features, e.g., indicators of owner race or gender. In this work, we explore whether, when, and how using those features may impact retailer demand. We...

We study the impacts of telehealth adoption on geographic competition among urban and rural healthcare providers, and associated quality of care implications. To causally identify these effects, we consider a quasi-natural experiment: states' entry into the Telemedicine Licensure Compact,...

Many social ventures now raise capital through rewards-based crowdfunding, which is subject to a great deal of information asymmetry because contributors tend to be inexperienced and geographically dispersed, impeding venture evaluation and monitoring. To address small contributors’...

Significant attention has been devoted to the implications of automation for decades, ranging from employment, to productivity, to worker health and safety. This work revisits the question of worker safety in the context of warehousing and logistics, with a specific focus on how the adoption of...

Generative AI technologies like ChatGPT are transforming how people create, share, and consume content in various domains. Though these technologies have the potential to democratize information access and streamline content production, they may also have unintended consequences for the health...