The issue of fake news has been hotly debated in recent years, with some commentators claiming that it played a role in US presidential elections and the Brexit vote. Despite these claims, there has been limited evidence to date linking fake news directly to voting behavior. In this project, I...

This paper studies consumers' demand for quality in the nursing home market, where information frictions are a source of concern. Using administrative data on the universe of nursing home residents, I estimate quality of nursing homes in California, and use these estimates as inputs into a...