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Published Papers

All Published Papers
State Auto-IRA Policies and Firm Behavior: Lessons from Administrative Tax Data
Journal of Public Economics, Volume 247, Article 105403 (2025)
Adam Bloomfield, Lucas Goodman, Manita Rao, and Sita Slavov
How Do Firms Respond to State Retirement Plan Mandates?
Economic Inquiry, Volume 63, Issue 1 (2025): 265-288
Adam Bloomfield, Kyung Min Lee, Jay Philbrick, and Sita Slavov
The Effect of Job Loss on Bank Account Ownership
Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Volume 56, Issue 8 (2024): 1963-2000
Ryan M. Goodstein and Mark J. Kutzbach
Survey of Open Science Practices and Attitudes in the Social Sciences
Nature Communications, Volume 14, Issue 1, Article 5401 (2023)
Joel Ferguson, Rebecca Littman, Garret Christensen, Elizabeth Levy Paluck, Nicholas Swanson, Zenan Wang, Edward Miguel, David Birke, and John-Henry Pezzuto
Employed in a SNAP? The Impact of Work Requirements on Program Participation and Labor Supply
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, Volume 15, Issue 1 (2023): 306-341
Colin Gray, Adam Leive, Elena Prager, Kelsey Pukelis, and Mary Zaki
Price Consciousness at the Peak of “Impatience"
Journal of Human Resources, Volume 58, Issue 3 (2023): 1003-1027
Mary Zaki and Jessica E. Todd
What Accounts for Racial and Ethnic Differences in Credit Use?
Journal of Consumer Affairs, Volume 55, Issue 2 (2021): 389-416
Ryan M. Goodstein, Alicia Lloro, Sherrie L.W. Rhine, and Jeffrey M. Weinstein
Local Food Prices and the Purchasing Power of SNAP Benefits
Food Policy, Volume 95, Article 101937 (2020)
Garret Christensen and Erin Todd Bronchetti
Research Transparency Is on the Rise in Economics
AEA Papers and Proceedings, Volume 110 (2020): 61-65
Nicholas Swanson, Garret Christensen, Rebecca Littman, David Birke, Edward Miguel, Elizabeth Levy Paluck, and Zenan Wang
Local Food Prices, SNAP Purchasing Power, and Child Health
Journal of Health Economics, Volume 68, Article 102231 (2019)
Erin T. Bronchetti, Garret Christensen, and Hilary W. Hoynes
A Study of the Impact of Data Sharing on Article Citations Using Journal Policies as a Natural Experiment
PLOS One, Volume 14, Issue 12 (2019)
Garret Christensen, Allan Dafoe, Edward Miguel, Don A. Moore, and Andrew K. Rose
Transparency, Reproducibility, and the Credibility of Economics Research
Journal of Economic Literature, Volume 56, Issue 3 (2018): 920-980
Garret Christensen and Edward Miguel
Many Analysts, One Data Set: Making Transparent How Variations in Analytic Choices Affect Results
Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, Volume 1, Issue 3 (2018): 337-356
Garret Christensen et al.
The Effects of Bank and Nonbank Provider Locations on Household Use of Financial Transaction Services
Journal of Banking and Finance, Volume 78 (2017): 91-107
Ryan M. Goodstein and Sherrie L.W. Rhine
Contagion Effects in Strategic Mortgage Defaults
Journal of Financial Intermediation, Volume 30 (2017): 50-60
Ryan M. Goodstein, Paul Hanouna, Carlos D. Ramirez, and Christof W. Stahel
The Impact of School Racial Compositions on Neighborhood Racial Compositions: Evidence from School Redistricting
Economic Inquiry, Volume 54, Issue 3 (2016): 1365-1382
Jeffrey M. Weinstein
Commitment in the Household: Evidence from the Effect of Inheritances on the Labor Supply of Older Married Couples
Labour Economics, Volume 42 (2016): 123-137
David M. Blau and Ryan M. Goodstein
Conservative Tests under Satisficing Models of Publication Bias
PLOS One, Volume 11, Issue 2 (2016)
Justin McCrary, Garret Christensen, and Daniele Fanelli
Promoting an Open Research Culture: Author Guidelines for Journals to Promote Transparency, Openness, and Reproducibility
Science, Volume 348, Issue 6242 (2015): 1422-1425
Garret Christensen et al.
Refinancing Trends among Lower Income and Minority Homeowners during the Housing Boom and Bust
Real Estate Economics, Volume 42, Issue 3 (2014): 690-723
Ryan M. Goodstein
Educating Bright Students in Urban Schools
Economics of Education Review, Volume 37 (2013): 286-297
Kalena E. Cortes, Wael S. Moussa, and Jeffrey M. Weinstein
Can Social Security Explain Trends in Labor Force Participation of Older Men in the United States?
Journal of Human Resources, Volume 45, Issue 2 (2010): 328-363
David M. Blau and Ryan M. Goodstein
Information, School Choice, and Academic Achievement: Evidence from Two Experiments
Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 123, Issue 4 (2008): 1373-1414
Justine S. Hastings and Jeffrey M. Weinstein
The Effect of Randomized School Admissions on Voter Participation
Journal of Public Economics, Volume 91, Issues 5-6 (2007): 915-937
Justine S. Hastings, Thomas J. Kane, Douglas O. Staiger, and Jeffrey M. Weinstein

Last Updated: March 5, 2026