Working Papers

Race to the Bottom: Competition and Quality in Science (with Carolyn Stein) 

Revise and Resubmit at The Quarterly Journal of Economics

Searching for Superstars: Research Risk and Talent Discovery in Astronomy

Adaptability and the Pivot Penalty in Science (with Yian Yin, Carolyn Stein, Dashun Wang, and Benjamin Jones)

Selected Work in Progress

Neighbors' influence on career choice: Evidence from historical census records (with Michael Andrews, Joseph Price, and Riley Wilson)


Publications

Scooped! Estimating Rewards for Priority in Science (with Carolyn Stein) 

 Accepted at Journal of Political Economy

Internalizing Externalities: Designing Effective Data Policies (with Carolyn Stein and Heidi Williams). AEA Papers and Proceedings. Vol. 110, 49-54.

Inside Job or Deep Impact? Using Extramural Citations to Assess Economic Scholarship (with Joshua Angrist, Pierre Azoulay, Glenn Ellison, and Susan Feng Lu). March 2020. Journal of Economic Literature. 58 (1), 3-52.

Economics Research Evolves: Fields and Styles (with Joshua Angrist, Pierre Azoulay, Glenn Ellison, and Susan Feng Lu). 2017.  AEA Papers and Proceedings. Vol 107, 293-97.