Working Papers

How Deeply Held Are Anti-American Attitudes among Pakistani Youth? Evidence Using Experimental Variation in Information  
With Adeline Delavande
Federal Reserve Bank of New York Staff Report, Number 558, April 2012

The Price Is Right: Updating of Inflation Expectations in a Randomized Price Information Experiment
With Olivier Armantier, Scott Nelson, Giorgio Topa, and Wilbert van der Klaauw
Federal Reserve Bank of New York Staff Report, Number 543, January 2012

Heterogeneous Inflation Expectations, Learning, and Market Outcomes
With Carlos Madeira
Federal Reserve Bank of New York Staff Report, Number 536, January 2012

Belief Updating among College Students: Evidence from Experimental Variation in Information
With Matthew Wiswall
Federal Reserve Bank of New York Staff Report, Number 516, September 2011

Stereotypes and Madrassas: Experimental Evidence from Pakistan
With Adeline Delavande
Federal Reserve Bank of New York Staff Report, Number 501, June 2011

Determinants of College Major Choice: Identification Using an Information Experiment
With Matthew Wiswall
Federal Reserve Bank of New York Staff Report, Number 500, June 2011

Household Debt and Saving during the 2007 Recession
With Rajashri Chakrabarti, Donghoon Lee, and Wilbert van der Klaauw
Federal Reserve Bank of New York Staff Report, Number 482, January 2011

Bayesian Social Learning, Conformity and Stubbornness: Evidence from the AP Top 25  
With Daniel Stone
June 2010
35 pages / 213 kb

College Major Choice and the Gender Gap  
November 2008
51 pages / 395 kb
See also ››
Online Appendix for College Major Choice and the Gender Gap  

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