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Quadratic Voting: How Mechanism Design Can Radicalize Democracy

American Economic Association Papers and Proceedings, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2018

Number of pages: 5 Posted: 13 Feb 2012 Last Revised: 26 Dec 2017

Accepted Paper Series

Steven Lalley and E. Glen Weyl

Department of Statistics, University of Chicago and Microsoft Research

Downloads 6,971

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Price Theory

Journal of Economic Literature, Forthcoming

Number of pages: 80 Posted: 02 Jun 2014 Last Revised: 18 Apr 2017

Accepted Paper Series

E. Glen Weyl

Microsoft Research

Downloads 5,072

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Voting Squared: Quadratic Voting in Democratic Politics

Vanderbilt Law Review, Vol. 68, No. 2, 2015, University of Chicago Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. 657

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 24 Oct 2013 Last Revised: 15 May 2014

Accepted Paper Series

Eric A. Posner and E. Glen Weyl

University of Chicago - Law School and Microsoft Research

Downloads 4,525

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What Drives Media Slant? Evidence from U.S. Daily Newspapers

Number of pages: 67 Posted: 29 Nov 2006 Last Revised: 18 Apr 2014

Working Paper Series

Matthew Gentzkow and Jesse M. Shapiro

University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Brown University

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 2,227

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Taxation and the Allocation of Talent

Journal of Political Economy, Forthcoming

Number of pages: 67 Posted: 08 Jan 2009 Last Revised: 08 Aug 2016

Accepted Paper Series

Benjamin B Lockwood, Charles Nathanson and E. Glen Weyl

University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School, Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and Microsoft Research

Downloads 2,072

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Improving the Numerical Performance of BLP Static and Dynamic Discrete Choice Random Coefficients Demand Estimation

Chicago Booth School of Business Research Paper No. 11-41

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 05 Feb 2009 Last Revised: 11 Jul 2016

Working Paper Series

Jean-Pierre Dubé, Jeremy T. Fox and Che-Lin Su

University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, University of Michigan and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 1,606

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Performance Measure Properties and Incentives

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1356

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 15 Mar 2004

Working Paper Series

Michael Gibbs, Kenneth A. Merchant, Wim A. Van der Stede and Mark E. Vargus

University of Chicago Booth School of Business, University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting, London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) and University of Texas at Dallas - Department of Accounting & Information Management

Downloads 1,518

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Who is 'Behavioral'? Cognitive Ability and Anomalous Preferences

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 01 Mar 2005

Working Paper Series

Daniel J. Benjamin, Sebastian A. Brown and Jesse M. Shapiro

USC, Center for Economic and Social Research (CESR), Harvard University and Brown University

Downloads 1,370

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Market Insurance, Self-Insurance, and Self-Protection

Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 80, No. 4, pp. 623-648, July-August 1972

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 07 Feb 2007

Accepted Paper Series

Isaac Ehrlich and Gary S. Becker

State University of New York at Buffalo - Department of Economics and University of Chicago - Department of Economics

Downloads 1,223

10.

Imperfect Competition in Selection Markets

Review of Economics and Statistics, Forthcoming

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 30 Dec 2013 Last Revised: 12 Jul 2016

Accepted Paper Series

Neale Mahoney and E. Glen Weyl

University of Chicago Booth School of Business and Microsoft Research

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 1,137

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Field Experiments

UCF Economics Working Paper No. 03-12

Number of pages: 90 Posted: 18 Apr 2005

Working Paper Series

Glenn W. Harrison and John A. List

Georgia State University - J. Mack Robinson College of Business and University of Chicago - Department of Economics

Downloads 923

12.

Are Immigrants Favorably Self-Selected? An Economic Analysis

IZA Discussion Paper No. 131

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 09 Mar 2001

Working Paper Series

Barry R. Chiswick

University of Illinois at Chicago

Downloads 921

13.

Smart Cities: Explaining the Relationship between City Growth and Human Capital

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 27 Dec 2003

Working Paper Series

Jesse M. Shapiro

Brown University

Downloads 919

14.

The Changing Relationship between Income and Crime Victimization

Economic Policy Review, Vol. 5, No. 3, September 1999

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 14 Sep 2007

Accepted Paper Series

Steven D. Levitt

University of Chicago - Booth School of Business - Economics

Downloads 854

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Pricing Institutions and the Welfare Cost of Adverse Selection

American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, Forthcoming

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 27 Oct 2013 Last Revised: 27 May 2016

Accepted Paper Series

E. Glen Weyl and Andre Veiga

Microsoft Research and University of Oxford - Nuffield College of Medicine

Downloads 745

16.

The False Promise of Social Security Privatization

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 17 May 2001

Working Paper Series

Jeffrey A. Miron and Kevin M. Murphy

Harvard University - Department of Economics and University of Chicago

Downloads 744

17.

Media, Education, and Anti-Americanism in the Muslim World

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 23 Dec 2003

Working Paper Series

Matthew Gentzkow and Jesse M. Shapiro

University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Brown University

Downloads 723

18.

Why Have Americans Become More Obese?

Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Paper No. 1994

Number of pages: 65 Posted: 23 Jan 2003

Working Paper Series

David M. Cutler, Edward L. Glaeser and Jesse M. Shapiro

Harvard University - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Department of Economics and Brown University

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 719

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The Sound of Silence. A Review Essay of Nancy Maclean's Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America

Journal of Economic Literature, Forthcoming

Number of pages: 63 Posted: 22 May 2018 Last Revised: 02 Jun 2018

Working Paper Series

Jean-Baptiste Fleury and Alain Marciano

THEMA and Université de Montpellier

Downloads 714

20.

A 'Memory-Jamming' Theory of Advertising

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 22 May 2006

Working Paper Series

Jesse M. Shapiro

Brown University

Downloads 598

21.

The Market for Illegal Goods: The Case of Drugs

Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 114, pp. 38-60, February 2006, Revista de Economía Institucional, Vol. 8, No. 15, 2006

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 07 Feb 2006

Accepted Paper Series

Gary S. Becker, Kevin M. Murphy and Michael Grossman

University of Chicago - Department of Economics, University of Chicago and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), NY Office

Downloads 579

22.

Does Price Matter in Charitable Giving? Evidence from a Large-Scale Natural Field Experiment

Yale Economic Applications and Policy Discussion Paper No. 13

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 23 May 2006

Working Paper Series

Dean S. Karlan and John A. List

Yale University and University of Chicago - Department of Economics

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 513

23.

Occupational Licensing and Accountant Quality: Evidence from the 150-Hour Rule

Becker Friedman Institute for Research in Economics Working Paper No. 2018-32

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 06 Jan 2017 Last Revised: 15 May 2018

Working Paper Series

John Manuel Barrios

University of Chicago - Booth School of Business

Downloads 491

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Cost-Benefit Analysis of Financial Regulations: A Response to Criticisms

Yale Law Journal Forum, Forthcoming, University of Chicago Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. 683, U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 473

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 14 May 2014 Last Revised: 26 Jun 2016

Accepted Paper Series

Eric A. Posner and E. Glen Weyl

University of Chicago - Law School and Microsoft Research

Downloads 470

25.

Income Inequality, Tax Policy, and Economic Growth

The Economic Journal, Forthcoming, Becker Friedman Institute for Research in Economics Working Paper No. 2595524

Number of pages: 63 Posted: 17 Apr 2015 Last Revised: 04 Jan 2017

Accepted Paper Series

Siddhartha Biswas, Indraneel Chakraborty and Rong Hai

University of North Carolina (UNC) - Chapel Hill, University of Miami and University of Miami - School of Business Administration

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 457

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Cities and Warfare: The Impact of Terrorism on Urban Form

Harvard Institute of Economic Research Paper No. 1942

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 14 Dec 2001

Working Paper Series

Edward L. Glaeser and Jesse M. Shapiro

Harvard University - Department of Economics and Brown University

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 451

27.

Media Bias and Reputation

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 04 Jan 2005

Working Paper Series

Matthew Gentzkow and Jesse M. Shapiro

University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Brown University

There are 3 versions of this paper

Downloads 433

28.

Is There a New Urbanism? The Growth of U.S. Cities in the 1990s

Harvard Institute of Economic Research Paper No. 1925

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 20 Jun 2001

Working Paper Series

Edward L. Glaeser and Jesse M. Shapiro

Harvard University - Department of Economics and Brown University

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 424

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Trade Liberalization, Corruption and Environmental Policy Formation: Theory and Evidence

CIES Working Paper No. 0047

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 08 Dec 2000

Working Paper Series

Richard Damania, Per G. Fredriksson and John A. List

World Bank, University of Louisville - College of Business - Department of Economics and University of Chicago - Department of Economics

Downloads 410

30.

Persuasion in Politics

American Economic Association Papers and Proceedings, Vol. 94, No. 2, May 2004

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 14 Jan 2004

Accepted Paper Series

Andrei Shleifer and Kevin M. Murphy

Harvard University - Department of Economics and University of Chicago

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 396

31.

The Benefits of the Home Mortgage Interest Deduction

Harvard Institute Research Working Paper No. 1979

Number of pages: 62 Posted: 22 Oct 2002

Working Paper Series

Edward L. Glaeser and Jesse M. Shapiro

Harvard University - Department of Economics and Brown University

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 374

32.

Mergers of Equals and Unequals

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2426

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 26 Nov 2006

Working Paper Series

Valerie Smeets, Kathryn Ierulli and Michael Gibbs

Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, University of Chicago and University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Downloads 343

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Are All Lotteries Regressive? Evidence from the Powerball

National Tax Journal, June 2004

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 27 Mar 2004

Accepted Paper Series

Emily F. Oster

University of Chicago - Department of Economics

Downloads 335

34.

Why are Jobs Designed the Way They are?

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1529

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 14 Mar 2005

Working Paper Series

Cynthia Zoghi, Alec R. Levenson and Michael Gibbs

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, University of Southern California - Center for Effective Organizations (CEO) and University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Downloads 331

35.

The Hidden Costs and Returns of Incentives - Trust and Trustworthiness Among CEOS

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 27 Mar 2003

Working Paper Series

Ernst Fehr and John A. List

University of Zurich - Department of Economics and University of Chicago - Department of Economics

Downloads 329

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Courtship as an Investing Game: Labor-Market and Marriage-Market Outcomes by Age at Marriage

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 27 Feb 2014 Last Revised: 30 Aug 2017

Working Paper Series

Hanzhe Zhang

Michigan State University

Downloads 327

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The Robustness of Quadratic Voting

Public Choice, Forthcoming

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 28 Feb 2015 Last Revised: 24 Oct 2016

Accepted Paper Series

E. Glen Weyl

Microsoft Research

Downloads 326

38.

Competition Policy in Selection Markets

CPI Antitrust Chronicle Submission, August 2014

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 23 Aug 2014

Working Paper Series

Neale Mahoney, Andre Veiga and E. Glen Weyl

University of Chicago Booth School of Business, University of Oxford - Nuffield College of Medicine and Microsoft Research

Downloads 311

39.

Does Television Rot Your Brain? New Evidence from the Coleman Study

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 05 Dec 2005

Working Paper Series

Matthew Gentzkow and Jesse M. Shapiro

University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Brown University

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 311

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The Geography of Poverty and Nutrition: Food Desserts and Food Choices Across the United States

Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 18-6

Number of pages: 78 Posted: 05 Jan 2018 Last Revised: 17 Jul 2018

Working Paper Series

Hunt Allcott, Rebecca Diamond and Jean-Pierre Dubé

New York University (NYU), Stanford Graduate School of Business and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 304

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Descending Price Optimally Coordinates Search

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 25 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 21 Apr 2018

Working Paper Series

Bobby Kleinberg, Bo Waggoner and E. Glen Weyl

Microsoft Research New England, Harvard University Department of Computer Science and Microsoft Research

Downloads 295

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Strategic Extremism: Why Republicans and Democrats Divide on Religious Values

Harvard Institute of Economics Research Discussion Paper No. 2044

Number of pages: 76 Posted: 04 Oct 2004

Working Paper Series

Edward L. Glaeser, Giacomo A. M. Ponzetto and Jesse M. Shapiro

Harvard University - Department of Economics, CREI - Universitat Pompeu Fabra and Brown University

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 293

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Naturally Occurring Preferences and Exogenous Laboratory Experiments: A Case Study of Risk Aversion

UCF Economics Working Paper No. 04-22

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 20 Apr 2005

Working Paper Series

Glenn W. Harrison, John A. List and Charles Towe

Georgia State University - J. Mack Robinson College of Business, University of Chicago - Department of Economics and University of Connecticut - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics and the National Center for Smart Growth

Downloads 257

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