Alex Rees-Jones

Cornell University - Department of Economics

Ithaca, NY 14853

United States

http://www.alexreesjones.com

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Postdoctoral Fellow

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, MA 02138

United States

  • Cornell University - Department of Economics

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What Do You Think Would Make You Happier? What Do You Think You Would Choose?

American Economic Review, 102(5): 2083–2110, Johnson School Research Paper Series No. 32-2011
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 28 Jul 2011 Last Revised: 22 Sep 2013
Daniel J. Benjamin, Daniel J. Benjamin, Ori Heffetz, Miles S. Kimball and Alex Rees-Jones
Anderson School of Management, Cornell University - S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management, University of Colorado Boulder and Cornell University - Department of Economics
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happiness, life satisfaction, subjective well-being, hypothetical choice, utility

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Loss Aversion Motivates Tax Sheltering: Evidence from U.S. Tax Returns

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 27 Sep 2013 Last Revised: 09 Dec 2014
Alex Rees-Jones
Cornell University - Department of Economics
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Loss aversion, income taxation, tax sheltering, tax avoidance, tax evasion

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Can Marginal Rates of Substitution Be Inferred from Happiness Data? Evidence from Residency Choices

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Can Marginal Rates of Substitution Be Inferred from Happiness Data? Evidence from Residency Choices

American Economic Review, Forthcoming, Johnson School Research Paper Series No. 8-2013
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 21 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 27 Feb 2014
Daniel J. Benjamin, Daniel J. Benjamin, Ori Heffetz, Miles S. Kimball and Alex Rees-Jones
Anderson School of Management, Cornell University - S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management, University of Colorado Boulder and Cornell University - Department of Economics
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happiness, life satisfaction, subjective well-being, preference, utility, revealed preference, marginal rate of substitution

Can Marginal Rates of Substitution Be Inferred from Happiness Data? Evidence from Residency Choices

NBER Working Paper No. w18927
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 30 Mar 2013 Last Revised: 20 Mar 2023
Daniel J. Benjamin, Daniel J. Benjamin, Ori Heffetz, Miles S. Kimball and Alex Rees-Jones
Anderson School of Management, Cornell University - S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management, University of Colorado Boulder and Cornell University - Department of Economics
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Correlation Neglect in Student-to-School Matching

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Correlation Neglect in Student-to-School Matching

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 13 Aug 2019 Last Revised: 29 Jan 2020
Alex Rees-Jones, Ran I. Shorrer and Chloe Tergiman
Cornell University - Department of Economics, Pennsylvania State University and The Pennsylvania State University
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matching, correlation neglect, laboratory experiment

Correlation Neglect in Student-to-School Matching

NBER Working Paper No. w26734
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 11 Feb 2020 Last Revised: 20 Jul 2023
Alex Rees-Jones, Ran I. Shorrer and Chloe Tergiman
Cornell University - Department of Economics, Pennsylvania State University and The Pennsylvania State University
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Price Isn’t Everything: Behavioral Response around Changes in Sin Taxes

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 30 Jun 2018 Last Revised: 03 Jul 2022
Alex Rees-Jones and Kyle Rozema
Cornell University - Department of Economics and Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law
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tax law, sin taxes, price effects, information effects, behavioral public finance

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Suboptimal Behavior in Strategy-Proof Mechanisms: Evidence from the Residency Match

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 18 Sep 2015 Last Revised: 31 May 2017
Alex Rees-Jones
Cornell University - Department of Economics
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matching, deferred acceptance algorithm, suboptimal behavior.

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Do People Seek to Maximize Happiness? Evidence from New Surveys

NBER Working Paper No. w16489
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 25 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 23 Jul 2023
Daniel J. Benjamin, Daniel J. Benjamin, Ori Heffetz, Miles S. Kimball and Alex Rees-Jones
Anderson School of Management, Cornell University - S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management, University of Colorado Boulder and Cornell University - Department of Economics
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Learning During the Covid-19 Pandemic: It is Not Who You Teach, But How You Teach

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Learning During the Covid-19 Pandemic: It is Not Who You Teach, But How You Teach

NBER Working Paper No. w28022
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 02 Nov 2020 Last Revised: 25 Jan 2023
George Orlov, Douglas McKee, James Berry, Austin Boyle, Austin Boyle, Thomas DiCiccio, Tyler Ransom, Alex Rees-Jones and Jörg Stoye
Cornell University, Cornell University, University of Delaware - Economics, Florida State University - Department of EconomicsPenn State, Cornell University, University of Oklahoma, Cornell University - Department of Economics and Cornell University - Department of Economics
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Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic: It is Not Who You Teach, But How You Teach

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13813
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 02 Nov 2020
George Orlov, Douglas McKee, James Berry, Austin Boyle, Austin Boyle, Thomas DiCiccio, Tyler Ransom, Alex Rees-Jones and Joerg Stoye
Cornell University, Cornell University, University of Delaware - Economics, Florida State University - Department of EconomicsPenn State, Cornell University, University of Oklahoma, Cornell University - Department of Economics and Cornell University
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economic education, pedagogical methods, higher education, COVID-19

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Covid-19 Changed Tastes for Safety-Net Programs

NBER Working Paper No. w27865
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 28 Sep 2020 Last Revised: 24 Apr 2023
Alex Rees-Jones, John D'Attoma, Amedeo Piolatto and Luca Salvadori
Cornell University - Department of Economics, University of Exeter, Autonomous University of Barcelona and University of Barcelona - Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB)
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Reversing Reserves

NBER Working Paper No. w26963
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 13 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 05 Mar 2023
Parag A. Pathak, Alex Rees-Jones and Tayfun Sonmez
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Cornell University - Department of Economics and Boston College
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Measuring “Schmeduling”

NBER Working Paper No. w22884
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 05 Dec 2016 Last Revised: 13 Jul 2023
Alex Rees-Jones and Dmitry Taubinsky
Cornell University - Department of Economics and Harvard University
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Attention Variation and Welfare: Theory and Evidence from a Tax Salience Experiment

NBER Working Paper No. w22545
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 22 Aug 2016 Last Revised: 06 Feb 2023
Dmitry Taubinsky and Alex Rees-Jones
Harvard University and Cornell University - Department of Economics
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The Negative Consequences of Loss-Framed Performance Incentives

NBER Working Paper No. w26619
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 06 Jan 2020 Last Revised: 14 Aug 2022
Lamar Pierce, Alex Rees-Jones and Charlotte Blank
Washington University, Saint Louis - John M. Olin School of Business, Cornell University - Department of Economics and Maritz Holdings Inc.
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Taxing Humans: Pitfalls of the Mechanism Design Approach and Potential Resolutions

NBER Working Paper No. w23980
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 30 Oct 2017 Last Revised: 10 Jul 2023
Alex Rees-Jones and Dmitry Taubinsky
Cornell University - Department of Economics and Harvard University
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Price Isn't Everything: Behavioral Response Around Changes in Sin Taxes

NBER Working Paper No. w25958
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 17 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 05 Jun 2023
Alex Rees-Jones and Kyle Rozema
Cornell University - Department of Economics and Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law
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Behavioral Economics in Education Market Design: A Forward-Looking Review

NBER Working Paper No. w30973
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 23 Feb 2023 Last Revised: 24 Jul 2023
Alex Rees-Jones and Ran I. Shorrer
Cornell University - Department of Economics and Pennsylvania State University
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Immigration Lottery Design: Engineered and Coincidental Consequences of H-1b Reforms

NBER Working Paper No. w26767
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 18 Feb 2020 Last Revised: 27 Feb 2022
Parag A. Pathak, Alex Rees-Jones and Tayfun Sonmez
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Cornell University - Department of Economics and Boston College
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An Approach to Testing Reference Points

NBER Working Paper No. w30773
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 19 Dec 2022 Last Revised: 14 Apr 2023
Alex Rees-Jones and Ao Wang
Cornell University - Department of Economics and National University of Singapore (NUS)
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