Petra Persson

Stanford University

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Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN)

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1.

Human Trafficking and Regulating Prostitution

IFN Working Paper No. 996, NYU Stern School of Business EC-12-07, NYU Law and Economics Research Paper No. 12-08
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 14 May 2012 Last Revised: 03 Apr 2021
Samuel Lee and Petra Persson
Santa Clara University - Leavey School of Business and Stanford University
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Prostitution, trafficking, illegal goods, forced labor, coercion, slavery

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Financing from Family and Friends

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Financing from Family and Friends

NYU Stern Working Paper FIN-12-007, IFN Working Paper No. 933, ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 358
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 19 Jun 2012 Last Revised: 11 Sep 2015
Samuel Lee and Petra Persson
Santa Clara University - Leavey School of Business and Stanford University
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Informal finance, family loans, peer-to-peer lending, small business lending, entrepreneurial finance, microfinance, missing middle, financing gap, risk capital, social ties, altruism, social collateral

Financing from Family and Friends

NYU Working Paper No. 2451/31577
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 30 Jun 2012 Last Revised: 27 Oct 2014
Samuel Lee and Petra Persson
Santa Clara University - Leavey School of Business and Stanford University
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The Limits of Career Concerns in Federalism: Evidence from China

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The Limits of Career Concerns in Federalism: Evidence from China

Journal of the European Economic Association
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 16 Nov 2009 Last Revised: 20 Sep 2023
Petra Persson and Ekaterina Zhuravskaya
Stanford University and Paris School of Economics (PSE)
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federalism, China, elite capture, democracy, social networks, public goods

The Limits of Career Concerns in Federalism: Evidence from China

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP10397
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 10 Feb 2015
Petra Persson and Ekaterina Zhuravskaya
Stanford University and Paris School of Economics (PSE)
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autocracy, career concerns, China, federalism, hierarchies, public goods

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Authority Versus Loyalty: Social Incentives and Governance

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Authority Versus Loyalty: Social Incentives and Governance

NYU Working Paper No. FIN-10-001
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 22 Mar 2009 Last Revised: 20 Jul 2012
Samuel Lee and Petra Persson
Santa Clara University - Leavey School of Business and Stanford University
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Governance, Social Ties, Cronyism, Social Capital, Social Incentives, Delegated Monitoring, Family Firms, Organizational Culture

Authority Versus Loyalty: Social Incentives and Modes of Governance

NYU Working Paper No. 2451/29609
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 07 Jun 2010
Samuel Lee and Petra Persson
Santa Clara University - Leavey School of Business and Stanford University
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Attention Manipulation and Information Overload

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Attention Manipulation and Information Overload

IFN Working Paper No. 995
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 07 Feb 2020
Petra Persson
Stanford University
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Information Overload, Complexity, Persuasion, Disclosure regulation, Consumer Protection, Salience

Attention Manipulation and Information Overload

NBER Working Paper No. w23823
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 09 Oct 2017 Last Revised: 04 Feb 2023
Petra Persson
Stanford University
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Attention Manipulation and Information Overload

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP12297
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 20 Sep 2017
Petra Persson
Stanford University
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Complexity, consumer protection, Disclosure regulation, Information Overload, Persuasion, salience

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When Dad Can Stay Home: Fathers' Workplace Flexibility and Maternal Health

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When Dad Can Stay Home: Fathers' Workplace Flexibility and Maternal Health

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12386
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 10 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Petra Persson and Maya Rossin-Slater
Stanford University and Stanford University
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maternal postpartum health, intra-household spillovers, workplace flexibility, paternity leave

When Dad Can Stay Home: Fathers' Workplace Flexibility and Maternal Health

NBER Working Paper No. w25902
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 05 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 10 Apr 2023
Petra Persson and Maya Rossin-Slater
Stanford University and Stanford University
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When Dad Can Stay Home: Fathers' Workplace Flexibility and Maternal Health

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP13780
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 11 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 29 Jul 2019
Petra Persson and Maya Rossin-Slater
Stanford University and Stanford University
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intra-household spillovers, maternal postpartum health, paternity leave, workplace flexibility

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Paternalism, Libertarianism, and the Nature of Disagreement

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 29 Jul 2012
Uliana Loginova and Petra Persson
Columbia University - Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and Stanford University
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Paternalism, Libertarianism, Communication, Difference of opinion, Coercion

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The Roots of Health Inequality and The Value of Intra-Family Expertise

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The Roots of Health Inequality and The Value of Intra-Family Expertise

University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2019-45
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 08 Mar 2019
Yiqun Chen, Petra Persson and Maria Polyakova
Duke University, Stanford University and Stanford University - Department of Health Research and Policy
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social insurance, family, expert, information, health decision-making, inequality

The Roots of Health Inequality and the Value of Intra-Family Expertise

NBER Working Paper No. w25618
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 08 Mar 2019 Last Revised: 02 Jul 2023
Yiqun Chen, Petra Persson and Maria Polyakova
Duke University, Stanford University and Stanford University - Department of Health Research and Policy
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The Roots of Health Inequality and the Value of Intra-Family Expertise

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP13583
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 18 Mar 2019
Yiqun Chen, Petra Persson and Maria Polyakova
Duke University, Stanford University and Stanford University - Department of Health Research and Policy
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Theoretical Perspectives on Social Relationships in Informal Financing

Forthcoming in Research Handbook on Alternative Finance (eds. Franklin Allen and Meijun Qian)
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 08 Mar 2024
Samuel Lee and Petra Persson
Santa Clara University - Leavey School of Business and Stanford University
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Informal financing, family financing, microfinance, crowdfunding

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The Long-Term Consequences of Teacher Discretion in Grading of High-Stakes Tests

NBER Working Paper No. w22207
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 02 May 2016 Last Revised: 06 Mar 2023
Rebecca Diamond and Petra Persson
Stanford Graduate School of Business and Stanford University
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Circles of Trust: Rival Information in Social Networks

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Circles of Trust: Rival Information in Social Networks

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 09 Jan 2011 Last Revised: 23 Sep 2021
Petra Persson, Nikita Roketskiy and Samuel Lee
Stanford University, University College London - Department of Economics and Santa Clara University - Leavey School of Business
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Information sharing, communication, directed altruism, trust, secrecy, network formation

Circles of Trust: Rival Information in Social Networks

NBER Working Paper No. w29324
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 07 Oct 2021 Last Revised: 16 Apr 2023
Petra Persson, Nikita Roketskiy and Samuel Lee
Stanford University, University College London - Department of Economics and Santa Clara University - Leavey School of Business
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Circles of Trust: Rival Information in Social Networks

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP16597
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 09 Nov 2021
Samuel Lee, Petra Persson and Nikita Roketskiy
Santa Clara University - Leavey School of Business, Stanford University and University College London - Department of Economics
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Rival Information, Social Networks, strategic information transmission

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Maternal and Infant Health Inequality: New Evidence from Linked Administrative Data

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15745
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 13 Dec 2022 Last Revised: 14 Dec 2022
Kate Kennedy-Moulton, Sarah Miller, Petra Persson, Maya Rossin-Slater, Laura Wherry and Gloria Aldana
Columbia University, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Stanford University, Stanford University, New York University (NYU) - New York University and U.S. Census Bureau
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maternal and infant health, health disparities, administrative data

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Family Spillover Effects of Marginal Diagnoses: The Case of Adhd

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Family Spillover Effects of Marginal Diagnoses: The Case of Adhd

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14020
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 11 Jan 2021 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Petra Persson, Xinyao Qiu and Maya Rossin-Slater
Stanford University, Stanford University and Stanford University
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mental health, marginal diagnosis, targeting, ADHD, family spillovers

Family Spillover Effects of Marginal Diagnoses: The Case of Adhd

NBER Working Paper No. w28334
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 12 Jan 2021 Last Revised: 03 Jun 2023
Petra Persson, Xinyao Qiu and Maya Rossin-Slater
Stanford University, Stanford University and Stanford University
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The Menopause “Penalty”

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17793
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 27 Mar 2025
Gabriella Conti, Rita Ginja, Petra Persson and Barton Willage
University of Chicago, Uppsala University, Stanford University and University of Delaware
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menopause, health care, disability income, fertility

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Insurance Without Commitment: Evidence from the ACA Marketplaces

NBER Working Paper No. w24668
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 04 Jun 2018 Last Revised: 28 May 2023
Rebecca Diamond, Michael Dickstein, Timothy McQuade and Petra Persson
Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, Stanford University and Stanford University
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Family Ruptures, Stress, and the Mental Health of the Next Generation

NBER Working Paper No. w22229
Number of pages: 89 Posted: 09 May 2016 Last Revised: 29 Mar 2023
Petra Persson and Maya Rossin-Slater
Stanford University and University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) - Department of Economics
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Maternal and Infant Health Inequality: New Evidence from Linked Administrative Data

NBER Working Paper No. w30693
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 22 Dec 2022 Last Revised: 15 May 2023
Kate Kennedy-Moulton, Sarah Miller, Petra Persson, Maya Rossin-Slater, Laura R. Wherry and Gloria Aldana
Columbia University, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Stanford University, Stanford University, New York University (NYU) - New York University and U.S. Census Bureau
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A Taste of Their Own Medicine: Guideline Adherence and Access to Expertise

NBER Working Paper No. w29356
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 11 Oct 2021 Last Revised: 12 Jun 2023
Amy Finkelstein, Petra Persson, Maria Polyakova and Jesse M. Shapiro
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Stanford University, Stanford University and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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The Economics of Infertility: Evidence from Reproductive Medicine

NBER Working Paper No. w32445
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 14 May 2024
Sarah Bögl, Jasmin Moshfegh, Petra Persson and Maria Polyakova
Stanford University, Stanford University, Stanford University and Stanford University
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The Menopause “Penalty”

CESifo Working Paper No. 11761
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 01 Apr 2025
Gabriella Conti, Rita Ginja, Petra Persson and Barton Willage
University College London, University of Bergen, Stanford University and University of Delaware
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menopause, health care, disability income, fertility

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Targeting Precision Medicine: Evidence from Prenatal Screening

NBER Working Paper No. w30669
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 21 Nov 2022 Last Revised: 20 Apr 2023
Peter Conner, Liran Einav, Amy Finkelstein, Petra Persson and Heidi Williams
Karolinska Institutet, Stanford University - Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Stanford University and Stanford University
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The Menopause "Penalty"

NBER Working Paper No. w33621
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 01 Apr 2025
Gabriella Conti, Rita Ginja, Petra Persson and Barton Willage
University College London, University of Bergen, Stanford University and University of Delaware
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