Author Page for Michael Luca

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Digital Discrimination: The Case of Airbnb.com

Harvard Business School NOM Unit Working Paper No. 14-054

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 11 Jan 2014

Benjamin G. Edelman and Michael Luca

Harvard University - HBS Negotiations, Organizations and Markets Unit and Harvard Business School

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Survival of the Fittest: The Impact of the Minimum Wage on Firm Exit

Harvard Business School NOM Unit Working Paper No. 17-088

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 11 Apr 2017 Last Revised: 13 Aug 2018

Dara Lee Luca and Michael Luca

Mathematica Policy Research and Harvard Business School

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Reviews, Reputation, and Revenue: The Case of Yelp.Com

Harvard Business School NOM Unit Working Paper No. 12-016

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 16 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 16 Mar 2016

Michael Luca

Harvard Business School

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Fake It Till You Make It: Reputation, Competition, and Yelp Review Fraud

Harvard Business School NOM Unit Working Paper No. 14-006

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 13 Jul 2013 Last Revised: 05 May 2015

Michael Luca and Georgios Zervas

Harvard Business School and Questrom School of Business, Boston University

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Economists (and Economics) in Tech Companies

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Economists (and Economics) in Tech Companies

Harvard Business School NOM Unit Working Paper No. 19-027, Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 18-44

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 11 Sep 2018

Susan Athey and Michael Luca

Stanford Graduate School of Business and Harvard Business School

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Economists (and Economics) in Tech Companies

NBER Working Paper No. w25064

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 24 Sep 2018

Susan Athey and Michael Luca

Stanford Graduate School of Business and Harvard Business School

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The Impact of Mass Shootings on Gun Policy

Harvard Business School NOM Unit Working Paper No. 16-126

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 07 May 2016 Last Revised: 10 Mar 2017

Michael Luca, Deepak K. Malhotra and Christopher Poliquin

Harvard Business School, Harvard Business School - Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Unit and Harvard Business School

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Racial Discrimination in the Sharing Economy: Evidence from a Field Experiment

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 9, no. 2 (April 2017) 1-22, Harvard Business School NOM Unit Working Paper No. 16-069

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 12 Dec 2015 Last Revised: 24 Jul 2018

Benjamin G. Edelman, Michael Luca and Dan Svirsky

Harvard University - HBS Negotiations, Organizations and Markets Unit, Harvard Business School and Harvard Business School

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Nowcasting Gentrification: Using Yelp Data to Quantify Neighborhood Change

Harvard Business School NOM Unit Working Paper No. 18-077

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 19 Feb 2018

Edward L. Glaeser, Hyunjin Kim and Michael Luca

Harvard University - Department of Economics, Harvard Business School and Harvard Business School

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Curbing Adult Student Attrition: Evidence from a Field Experiment

Harvard Business School NOM Unit Working Paper No. 15-065

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 13 Feb 2015

Raj Chande, Michael Luca, Michael Sanders, Xian‐Zhi Soon, Oana Borcan, Netta Barak Corren, Elizabeth Linos, Elspeth Kirkman and Sean Robinson

Behavioural Insights Team, Harvard Business School, Cabinet Office (UK) - Behavioural Insights Team, Behavioural Insights Team, Göteborg University, Harvard Law School, Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Behavioural Insights Team and Behavioural Insights Team

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Effectiveness of Paid Search Advertising: Experimental Evidence

Harvard Business School NOM Unit Working Paper No. 17-025

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 04 Oct 2016 Last Revised: 07 Oct 2016

Daisy Dai and Michael Luca

Lehigh University and Harvard Business School

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User-Generated Content and Social Media

Forthcoming in the Handbook of Media Economics, Simon Anderson, David Strömberg and Joel Waldfogel, eds.

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 05 May 2015

Michael Luca

Harvard Business School

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Big Data and Big Cities: The Promises and Limitations of Improved Measures of Urban Life

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Big Data and Big Cities: The Promises and Limitations of Improved Measures of Urban Life

Harvard Business School NOM Unit Working Paper No. 16-065

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 24 Nov 2015

Edward L. Glaeser, Scott Duke Kominers, Michael Luca and Nikhil Naik

Harvard University - Department of Economics, Harvard University, Harvard Business School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

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Big Data and Big Cities: The Promises and Limitations of Improved Measures of Urban Life

NBER Working Paper No. w21778

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 07 Dec 2015

Edward L. Glaeser, Scott Duke Kominers, Michael Luca and Nikhil Naik

Harvard University - Department of Economics, Harvard University, Harvard Business School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

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Big Data and Big Cities: The Promises and Limitations of Improved Measures of Urban Life

Economic Inquiry, Vol. 56, Issue 1, pp. 114-137, 2018

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 05 Dec 2017

Edward L. Glaeser, Scott Duke Kominers, Michael Luca and Nikhail Naik

Harvard University - Department of Economics, Harvard University, Harvard Business School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

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Nowcasting the Local Economy: Using Yelp Data to Measure Economic Activity

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Nowcasting the Local Economy: Using Yelp Data to Measure Economic Activity

Harvard Business School NOM Unit Working Paper No. 18-022

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 18 Sep 2017 Last Revised: 28 Oct 2017

Edward L. Glaeser, Hyunjin Kim and Michael Luca

Harvard University - Department of Economics, Harvard Business School and Harvard Business School

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Nowcasting the Local Economy: Using Yelp Data to Measure Economic Activity

NBER Working Paper No. w24010

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 13 Nov 2017

Edward L. Glaeser, Hyunjin Kim and Michael Luca

Harvard University - Department of Economics, Harvard Business School and Harvard Business School

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When 3 + 1 > 4: Gift Structure and Reciprocity in the Field

Harvard Business School NOM Unit Working Paper No. 14-030

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 27 Sep 2013 Last Revised: 09 Apr 2015

Duncan S. Gilchrist, Michael Luca and Deepak K. Malhotra

Harvard University - Department of Economics, Harvard Business School and Harvard Business School - Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Unit

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Is No News (Perceived as) Bad News? An Experimental Investigation of Information Disclosure

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Is No News (Perceived as) Bad News? An Experimental Investigation of Information Disclosure

Harvard Business School NOM Unit Working Paper No. 15-078

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 08 Apr 2015 Last Revised: 24 Nov 2017

Ginger Zhe Jin, Michael Luca and Daniel Martin

University of Maryland - Department of Economics, Harvard Business School and Northwestern University - Department of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences (MEDS)

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Is No News (Perceived as) Bad News? An Experimental Investigation of Information Disclosure

NBER Working Paper No. w21099

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 20 Apr 2015

Ginger Zhe Jin, Michael Luca and Daniel Martin

University of Maryland - Department of Economics, Harvard Business School and Northwestern University - Department of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences (MEDS)

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The Impact of Campus Scandals on College Applications

Harvard Business School NOM Unit Working Paper No. 16-137

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 22 Jun 2016 Last Revised: 10 Nov 2017

Michael Luca, Patrick Rooney and Jonathan Smith

Harvard Business School, Harvard Business School and Georgia State University

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Aggregation of Consumer Ratings: An Application to Yelp.com

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Aggregation of Consumer Ratings: An Application to Yelp.com

Quantitative Marketing and Economics, Forthcoming, Harvard Business School NOM Unit Working Paper No. 13-042

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 05 Nov 2014 Last Revised: 13 Nov 2017

Daisy Dai, Ginger Zhe Jin, Jungmin Lee and Michael Luca

Lehigh University, University of Maryland - Department of Economics, Seoul National University and Harvard Business School

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Aggregation of Consumer Ratings: An Application to Yelp.Com

NBER Working Paper No. w18567

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 30 Nov 2012

Daisy Dai, Ginger Zhe Jin, Jungmin Lee and Michael Luca

Lehigh University, University of Maryland - Department of Economics, Seoul National University and Harvard Business School

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Digitizing Disclosure: The Case of Restaurant Hygiene Scores

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Digitizing Disclosure: The Case of Restaurant Hygiene Scores

Harvard Business School NOM Unit Working Paper No. 18-088

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 01 Mar 2018 Last Revised: 13 Aug 2018

Daisy Dai and Michael Luca

Lehigh University and Harvard Business School

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Digitizing Disclosure: The Case of Restaurant Hygiene Scores

Posted: 15 Aug 2016

Daisy Dai and Michael Luca

Lehigh University and Harvard Business School

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Strategic Disclosure: The Case of Business School Rankings

Harvard Business School NOM Unit Working Paper No. 14-010

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 20 Jul 2013 Last Revised: 25 Nov 2014

Michael Luca and Jonathan Smith

Harvard Business School and Georgia State University

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Designing Online Marketplaces: Trust and Reputation Mechanisms

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Designing Online Marketplaces: Trust and Reputation Mechanisms

Forthcoming in NBER IPE, Harvard Business School NOM Unit Working Paper No. 17-017

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 02 Sep 2016

Michael Luca

Harvard Business School

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Designing Online Marketplaces: Trust and Reputation Mechanisms

NBER Working Paper No. w22616

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 12 Sep 2016

Michael Luca

Harvard Business School

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What Makes a Critic Tick? Connected Authors and the Determinants of Book Reviews

Harvard Business School NOM Unit Working Paper No. 12-080

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 06 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 06 Aug 2013

Loretti Dobrescu, Michael Luca and Alberto Motta

University of New South Wales, School of Economics, Harvard Business School and UNSW Australia Business School, School of Economics

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Big Data and Big Cities: The Promises and Limitations of Improved Measures for Urban Life

HKS Working Paper No. RWP15-075

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 09 Dec 2015

Edward L. Glaeser, Scott Duke Kominers, Michael Luca and Nikhil Naik

Harvard University - Department of Economics, Harvard University, Harvard Business School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

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Complex Disclosure

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Complex Disclosure

Harvard Business School NOM Unit Working Paper No. 18-105

Number of pages: 69 Posted: 21 May 2018 Last Revised: 15 Oct 2018

Ginger Zhe Jin, Michael Luca and Daniel Martin

University of Maryland - Department of Economics, Harvard Business School and Northwestern University - Department of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences (MEDS)

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Complex Disclosure

NBER Working Paper No. w24675

Number of pages: 68 Posted: 13 Jun 2018

Ginger Zhe Jin, Michael Luca and Daniel Martin

University of Maryland - Department of Economics, Harvard Business School and Northwestern University - Department of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences (MEDS)

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Salience in Quality Disclosure: Evidence from the U.S. News College Rankings

Harvard Business School NOM Unit Working Paper No. 12-014

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 13 Sep 2011

Michael Luca and Jonathan Smith

Harvard Business School and Georgia State University

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Product Quality and Entering through Tying: Experimental Evidence

Harvard Business School NOM Unit Working Paper No. 19-045, Forthcoming in Management Science

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 30 May 2018 Last Revised: 03 Dec 2018

Hyunjin Kim and Michael Luca

Harvard Business School and Harvard Business School

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Evolution of Land Distribution in West Bengal 1967-2004: Role of Land Reform and Demographic Changes

Harvard Business School NOM Unit Working Paper No. 14-066

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 02 Feb 2014

Pranab Bardhan, Michael Luca, Dilip Mookherjee and Francisco Pino

University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics, Harvard Business School, Boston University - Department of Economics and Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES)

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Measuring Gentrification: Using Yelp Data to Quantify Neighborhood Change

NBER Working Paper No. w24952

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 17 Sep 2018

Edward L. Glaeser, Hyunjin Kim and Michael Luca

Harvard University - Department of Economics, Harvard Business School and Harvard Business School

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Crowdsourcing City Government: Using Tournaments to Improve Inspection Accuracy

NBER Working Paper No. w22124

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 28 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 15 Apr 2016

Edward L. Glaeser, Andrew Hillis, Scott Duke Kominers and Michael Luca

Harvard University - Department of Economics, Harvard University, Harvard University and Harvard Business School

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Salience in Quality Disclosure: Evidence from the U.S. News College Rankings

Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, Vol. 22, Issue 1, pp. 58-77, 2013

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 10 Jan 2013

Michael Luca and Jonathan Smith

Harvard Business School and Georgia State University

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Where Not to Eat? Improving Public Policy by Predicting Hygiene Inspections Using Online Reviews

Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (Forthcoming)

Posted: 13 Jul 2013 Last Revised: 26 Sep 2013

Jun Seok Kang, Polina Kuznetsova, Yejin Choi and Michael Luca

Stony Brook University, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook University and Harvard Business School

Michael Luca

Harvard Business School

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Big Data and Big Cities: The Promises and Limitations of Improved Measures of Urban Life

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