Hunt Allcott

New York University (NYU)

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1.

Polarization and Public Health: Partisan Differences in Social Distancing During the Coronavirus Pandemic

NBER Working Paper No. w26946
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 13 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 16 Feb 2023
Hunt Allcott, Levi Boxell, Jacob Conway, Matthew Gentzkow, Michael Thaler and David Y. Yang
New York University (NYU), Independent, Stanford University, Stanford University, University College London - Drayton House and Harvard University
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Food Deserts and the Causes of Nutritional Inequality

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Food Deserts and the Causes of Nutritional Inequality

Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 18-6
Number of pages: 78 Posted: 05 Jan 2018 Last Revised: 21 Nov 2018
Hunt Allcott, Rebecca Diamond, Jean-Pierre Dubé, Jessie Handbury, Ilya M. Rahkovsky and Molly Schnell
New York University (NYU), Stanford Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) - Economic Research Service (ERS) and Northwestern University - Department of Economics
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Inequality, food deserts, grocery demand estimation, nutrition policy

Food Deserts and the Causes of Nutritional Inequality

NBER Working Paper No. w24094
Number of pages: 79 Posted: 19 Dec 2017 Last Revised: 03 May 2023
Hunt Allcott, Rebecca Diamond, Jean-Pierre Dubé, Jessie Handbury, Ilya M. Rahkovsky and Molly Schnell
New York University (NYU), Stanford Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) - Economic Research Service (ERS) and Northwestern University - Department of Economics
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Regulating Internalities

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Regulating Internalities

Forthcoming, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 01 Mar 2015
Hunt Allcott and Cass R. Sunstein
New York University (NYU) and Harvard Law School
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Internalities, behavioral economics, fuel economy, energy efficiency

Regulating Internalities

NBER Working Paper No. w21187
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 26 May 2015 Last Revised: 24 May 2023
Hunt Allcott and Cass R. Sunstein
New York University (NYU) and Harvard Law School
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Social Media and Fake News in the 2016 Election

NBER Working Paper No. w23089
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 23 Jan 2017 Last Revised: 02 Feb 2023
Hunt Allcott and Matthew Gentzkow
New York University (NYU) and Stanford University
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Measuring the Welfare Effects of Residential Energy Efficiency Programs with Self-Selection into Program Participation

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Measuring the Welfare Effects of Residential Energy Efficiency Programs with Self-Selection into Program Participation

Becker Friedman Institute for Research in Economics Working Paper
Number of pages: 93 Posted: 04 Apr 2017 Last Revised: 19 Jul 2017
Hunt Allcott and Michael Greenstone
New York University (NYU) and University of Chicago - Department of Economics
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energy efficiency, program evaluation, randomized control trials, welfare analysis

Measuring the Welfare Effects of Residential Energy Efficiency Programs

NBER Working Paper No. w23386
Number of pages: 97 Posted: 08 May 2017 Last Revised: 27 May 2023
Hunt Allcott and Michael Greenstone
New York University (NYU) and University of Chicago - Department of Economics
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The Welfare Effects of Nudges: A Case Study of Energy Use Social Comparisons

NBER Working Paper No. w21671
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 26 Oct 2015 Last Revised: 20 Mar 2022
Hunt Allcott and Judd B. Kessler
New York University (NYU) and University of Pennsylvania - Business & Public Policy Department
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Should We Tax Sugar-Sweetened Beverages? An Overview of Theory and Evidence

NBER Working Paper No. w25842
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 22 May 2019 Last Revised: 10 Feb 2023
Hunt Allcott, Benjamin B Lockwood and Dmitry Taubinsky
New York University (NYU), University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School and University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics
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Are Consumers Poorly Informed About Fuel Economy? Evidence from Two Experiments

NBER Working Paper No. w23076
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 23 Jan 2017 Last Revised: 22 Jul 2023
Hunt Allcott and Christopher R. Knittel
New York University (NYU) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (CEEPR)
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Site Selection Bias in Program Evaluation

NBER Working Paper No. w18373
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 15 Sep 2012 Last Revised: 16 Mar 2023
Hunt Allcott and Sendhil Mullainathan
New York University (NYU) and University of Chicago
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How Do Electricity Shortages Affect Industry? Evidence from India

NBER Working Paper No. w19977
Number of pages: 88 Posted: 19 Mar 2014 Last Revised: 01 Feb 2023
Hunt Allcott, Allan Collard-Wexler and Stephen D. O'Connell
New York University (NYU), Duke University and Emory University
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Regressive Sin Taxes, with an Application to the Optimal Soda Tax

NBER Working Paper No. w25841
Number of pages: 120 Posted: 24 May 2019 Last Revised: 09 Feb 2023
Hunt Allcott, Benjamin B Lockwood and Dmitry Taubinsky
New York University (NYU), University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School and University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics
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The Welfare Effects of Social Media

NBER Working Paper No. w25514
Number of pages: 122 Posted: 04 Feb 2019 Last Revised: 20 Mar 2022
Hunt Allcott, Luca Braghieri, Sarah Eichmeyer and Matthew Gentzkow
New York University (NYU), Bocconi University - Department of Decision Sciences, Stanford University - Department of Economics and Stanford University
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Is There an Energy Efficiency Gap?

NBER Working Paper No. w17766
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 21 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 19 Jul 2023
Hunt Allcott, Hunt Allcott and Michael Greenstone
Microsoft Corporation - Microsoft Research New England, New York University (NYU) and University of Chicago - Department of Economics
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The Short-Run and Long-Run Effects of Behavioral Interventions: Experimental Evidence from Energy Conservation

NBER Working Paper No. w18492
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 27 Oct 2012 Last Revised: 13 Jul 2023
Hunt Allcott and Todd Rogers
New York University (NYU) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Energy Policy with Externalities and Internalities

NBER Working Paper No. w17977
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 06 Apr 2012 Last Revised: 13 Feb 2023
Hunt Allcott, Sendhil Mullainathan and Dmitry Taubinsky
New York University (NYU), University of Chicago and Harvard University
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Trends in the Diffusion of Misinformation on Social Media

NBER Working Paper No. w25500
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 04 Feb 2019 Last Revised: 06 Mar 2022
Hunt Allcott, Matthew Gentzkow and Chuan Yu
New York University (NYU), Stanford University and Stanford University - Department of Economics
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Dutch Disease or Agglomeration? The Local Economic Effects of Natural Resource Booms in Modern America

NBER Working Paper No. w20508
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 22 Sep 2014 Last Revised: 16 Jul 2023
Hunt Allcott and Daniel Keniston
New York University (NYU) and Yale University
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Paternalism and Energy Efficiency: An Overview

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Paternalism and Energy Efficiency: An Overview

NBER Working Paper No. w20363
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 11 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 20 Feb 2023
Hunt Allcott
New York University (NYU)
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Paternalism and Energy Efficiency: An Overview

Annual Review of Economics, Vol. 8, pp. 145-176, 2016
Posted: 18 Nov 2016
Hunt Allcott
New York University (NYU)

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Gasoline Prices, Fuel Economy, and the Energy Paradox

NBER Working Paper No. w18583
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 30 Nov 2012 Last Revised: 12 Apr 2023
Hunt Allcott and Nathan Wozny
New York University (NYU) and US Air Force - Department of Economics and Geosciences
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Optimal Regulation of E-Cigarettes: Theory and Evidence

NBER Working Paper No. w27000
Number of pages: 108 Posted: 05 May 2020 Last Revised: 10 Apr 2023
Hunt Allcott and Charlie Rafkin
New York University (NYU) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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The Smart Grid, Entry, and Imperfect Competition in Electricity Markets

NBER Working Paper No. w18071
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 12 May 2012 Last Revised: 19 May 2023
Hunt Allcott
New York University (NYU)
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Ramsey Strikes Back: Optimal Commodity Taxes and Redistribution in the Presence of Salience Effects

NBER Working Paper No. w24233
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 22 Jan 2018 Last Revised: 20 Mar 2022
Hunt Allcott, Benjamin B Lockwood and Dmitry Taubinsky
New York University (NYU), University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School and Harvard University
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The Lightbulb Paradox: Evidence from Two Randomized Experiments

NBER Working Paper No. w19713
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 10 Dec 2013 Last Revised: 14 May 2023
Hunt Allcott and Dmitry Taubinsky
New York University (NYU) and Harvard University
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The Role of Sales Agents in Information Disclosure: Evidence from a Field Experiment

NBER Working Paper No. w20048
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 14 Apr 2014 Last Revised: 13 Apr 2023
Hunt Allcott and Richard Sweeney
New York University (NYU) and Harvard University
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