M. Keith Chen

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management

Associate Professor of Economics

110 Westwood Plaza

Los Angeles, CA 90095-1481

United States

http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/faculty/keith.chen/index.html

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

19

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Scholarly Papers (19)

1.

The Evolution of Our Preferences: Evidence from Capuchin Monkey Trading Behavior

Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper No. 1524
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 07 Jun 2005
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management, Yale University and Yale University - Department of Psychology
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prospect theory, loss aversion, reference dependence, evolution, neuroeconomics, capuchin monkeys, monkey business

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The Effect of Language on Economic Behavior: Evidence from Savings Rates, Health Behaviors, and Retirement Assets

Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper No. 1820
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 22 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 13 Dec 2012
M. Keith Chen
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management
Downloads 2,049 (16,622)
Citation 152

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Language, Time preference, Intertemporal choice, Savings behavior, Health, National savings rates, Sapir-Whorf hypothesis

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Does Prison Harden Inmates? A Discontinuity-Based Approach

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 19 Nov 2003
M. Keith Chen and Jesse M. Shapiro
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Crime, Prison, Recidivism, Social Capital, Peer Effects, Regression Discontinuity

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Rationalization and Cognitive Dissonance: Do Choices Affect or Reflect Preferences?

Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper No. 1669
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 15 Jul 2008 Last Revised: 20 Jul 2008
M. Keith Chen
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management
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Cognitive dissonance, Revealed preference

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Citation 107

The Value of Flexible Work: Evidence from Uber Drivers

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 15 Apr 2017 Last Revised: 30 Jun 2018
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management, Yale School of Management, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and University of Oxford
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Labor Supply, Flexible Work, Labor Surplus, Bayesian Econometrics

The Value of Flexible Work: Evidence from Uber Drivers

NBER Working Paper No. w23296
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 05 Apr 2017 Last Revised: 26 Feb 2023
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management, Yale School of Management, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and University of Oxford
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Citation 106

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One-Way Essential Complements

Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper No. 1588, Yale Economic Applications and Policy Discussion Paper No. 22
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 15 Oct 2006
M. Keith Chen and Barry J. Nalebuff
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and Yale University - Yale School of Management
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Citation 22

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bundling, complements, monopoly leverage, net neutrality, price discrimination, tying, versioning

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Beyond Taxis: Reference-Dependence in Rideshare Drivers' Labor Supply

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 16 Sep 2022 Last Revised: 22 Dec 2022
Stanford Graduate School of Business, California Institute of Technology (Caltech), California Institute of Technology (Caltech), University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and California Institute of Technology (Caltech) - Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences
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Citation 1

Intertemporal Choice and Legal Constraints

Yale Law & Economics Research Paper No. 381
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 04 May 2009 Last Revised: 15 Jun 2009
Alan Schwartz and M. Keith Chen
Yale Law School and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management
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Intertemporal Choice and Legal Constraints

American Law & Economics Review, Forthcoming, Yale SOM Working Paper, Yale Law & Economics Research Paper No. 432
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 10 May 2011 Last Revised: 26 May 2011
M. Keith Chen and Alan Schwartz
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and Yale Law School
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Political Storms: Emergent Partisan Skepticism of Hurricane Risks

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 14 Mar 2019 Last Revised: 02 Nov 2019
Elisa Long, M. Keith Chen and Ryne Rohla
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and Washington State University
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Citation 9

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Hurricane Evacuations, Fake News, Political Polarization, Regression Discontinuity

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Consumer Search in the U.S. Auto Industry: The Role of Dealership Visits

Number of pages: 69 Posted: 01 Jan 2020 Last Revised: 31 Aug 2020
Dan Yavorsky, Elisabeth Honka and M. Keith Chen
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management
Downloads 182 (346,390)
Citation 16

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Consumer Search, Automotive Industry

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Education, Information, and Improved Health: Evidence from Breast Cancer Screening

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3548
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 16 Jun 2008
M. Keith Chen and Fabian Lange
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and Yale University - Department of Economics
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education, allocative efficiency, health

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The Returns to Face-to-Face Interactions: Knowledge Spillovers in Silicon Valley

NBER Working Paper No. w30147
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 13 Jun 2022 Last Revised: 17 May 2023
David Atkin, M. Keith Chen and Anton Popov
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Nursing Home Staff Networks and Covid-19

NBER Working Paper No. w27608
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 19 Oct 2020 Last Revised: 09 Jun 2023
M. Keith Chen, Judith A. Chevalier and Elisa Long
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management, Yale School of Management and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management
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Racial Disparities in Voting Wait Times: Evidence from Smartphone Data

NBER Working Paper No. w26487
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 27 Nov 2019 Last Revised: 17 May 2023
M. Keith Chen, Kareem Haggag, Devin G. Pope and Ryne Rohla
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management, Carnegie Mellon University - Department of Social and Decision Sciences, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Washington State University
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Geographic Mobility in America: Evidence from Cell Phone Data

NBER Working Paper No. w27072
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 05 May 2020 Last Revised: 22 Jun 2023
M. Keith Chen and Devin G. Pope
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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Flexible Pay and Labor Supply: Evidence from Uber's Instant Pay

NBER Working Paper No. w33177
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 26 Nov 2024
M. Keith Chen, Katherine Feinerman and Kareem Haggag
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
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The Returns to Face-to-Face Interactions: Knowledge Spillovers in Silicon Valley

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP17377
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 23 Jun 2022
David Atkin, M. Keith Chen and Anton Popov
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Estimation of agglomeration economies, Face-to-face Interactions, Knowledge Spillovers, Serendipity

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Do Harsher Prison Conditions Reduce Recidivism? A Discontinuity-Based Approach

American Law and Economics Review, Vol. 9, Issue 1, pp. 1-29, 2007
Posted: 16 Jun 2008
M. Keith Chen and Jesse M. Shapiro
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and Harvard University - Department of Economics

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K42, Z13, J62

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How Basic are Behavioral Biases? Evidence from Capuchin Monkey Trading Behavior

Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 114, pp. 517-537, June 2006
Posted: 25 Jun 2006
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management, Yale University and Yale University - Department of Psychology

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