Publications
About Our Publications
On this page you will find a list of publications by ISPS Affiliates, including peer-reviewed journal articles, policy briefs, and working papers.
When possible, Publications are linked to Projects and Data via the ISPS KnowledgeBase.
Title | Author(s) |
Discipline![]() |
Publication | Year |
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Winners and Losers in the Commodity Lottery: The Impact of Terms of Trade Growth and Volatility in the Periphery, 1870-1939 |
Christopher Blattman, Jason Hwang, Jeffrey Williamson |
Economics | Journal of Development Economics | 2007 |
Observational Learning: Evidence from a Randomized Natural Field Experiment |
Hongbin Cai, Yuyu Chen, Hanming Fang |
Economics | American Economic Review | 2009 |
Retailer Revelations: Why America’s Struggling Middle Class Has Businesses Scared |
Brendan V. Duke and Ike Lee |
Economics | Report | 2014 |
Finding Missing Markets (and a Disturbing Epilogue): Evidence from an Export Crop Adoption and Marketing Intervention in Kenya. |
Nava Ashraf, Xavier Gine, Dean Karlan |
Economics | Journal of Agricultural Economics | 2009 |
The Economic Security Index: A New Measure of the Economic Security of American Workers and Their Families (Technical Report) |
Jacob S. Hacker, Greg A. Huber, Philipp Rehm, Mark Schlesinger, Rob Valletta |
Economics | 2010 | |
Information, School Choice, and Academic Achievement: Evidence from Two Experiments. |
Justine S. Hastings, Jeffrey M. Weinstein |
Economics | Quarterly Journal of Economics | 2008 |
Trust and Social Collateral |
Dean Karlan, Markus Mobius, Tanya Rosenblat, Adam Szeidl |
Economics | Quarterly Journal of Economics | 2009 |
Reformulating Competition? Gasoline Content Regulation and Wholesale Gasoline Prices |
Jen Brown, Justine Hastings, Erin Mansur, and Sofia Villas-Boas |
Economics | Journal of Environmental Economics and Management | 2008 |
Social and Economic Correlates of Depressive Symptoms and Perceived Stress in South African Adults. |
Hamad, Lia Fernald, Dean Karlan, Jonathan Zinman |
Economics | Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health | 2008 |
When Curiosity Kills the Profits: An Experimental Examination |
Julian Jamison, Dean Karlan |
Economics | Games and Economic Behavior | 2008 |
The First of the Month Effect: Consumer Behavior and Store Responses |
Justine Hastings and Ebonya Washington |
Economics | American Economic Journal: Economic Policy | 2010 |
Gender, Performance and Preferences: Do Girls and Boys Respond Differently to School Environment? Evidence from School Assignment by Randomized Lottery |
Justine S. Hastings, Thomas J. Kane, Douglas O. Staiger |
Economics | American Economic Review | 2006 |
Does Price Matter in Charitable Giving? Evidence from a Large-Scale Natural Field Experiment. |
Dean Karlan, John List |
Economics | American Economic Review | 2007 |
The Consequences of Child Soldiering |
Christopher Blattman and Jeannie Annan |
Economics | Review of Economics and Statistics | 2010 |
Vertical Relationships and Competition in Retail Gasoline Markets: Empirical Evidence from Contract Changes in Southern California |
Justine S. Hastings |
Economics | American Economic Review | 2004 |
Lying About Borrowing |
Dean Karlan, Jonathan Zinman |
Economics | Journal of the European Economic Association | 2008 |
Market Power, Vertical Integration and the Wholesale Price of Gasoline |
Justine S. Hastings, Richard J. Gilbert |
Economics | Journal of Industrial Economics | 2005 |
Community Size and Network Structure |
Hunt Alcott, Dean Karlan, Markus Mobius, Tanya Rosenblat, Adam Szeidl |
Economics | American Economic Review | 2007 |
Credit Elasticities in Less Developed Countries: Implications for Microfinance. |
Dean S. Karlan, Jonathan Zinman |
Economics | American Economic Review | 2008 |
Social Connections and Group Banking |
Dean Karlan |
Economics | Economic Journal | 2007 |
ISPS Working Paper Series
ISPS advances interdisciplinary research in the social sciences that aims to shape public policy and inform democratic deliberation. The ISPS network includes scholars and students from many departments in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and from Yale’s graduate and professional schools as well as select experts from other institutions. The ISPS Working Paper Series provides a platform for ISPS affiliates to make their work available for public consumption and discussion.
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