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Published Papers

Imagining the Future: Memory, Simulation and Beliefs (with P. Bordalo, G. Burro, K. Coffman and A. Shleifer) 

Review of Economic Studies, forthcoming


Long Term Expectations and Aggregate Fluctuations (with P. Bordalo, R. La Porta, M. O'Brien, and A. Shleifer)

NBER Macroeconomic Annual 2023


Belief Overreaction and Stock Market Puzzles (with P. Bordalo, R. La Porta, and A. Shleifer)

The Journal of Political Economy, forthcoming


Memory and Probability (with P. Bordalo, J. Conlon, S. Kwon, and A. Shleifer)

The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2022 


Salience (with P. Bordalo and A. Shleifer)

Annual Review of Economics, 2022
 

Identity, Beliefs, and Political Conflict (with G. Bonomi and G. Tabellini)

The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2021
 

Trust and Insurance Contracts (with F. Lopez de Silanes, R. La Porta, and A. Shleifer)

The Review of Financial Studies, 2022


Memory and Representativeness (with P. Bordalo, C. Coffman, F. Schwerter, and A. Shleifer)

Psychological Review, 2021


Over-Reaction in Macroeconomic Expectations (with P.Bordalo, Y. Ma, and A. Shleifer)

American Economic Review, 2020, 110, 2748-2782


Memory, Attention and Choice (with P. Bordalo and Andrei Shleifer)

The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2020, 135, 1399–1442


Diagnostic Bubbles (with P. Bordalo, Andrei Shleifer, and Spencer Yongwook Kwon)

Journal of Financial Economics, 2021


Memory and Reference Prices: An Application to Rental Choice (with P. Bordalo, R. La Porta, and A.Shleifer)

American Economic Review, P&P, 2019


Diagnostic Expectations and Stock Returns (with P.Bordalo, R. La Porta, and A. Shleifer) 

The Journal of Finance, 2019, 74 (6): 2839-2874.


Beliefs About Gender  (with P. Bordalo, K. Coffman, and A. Shleifer)

American Economic Review, 2019, 09 (3): 739-773.


Banks, Government Bonds, and Default: What Do the Data Say?  (with A. Martin and S. Rossi)

Journal of Monetary Economics, 2018, 98 98-113


Diagnostic Expectations and Credit Cycles (with P. Bordalo and A. Shleifer)

The Journal of Finance, 2019, 74(6) 2839-2874


Stereotypes (with K. Coffman, P. Bordalo, and A. Shleifer)

Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2016, 131 (4): 1753-1794


Competition for Attention (with P. Bordalo and A. Shleifer)

Review of Economic Studies, 2015, 83 (2): 481-513


Expectations and Investment (with Y. Ma and A. Shleifer)

NBER Macroeconomic Annual 2015


Neglected Risks: The Psychology of Financial Crises  (with A. Shleifer and R. Vishny)

American Economic Review, P&P, 2015


State Capacity and Military Conflict (with H.J. Voth)

The Review of Economic Studies, 2015, 82 (4), 1409–1448


Growth in Regions (with R. La Porta, F. Lopes-de-Silanes, and A. Shleifer)

Journal of Economic Growth, 2015, 19 (3): 259-309


Finance and the Preservation of Wealth (with A. Shleifer and R. Vishny),

Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2015, 129 (3): 1221-1254


Salience Theory of Judicial Decisions (with P. Bordalo and A. Shleifer)

Journal of Legal Studies, 2015, 44 (S1): S7-S33


Money Doctors (with A. Shleifer and R. Vishny)

The Journal of Finance, 2015, 70 (1): 91-114


Salience and Consumer Choice (with P. Bordalo and A. Shleifer)

Journal of Political Economy, 121(5), 803-843, 2014


Sovereign Default, Domestic Banks, and Financial Institutions (with A. Martin and S. Rossi)

The Journal of Finance, 69(2), 819-866, 2014


Salience and Asset Prices (with P. Bordalo and A. Shleifer)

American Economic Review P&P, 103(3), 623-628, 2013


Dynastic Management (with F. Caselli)

Economic Inquiry, 51(1), 971-996, 2013


Optimal Contracts with Enforcement Risk

Journal of the European Economic Association, 11(1), 59-82, 2013

Online Appendix


Contractual Resolutions of Financial Distress (with S. Rossi)

The Review of Financial Studies, 26(3), 602-634, 2013


Human Capital and Regional Development (with R. La Porta, F. López-de-Silanes and A. Shleifer)

Quarterly Journal of Economics, 128(1), 105-164, 2013.


A Model of Shadow Banking (with A. Shleifer and R. Vishny)

Journal of Finance, 68(4), 1331-1363, 2013


Salience Theory of Choice Under Risk (with A. Shleifer and P. Bordalo)

Quarterly Journal of Economics, 127 (3), 1243-1285, 2012

Appendix with Proofs and Experiments 


Salience in Experimental Tests of the Endowment Effect (with A. Shleifer and P. Bordalo)

American Economic Review P&P, 102 (3), 47-52, 2012


Neglected Risks, Financial Innovation, and Financial Fragility (with A. Shleifer and R. Vishny)

Journal of Financial Economics, 104, 452-468, May 2012


Institutions, Financial Integration and Complementarity (with A. Martin and S. Rossi),

In R. Kolb (ed.), Soverign Debt: From Safety to Default, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., November 2011


What Comes to Mind (with A. Shleifer)

Quarterly Journal of Economics, 125 (4), 1399-1433, November 2010


Judicial Discretion in Corporate Bankruptcy (with S. Rossi)

Review of Financial Studies, 23 (11), 4078-4114, November 2010


Economics and Politics of Alternative Institutional Reforms (with F. Caselli)

Quarterly Journal of Economics, 123 (3), 1197-1250, August 2008


Judicial Fact Discretion (with A. Shleifer)

Journal of Legal Studies, 37 (1), 1-35, January 2008


The Modern Impact of Precolonial Centralization in Africa (with I. Rainer)

Journal of Economic Growth, 12 (3), 185-234, September 2007


Overruling and the Instability of Law (with A. Shleifer)

Journal of Comparative Economics, 35, 309-328, June 2007


The Evolution of Common Law (with A. Shleifer)

Journal of Political Economy, 115, 43-68, February 2007


Precolonial Centralization and Institutional Quality in Africa (with I. Rainer)

In Mark Gradstein and Kai Konrad eds, Institutions and Norms in Economic Development, MIT Press, 2006


Credit Constraints, Competition, and Meritocracy (with F. Caselli)

Journal of the European Economic Association, 3, 679-689, April-May, 2005

Last change 13/11/2023