Leonardo Bursztyn
Research Statement (2018)
Published and forthcoming papers
- Justifying Dissent
(with Georgy Egorov, Ingar Haaland, Aakaash Rao, and Christopher Roth)Quarterly Journal of Economics, Forthcoming
- Opinions as Facts
(with Aakaash Rao, Christopher Roth, and David Yanagizawa-Drott)Review of Economic Studies, Forthcoming
- Scapegoating During Crises
(with Georgy Egorov, Ingar Haaland, Aakaash Rao, and Chris Roth)American Economic Association Papers and Proceedings, Forthcoming
- Killer Incentives: Rivalry, Performance and Risk-Taking Among German Fighter Pilots, 1939-45
(with Philipp Ager, Lukas Leucht, and Hans-Joachim Voth)Review of Economic Studies, 89(4), 2257-2292, (2022) [Lead article]
Replication files
- Misperceptions about Others
(with David Y. Yang)Annual Review of Economics, 14, 425-452 (2022)
- Persistent Political Engagement: Social Interactions and the Dynamics of Protest Movements
(with Davide Cantoni, David Y. Yang, Noam Yuchtman, and Y. Jane Zhang)American Economic Review: Insights, 3(2): 233-250 (2021)
Replication files
- From Extreme to Mainstream: The Erosion of Social Norms
(with Georgy Egorov and Stefano Fiorin)American Economic Review, 110(11): 3522-3548 (2020)
Replication files
- Misperceived Social Norms: Women Working Outside the Home in Saudi Arabia
(with Alessandra González and David Yanagizawa-Drott)American Economic Review, 110(10): 2997-3029 (2020) [Lead article]
Replication files
- Political Identity: Experimental Evidence on Anti-Americanism in Pakistan
(with Michael Callen, Bruno Ferman, Saad Gulzar, Ali Hasanain, and Noam Yuchtman)Journal of the European Economic Association, 18(5): 2532-2560 (2020)
Replication files
- Moral Incentives in Credit Card Debt Repayment: Evidence from a Field Experiment
(with Stefano Fiorin, Daniel Gottlieb, and Martin Kanz)Journal of Political Economy, 127(4): 1641-1683 (2019)
Replication files
- Cool to Be Smart or Smart to Be Cool? Understanding Peer Pressure in Education
(with Georgy Egorov and Robert Jensen)Review of Economic Studies, 86(4): 1487-1526 (2019)
Replication files
- Status Goods: Experimental Evidence from Platinum Credit Cards
(with Bruno Ferman, Stefano Fiorin, Martin Kanz, and Gautam Rao)Quarterly Journal of Economics, 133(3): 1561-1595 (2018)
Replication files
- ’Acting Wife:’ Marriage Market Incentives and Labor Market Investments
(with Thomas Fujiwara and Amanda Pallais)American Economic Review, 107(11): 3288-3319 (2017)
Replication files
- Social Image and Economic Behavior in the Field: Identifying, Understanding and Shaping Social Pressure
(with Robert Jensen)Annual Review of Economics, 9: 131-153 (2017)
- Poverty and the Political Economy of Public Education Spending: Evidence from Brazil
Journal of the European Economic Association, 14(5): 1101-1128 (2016)
Supplemental Appendix, Replication files
- A Tear in the Iron Curtain: The Impact of Western Television on Consumption Behavior
(with Davide Cantoni)
Review of Economics and Statistics, 98(1): 25-41 (2016)
Supplemental Appendix, Replication files
- How Does Peer Pressure Affect Educational Investments?
(with Robert Jensen)
Quarterly Journal of Economics, 130(3): 1329-1367 (2015)
Supplemental Appendix, Replication files
- Understanding Mechanisms Underlying Peer Effects: Evidence from a Field Experiment on Financial Decisions
(with Florian Ederer, Bruno Ferman, and Noam Yuchtman)
Econometrica, 82(4): 1273-1301 (2014)
Supplemental Appendix, Replication files
- The Schooling Decision: Family Preferences, Intergenerational Conflict, and Moral Hazard in the Brazilian Favelas
(with Lucas C. Coffman)Journal of Political Economy, 120(3): 359-397 (2012) [Lead article]
Supplemental Appendix, Replication files
- The Environment and Directed Technical Change
(with Daron Acemoglu, Philippe Aghion, and David Hemous)American Economic Review, 102(1): 131–166 (2012)
Supplemental Appendix, Replication files
Other publications
- Preserving the Environment
(with Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt)
In Aghion, P. and P. Howitt, The Economics of Growth, MIT Press (2008)
Working papers
- The Immigrant Next Door: Long-Term Contact, Generosity, and Prejudice
(with Thomas Chaney, Tarek Hassan, and Aakaash Rao)Revise and Resubmit - American Economic Review
- Identifying the Effect of Election Closeness on Voter Turnout: Evidence from Swiss Referenda
(with Davide Cantoni, Patricia Funk, Felix Schönenberger, and Noam Yuchtman)Revised and Resubmitted - Journal of the European Economic Association
- Social Media and Xenophobia: Evidence from Russia
(with Georgy Egorov, Ruben Enikolopov, and Maria Petrova)
- Political Adverse Selection
(with Jonathan Kolstad, Aakaash Rao, Pietro Tebaldi, and Noam Yuchtman)