Leonardo Bursztyn

Research

Research Statement (2018)

Published and forthcoming papers

• Social Dynamics of AI Adoption in Parents' Educational Decisions
  (with Alex Imas, Rafael Jiménez-Durán, Aaron Leonard, and Chris Roth)

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Forthcoming

• Measuring Markets for Network Goods
  (with Matthew Gentzkow, Rafael Jiménez-Durán, Aaron Leonard, Filip Milojević, and Chris Roth)

  Review of Economic Studies, Forthcoming

• In Their Shoes: Empathy Through Information
  (with with Marianne Andries, Thomas Chaney, Milena Djourelova, and Alex Imas)

  Quarterly Journal of Economics, Forthcoming

• The Social Desirability Atlas
  (with Ingar Haaland, Chris Roth, and Nicolas Röver)

  Journal of Political Economy: Microeconomics, Forthcoming

• Polarization and Public Policy: Political Adverse Selection under Obamacare
  (with Jonathan Kolstad, Aakaash Rao, Pietro Tebaldi, and Noam Yuchtman)

  Economic Journal, Forthcoming

• When Product Markets Become Collective Traps: The Case of Social Media
  (with Benjamin Handel, Rafael Jiménez-Durán and Chris Roth)

  American Economic Review, 115(12), 4105–36 (2025) [Lead article]

• Identifying the Effect of Election Closeness on Voter Turnout: Evidence from Swiss Referenda
  (with Davide Cantoni, Patricia Funk, Felix Schönenberger, and Noam Yuchtman)

  Journal of the European Economic Association, 22(2), 876-914 (2024)

• The Immigrant Next Door
  (with Thomas Chaney, Tarek Hassan, and Aakaash Rao)

  American Economic Review, 114(2), 348-384 (2024)

• Opinions as Facts
  (with Aakaash Rao, Christopher Roth, and David Yanagizawa-Drott)

  Review of Economic Studies, 90(4), 1832-1864 (2023)

• Justifying Dissent
  (with Georgy Egorov, Ingar Haaland, Aakaash Rao, and Christopher Roth)

  Quarterly Journal of Economics, 138(3), 1403-1451 (2023)

• Scapegoating During Crises
  (with Georgy Egorov, Ingar Haaland, Aakaash Rao, and Chris Roth)

  American Economic Association Papers and Proceedings, 112, 151-55 (2022)

• 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

• The Political Economy of Social Norms

  Forthcoming in - The Handbook of Political Economy

• Preserving the Environment
  (with Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt)
  In Aghion, P. and P. Howitt, The Economics of Growth, MIT Press (2008)

Working papers

• How Are Gender Norms Perceived?
  (with Alexander W. Cappelen, Bertil Tungodden, Alessandra Voena, and David Yanagizawa-Drott)

  Conditionally accepted - American Economic Review

• Social Media and Xenophobia: Evidence from Russia
  (with Georgy Egorov, Ruben Enikolopov, and Maria Petrova)

  Revise and Resubmit - Journal of the European Economic Association

• Non-User Utility and Market Power: The Case of Smartphones
  (with Rafael Jiménez-Durán, Aaron Leonard, Filip Milojević, and Chris Roth)

• Never Enough: Dynamic Status Incentives in Organizations
  (with Ewan Rawcliffe and Hans-Joachim Voth)

• Threshold Disclosure in Collective Decisions
  (with Luca Braghieri and Jan Fasnacht)

• Understanding the Limits of Social Media Bans
  (with with Angela Duckworth, Rafael Jiménez-Durán, Aaron Leonard, Filip Milojević, Christopher Roth, and Cass R. Sunstein)

• Non-User Externalities
  (with Jan Fasnacht, Rafael Jiménez-Durán, Benjamin Handel, Aaron Leonard, Filip Milojević, Christopher Roth, and Cass R. Sunstein)

• Aligning Platform and User Incentives in Social Media Age Restrictions
  (with Rafael Jiménez-Durán, Aaron Leonard, Filip Milojević, and Chris Roth)