Causality - Publications - Faculty & Research

Max Bazerman and Mike Luca (Image by John Ritter) What makes people behave the way they do—and to what degree are design choices influencing that? Associate Professor Mike Luca studies the design of online platforms, while Professor Max Bazerman’s work focuses on... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information

10 Mar 2021
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Shattering Glass

much we can ask individual women to do while systemic barriers still exist. We need to make institutional and cultural changes. Have we moved beyond the need to make the business case for creating more diverse workplaces? CA: The narrow focus on trying to establish a... View Details

Keywords: April White; gender equity; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

02 Jun 2019
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A Data-Driven Approach to Gun Policy

time, some type of gun-purchase waiting-period law. To understand the causal effect of waiting periods, the team exploited the significant geographic and temporal variations in the implementation of waiting periods. The researchers tested... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government

01 Mar 2013
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Sizing Up Social Impact

and how to measure it. This depends on two critical factors: how much they know about causality in their interventions, and how much of their environment they can reasonably control," Ebrahim says. "Based on these two conditions, they can... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Crop Production; Agriculture; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities

01 Dec 2020
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Tried and Tested

first-order importance. The second part is whether I have a clever way of studying it. Can I design an experiment to isolate exactly what I think the causal mechanism is? It’s not just that A happens and then B happens, but can I actually... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Scientific Research and Development Services

01 Jun 2018
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The Long Run

only give you one year.’ That was 10 years ago,” recalls Lee Shaw. The controversial media campaign—which included TV, print, billboard, and radio ads—saturated Montana from 2005 onward, with the effort spreading to six other states. However difficult it can be to show... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Melissa Golden

28 May 2019
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Cure All

of competition and the quality of management practices adopted in hospitals. LD: There’s also quite a lot of research demonstrating that hospital consolidation causally leads to higher prices without any evidence of quality... View Details

Keywords: Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance

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How Economic Interdependence Fosters Alliances and Democracy

Racial Diversity and Racial Policy Preferences: The Great Migration and Civil Rights

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The Exchange: Where Ethics Meet Economics