Publications

Forthcoming
Laibson D, Maxted P, Lee SC, Repetto A, Tobacman J. "Estimating Discount Functions with Consumption Choices over the Lifecycle". Review of Financial Studies Forthcoming;
Laibson D, Maxted P, Moll B. "Present Bias Amplifies the Household Balance-Sheet Channels of Macroeconomic Policy". Quarterly Journal of Economics Forthcoming;
2023
Beshears J, Guo R, Laibson D, Madrian BC, J.Choi J. "Automatic Enrollment with a 12% Default Contribution Rate" [Internet]. Journal of Pension Economics & Finance 2023;:1-31. Publisher's Version PDF
Meyer MN, Tan T, Benjamin DJ, Laibson D, Turley P. "Public views on polygenic screening of embryos" [Internet]. Science 2023;379(6632):541-543. Publisher's Version
Patel M, Milkman KL, Gandhi L, Graci HN, Gromet D, Ho H, Kay JS, Lee TW, Rothschild J, Akinola M, Beshears J, Bogard JE, Buttenheim A, Chabris CF, Chapman GB, J.Choi J, Dai H, Fox CR, Goren A, Hilchey MD, Hmurovic J, John LK, Karlan D, Kim M, Laibson D, Lamberton C, Madrian BC, Meyer M, Modanu M, Nam J, Rogers T, Rondina R, Saccardo S, Shermohammed M, Soman D, Sparks J, Warren C, Weber M, Berman R, Evans CN, Lee SH, Snider CK, Tsukayama E, den Bulte CV, Volpp K, Duckworth A. "A Randomized Trial of Behavioral Nudges Delivered Through Text Messages to Increase Influenza Vaccination Among Patients With an Upcoming Primary Care Visit" [Internet]. American Journal of Health Promotion 2023;37(3):324-332. Publisher's Version
2022
Fadlon I, Laibson D. "Paternalism and Pseudo-Rationality: An Illustration Based on Retirement Savings" [Internet]. Journal of Public Economics 2022;216(December 2022):104763. Paper link PDF
Adams P, Guttman-Kenney B, Hayes L, Hunt S, Laibson D, Stewart N. "Do Nudges Reduce Borrowing and Consumer Confusion in the Credit Card Market?" [Internet]. Economica 2022;89(S1 Supplement: Centenary Issue: 1921 - 2021):S178-S199. Publisher's Version
Okbay A, Wu Y, Wang N, Jayashankar H, Bennett M, Nehzati S, Sidorenko J, Kweon H, Goldman G, Gjorgjieva T, Jiang Y, Hicks B, Tian C, Hinds D, Ahlskog R, Magnusson P, Oskarsson S, Hayward C, Campbell A, Porteous D, Freese J, Herd P, Watson C, Jala J, Conley D, Koellinger P, Johannesson M, Laibson D, Meyer M, Lee J, Kong A, Yengo L, Cesarini D, Turley P, Visscher P, Beauchamp J, Young A, Tung J, Rietveld C. "Polygenic prediction of educational attainment within and between families from genome-wide association analyses in 3 million individuals" [Internet]. Nature Genetics 2022;54:437-449. Publisher's Version
Beshears J, Choi J, Laibson D, Maxted P. "Present Bias Causes and Then Dissipates Auto-Enrollment Savings Effects". AEA Papers and Proceedings 2022;112:136-141. PDF Online Appendix
Beshears J, J.Choi J, Laibson D, Madrian BC, Skimmyhorn WL. "Borrowing to Save? The Impact of Automatic Enrollment on Debt" [Internet]. Journal of Finance 2022;77(1):403-447. Publisher's Version PDF 081220 Appendix 081220
2021
Turley P, Meyer MN, Wang N, Cesarini D, Hammonds E, Martin AR, Neale BM, Rehm HL, Wilkins-Haug L, Benjamin DJ, Hyman S, Laibson D, Visscher PM. "Problems with Using Polygenic Scores to Select Embryos" [Internet]. New England Journal of Medicine 2021;385:78-86. Publisher's Version
Milkman KL, Patel MS, Gandhi L, Graci HN, Gromet DM, Ho H, Kay JS, Lee TW, Akinola M, Beshears J, Bogard JE, Buttenheim A, Chabris CF, Chapman GB, J.Choi J, Dai H, Fox CR, Goren A, Hilchey MD, Hmurovic J, John LK, Karlan D, Kim M, Laibson D, Lamberton C, Madrian BC, Meyer MN, Modanu M, Nam J, Rogers T, Rondina R, Saccardo S, Shermohammed M, Soman D, Sparks J, Warren C, Weber M, Berman R, Evans CN, Snider CK, Tsukayama E, den Bulte CV, Volpp KG, Duckworth AL. "A megastudy of text-based nudges encouraging patients to get vaccinated at an upcoming doctor's appointment" [Internet]. PNAS 2021;118(20):e2101165118. Publisher's Version
Becker J, Burik CAP, Goldman G, Wang N, Jayashankar H, Bennett M, Belsky DW, Linnér RK, Ahlskog R, Kleinman A, Hinds DA, 23andMe_Research_Group, Caspi A, Corcoran DL, Moffitt TE, Poulton R, Sugden K, Williams BS, Harris KM, Steptoe A, Ajnakina O, Milani L, Esko T, Iacono WG, McGue M, Magnusson PKE, Mallard TT, Harden KP, Tucker-Drob EM, Herd P, Freese J, Young A, Beauchamp JP, Koellinger PD, Oskarsson S, Johannesson M, Visscher PM, Meyer MN, Laibson D, Cesarini D, Benjamin DJ, Turley P, Okbay A. "Resource profile and user guide of the Polygenic Index Repository" [Internet]. Nature Human Behaviour 2021;5(12):1744-1758. Publisher's Version
Beshears J, J.Choi J, Laibson D, Madrian BC. "Active choice, implicit defaults, and the incentives to choose" [Internet]. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 2021;163(March 2021):6-16. Publisher's Version PDF
2020
Benjamin DJ, Laibson D, Mischel W, Peake PK, Shoda Y, Wellsjo AS, Wilson NL. "Predicting mid-life capital formation with pre-school delay of gratification and life-course measures of self-regulation" [Internet]. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 2020;179(2020):743-756. Publisher's Version PDF
Kong E, Beshears J, Laibson D, Madrian BC, Volpp K, Loewenstein G, Kolstad J, J.Choi J. "Do physician incentives increase patient medication adherence?" [Internet]. Health Services Research 2020;55(4):503-511. Publisher's Version PDF
Beshears J, J.Choi J, Harris C, Laibson D, Madrian BC, Sakong J. "Which Early Withdrawal Penalty Attracts the Most Deposits to a Commitment Savings Account?" [Internet]. Journal of Public Economics 2020;183:104144. Publisher's Version PDF
Beshears J, J.Choi J, Iwry M, John DC, Laibson D, Madrian BC. "Building Emergency Savings Through Employer-Sponsored Rainy-Day Savings Accounts" [Internet]. Tax Policy and the Economy 2020;34(2020):43-90. Publisher's Version PDF
Cohen JD, Ericson KM, Laibson D, White JM. "Measuring Time Preferences" [Internet]. Journal of Economic Literature 2020;58(2):299-347. Publisher's Version PDF
Beauchamp JP, Benjamin DJ, Laibson DI, Chabris CF. "Measuring and Controlling for the Compromise Effect When Estimating Risk Preference Parameters" [Internet]. Experimental Economics 2020;23:1069-1099. Publisher's Version PDF Online Appendix

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