Publications

2015
Chabris CF, Lee JJ, Cesarini D, Benjamin DJ, Laibson DI. "The Fourth Law of Behavior Genetics" [Internet]. Current Directions in Psychological Science 2015;24(4):304-312. Publisher's Version PDF
Laibson D. "Why don't present-biased agents make commitments?" [Internet]. American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings 2015;105(5):267-272. Publisher's Version PDF
Ericson KMM, White JM, Laibson D, Cohen JD. "Money Earlier or Later? Simple Heuristics Explain Intertemporal Choices Better Than Delay Discounting Does" [Internet]. Psychological Science 2015;26(6):826-833. Publisher's Version PDF
Beshears J, J.Choi J, Laibson D, Madrian BC, Milkman KL. "The Effect of Providing Peer Information on Retirement Savings Decisions" [Internet]. Journal of Finance 2015;70(3):1161-1201. Publisher's Version PDF (Updated January 2015)
2014
Rietveld CA, Conley D, Eriksson N, Esko T, Medland SE, Vinkhuyzen AAE, Yang J, Boardman JD, Chabris CF, Dawes CT, Domingue BW, Hinds DA, Johannesson M, Kiefer AK, Laibson D, Magnusson PKE, Mountain JL, Oskarsson S, Rostapshova O, Teumer A, Tung JY, Visscher PM, Benjamin DJ, Cesarini D, Koellinger PD, SSGAC. "Replicability and Robustness of Genome-Wide-Association Studies for Behavioral Traits". Psychological Science 2014;(Prepublished October 6, 2014):DOI: 10.1177/0956797614545132. PDF Supplemental Material
Acemoglu D, Laibson D, List JA. "Equalizing Superstars: The Internet and the Democratization of Education". American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings 2014;104(5):523-527. PDF
Beshears J, J.Choi J, Laibson D, Madrian BC, Zeldes SP. "What Makes Annuitization More Appealing?". Journal of Public Economics 2014;116(August 2014):2-16. May 2013 version, Journal of Public Economics NBER Working Papers #18575 (revised March 2013)
Beshears J, J.Choi J, Laibson D, Madrian BC. "Who Uses the Roth 401(k), and How Do They Use It?". In: NBER Discoveries in the Economics of Aging. University of Chicago Press; 2014 p. 411-440. PDF
2013
Loewenstein G, Friedman JY, McGill B, Ahmad S, Linck S, Sinkula S, Beshears J, J.Choi J, Kolstad J, Laibson D, Madrian BC, List JA, Volpp KG. "Consumers' misunderstanding of health insurance". Journal of Health Economics 2013;32(5):850-862. PDF
Beshears J, J.Choi J, Laibson D, Madrian BC, Reynolds G. "Testimonials Do Not Convert Patients from Brand to Generic Medication". American Journal of Managed Care 2013;19(9):e314-e331. PDF
Rietveld CA, Medland SE, Derringer J, Yang J, Esko T, Martin NW, Westra H-J, Konstantin Shakhbazov, .., Conley D, Davey-Smith G, Franke L, Groenen PJF, Hofman A, Johannesson M, Kardia SLR, Krueger RF, Laibson D, Martin NG, Meyer MN, Posthuma D, Thurik AR, Timpson NJ, Andre G U, van Duijn CM, Visscher PM, Benjamin DJ, Cesarini D, Koellinger PD. "GWAS of 126,559 Individuals Identifies Genetic Variants Associated with Educational Attainment". Science 2013;340(6139):1467-1471. Published online 30 May 2013. PDF
Chabris CF, Lee JJ, Benjamin DJ, Beauchamp JP, Glaeser EL, Borst G, Pinker S, Laibson DI. "Why Is It Hard to Find Genes that are Associated with Social Science Traits? Theoretical and Empirical Considerations". American Journal of Public Health 2013;103(S1):S152-S166. PDF
Beshears J, J.Choi J, Fuster A, Laibson D, Madrian BC. "What Goes Up Must Come Down? Experimental Evidence on Intuitive Forecasting". American Economic Review 2013;103(3):570-574. PDF Appendix
Milkman KL, Beshears J, J.Choi J, Laibson D, Madrian BC. "Planning prompts as a means of increasing preventive screening rates". Preventive Medicine 2013;56(1):92-93. PDF
Agarwal S, Driscoll JC, Laibson DI. "Optimal Mortgage Refinancing: A Closed-Form Solution". Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking 2013;45(4):591-622. PDF
Beshears J, Choi J, Laibson D, Madrian BC. "Simplification and Saving" [Internet]. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 2013;95:130-145. Older draft summarized in May 2007 NBER Digest PDF
Harris C, Laibson D. "Instantaneous Gratification" [Internet]. Quarterly Journal of Economics 2013;128(1):205-248. Instantaneous Gratification Earlier Versions PDF Web Appendix
2012
Laibson D. "Comment: Were They Prepared for Retirement? Financial Status at Advanced Ages in the HRS and AHEAD Cohorts". Comment in the Investigations in the Economics of Aging, NBER, University of Chicago Press 2012; PDF
Chabris CF, Hebert BM, Benjamin DJ, Beauchamp JP, Cesarini D, van der Loos MJHM, Johannesson M, Magnusson PKE, Lichtenstein P, Atwood CS, Freese J, Hauser TS, Hauser RM, Christakis NA, Laibson D. "Most Reported Genetic Associations with General Intelligence Are Probably False Positives". Psychological Science 2012;23:1324-1336. PDF
Boyle PA, Yu L, Segawa E, Wilson RS, Buchman AS, Laibson DI, Bennett DA. "Association of cognition with temporal discounting in community based older persons". BMC Geriatrics 2012;12:48. PDF

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