Taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages are growing in popularity and have generated an
active public debate. Are they a good idea? If so, how high should they be? Are such taxes …

This chapter surveys the literature on the microstructure of housing markets. It considers one-
sided search, random matching, and directed search models. It also examines the …

A common objection to “sin taxes”—corrective taxes on goods that are thought to be
overconsumed, such as cigarettes, alcohol, and sugary drinks—is that they often fall …

Increasingly, user-generated product reviews serve as a valuable source of information for
customers making product choices online. The existing literature typically incorporates the …

Energy efficiency in the residential housing market can play an important role in the
reduction of global carbon emissions. This paper reports the first evidence on the market …

This paper uses data on all house transactions in Massachusetts over the last 20 years to
show that houses sold after foreclosure, or close in time to the death or bankruptcy of a …

Authors often add covariates to a base model sequentially either to test a particular
coefficient's “robustness” or to account for the “effects” on this coefficient of adding …

When buying durable goods, consumers must forecast how much utility they will derive from
future consumption, including consumption in different states of the world. This can be …

Do financial advisers undo or reinforce the behavioral biases and misconceptions of their
clients? We use an audit methodology where trained auditors meet with financial advisers …

Agents are often better informed than the clients who hire them and may exploit this
informational advantage. Real estate agents have an incentive to convince clients to sell …