Select Publications and Working Papers
"A Theory of the Effects of Privacy."
Bonatti, Alessandro, Yunhao Huang, and J. Miguel Villas-Boas. Management Science. Forthcoming.
"Effects of Enhanced Legal Aid in Child Welfare: Evidence from a Randomized Trial of Mi Abogado."
Cooper, Ryan, Joseph J. Doyle, and Andrés P. Hojman. American Economic Review. Forthcoming. NBER Working Paper 30974.
"From Coase to Culture: Visible Hands Build Equilibria."
Gibbons, Robert. Economica. Forthcoming.
"Implications of Policy-Driven Transmission Expansion on Costs, Emissions, and Reliability in the United States."
Senga, Juan Ramon L., Audun Botterud, John E. Parsons, S. Drew Story, and Christopher R. Knittel. Nature Energy. Forthcoming.
"Mean Reversion in Randomized Controlled Trials: Implications for Program Targeting and Heterogeneous Treatment Effects."
Alsan, Marcella, John Cawley, Joseph J. Doyle, and Nicholas Skelley. American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings. Forthcoming.
"Physician Group Influences on Treatment Intensity and Health: Evidence from Physician Switchers."
Doyle, Joseph J. and Becky Staiger. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy. Forthcoming. NBER Working Paper 29613.
"Who Bears the Burden of Climate Inaction?"
Clausing, Kimberly A., Christopher R. Knittel, and Catherine Wolfram. Brookings Papers on Economic Activity. Forthcoming.
"Information Design with Elicitation and Strategic Coordination."
Bonatti, Alessandro, Munther A. Dahleh, and Thibaut Horel, Working Paper. November 2025.
Keywords: Information Design, Mechanism Design, Private Information, Data Markets, Algorithmic Pricing, Digital Platforms
"Using Machine Learning to Target Treatment: The Case of Household Energy Use."
Knittel, Christopher R., and Samuel Stolper. The Economic Journal Vol. 135, No. 672 (2025): 2377-2401. NBER Working Paper.
"Measuring by Executive Order."
Topic: Economics
Cavallo, Alberto and Roberto Rigobon, MIT Sloan Working Paper 7322-25. Cambridge, MA: MIT Sloan School of Management, October 2025. SSRN.
"Bidding with Budgets: Data-Driven Bid Algorithms in Digital Advertising."
Bergemann, Dirk, Alessandro Bonatti, and Nicholas Wu. International Journal of Industrial Organization Vol. 102, (2025): 103172.
"The Global Effects of Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms."
Clausing, Kimberly A., Jonathan M. Colmer, Allan Hsiao, and Catherine Wolfram, Working Paper. September 2025. NBER Working Paper No. 33723.
Keywords: Tax law and policy, Carbon border adjustment mechanisms, Importing, Exporting, Regulation, Environmental economy
"Trade Sanctions."
Topic: Economics
Egorov, Konstantin, Vasily Korovkin, Alexey Makarin, and Dzhamilya Nigmatulina, MIT Sloan Working Paper 7331-25. Cambridge, MA: MIT Sloan School of Management, August 2025.
Keywords: Supply Chain, International Trade, Russia-Ukraine War, Geoeconomics, Sanctions, Trade Sanctions, Export Controls
"Timing Sustainable Shareholder Proposals in Real Asset Investments."
van der Kroft, Bram, Juan Palacios, Roberto Rigobon, and Siqi Zheng, Working Paper. August 2025. SSRN.
Keywords: Corporate governance, Physical depreciation, Real assets, Socially responsible investing, ESG, CSR, Sustainable finance
"A Theory of Price Caps on Non-Renewable Resources."
Johnson, Simon, Lukasz Rachel, and Catherine Wolfram, Working Paper. August 2025. NBER Working Paper No. 31347.
"How do Digital Advertising Auctions Impact Product Prices?"
Bergemann, Dirk, Alessandro Bonatti, and Nicholas Wu. The Review of Economic Studies Vol. 92, No. 4 (2025): 2330-2358. Extended Abstract (EC '23).
"The Democratic Paradox in Large Language Models' Underestimation of Press Freedom."
Loaiza, Isabella, Roberto Vestrelli, Andrea Fronzetti Colladon, and Roberto Rigobon, MIT Sloan Working Paper 7323-25. Cambridge, MA: MIT Sloan School of Management, June 2025.
Keywords: Large Language Models, Press Freedom, Differential Misalignment, Home Bias, Media Trust
"On the Importance of Assurance in Carbon Accounting."
Berg, Florian, Jaime Oliver Huidobro, and Roberto Rigobon, MIT Sloan Working Paper 6969-24. Cambridge, MA: MIT Sloan School of Management, April 2025.
Keywords: Auditing, Carbon Emission Targets, Carbon Accounting
"Money (Not) to Burn: Payments for Ecosystem Services to Reduce Crop Residue Burning."
Jack, Kelsey, Seema Jayachandran, Namrata Kala, and Rohini Pande. AER: Insights Vol. 7, No. 1 (2025): 39-55. NBER Preprint. MIT Climate Portal.
"Organizing a Kingdom."
Topic: Economics
Angelucci, Charles, Simone Meraglia, and Nico Voigtländer (R&R at The Review of Economic Studies), MIT Sloan Working Paper 6950-23. Cambridge, MA: MIT Sloan School of Management, March 2025.
Keywords: Administrations, Cities, Trade, Merchants, Parliament, Self-Governance, Institutions