P01 projects

P01 Project Bibliography


Journal Articles

Ahern, Kenneth R., Ran Duchin, and Tyler Shumway. 2014. "Peer Effects in Risk Aversion and Trust." Review of Financial Studies Forthcoming.

Benjamin, Daniel J.. 2013. "Distributional Preferences, Reciprocity-Like Behavior, and Efficiency in Bilateral Exchange." American Economic Journal: Microeconomics Forthcoming.

Benjamin, Daniel J. and Jesse Shapiro. 2009. "Thin-Slice Forecasts of Gubernatorial Elections." The Review of Economics and Statistics 91(3):523-536. (Click Here)

Benjamin, Daniel J., James J. Choi, and Joshua Strickland. 2010. "Social Identity and Preferences." American Economic Review 100(4):1913-28. (Click Here)

Benjamin, Daniel J, Ori Heffetz, Miles Kimball, and Alex Rees-Jones. 2012. "What Do You Think Would Make You Happier? What Do you think You Would Choose?" American Economic Review 102(5):2083-2110. (Click Here)

Bruine de Bruin, Wandi and Katherine Carman. 2012. "Measuring Risk Perceptions: What Does the Excessive Use of 50% Mean?" Medical Decision Making 32(2):232-236. (Click Here)

Bruine de Bruin, Wandi, Andrew M. Parker, and Jurgen Maurer. 2011. "Assessing Small Non-zero Perceptions of Chance: The Case of H1N1 (swine) Flu Risks." Journal of Risk and Uncertainty 42(2):145-159. (Click Here)

Bruine de Bruin, Wandi, JoNell Strough, and Andrew M. Parker. 2014. "Getting older isn't all that bad: Better decisions and coping when facing 'sunk costs'." Psychology and Aging 29(3):642-647. (Click Here)

Chin, Alycia and Wandi Bruine de Bruin. 2016. "Eliciting stock market expectations: The effects of question wording on survey experience and response validity." Journal of Behavioral Finance.

Chin, Alycia, and Wandi Bruine de Bruin. 2016 "Understanding the formation of consumers' stock market expectations." Journal of Consumer Affairs.

Del Missier, Fabio, Timo Mantyla, Patrik Hansson, Wandi Bruine de Bruin, Andrew M. Parker, and Lars-Göran Nilsson. 2013. "The multifold relationship between memory and decision making: An indiviual differences study." Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition 39(5):1344-1364. (Click Here)

Delavande, Adeline and Charles Manski. 2014. "Using Elicited Choice Probabilities in Hypothetical Elections to Study Decisions to Vote." Electoral Studies Forthcoming. (Click Here)

Delavande, Adeline and Charles Manski. 2012. "Candidate Preferences and Expectations of Election Outcomes." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109(10):3711-3715. (Click Here)

Gideon, Michael, Brooke Helppie-McFall, and Joanne W. Hsu. 2017. "Heaping at Round Numbers on Financial Questions: The Role of Satisficing." Survey Research Methods 11(2):189-214.

Helppie-McFall, Brooke and Joanne W. Hsu. Forthcoming. "A Test of Wed and Mail Mode Effects in a Financially Sensitive Survey of Older Americans." Journal of Economic and Social Measurement.

Hsu, Joanne W and Robert J. Willis. 2013. "Dementia Risk and Financial Decision Making by Older Households: The Impact of Information." Journal of Human Capital 6(4):340-377. (Click Here)

Hudomiet, Peter and Robert Willis. 2013. "Estimating Second Order Probability Beliefs from Subjective survival Data." Decision Analysis 10(2):152-170. (Click Here)

Hudomiet, Peter, Gabor Kezdi, and Robert Willis. 2010. "Stock Market Crash and Expectations of American Households." Journal of Applied Econometrics 26(3):393-415. (Click Here)

Hurd, Michael D.. 2009. "Subjective Probabilities in Household Surveys." Annual Review of Economics 1(1):543-562. (Click Here)

Hurd, Michael D., Maarten van Rooij, and Joachim winter. 2011. "Stock Market Expectations of Dutch Households." Journal of Applied Econometrics 26(3):416-436. (Click Here)

Kimball, Miles, Claudia Sahm, and Matthew D. Shapiro. 2009. "Risk Preferences in the PSID: Individual Imputations and Family Covariation." American Economic Review 99(2):363-68. (Click Here)

Kimball, Miles, Claudia Sahm, and Matthew D Shapiro. 2008. "Imputing Risk Tolerance from Survey Responses." Journal of the American Statistical Association 103(483):1028-38. (Click Here)

Kimball, Miles and Philippe Weil. 2009. "Precautionary Saving and Consumption Smoothing Across time and Possibilities." Journal of Money, Credit and Banking 41(2):245-284. (Click Here)

Manski, Charles and Francesca Molinari. 2008. "Skip Sequencing: A Decision Problem in Questionnaire Design." Annals of Applied Statistics 2(1):264-285. (Click Here)

Manski, Charles and Francesca Molinari. 2010. "Rounding Probabilistic Expectations in Surveys." Journal of Business and Economic Statistics 28(2):219-231. (Click Here)

McFall, Brooke Helppie. 2011. "Crash and Wait? The Impact of the Great Recession on the Retirement Plans of Older Americans." American Economic Review 3(101):40-44. (Click Here)

Parker, Andrew, Wandi Bruine de Bruin, Joanne Yoong, and Robert Willis. 2012. "Inappropriate Confidence and Retirement Planning: Four Studies with a National sample." Journalof Behavioral Decision Making 25(4):382-389. (Click Here)

Rohwedder, Susann and Robert Willis. 2010. "Mental Retirement." The Journal of Economic Perspectives 24(1):119-138. (Click Here)

Sahm, Claudia. 2012. "How Much does Risk Tolerance Change." The Quarterly Journal of Finance 2(4). (Click Here)

Sahm, Claudia R., Matthew D. Shapiro, and Joel Slemrod. 2014. "Check in the Mail or More in the Paycheck: Does the Effectiveness of Fiscal Stimulus depend on How it is Delivered?" American Economic Journal 4(3):216-250. (Click Here)

Smith, James, John McArdle, and Robert Willis. 2010. "Financial Decision Making and Cognition in a Family Context." The Economic Journal 120(548):F363-F380. (Click Here)


Book Chapters

Bruine de Bruin, Wandi, Andrew M. Parker, and Baruch Fischhoff. 2014. "Individual differences in decision-making competence across the lifespan." In Neuroeconomics, Judgment, and Decision Making (Psychology Press, New York), 219-236.

Bruine de Bruin, Wandi, Andrew M. Parker, and JoNell Strough. 2015. "Understanding life-span developmental changes in decision-making sequences." In Aging and Decision Making: Empirical and Applied Perspectives (Elsevier Academic Press, New York).

Carroll, Christopher and Miles Kimball. 2008. "Precautionary Saving and Precautionary Wealth." In The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd Edition (Palgrave Macmillan).

Kezdi, Gabor and Robert J. Willis. 2014. "Expectations, Aging and Cognitive Decline." In Discoveries in the Economics of Aging (University of Chicago Press, Chicago), 305-337.

McArdle, John, James Smith, and Robert Willis. 2011. "Cognition and Economic Outcomes in the Health and Retirement Survey." In Explorations in the Economics of Aging (The University of Chicago Press, Chicago), 209-233.

Willis, Robert J.. 2012. "Comments on Michael D. Hurd and Susann Rohwedder, 'The Effect of the Risk of Out-of-Pocket Spending for Health Care on Economic Preparation for Retirement." In Investigations in the Economics of Aging (University of Chicago Press, Chicago), 113-117.

Willis, Robert J.. 2012. "Comments on Till Stowasser, Florian Heiss, Daniel McFadden, and Joachim Winter, 'Health, Wealthy, and Wise?... revisited: A reanalysis for the full HRS population." In Investigations in the economics of Aging (University of Chicago Press, Chicago), 317-320.

Willis, Robert J.. 2014. "Comments on Till Stoasser, Florian Heiss, Daniel McFadden, and Joachim Winter, 'Understanding the SES Gradient in Health Among the Elderly'." In Discoveries in the economics of Aging (University of Chicago Press, Chicago), 219-221.

Willis, Robert J. and Gwenith G. Fisher. 2012. "Research Methods in Retirement Research." In The Oxford Handbook of Retirement (Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK).

Willis, Robert J. and John J. McArdle. 2012. "Cognitive Aging and Human Capital." In Grounding Social Sciences in Cognitive Sciences (MIT Press, Cambridge, MA), 351-381.


Working Papers

Ameriks, John, Joseph Briggs, Andrew Caplin, Minjoon Lee, Matthew Shapiro, and Christopher Tonetti. 2017. "Older Americans Would Work Longer If Jobs Were Flexible." (working paper). (Click Here)

Ameriks, John, Andrew Caplin, Minjoon Lee, Matthew D. Shapiro, and Christopher Tonetti. 2014. "The Wealth of Wealthholders." Vanguard Research Initiative Working Paper. (Click Here)

Ameriks, John, Andrew Caplin, Minjoon Lee, Matthew D. Shapiro, and Christopher Tonetti. 2014. "Long-Term Care Utility and Late in Life Saving." Vanguard Research Initiative Working Paper. (Click Here)

Benjamin, Daniel J., James J. Choi, and Geoffrey Fisher. 2013. "Religious identity and economic behavior." (working paper). (Click Here)

Chin, Alycia and Wandi Bruine de Bruin. 2014. "The Effect of readability on missing responses to questions about expectations for future events." (working paper).

Chin, Alycia and Wandi Bruine de Bruin. 2014. "The psychology of belief formation: Subjective probabilities of survival and nursing home moves." (working paper).

Delavande, Adeline and Charles Manski. 2012. "Candidate Preferences and Expectations of Election Outcomes." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Early Edition. (Click Here)

Delavande, Adeline, Susann Rohwedder, and Robert Willis. 2008. "Preparation for Retirement, Financial Literacy, and Cognitive Resources." (working paper, University of Michigan Retirement Research Center, University of Michigan). (Click Here)

Gideon, Michael. 2014. "Survey Measurement of Income Tax Rates." (working paper). (Click Here)

Gideon, Michael. 2014. "Uncovering Heterogeneity in Income Tax Perceptions." (working paper). (Click Here)

Giustinelli, Pamela. 2014. "Measuring Intergenerational Linkages on the ALP-HRS: A Pilot Study." (working paper, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor). (Click Here)

Hudomiet, Peter. 2013. "What Explains the educational gap in unemployment? The role of occupation specific adaptation costs." (working paper, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor). (Click Here)

Hudomiet, Peter. 2014. "Mean Reverting Measurement Error in Survey Expectations." (working paper, University of Michigan). (Click Here)

Hurd, Michael D. and Susann Rohwedder. 2013. "Expectations and Household Spending." (working paper, Michigan Retirement Research Center, University of Michigan). (Click Here)

Hurd, Michael D. and Susann Rohwedder. 2012. "Stock Price Expectations and Stock Trading." (working paper, National Bureau of Economic Research). (Click Here)

Joanne, Hsu. 2011. "Aging and Strategic Learning: The Impact of Spousal Incentives on Financial Literacy." (working paper). (Click Here)

Keppo, Jussi, Tyler Shumway, and Daniel Weagley. 2014. "Can Individual Investors Time Bubbles?" (working paper, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor). (Click Here)

Kezdi, Gabor and Robert J. Willis. 2011. "Household Stock Market Beliefs and Learning." (working paper, National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, MA). (Click Here)

Kimball, Miles. 2015. "Cognitive Economics." NBER Working Paper. (Click Here)

Kimball, Miles and Tyler Shumway. 2010. "Investor Sophistication and the Home Bias, Diversification and Employer stock Puzzles." (working paper, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor).

Kimball, Miles and Tyler Shumway. 2009. "Fatalism, Locus of Control, and Retirement Saving." (working paper, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor).

Kimball, Miles and Robert Willis. 2006. "Utility and Happiness." (working paper, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor). (Click Here)

Kimball, Miles, Helen Levy, Fumio Ohtake, and Yoshiro Tsutsui. 2006. "Unhappiness After Hurricane Katrina." Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research. (Click Here)

Kimball, Miles, Matthew Shapiro, Tyler Shumway, and Jing Zhang. 2014. "Portfolio Rebalancing in General Equilibrium." (working paper, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor). (Click Here)

McFall, Brooke Helppie, Kandice Kapinos, and Robert Willis. 2010. "Occupational Learning, Financial Knowledge, and the Accumulation of Retirement Wealth." (working paper, University of Michigan Retirement Research Center, Ann Arbor). (Click Here)

Sahm, Claudia R., Matthew D.. Shapiro, and Joel Slemrod. 2014. "Do Household Balance Sheets Affect Stimulus Spending? Lessons from Changes in Payroll Taxes." (working paper, University of Michigan and Fderal Reserve Board).

Shapiro, Matthew D.. 2010. "The Effects of the Financial Crisis on the Well-Being of Older Americans: Evidence of the Cognitive Economics Study." (working paper, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor). (Click Here)

Willis, Robert J., Susann Rohwedder, Gabor Kezdi, and Peter Hudomiet. 2014. "Financial Knowledge, Fluid Intelligence, and Investment Decisions." (working paper). (Click Here)

Willis, Robert J.. 2009. "Disentangling Cognitive Function and Financial Illiteracy: Implications for Financial Retirement Security Research." (working paper). (Click Here)

Willis, Robert J.. 2013. "The Cognitive Demands of Work and the Length of Working Life: The Case of Computerization." SIEPR Discussion Paper No. 13-015, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research. (Click Here)


Dissertations

Gideon, Michael. 2014. "Survey Measurement of Income Tax Rates." (PhD thesis, University of Michigan). (Click Here)

McFall, Brooke Helppie. 2011. "Essays in Labor Economics." (PhD thesis, University of Michigan). (Click Here)

Hsu, Joanne. 2011. "Essays on Aging and Human Capital." (PhD thesis, University of Michigan). (Click Here)

Rousseau, Jean-Benoit Gregoire. 2009. "Happiness and Income Inequality." (PhD thesis, University of Michigan). (Click Here)

Sahm, Claudia. 2007. "Risk Tolerance and Asset Allocation." (PhD thesis, University of Michigan). (Click Here)


Survey Questionnaires and Documentation


Vanguard Research Initiative

Ameriks, John, Andrew Caplin, Minjoon Lee, Matthew D. Shapiro, and Christopher Tonetti. 2014. "Vanguard Research Initiative: Survey 1 Documentation and Tabulations" (Click Here)

Vanguard Research Initiative. Survey 1. Wealth and portfolios. (August 2013). (Click Here)

Vanguard Research Initiative. Survey 2. Annuity and long-term care.(January 2014).(Click Here)

Vanguard Research Initiative. Survey 3. Family, bequests, and transfers.(August 2014). (Click Here)


Cognitive Economics

Cognitive Economics Project. Cognition and Aging in the U.S.A. Decision Making Survey. (Click Here)

Cognitive Economics Project. Cognition and Aging in the U.S.A. Decision Making Survey 2009. (Click Here)

Cognitive Economics Project. Cognition and Aging in the U.S.A. Decision Making Survey 2011. (Click Here)

Cognitive Economics Project. Cognition and Aging in the U.S.A. Decision Making Survey 2013.(Click Here)

Fisher, Gwenith, Michael Gideon, Joanne Hsu, and Brooke Helppie-McFall. 2011. "Cognitive Economics Study: Development and Methodology." (Click Here)

Fisher, Gwenith, Michael Gideon, Joanne Hsu, and Brooke Helppie-McFall. 2012. "Cognitive Economics Study: Data Description." (Click Here)

Gideon, Michael, Seth Koch, and Brooke Helppie-McFall. 2013. "Cognitive Economics study: CogEcon 2011 Documentation." (Click Here)

Gideon, Michael, Seth Koch, Brooke Helppie-McFall, and Feiya Shao. 2014. "Cognitive Economics study: CogEcon 2013 Documentation." (Click Here)



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