Workshops PhD Political Economy Political Economy Workshop Archive Public Policy & Economics PPE Workshop Archive Thursday, April 25th, Keller 000112:30pm - Felicity ZhangSocial Learning among PhysiciansAbstract: In markets for credence goods, such as healthcare, customers depend on expert opinions for diagnosis and treatment suggestions. However, since the quality of these opinions cannot be observed, customers often seek multiple expert views, commonly known as "second opinions." It is unclear how experts select their actions upon discovering customers' shopping behavior and whether experts update their beliefs based on other experts' opinions. In this study, we plan to design an experiment using standardized patients (SPs), a method frequently employed to assess care quality in clinical settings, and conduct it on a telemedicine platform. We will randomize the information about other physicians' opinions provided to a physician by an SP and explore how physicians aggregate information from others in their medical practice.1:10pm - Peizan ShengSensitivity of Formula Instruments to Shock DesignAbstract: Borusyak and Hull (2023) develop a new approach to estimate the causal effects of treatments or instruments that combine a set of exogenous shocks with other predetermined variables according to a known formula. They utilize exogenous shocks to some—but not all—determinants of treatments or instruments to avoid omitted variable bias (OVB) and identify structural parameters. This paper examines the sensitivity of this econometric method, employing a linear programming approach. The findings indicate that Borusyak and Hull (2023)’s approach is quite sensitive when estimating the effect of market access growth on Chinese regional employment growth over 2007-2016. Additionally, we extend this approach to the context established by Miguel and Kremer (2004), aiming to estimate the network spillover effect or treatment externality of deworming. Upcoming PresentersApr 25, 12:30pmFelicity Zhang Keller 0001Apr 25, 1:10pmPeizan ShengKeller 0001May 2, 12:30pmBrian Curran Keller 0001May 2, 1:10pmMatthew StadnickiKeller 0001May 9, 12:30pmNeila KerkebaneKeller 0001May 9, 1:10pmSofia GalloKeller 0001May 16, 12:30pmOskar HouckKeller 0001May 16, 1:10pmDaisy LuKeller 0001May 23, 12:30pmSushant BanjaraVirtualMay 23, 1:10pmLucas MationVirtualPast PresentersOct 5Ruochen Yi, Political structure and Balance of power, evidence from mid-level officials' promotion in ChinaOct 12Angela Wyse, Saved by Medicaid: New Evidence on Health Insurance and Mortality from the Universe of Low-Income AdultsNov 9Mythili Vinnakota, Levees: Infrastructure and Insurance as Adaptation to Flood RiskNov 30Wendy Wong, Optimal Monitoring and Bureaucrat AdjustmentsDec 7Elena Ziege, Educational Spillovers: The Effect of Birthright Citizenship on Siblings' EducationJan 11Maya Lozinski, Knowledge Growth and SpecializationJan 18Steve Kim, Industrial Policy: When Does It Work?Jan 18Gina Eckhoff, Putting Simplicity Back into New Economic GeographyJan 25Ari Anisfeld, "Remind me to go to back to college": The impact of government communications on FAFSA renewal and re-enrollmentJan 25Predrag Pandiloski, Social Learning in Diverse SocietiesFeb 1Daniel Sonnenstuhl, The Causes and Implications of the Pentecostal Movement: Evidence from NigeriaFeb 8José Miguel Pascual Moreno, Bargaining at the FirmFeb 15Danielle Nemschoff, Family Bonds and RecidivismFeb 22Goya Razavi Ebrahimi, Who Benefits From Free Colleges?Feb 29Haoran Gao, Competition, Market, Supply Chain, and (Dis)engagement: Determinants and Consequences of American Business Community's Lobbying on US-China EngagementMar 7Claire Fan, Dam thy neighbor: Spillovers and coordination on transboundary riversMar 21Emileigh Harrison, Separation of Church and State Curricula? Examining Public and Religious Private School TextbooksMar 21Rohen Shah, When The Student Becomes the Master: Learning by Creating Math Tutoring VideosMar 28Kisoo Kim , Lame Duck by Primary: Effects of Electoral Incentives on U.S. House RepresentativesMar 28Keisuke Ito, Is the Adoption of Renewable Energy Technologies Too Fast and Too Much?: Evidence from Solar SystemsApr 4Rubina Hundal, From Learning to Earning: Effects of Financial Literacy, Career Information, and Social Learning on Youth Wage PreferencesApr 11Alison Doxey, How Much Do Cash Transfers Compensate Children for the Loss of a Father? Evidence from Mining Accidents and Workers' CompensationApr 11Nathan Ausubel, A National Study of the Effect of School Quality on Housing PricesApr 18Smriti Ganapathi, Policing Intimate Partner Violence: Curbing Abuse or Shifting it?Apr 18Michael McKelligott, Household Hygienic Infrastructure and Infectious Disease Mortality: Evidence from the 'New Public Health' and the Spanish FluBarbara WilliamsEmail barbaraw@uchicago.eduSteans Professor in Educational PolicySteven Durlauf Steven Durlauf’s research spans many topics in microeconomics and macroeconomics. His most important substantive contributions involve the areas of poverty, inequality and economic growth.