Leonardo Bursztyn

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• University of Chicago / Department of Economics
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author of:

• The Environment and Directed Technical Change
  American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2012)
  by Daron Acemoglu & Philippe Aghion & Leonardo Bursztyn & David Hemous
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aecrev:v:102:y:2012:i:1:p:131-66)
• 'Acting Wife': Marriage Market Incentives and Labor Market Investments
  American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2017)
  by Leonardo Bursztyn & Thomas Fujiwara & Amanda Pallais
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aecrev:v:107:y:2017:i:11:p:3288-3319)
• The Environment and Directed Technical Change
  Sustainable Development Papers, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) (2010)
  by Acemoglu, Daron & Aghion, Philippe & Bursztyn, Leonardo & Hemous, David
  (ReDIF-paper, ags:feemdp:92839)
• Social Image and Economic Behavior in the Field: Identifying, Understanding, and Shaping Social Pressure
  Annual Review of Economics, Annual Reviews (2017)
  by Leonardo Bursztyn & Robert Jensen
  (ReDIF-article, anr:reveco:v:9:y:2017:p:131-153)
• Misinformation During a Pandemic
  Working Papers, Becker Friedman Institute for Research In Economics (2020)
  by Leonardo Bursztyn & Aakaash Rao & Christopher Roth & David Yanagizawa-Drott
  (ReDIF-paper, bfi:wpaper:2020-44)
• Poverty And The Political Economy Of Public Education Spending: Evidence From Brazil
  Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association (2016)
  by Leonardo Bursztyn
  (ReDIF-article, bla:jeurec:v:14:y:2016:i:5:p:1101-1128)
• Identifying Ideology: Experimental Evidence on Anti-Americanism in Pakistan
  CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2016)
  by Callen, Michael & Bursztyn, Leonardo & Ferman, Bruno & Gulzar, Saad & Hasanain, Ali & Yuchtman, Noam
  (ReDIF-paper, cpr:ceprdp:11106)
• Killer Incentives: Status Competition and Pilot Performance during World War II
  CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2017)
  by Voth, Hans-Joachim & Ager, Philipp & Bursztyn, Leonardo
  (ReDIF-paper, cpr:ceprdp:11751)
• Polls, the Press, and Political Participation: The Effects of Anticipated Election Closeness on Voter Turnout
  CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2017)
  by Cantoni, Davide & Bursztyn, Leonardo & Yuchtman, Noam & Funk, Patricia
  (ReDIF-paper, cpr:ceprdp:12088)
• Social Media and Xenophobia: Evidence from Russia
  CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2020)
  by Petrova, Maria & Bursztyn, Leonardo & Egorov, Georgy & Enikolopov, Ruben
  (ReDIF-paper, cpr:ceprdp:14877)
• The Environment and Directed Technical Change
  CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2011)
  by Aghion, Philippe & Acemoglu, Daron & Hémous, David & Bursztyn, Leonardo
  (ReDIF-paper, cpr:ceprdp:8660)
• A Tear in the Iron Curtain: The Impact of Western Television on Consumption Behavior
  CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2012)
  by Cantoni, Davide & Bursztyn, Leonardo
  (ReDIF-paper, cpr:ceprdp:9101)
• Moral incentives in credit card debt repayment: evidence from a field experiment
  LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2019)
  by Bursztyn, Leonardo & Fiorin, Stefano & Gottlieb, Daniel & Kanz, Martin
  (ReDIF-paper, ehl:lserod:102225)
• Understanding mechanisms underlying peer effects: evidence from a field experiment on financial decisions
  LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2014)
  by Bursztyn, Leonardo & Ederer, Florian & Ferman, Bruno & Yuchtman, Noam
  (ReDIF-paper, ehl:lserod:91509)
• The Environment and Directed Technical Change
  Working Papers, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (2010)
  by Daron Acemoglu & Philippe Aghion & Leonardo Bursztyn & David Hemous
  (ReDIF-paper, fem:femwpa:2010.93)
• The Environment and Directed Technical Change
  Seminar Papers, Stockholm University, Institute for International Economic Studies (2010)
  by Acemoglu, Daron & Aghion, Philippe & Bursztyn, Leonardo & Hemous, David
  (ReDIF-paper, hhs:iiessp:0762)
• Polls, the Press, and Political Participation: The Effects of Anticipated Election Closeness on Voter Turnout
  Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group (2017)
  by Leonardo Bursztyn & Davide Cantoni & Patricia Funk & Noam Yuchtman
  (ReDIF-paper, hka:wpaper:2017-052)
• Misperceived Social Norms: Female Labor Force Participation in Saudi Arabia
  Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group (2018)
  by Leonardo Bursztyn & Alessandra L. González & David Yanagizawa-Drott
  (ReDIF-paper, hka:wpaper:2018-042)
• Moral Incentives in Credit Card Debt Repayment: Evidence from a Field Experiment
  HKUST IEMS Working Paper Series, HKUST Institute for Emerging Market Studies (2018)
  by Leonardo Bursztyn & Stefano Fiorin & Daniel Gottlieb & Martin Kanz
  (ReDIF-paper, hku:wpaper:201855)
• A Tear in the Iron Curtain: The Impact of Western Television on Consumption Behavior
  Discussion Papers in Economics, University of Munich, Department of Economics (2012)
  by Bursztyn, Leonardo & Cantoni, Davide
  (ReDIF-paper, lmu:muenec:13949)
• The Environment and Directed Technical Change
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2009)
  by Daron Acemoglu & Philippe Aghion & Leonardo Bursztyn & David Hemous
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:15451)
• Understanding Peer Effects in Financial Decisions: Evidence from a Field Experiment
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2012)
  by Leonardo Bursztyn & Florian Ederer & Bruno Ferman & Noam Yuchtman
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:18241)
• Identifying Ideology: Experimental Evidence on Anti-Americanism in Pakistan
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2014)
  by Leonardo Bursztyn & Michael Callen & Bruno Ferman & Saad Gulzar & Ali Hasanain & Noam Yuchtman
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:20153)
• A Tear in the Iron Curtain: The Impact of Western Television on Consumption Behavior
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2014)
  by Leonardo Bursztyn & Davide Cantoni
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:20403)
• How Does Peer Pressure Affect Educational Investments?
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2014)
  by Leonardo Bursztyn & Robert Jensen
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:20714)
• Moral Incentives in Credit Card Debt Repayment: Evidence from a Field Experiment
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2015)
  by Leonardo Bursztyn & Stefano Fiorin & Daniel Gottlieb & Martin Kanz
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:21611)
• Killer Incentives: Status Competition and Pilot Performance during World War II
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2016)
  by Philipp Ager & Leonardo Bursztyn & Hans-Joachim Voth
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:22992)
• Social Image and Economic Behavior in the Field: Identifying, Understanding and Shaping Social Pressure
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2016)
  by Leonardo Bursztyn & Robert Jensen
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:23013)
• Cool to be Smart or Smart to be Cool? Understanding Peer Pressure in Education
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2017)
  by Leonardo Bursztyn & Georgy Egorov & Robert Jensen
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:23020)
• 'Acting Wife': Marriage Market Incentives and Labor Market Investments
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2017)
  by Leonardo Bursztyn & Thomas Fujiwara & Amanda Pallais
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:23043)
• Status Goods: Experimental Evidence from Platinum Credit Cards
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2017)
  by Leonardo Bursztyn & Bruno Ferman & Stefano Fiorin & Martin Kanz & Gautam Rao
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:23414)
• From Extreme to Mainstream: How Social Norms Unravel
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2017)
  by Leonardo Bursztyn & Georgy Egorov & Stefano Fiorin
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:23415)
• Identifying the Effect of Election Closeness on Voter Turnout: Evidence from Swiss Referenda
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2017)
  by Leonardo Bursztyn & Davide Cantoni & Patricia Funk & Felix Schönenberger & Noam Yuchtman
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:23490)
• Misperceived Social Norms: Female Labor Force Participation in Saudi Arabia
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2018)
  by Leonardo Bursztyn & Alessandra L. González & David Yanagizawa-Drott
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:24736)
• Social Media and Xenophobia: Evidence from Russia
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2019)
  by Leonardo Bursztyn & Georgy Egorov & Ruben Enikolopov & Maria Petrova
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:26567)
• Disguising Prejudice: Popular Rationales as Excuses for Intolerant Expression
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2020)
  by Leonardo Bursztyn & Ingar K. Haaland & Aakaash Rao & Christopher P. Roth
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:27288)
• Misinformation During a Pandemic
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2020)
  by Leonardo Bursztyn & Aakaash Rao & Christopher P. Roth & David H. Yanagizawa-Drott
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:27417)
• The Immigrant Next Door: Long-Term Contact, Generosity, and Prejudice
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2021)
  by Leonardo Bursztyn & Thomas Chaney & Tarek Alexander Hassan & Aakaash Rao
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:28448)
• Misperceptions about Others
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2021)
  by Leonardo Bursztyn & David Y. Yang
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:29168)
• Justifying Dissent
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2022)
  by Leonardo Bursztyn & Georgy Egorov & Ingar K. Haaland & Aakaash Rao & Christopher Roth
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:29730)
• Polarization and Public Policy: Political Adverse Selection under Obamacare
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2022)
  by Leonardo Bursztyn & Jonathan T. Kolstad & Aakaash Rao & Pietro Tebaldi & Noam Yuchtman
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:30214)
• How Are Gender Norms Perceived?
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2023)
  by Leonardo Bursztyn & Alexander W. Cappelen & Bertil Tungodden & Alessandra Voena & David H. Yanagizawa-Drott
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:31049)
• When Product Markets Become Collective Traps: The Case of Social Media
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2023)
  by Leonardo Bursztyn & Benjamin R. Handel & Rafael Jimenez & Christopher Roth
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:31771)
• In Their Shoes
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2024)
  by Marianne Andries & Leonardo Bursztyn & Thomas Chaney & Milena Djourelova
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:32569)
• Poverty and the Political Economy of Public Education Spending: Evidence from Brazil
  Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association (2016)
  by Leonardo Bursztyn
  (ReDIF-article, oup:jeurec:v:14:y:2016:i:5:p:1101-1128.)
• How Does Peer Pressure Affect Educational Investments?
  The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2015)
  by Leonardo Bursztyn & Robert Jensen
  (ReDIF-article, oup:qjecon:v:130:y:2015:i:3:p:1329-1367.)
• Status Goods: Experimental Evidence from Platinum Credit Cards
  The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2018)
  by Leonardo Bursztyn & Bruno Ferman & Stefano Fiorin & Martin Kanz & Gautam Rao
  (ReDIF-article, oup:qjecon:v:133:y:2018:i:3:p:1561-1595.)
• Cool to be Smart or Smart to be Cool? Understanding Peer Pressure in Education
  The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd (2019)
  by Leonardo Bursztyn & Georgy Egorov & Robert Jensen
  (ReDIF-article, oup:restud:v:86:y:2019:i:4:p:1487-1526.)
• Status Goods: Experimental Evidence from Platinum Credit Cards
  Working Paper, Harvard University OpenScholar (2016)
  by Gautam Rao & Leonardo Bursztyn & Stefano Fiorin & Bruno Ferman & Martin Kanz
  (ReDIF-paper, qsh:wpaper:396916)
• Understanding Peer Effects in Financial Decisions: Evidence from a Field Experiment
  2013 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics (2013)
  by Noam Yuchtman & Florian Ederer & Bruno Ferman & Leonardo Bursztyn
  (ReDIF-paper, red:sed013:222)
• A Revealed Preference Approach to the Elicitation of Political Attitudes: Experimental Evidence on Anti-Americanism in Pakistan
  2014 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics (2014)
  by Noam Yuchtman & Michael Callen & Bruno Ferman & Ali Hasanain & Leonardo Bursztyn
  (ReDIF-paper, red:sed014:869)
• Tear in the Iron Curtain: The Impact of Western Television on Consumption Behavior
  The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2016)
  by Leonardo Bursztyn & Davide Cantoni
  (ReDIF-article, tpr:restat:v:98:y:2016:i:1:p:25-41)
• The Schooling Decision: Family Preferences, Intergenerational Conflict, and Moral Hazard in the Brazilian Favelas
  Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (2012)
  by Leonardo Bursztyn & Lucas C. Coffman
  (ReDIF-article, ucp:jpolec:doi:10.1086/666746)
• Moral Incentives in Credit Card Debt Repayment: Evidence from a Field Experiment
  Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (2019)
  by Leonardo Bursztyn & Stefano Fiorin & Daniel Gottlieb & Martin Kanz
  (ReDIF-article, ucp:jpolec:doi:10.1086/701605)
• Understanding Mechanisms Underlying Peer Effects: Evidence From a Field Experiment on Financial Decisions
  Econometrica, Econometric Society (2014)
  by Leonardo Bursztyn & Florian Ederer & Bruno Ferman & Noam Yuchtman
  (ReDIF-article, wly:emetrp:v:82:y:2014:i:4:p:1273-1301)
• Misinformation during a Pandemic
  The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS), University of Warwick, Department of Economics (2020)
  by Bursztyn, Leonardo & Rao, Akaash & Roth, Christopher & Yanagizawa-Drott, David
  (ReDIF-paper, wrk:warwec:1274)