Robert D Metcalfe

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• National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) (weight: 1%)
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• University of Southern California / Department of Economics (weight: 99%)
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• Efficiency and Equity Impacts of Energy Subsidies (RePEc:aea:aecrev:v:111:y:2021:i:5:p:1658-88)
  by Robert W. Hahn & Robert D. Metcalfe
• Measuring the Welfare Effects of Shame and Pride (RePEc:aea:aecrev:v:112:y:2022:i:1:p:122-68)
  by Luigi Butera & Robert Metcalfe & William Morrison & Dmitry Taubinsky
• The Impact of Behavioral Science Experiments on Energy Policy (RePEc:aen:eeepjl:eeep5-2-hahn)
  by Robert Hahn and Robert Metcalfe
• Harnessing Policy Complementarities to Conserve Energy: Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment (RePEc:ags:aaea17:258139)
  by List, John A. & Metcalfe, Robert D. & Price, Michael K. & Rundhammer, Florian
• The Value of Time in the United States: Estimates from Nationwide Natural Field Experiments (RePEc:bfi:wpaper:2020-179)
  by Ariel Goldszmidt & John A. List & Robert D. Metcalfe & Ian Muir & V. Kerry Smith & Jenny Wang
• Subjective wellbeing: why weather matters (RePEc:bla:jorssa:v:179:y:2016:i:1:p:203-228)
  by John Feddersen & Robert Metcalfe & Mark Wooden
• Student effort and educational attainment: Using the England football team to identify the education production function (RePEc:bri:cmpowp:11/276)
  by Robert Metcalfe & Simon Burgess & Steven Proud
• Understanding the Response to Financial and Non-Financial Incentives in Education: Field Experimental Evidence Using High-Stakes Assessments (RePEc:bri:uobdis:16/678)
  by Simon Burgess & Robert Metcalfe & Sally Sadoff
• Comparing Willingness-to-Pay and Subjective Well-Being in the Context of Non-Market Goods (RePEc:cep:cepdps:dp0890)
  by Paul Dolan & Robert Metcalfe
• A Step towards Valuing Utility the Marginal and Cardinal Way (RePEc:cep:cepdps:dp1062)
  by Paul Dolan & Daniel Fujiwara & Robert Metcalfe
• Neighbors, Knowledge, and Nuggets: Two Natural Field Experiments on the Role of Incentives on Energy Conservation (RePEc:cep:cepdps:dp1222)
  by Paul Dolan & Robert Metcalfe
• The host with the most? The effects of the Olympic Games on happiness (RePEc:cep:cepdps:dp1441)
  by Paul Dolan & Georgios Kavetsos & Christian Krekel & Dimitris Mavridis & Robert Metcalfe & Claudia Senik & Stefan Szymanski & Nicolas R. Ziebarth
• Quantifying the intangible impact of the Olympics using subjective well-being data (RePEc:cep:cepdps:dp1643)
  by Paul Dolan & Georgios Kavetsos & Christian Krekel & Dimitris Mavridis & Robert Metcalfe & Claudia Senik & Stefan Szymanski & Nicolas R. Ziebarth
• Measuring Subjective Wellbeing for Public Policy: Recommendations on Measures (RePEc:cep:cepsps:23)
  by Paul Dolan & Richard Layard & Robert Metcalfe
• The Host with the Most? The Effects of the Olympic Games on Happiness (RePEc:cgs:wpaper:70)
  by Paul Dolan & Georgios Kavetsos & Christian Krekel & Dimitris Mavridis & Robert Metcalfe & Claudia Senik & Stefan Szymanski & Nicolas R Ziebarth
• The Host with the Most? The Effects of the Olympic Games on Happiness (RePEc:diw:diwsop:diw_sp858)
  by Paul Dolan & Georgios Kavetsos & Christian Krekel & Dimitris Mavridis & Robert Metcalfe & Claudia Senik & Stefan Szymanski & Nicolas R. Ziebarth
• The Host with the Most? The Effects of the Olympic Games on Happiness (RePEc:diw:diwwpp:dp1599)
  by Paul Dolan & Georgios Kavetsos & Christian Krekel & Dimitris Mavridis & Robert Metcalfe & Claudia Senik & Stefan Szymanski & Nicolas R. Ziebarth
• Destruction and Distress: Using a Quasi‐Experiment to Show the Effects of the September 11 Attacks on Mental Well‐Being in the United Kingdom (RePEc:ecj:econjl:v:121:y:2011:i:550:p:f81-f103)
  by Robert Metcalfe & Nattavudh Powdthavee & Paul Dolan
• Understanding the response to financial and non-financial incentives in education: Field experimental evidence using high-stakes assessments (RePEc:eee:ecoedu:v:85:y:2021:i:c:s0272775721001102)
  by Burgess, Simon & Metcalfe, Robert & Sadoff, Sally
• 'Oops...I did it again': Repeated focusing effects in reports of happiness (RePEc:eee:joepsy:v:31:y:2010:i:4:p:732-737)
  by Dolan, Paul & Metcalfe, Robert
• Influencing behaviour: The mindspace way (RePEc:eee:joepsy:v:33:y:2012:i:1:p:264-277)
  by Dolan, P. & Hallsworth, M. & Halpern, D. & King, D. & Metcalfe, R. & Vlaev, I.
• Behavioural economics and its implications for transport (RePEc:eee:jotrge:v:24:y:2012:i:c:p:503-511)
  by Metcalfe, Robert & Dolan, Paul
• The behavioralist as tax collector: Using natural field experiments to enhance tax compliance (RePEc:eee:pubeco:v:148:y:2017:i:c:p:14-31)
  by Hallsworth, Michael & List, John A. & Metcalfe, Robert D. & Vlaev, Ivo
• Students' effort and educational achievement: Using the timing of the World Cup to vary the value of leisure (RePEc:eee:pubeco:v:172:y:2019:i:c:p:111-126)
  by Metcalfe, Robert & Burgess, Simon & Proud, Steven
• Quantifying the intangible impact of the Olympics using subjective well-being data (RePEc:eee:pubeco:v:177:y:2019:i:c:6)
  by Dolan, Paul & Kavetsos, Georgios & Krekel, Christian & Mavridis, Dimitris & Metcalfe, Robert & Senik, Claudia & Szymanski, Stefan & Ziebarth, Nicolas R.
• The relationship between innovation and subjective wellbeing (RePEc:eee:respol:v:41:y:2012:i:8:p:1489-1498)
  by Dolan, Paul & Metcalfe, Robert
• Quantifying the intangible impact of the Olympics using subjective well-being data (RePEc:ehl:lserod:101387)
  by Dolan, Paul & Kavetsos, Georgios & Krekel, Christian & Mavridis, Dimitris & Metcalfe, Robert & Senik, Claudia & Szymanski, Stefan & Ziebarth, Nicolas R.
• The impact of management practices on employee productivity: a field experiment with airline captains (RePEc:ehl:lserod:102640)
  by Gosnell, Greer K. & List, John A. & Metcalfe, Robert D.
• Quantifying the intangible impact of the Olympics using subjective well-being data (RePEc:ehl:lserod:103403)
  by Dolan, Paul & Kavetsos, Georgios & Krekel, Christian & Mavridis, Dimitris & Metcalfe, Robert & Senik, Claudia & Szymanski, Stefan & Ziebarth, Nicolas R.
• A step towards valuing utility the marginal and cardinal way (RePEc:ehl:lserod:121714)
  by Dolan, Paul & Fujiwara, Daniel & Metcalfe, Robert
• Measuring subjective well-being for public policy (RePEc:ehl:lserod:35420)
  by Dolan, Paul & Layard, Richard & Metcalfe, Robert
• Neighbors, knowledge, and nuggets: two natural field experiments on the role of incentives on energy conservation (RePEc:ehl:lserod:51563)
  by Dolan, Paul & Metcalfe, Robert
• The host with the most? The effects of the Olympic Games on happiness (RePEc:ehl:lserod:67677)
  by Dolan, Paul & Kavetsos, Georgios & Krekel, Christian & Mavridis, Dimitris & Metcalfe, Robert & Senik, Claudia & Szymanski, Stefan & Ziebarth, Nicolas R.
• A new approach to an age-old problem: solving externalities by incenting workers directly (RePEc:ehl:lserod:84331)
  by Gosnell, Greer & Metcalfe, Robert & List, John A
• The Behavioralist as Policy Designer: The Need to Test Multiple Treatments to Meet Multiple Targets (RePEc:exc:wpaper:2016-05)
  by Robert Hahn & Robert D. Metcalfe & David Novgorodsky & Michael K. Price
• Do The Effects of Social Nudges Persist? Theory and Evidence from 38 Natural Field Experiments (RePEc:exc:wpaper:2017-04)
  by Alec Brandon & Paul J. Ferraro & John A. List & Robert D. Metcalfe & Michael K. Price & Florian Rundhammer
• Harnessing Policy Complementarities to Conserve Energy: Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment (RePEc:exc:wpaper:2017-05)
  by John A. List & Robert D. Metcalfe & Michael K. Price & Florian Rundhammer
• Field experiments in the developed world: an introduction (RePEc:feb:artefa:00405)
  by John List & Robert Metcalfe
• A New Approach to an Age-Old Problem: Solving Externalities by Incenting Workers Directly (RePEc:feb:framed:00412)
  by Greer Gosnell & John List & Robert Metcalfe
• The Impact of Management Practices on Employee Productivity: A Field Experiment with Airline Captains (RePEc:feb:framed:00666)
  by Greer Gosnell & John List & Robert Metcalfe
• The Human Perils of Scaling Smart Technologies: Evidence from Field Experiments (RePEc:feb:framed:00762)
  by Alec Brandon & Christopher Clapp & John List & Robert Metcalfe & Michael Price
• The behavioralist as tax collector: Using natural field experiments to enhance tax compliance (RePEc:feb:natura:00391)
  by John List & Robert Metcalfe & Michael Taylor & Ivo Vlaev
• The Making of Homo Honoratus: From Omission to Commission (RePEc:feb:natura:00403)
  by Michael Hallsworth & John List & Robert Metcalfe & Ivo Vlaev
• Neighbors, Knowledge, and Nuggets: Two Natural Field Experiments on the Role of Incentives on Energy Conservation (RePEc:feb:natura:00404)
  by Paul Dolan & Robert Metcalfe
• Can Myopic Loss Aversion Explain the Equity Premium Puzzle? Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment with Professional Traders (RePEc:feb:natura:00534)
  by Francis Larson & John List & Robert Metcalfe
• Harnessing Policy Complementarities to Conserve Energy: Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment (RePEc:feb:natura:00597)
  by John List & Robert Metcalfe & Michael Price & Florian Rundhammer
• Do the effects of social nudges persist? Theory and evidence from 38 natural field experiments (RePEc:feb:natura:00598)
  by Alec Brandon & Paul Ferraro & John List & Robert Metcalfe & Michael Price & Florian Rundhammer
• Testing for crowd out in social nudges: Evidence from a natural field experiment in the market for electricity (RePEc:feb:natura:00641)
  by Alec Brandon & John List & Robert Metcalfe & Michael Price & Florian Rundhammer
• Testing for crowd out in social nudges: Evidence from a natural field experiment in the market for electricity (RePEc:feb:natura:00669)
  by Alec Brandon & John List & Robert Metcalfe & Michael Price & Florian Rundhammer
• The Value of Time in the United States: Estimates from Nationwide Natural Field Experiments (RePEc:feb:natura:00720)
  by Ariel Goldszmidt & John List & Robert Metcalfe & Ian Muir & Jenny Wang
• Efficiency and Equity Impacts of Energy Subsidies (RePEc:feb:natura:00724)
  by Robert Hahn & Robert Metcalfe
• What motivates people to pay their taxes? Evidence from four experiments on tax compliance (RePEc:feb:natura:00750)
  by Eric Floyd & Michael Hallsworth & John List & Robert Metcalfe & Kristian Rotaru & Ivo Vlaev
• Quantifying the intangible impact of the Olympics using subjective well-being data (RePEc:hal:journl:halshs-02297907)
  by Paul Dolan & Georgios Kavetsos & Christian Krekel & Dimitris Mavridis & Robert Metcalfe & Claudia Senik & Stefan Szymanski & Nicolas Ziebarth
• Quantifying the intangible impact of the Olympics using subjective well-being data (RePEc:hal:pseptp:halshs-02297907)
  by Paul Dolan & Georgios Kavetsos & Christian Krekel & Dimitris Mavridis & Robert Metcalfe & Claudia Senik & Stefan Szymanski & Nicolas Ziebarth
• Quantifying the intangible impact of the Olympics using subjective well-being data (RePEc:hal:wpaper:halshs-01349354)
  by Paul Dolan & Georgios Kavetsos & Christian Krekel & Dimitris Mavridis & Robert Metcalfe & Claudia Senik & Stefan Szymanski & Nicolas R. Ziebarth
• Subjective Well-Being: Weather Matters; Climate Doesn't (RePEc:iae:iaewps:wp2012n25)
  by John Feddersen & Robert Metcalfe & Mark Wooden
• The September 11 attacks and their impact on mental distress in the UK (RePEc:imp:wpaper:1453)
  by Metcalfe, R & Powdthavee, N & Dolan, P
• Nudging Timely Wage Reporting: Field Experimental Evidence from the U.S. Supplemental Security Income Program (RePEc:inm:ormnsc:v:69:y:2023:i:3:p:1341-1353)
  by C. Yiwei Zhang & Jeffrey Hemmeter & Judd B. Kessler & Robert D. Metcalfe & Robert Weathers
• Understanding the Response to Financial and Non-Financial Incentives in Education: Field Experimental Evidence Using High-Stakes Assessments (RePEc:iza:izadps:dp10284)
  by Burgess, Simon & Metcalfe, Robert & Sadoff, Sally
• Quantifying the Intangible Impact of the Olympics Using Subjective Well-Being Data (RePEc:iza:izadps:dp12547)
  by Dolan, Paul & Kavetsos, Georgios & Krekel, Christian & Mavridis, Dimitris & Metcalfe, Renuka & Senik, Claudia & Szymanski, Stefan & Ziebarth, Nicolas R.
• Priming Cooperation in Social Dilemma Games (RePEc:iza:izadps:dp4963)
  by Drouvelis, Michalis & Metcalfe, Robert & Powdthavee, Nattavudh
• Fatalism, beliefs, and behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic (RePEc:kap:jrisku:v:64:y:2022:i:2:d:10.1007_s11166-022-09375-y)
  by Jesper Akesson & Sam Ashworth-Hayes & Robert Hahn & Robert Metcalfe & Itzhak Rasooly
• Can priming cooperation increase public good contributions? (RePEc:kap:theord:v:79:y:2015:i:3:p:479-492)
  by Michalis Drouvelis & Robert Metcalfe & Nattavudh Powdthavee
• A new approach to an age-old problem: solving externalities by incenting workers directly (RePEc:lsg:lsgwps:wp262)
  by Greer Gosnell & John List & Robert Metcalfe
• Testing for crowd out in social nudges: Evidence from a natural field experiment in the market for electricity (RePEc:nas:journl:v:116:y:2019:p:5293-5298)
  by Alec Brandon & John A. List & Robert D. Metcalfe & Michael K. Price & Florian Rundhammer
• The Behavioralist As Tax Collector: Using Natural Field Experiments to Enhance Tax Compliance (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:20007)
  by Michael Hallsworth & John List & Robert Metcalfe & Ivo Vlaev
• The Making of Homo Honoratus: From Omission to Commission (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:21210)
  by Michael Hallsworth & John A. List & Robert D. Metcalfe & Ivo Vlaev
• A New Approach to an Age-Old Problem: Solving Externalities by Incenting Workers Directly (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:22316)
  by Greer K. Gosnell & John A. List & Robert Metcalfe
• Can Myopic Loss Aversion Explain the Equity Premium Puzzle? Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment with Professional Traders (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:22605)
  by Francis Larson & John A. List & Robert D. Metcalfe
• Using Big Data to Estimate Consumer Surplus: The Case of Uber (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:22627)
  by Peter Cohen & Robert Hahn & Jonathan Hall & Steven Levitt & Robert Metcalfe
• The Behavioralist as Policy Designer: The Need to Test Multiple Treatments to Meet Multiple Targets (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:22886)
  by Robert Hahn & Robert D. Metcalfe & David Novgorodsky & Michael K. Price
• Do The Effects of Nudges Persist? Theory and Evidence from 38 Natural Field Experiments (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:23277)
  by Alec Brandon & Paul J. Ferraro & John A. List & Robert D. Metcalfe & Michael K. Price & Florian Rundhammer
• Harnessing Policy Complementarities to Conserve Energy: Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:23355)
  by John A. List & Robert D. Metcalfe & Michael K. Price & Florian Rundhammer
• The Impact of Management Practices on Employee Productivity: A Field Experiment with Airline Captains (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:25620)
  by Greer K. Gosnell & John A. List & Robert D. Metcalfe
• Measuring the Welfare Effects of Shame and Pride (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:25637)
  by Luigi Butera & Robert Metcalfe & William Morrison & Dmitry Taubinsky
• Fatalism, Beliefs, and Behaviors During the COVID-19 Pandemic (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:27245)
  by Jesper Akesson & Sam Ashworth-Hayes & Robert Hahn & Robert D. Metcalfe & Itzhak Rasooly
• Nudging Timely Wage Reporting: Field Experimental Evidence from the United States Social Supplementary Income Program (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:27875)
  by C. Yiwei Zhang & Jeffrey Hemmeter & Judd B. Kessler & Robert D. Metcalfe & Robert Weathers
• The Value of Time in the United States: Estimates from Nationwide Natural Field Experiments (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:28208)
  by Ariel Goldszmidt & John A. List & Robert D. Metcalfe & Ian Muir & V. Kerry Smith & Jenny Wang
• Efficiency and Equity Impacts of Energy Subsidies (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:28371)
  by Robert W. Hahn & Robert D. Metcalfe
• Race and Redistribution in the United States: An Experimental Analysis (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:30426)
  by Jesper Akesson & Robert W. Hahn & Robert D. Metcalfe & Itzhak Rasooly
• The Human Perils of Scaling Smart Technologies: Evidence from Field Experiments (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:30482)
  by Alec Brandon & Christopher M. Clapp & John A. List & Robert D. Metcalfe & Michael Price
• Managers and Productivity in Retail (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:31192)
  by Robert D. Metcalfe & Alexandre B. Sollaci & Chad Syverson
• Welfare Estimates of Shifting Peak Travel (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:31629)
  by Robert W. Hahn & Robert D. Metcalfe & Eddy Tam
• Do Water Audits Work? (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:31831)
  by Jesper Akesson & Robert W. Hahn & Rajat Kochhar & Robert D. Metcalfe
• The Impact of Fake Reviews on Demand and Welfare (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:31836)
  by Jesper Akesson & Robert W. Hahn & Robert D. Metcalfe & Manuel Monti-Nussbaum
• Race and Redistribution in the United States: An Experimental Analysis (RePEc:osf:socarx:9pr34)
  by Åkesson, Jesper & Hahn, Robert & Metcalfe, Robert & Rasooly, Itzhak
• Field experiments in the developed world: an introduction (RePEc:oup:oxford:v:30:y:2014:i:4:p:585-596.)
  by John A. List & Robert Metcalfe
• Student effort and educational attainment: Using the England football team to identify the education production function (RePEc:oxf:wpaper:586)
  by Robert Metcalfe & Simon Burgess and Steven Proud
• Subjective Well-Being: Weather Matters; Climate Doesn't (RePEc:oxf:wpaper:627)
  by Robert Metcalfe & John Feddersen & Mark Wooden
• The Value of Time in the United States: Estimates from Nationwide Natural Field Experiments (RePEc:rff:dpaper:dp-20-23)
  by Goldszmidt, Ariel & List, John A. & Metcalfe, Robert D. & Muir, Ian & Smith, V. Kerry & Wang, Jenny
• Valuing Health (RePEc:sae:medema:v:32:y:2012:i:4:p:578-582)
  by Paul Dolan & Robert Metcalfe
• The Impact of Management Practices on Employee Productivity: A Field Experiment with Airline Captains (RePEc:ucp:jpolec:doi:10.1086/705375)
  by Greer K. Gosnell & John A. List & Robert D. Metcalfe
• Promoting customer engagement: A new trend in utility regulation (RePEc:wly:reggov:v:14:y:2020:i:1:p:121-149)
  by Robert Hahn & Robert Metcalfe & Florian Rundhammer
• Electing Happiness: Does Happiness Effect Voting and do Elections Affect Happiness (RePEc:yor:yorken:08/30)
  by Nattavudh Powdthavee & Paul Dolan, Robert Metcalfe
• Destruction and distress: using a quasi-experiment to show the effects of the September 11 attacks on subjective well-being in the UK (RePEc:yor:yorken:09/10)
  by Robert Metcalfe & Nattavudh Powdthavee & Paul Dolan
• Priming Cooperation in Social Dilemma Games (RePEc:yor:yorken:10/07)
  by M Drouvelis & R Metcalfe & N Powdthavee