Working Papers
Cultural Origins of Investment Behavior
This version, July 2021.
Joint with Andreas Ek and Gunes Gokmen
Published Papers
Stock Market Returns and Consumption [Online Appendix]
December 2020, Journal of Finance
Joint with Marco Di Maggio and Amir Kermani
Winner of a Dimensional Fund Advisors Distinguished Paper Prize at AFA 2022
Media Coverage: MarketWatch
Importing Political Polarization? The Electoral Consequences of Rising Trade Exposure
October 2020, American Economic Review
Joint with David Autor, David Dorn, and Gordon Hanson
Media Coverage: New York Times; Los Angeles Times; Wall Street Journal; CNN (GPS); The Economist; MIT Technology Review (Cover Story); Freakonomics Radio
A Note on the Effect of Rising Trade Exposure on the 2016 Presidential Election
[Companion to Autor, Dorn, Hanson, and Majlesi “Importing Political Polarization? The Electoral Consequences of Rising Trade Exposure”]
Latest Version: January 2017 (First Version: November 2016)
Media Coverage: Wall Street Journal; Washington Post (Wonkblog); New York Times
Poor Little Rich Kids? The Role of Nature versus Nurture in Wealth and Other Economic Outcomes and Behaviors
July 2020, Review of Economic Studies
Joint with Sandra E. Black, Paul Devereux, and Petter Lundborg.
Media Coverage: The Atlantic; FiveThirtyEight; KUT Austin; Dagens industri
Learning to Take Risks? The Effect of Education on Risk-Taking in Financial Markets [Online Appendix]
May 2018, Review of Finance
Joint with Sandra E. Black, Paul Devereux, and Petter Lundborg
International Import Competition and the Decision to Migrate: Evidence from Mexico
May 2018, Journal of Development Economics
Joint with Gaia Narciso
Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital: Is It a One-Way Street? [Online Appendix]
January 2018, Journal of Health Economics
Joint with Petter Lundborg
