Kaveh Majlesi
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Working Papers

Cultural Origins of Investment Behavior
Latest version, July 2022. 
Joint with Andreas Ek and Gunes Gokmen
CEPR Discussion Paper 17412

Winner of the Best Paper Prize in Asset Pricing and Investments at the Financial Management Association Conference - Asia Pacific  2022
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Public Opinion, Racial Bias, and Labor Market Outcomes
Revise and Resubmit, Nature Human Behaviour
Latest version, December 2022.
 
Joint with Silvia Prina and Paul Sullivan
​CEPR Discussion Paper 17704

A Note on the Effect of Rising Trade Exposure on the 2016 Presidential Election 
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[Companion to Autor, Dorn, Hanson, and Majlesi “Importing Political Polarization? The Electoral Consequences of Rising Trade Exposure”]
Latest Version: January 2017 
Media Coverage: Wall Street Journal; Washington Post (Wonkblog); New York Times 
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Publications

​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

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 

On The Origins of Risk-Taking in Financial Markets [Online Appendix]
October 2017, Journal of Finance 
Joint with Sandra E. Black, Paul Devereux, and Petter Lundborg
     
Media Coverage: ​Wall Street Journal (Blog); QUARTZ 

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
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Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital: Is It a One-Way Street? [Online Appendix]
​January 2018, Journal of Health Economics

Joint with Petter Lundborg
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Labor Market Opportunities and Women’s Decision Making Power Within Households​  
March 2016, Journal of Development Economics

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