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Peer-Reviewed Publications:

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Management and Productivity in Retail

Metcalfe, R., Sollaci, A., Syverson, C.  Forthcoming, Journal of Political Economy

A Welfare Analysis of Policies Impacting Climate Change 

Hahn, R., Hendren, N., Metcalfe, R., Sprung-Keyser, B. Forthcoming, American Economic Review

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Do the Effects of Social Nudges Persist? Theory and Evidence from 38 Natural Field Experiments in Energy Conservation

Brandon, A., Ferraro, P., List, J., Metcalfe, R., Price, M., Rundhammer, F. Forthcoming, Review of Economic Studies

Race and Redistribution in the United States: An Experimental Analysis 

Akesson, J., Hahn, R., Metcalfe, R., Rasooly, I.  Forthcoming, Journal of Public Economics 

Nudging Timely Wage Reporting: Field Experimental Evidence from the U.S. SSI Program 

Zhang, C.Y., Hemmeter, J., Kessler, J.B., Metcalfe, R., Weathers, R.  (2023) Management Science

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The Making of Homo Honoratus: From Omission to Commission 

Hallsworth, M., List, J., Metcalfe, R., Vlaev, I. (2023) Journal of Consumer Psychology  

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Measuring the Welfare Effects of Shame and Pride

Butera, L., Morrison, W., Metcalfe, R., Taubinsky, D. (2022) American Economic Review 

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Fatalism, Beliefs, and Behaviors During the COVID-19 Pandemic  

Akesson, J., Ashworth-Hayes, S., Hahn, R., Metcalfe R., Rasooly, I. (2022) Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

Efficiency and Equity Impacts of Energy Subsidies. 

Hahn, R., Metcalfe, R. (2021) American Economic Review 

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Understanding the Response to Financial and Non-financial Incentives in Education: Field Experimental Evidence using High-stakes Assessments

Burgess, S., Metcalfe, R., Sadoff, S. (2021) Economics of Education Review

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The Impact of Management Practices on Employee Productivity: A Field Experiment with Airline Captains. 

Gosnell. G., List, J., Metcalfe, R. (2020) Journal of Political Economy Lead article 

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Testing for Crowd Out in Social Nudges: Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment in the Market for Electricity. 

Brandon, A., List, J., Metcalfe, R., Price, M., Rundhammer, F. (2019) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States

Quantifying the Intangible Impact of the Olympics Using Subjective Well-Being Data. 

Dolan, P., Kavetsos, G., Krekel, C., Mavridis, D., Metcalfe, R., Senik, S., Szymanski, S., Ziebarth, N. (2019) Journal of Public Economics  

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Students' Effort and Educational Achievement: Using the Timing of the World Cup to Vary the Value of Leisure. 

Metcalfe, R., Burgess, S., Proud, S. (2019) Journal of Public Economics

The Behavioralist as Tax Collector: Using Natural Field Experiments to Enhance Tax Compliance. 

Hallsworth, M., List, J., Metcalfe, R., Vlaev, I. (2017)  Journal of Public Economics

Subjective Wellbeing: Why Weather Matters.

Feddersen, J„ Metcalfe, R., Wooden, M. (2016) Journal of the Royal Statistical Society


The impact of behavioral science experiments on energy policy.

Hahn, R., Metcalfe, R. (2016) Economics of Energy & Environmental Policy


Social Redistribution of Pain and Money.

Story, G., Vlaev, I., Metcalfe, R., Crockett, M., Kurth‐Nelson, Z., Darzi, A., Dolan, R. (2015) Nature Scientific Reports

Can priming cooperation increase public good contributions?

​Drouvelis, M., Metcalfe, R., Powdthavee, N. (2015) Theory and Decision
 

Field experiments in the developed world: an introduction.

List, J.A., Metcalfe, R. (2014) Oxford Review of Economic Policy
 

The relationship between innovation and subjective wellbeing.

Dolan, P., Metcalfe, R. (2012) Research Policy
 

Measuring subjective wellbeing: Recommendations on measures for use by national governments.

Dolan, P., Metcalfe, R. (2012) Journal of Social Policy
 

Influencing behaviour: The mindspace way.

Dolan, P., Hallsworth, M., Halpern, D., King, D., Metcalfe, R., Vlaev, I. (2012) Journal of Economic Psychology
 

Valuing Health: A Brief Report on Subjective Well‐Being versus Preferences.

Dolan, P., Metcalfe, R. (2012) Medical Decision Making
 

Behavioural economics and its implications for transport.

Metcalfe, R., Dolan, P. (2012) Journal of Transport Geography

Destruction and Distress: Using a Quasi‐Experiment to Show the Effects of the September 11 Attacks on Mental Well‐Being in the United Kingdom.

Metcalfe, R., Powdthavee, N., Dolan, P. (2011) Economic Journal

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