Research

Political Economy and Development

“Preferring a Pound of Cure to an Ounce of Prevention: Voting, Natural Disasters, and Government Response” (with Neil Malhotra)

“Do Voters Punish Politicians for Bad Luck? The Uneducated Ones Do”

“Do Voters Appreciate Responsive Governments? Evidence from Indian Disaster Relief” (with Shawn Cole and Eric Werker)

Healy, Andrew and Jitsuchon, Somchai (2007). “Finding the Poor in Thailand,” Journal of Asian Economics, 18(5): 739-59.

Wantchekon, Leonard and Andrew Healy (1999). “The ‘Game’ of Torture,” Journal of Conflict Resolution, 43(5): 596- 609.

Experimental and Behavioral

“How Effectively Do People Learn from a Variety of Different Opinions?” (supported by Russell Sage)

“Do Firms Have Short Memories? Evidence from Major League Baseball” (forthcoming, Journal of Sports Economics)

Research in progress

"Has McCain-Feingold Reduced the Influence of Money in Politics? Evidence from Stock Price Changes for Firms of Different Sizes" (joint with Gena Gammie)

"Cost Asymmetry and Incomplete Information in the Volunteer's Dilemma" (joint with Jennifer Offenberg, supported by Russell Sage)

"Competition, Teams, and Gender" (joint with Jennifer Offenberg)

 

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