Working Papers

The Hidden Effects of Algorithmic Recommendations 


Under Review; Subsumes and replaces "If You Give a Judge a Risk Score" (2019)

Supplemental Materials: Slides (March 2024)

Press: WIRED, Axios, Probable Causation


No Money Bail, No Problems? Trade-offs in a Pretrial Automatic Release Program


Revision in Progress

Supplemental Materials: Slides (July 2022), 10-minute presentation (Sep 2022), Probable Causation Interview (Dec 2022)

Media Coverage: Phenomenal World


After The Burning: The Economic Effects of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

(with Jeremy Cook, James Feigenbaum, Laura-Thorne Kincaide, Jason Long, and Nathan Nunn)


Revision in Progress

Supplemental Materials: NBER Digest Summary (Sep 2021)

Press: The New York Times, CNN, TIME Magazine, CNBC, Black Enterprise, The Root, Business Insider

Resting Papers

Uncorking Expert Reviews with Social Media: A Case Study Served with Wine 

(with Peter Pedroni and Stephen Sheppard)