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Chris Forman is the Peter and Stephanie Nolan Professor at the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management. He received his PhD in managerial economics and strategy from Northwestern University and a BA from the University of Pennsylvania. Prior to joining Cornell, he served on the faculty of the Scheller College of Business, Georgia Institute of Technology, and the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University. He has also worked as an associate economist at Lehman Brothers.
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Nicolas is an applied micro-economist who uses behavioral insights to study important policy questions. His research interests fall in the fields of public economics, behavioral economics and development economics. In his work, Nicolas combines different empirical strategies, such as field experiments and natural/policy experiments. His current research focuses on studying the extent to which social comparisons matter and how they shape individual’s behavior. For example, his research shows that social comparisons affect location decisions, and individual effort and performance in the context of sports and education. Nicolas also works on understanding social consequences of public policy more broadly, such as the effect of legalized gambling on crime, and studying the interplay between government and nonprofit service provision.
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Max Kapustin studies interventions to improve the life outcomes of disadvantaged youth and adults in U.S. cities, particularly ways to reduce their exposure to violence. Using large-scale experiments and other causal inference methods, his recent work estimates the effects of efforts such as cognitive behavioral interventions and employment for men at high risk of gun violence, mentorship for youth disengaged from school, and data-driven management changes within police departments. Earlier work of his examined the effect of housing vouchers on children’s behavior and long-term life outcomes.
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