I am a behavioral economist who studies the psychological processes that underlie preferences and beliefs. Many of my projects apply economic methods to mental resources (especially attention) with the aim of generating novel insights into both minds and markets. I am especially interested in theory that deepens our understanding of artificial intelligence, social media, and other digital technologies. If you find this approach intriguing and want to chat, drop me a line!
Current Research
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Cognition: A Study in Mental Economy
With George Loewenstein. Cognitive Science, 2023. [link]
The Motivational Processes of Sense-Making
With Nick Chater and George Loewenstein. In Schultz, Eric, Cogliati-Dezza, Irene, & Wu, Charley (eds.) The Drive for Knowledge, 2022. [link]
Curiosity and the Economics of Attention
With George Loewenstein. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 2020. [link]
From Probability to Consilience: How Explanatory Values Implement Bayesian Reasoning
With Simon DeDeo. Trends in Cognitive Science, 2020. [link]
Modeling Online Discourse With Coupled Distributed Topics
With Nikita Srivatsan and Taylor Berg-Kirkpatrick. Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing, 2018. [link]
Other Research
Further Analysis of Corporoate Bond Market Liquidity
With Tobias Adrian, Michael Flemming, and Erik Vogt. Liberty Street Economics, 2016. [link]
Corporate Bond Market Liquidity Redux: More Price-Based Evidence
With Tobias Adrian, Michael Flemming, and Erik Vogt. Liberty Street Economics, 2016. [link]
Did Third Avenue's Liquidation Reduce Corporate Bond Market Liquidity?
With Tobias Adrian, Michael Flemming, and Erik Vogt. Liberty Street Economics, 2016. [link]
Apparatus for Sealing Slide Bottom
World Patent No. Wo2010077975 A1, 2010. [link]