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Leonardo Bursztyn
Researcher at University of Chicago
Publications - 62
Citations - 5526
Leonardo Bursztyn is an academic researcher from University of Chicago. The author has contributed to research in topics: Social learning & Consumption (economics). The author has an hindex of 20, co-authored 55 publications receiving 3890 citations. Previous affiliations of Leonardo Bursztyn include University of California, Los Angeles & National Bureau of Economic Research.
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The Environment and Directed Technical Change
Daron Acemoglu,Daron Acemoglu,Daron Acemoglu,Philippe Aghion,Philippe Aghion,Philippe Aghion,Leonardo Bursztyn,David Hémous,David Hémous +8 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors characterize dynamic tax policies that achieve sustainable growth or maximize intertemporal welfare, as a function of the degree of substitutability between clean and dirty inputs, environmental and resource stocks, and cross-country technological spillovers.
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The Environment and Directed Technical Change
TL;DR: In this article, the authors introduce endogenous and directed technical change in a growth model with environmental constraints, and show that when inputs are sufficiently substitutable, sustainable growth can be achieved with temporary taxes/subsidies that redirect innovation toward clean inputs.
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Understanding Mechanisms Underlying Peer Effects: Evidence From a Field Experiment on Financial Decisions
TL;DR: In this article, a high-stakes field experiment conducted with a financial brokerage was used to identify two channels of social influence in financial decisions, and they found that both social learning and social utility channels have statistically and economically significant effects on investment decisions.
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Misinformation During a Pandemic
TL;DR: This paper studied the extent to which misinformation broadcast on mass media at the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic in the US, and found that areas with greater exposure to the show downplaying the threat of COVID-19 experienced a greater number of cases and deaths.
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How Does Peer Pressure Affect Educational Investments
TL;DR: In this article, a performance leaderboard was introduced into computer-based high school courses and a 24 percent performance decline was observed, driven by a desire to avoid the leaderboard; top performing students prior to the change had a 40 percent performance drop, while poor performing students improved slightly.