Michael Conlin

On sabbatical

• On Sabbatical 2011/12

• The hotel industry
• Contracts (especially franchise and National Football League)
• Effect of weather on catalog sales
• Tipping
• Voting models

• The Deer Hunter: The Unintended Affects of Hunting Regulations, with Stacy Dickert-Conlin and John Pepper, The Review of Economics and Statistics, 91(1): 178-187, February 2009.

• The Performance of the Pivotal Voter Model in Small-Scale Elections: Evidence from Texas Liquor Referenda, with Steve Coate and Andrea Moro, The Journal of Public Economics, 92(2-3): 582-596, April 2008.

• Projection Bias in Catalogue Orders with Ted O'Donoghue and Timothy Vogelsang, The American Economic Review, 97(4): 1217-1249, September 2007.

• A Group Rule-Utilitarian Approach to Voter Turnout: Theory and Evidence, with Steve Coate, The American Economic Review, 94(5): 1476-1504, December 2004.

• The Social Norm of Tipping, with Ted O'Donoghue and Mike Lynn, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 52(3): 297-321, November 2003.

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• Inference by College Admission Departments with Stacy Dickert-Conlin

• Voluntary Disclosure and the Strategic Behavior of Colleges , with Stacy Dickert-Conlin and Gabrielle Chapman.

• The Effect of Franchising on Competition: An Empirical Analysis

• Love at What Price? Estimating the Value of Marriage, with Stacy Dickert-Conlin and Melissa Koenig.

• The Effect of an Agent's Experience on National Football League Contract Structure, Joe Orsini and Meng-Chi Tang.

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