James J. Choi

James J. Choi

Yale University

H-index: 45

North America-United States

About James J. Choi

James J. Choi, With an exceptional h-index of 45 and a recent h-index of 37 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Yale University, specializes in the field of Behavioral finance, behavioral economics, household finance, finance, financial economics.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Does 401 (k) Loan Repayment Crowd Out Retirement Saving? Evidence from Administrative Data and Implications for Plan Design

Does Pension Automatic Enrollment Increase Debt? Evidence from a Large-Scale Natural Experiment

Employer-Based Short-Term Savings Accounts

Automatic enrollment with a 12 percent default contribution rate

Brand Velocity Partners

Automating Short-Term Payroll Savings: Initial Evidence from Two Large UK Experiments

A Randomized Trial of Behavioral Nudges Delivered Through Text Messages to Increase Influenza Vaccination Among Patients With an Upcoming Primary Care Visit

Present Bias Causes and Then Dissipates Auto-Enrollment Savings Effects

James J. Choi Information

University

Position

Professor of Finance

Citations(all)

14916

Citations(since 2020)

6187

Cited By

11163

hIndex(all)

45

hIndex(since 2020)

37

i10Index(all)

62

i10Index(since 2020)

57

Email

University Profile Page

Yale University

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James J. Choi Skills & Research Interests

Behavioral finance

behavioral economics

household finance

finance

financial economics

Top articles of James J. Choi

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Journal

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Publication Date

Does 401 (k) Loan Repayment Crowd Out Retirement Saving? Evidence from Administrative Data and Implications for Plan Design

Evidence from Administrative Data and Implications for Plan Design (March 5, 2024). Wharton Pension Research Council Working Paper No. Forthcoming

John Beshears

James J Choi

Joel M Dickson

Aaron Goodman

Fiona Greig

...

2024/3/5

Does Pension Automatic Enrollment Increase Debt? Evidence from a Large-Scale Natural Experiment

John Beshears

Matthew Blakstad

James J Choi

Christopher Firth

John Gathergood

...

2024/2/5

Employer-Based Short-Term Savings Accounts

Sarah Holmes Berk

John Beshears

Jay Garg

James J Choi

David Laibson

2024/1/22

Automatic enrollment with a 12 percent default contribution rate

Journal of Pension Economics & Finance

John Beshears

Ruofei Guo

David Laibson

Brigitte C Madrian

James J Choi

2023

Brand Velocity Partners

Jean Rosenthal

James N Baron

James Choi

Jaan Elias

2023

Automating Short-Term Payroll Savings: Initial Evidence from Two Large UK Experiments

Sarah Holmes Berk

James J Choi

Jay Garg

John Beshears

David Laibson

2023/8/23

A Randomized Trial of Behavioral Nudges Delivered Through Text Messages to Increase Influenza Vaccination Among Patients With an Upcoming Primary Care Visit

American Journal of Health Promotion

Mitesh S Patel

Katherine L Milkman

Linnea Gandhi

Heather N Graci

Dena Gromet

...

2023/3

Present Bias Causes and Then Dissipates Auto-Enrollment Savings Effects

AEA Papers and Proceedings

John Beshears

James Choi

David Laibson

Peter Maxted

2022/5/1

Borrowing to Save? The Impact of Automatic Enrollment on Debt

Journal of Finance

John Beshears

James J Choi

David Laibson

Brigitte C Madrian

William L Skimmyhorn

2022

Popular Personal Financial Advice versus the Professors

Journal of Economic Perspectives

James J Choi

2022/11

Millionaires Speak: What Drives Their Personal Investment Decisions?

Svetlana Bender

James J Choi

Danielle Dyson

Adriana Z Robertson

2021

How to Give a Good Paper Discussion

Available at SSRN 4223908

James J Choi

2022/9/19

Carhart (1997) Mutual Fund Performance Persistence Disappears Out of Sample

Critical Finance Review

James J Choi

Kevin Zhao

2021

A megastudy of text-based nudges encouraging patients to get vaccinated at an upcoming doctor’s appointment

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Katherine L Milkman

Mitesh S Patel

Linnea Gandhi

Heather N Graci

Dena M Gromet

...

2021/5/18

Active choice, implicit defaults, and the incentive to choose

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

John Beshears

James J Choi

David Laibson

Brigitte C Madrian

2021/3

Randomizing religion: The impact of Protestant evangelism on economic outcomes

The Quarterly Journal of Economics

Gharad Bryan

James J Choi

Dean Karlan

2021/2

Building Emergency Savings through Employer-Sponsored Rainy-Day Savings Accounts

John Beshears

James J Choi

J Mark Iwry

David C John

David Laibson

...

2020

The Evolution of Late-Life Income and Assets: Measurement in IRS Tax Data and Three Household Surveys

James J Choi

Lucas Goodman

Justin Katz

David Laibson

Shanthi Ramnath

2020/11/23

Do physician incentives increase patient medication adherence?

Health Services Research

Edward Kong

John Beshears

David Laibson

Brigitte Madrian

Kevin Volpp

...

2020/8

What Matters to Individual Investors? Evidence from the Horse’s Mouth

The Journal of Finance

James J Choi

Adriana Z Robertson

2020

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Co-Authors

H-index: 163
George Loewenstein

George Loewenstein

Carnegie Mellon University

H-index: 127
John List

John List

University of Chicago

H-index: 92
David Laibson

David Laibson

Harvard University

H-index: 79
Kevin Volpp

Kevin Volpp

University of Pennsylvania

H-index: 73
Dean Karlan

Dean Karlan

North Western University

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