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University of Minnesota → Center for Transportation Studies

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Working papers

2025

  1. Miller, Jason W. & Phares, Jonathan & Burks, Stephen V., 2025, "Bring Out the Bulls: Employment Dynamics of Trucking Firms During Highly Expansive Market Conditions," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 17627, Jan.

2023

  1. Miller, Jason W. & Phares, Jonathan & Burks, Stephen V., 2023, "Job Creation and Job Destruction Dynamics in the U.S. Truck Transportation Industry, 1995-2019," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 16184, May.
  2. Phares, Jonathan & Miller, Jason W. & Burks, Stephen V., 2023, "State-Level Trucking Employment and the COVID-19 Pandemic in the U.S: Understanding Heterogenous Declines and Rebounds," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 16265, Jun.
  3. Burks, Stephen V. & Kildegaard, Arne & Miller, Jason W. & Monaco, Kristen, 2023, "When Is High Turnover Cheaper? A Simple Model of Cost Tradeoffs in a Long-Distance Truckload Motor Carrier, with Empirical Evidence and Policy Implications," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 16477, Sep.

2018

  1. Stephen V. Burks & Kristen Monaco, 2018, "Is the U.S. Labor Market for Truck Drivers Broken?," Economic Working Papers, Bureau of Labor Statistics, number 504.
  2. Burks, Stephen V. & Monaco, Kristen, 2018, "Is the U.S. Labor Market for Truck Drivers Broken? An Empirical Analysis Using Nationally Representative Data," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 11813, Sep.

2017

  1. Hoffman, Mitchell & Burks, Stephen V., 2017, "Worker Overconfidence: Field Evidence and Implications for Employee Turnover and Returns from Training," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 10794, May.
  2. Hoffman, Mitchell & Burks, Stephen V., 2017, "Training Contracts, Employee Turnover, and the Returns from Firm-Sponsored General Training," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 10835, Jun.

2016

  1. Burks, Stephen V. & Nosenzo, Daniele & Anderson, Jon E. & Bombyk, Matthew & Ganzhorn, Derek & Götte, Lorenz & Rustichini, Aldo, 2016, "Lab Measures of Other-Regarding Preferences Can Predict Some Related On-the-Job Behavior: Evidence from a Large Scale Field Experiment," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 9767, Feb.

2014

  1. Burks, Stephen V. & Lewis, Connor & Kivi, Paul & Wiener, Amanda & Anderson, Jon E. & Götte, Lorenz & DeYoung, Colin G. & Rustichini, Aldo, 2014, "Moving Ahead by Thinking Backwards: Cognitive Skills, Personality, and Economic Preferences in Collegiate Success," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 7952, Feb.

2013

  1. Burks, Stephen V. & Cowgill, Bo & Hoffman, Mitchell & Housman, Michael, 2013, "The Value of Hiring through Referrals," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 7382, May.

2012

  1. Burks, Stephen V. & Guy, Frederick, 2012, "What Are Over-the-Road Truckers Paid For? Evidence from an Exogenous Regulatory Change on the Role of Social Comparisons and Work Organization in Wage Determination," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 6375, Feb.
  2. Anderson, Jon E. & Govada, Manjari & Steffen, Tricia K. & Thorne, Chris P. & Varvarigou, Vasileia & Kales, Stefanos N. & Burks, Stephen V., 2012, "Health Behavior and Accident Risk: Obesity Is Associated with the Future Risk of Heavy Truck Crashes among Newly Recruited Commercial Drivers," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 6408, Mar.
  3. Rustichini, Aldo & DeYoung, Colin G. & Anderson, Jon E. & Burks, Stephen V., 2012, "Toward the Integration of Personality Theory and Decision Theory in the Explanation of Economic and Health Behavior," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 6750, Jul.
  4. D Nosenzo & Jon Anderson & Stephen V Burks & Jeffrey Carpenter & Lorenz Gotte & Karsten Maurer & Ruth Potter & Kim Rocha & Aldo Rustichini, 2012, "Self-Selection and Variations in the Laboratory Measurment of Other-Regarding Preferences Across Subject Pools: Evidence from One College Student and Two Adult Samples," Discussion Papers, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham, number 2012-14.

2011

  1. Burks, Stephen V. & Carpenter, Jeffrey P. & Götte, Lorenz & Rustichini, Aldo, 2011, "Which Measures of Time Preference Best Predict Outcomes? Evidence from a Large-Scale Field Experiment," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 5808, Jun.
  2. Burks, Stephen V. & Krupka, Erin L., 2011, "A Multi-Method Approach to Identifying Norms and Normative Expectations within a Corporate Hierarchy: Evidence from the Financial Services Industry," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 5818, Jun.

2010

  1. Burks, Stephen V. & Carpenter, Jeffrey P. & Götte, Lorenz & Rustichini, Aldo, 2010, "Overconfidence is a Social Signaling Bias," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 4840, Mar.
  2. Anderson, Jon E. & Burks, Stephen V. & Carpenter, Jeffrey P. & Götte, Lorenz & Maurer, Karsten & Nosenzo, Daniele & Potter, Ruth & Rocha, Kim & Rustichini, Aldo, 2010, "Self Selection Does Not Increase Other-Regarding Preferences among Adult Laboratory Subjects, but Student Subjects May Be More Self-Regarding than Adults," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 5389, Dec.

2008

  1. Burks, Stephen V. & Carpenter, Jeffrey P. & Götte, Lorenz & Rustichini, Aldo, 2008, "Cognitive Skills Explain Economic Preferences, Strategic Behavior, and Job Attachment," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3609, Jul.

2007

  1. Boyer, Kenneth D. & Burks, Stephen V., 2007, "Stuck in the Slow Lane: Traffic Composition and the Measurement of Labor Productivity in the U.S. Trucking Industry," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 2576, Jan.
  2. Burks, Stephen V. & Carpenter, Jeffrey P. & Götte, Lorenz & Monaco, Kristen & Porter, Kay & Rustichini, Aldo, 2007, "Using Behavioral Economic Experiments at a Large Motor Carrier: The Context and Design of the Truckers and Turnover Project," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 2789, May.
  3. Stephen V. Burks & Jeffrey Carpenter & Lorenz Goette & Kristen Monaco & Aldo Rustichini & Kay Porter, 2007, "Using Behavioral Economic Field Experiments at a Large Motor Carrier: The Context and Design of the Truckers and Turnover Project," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 12976, Mar.
  4. L. Goette & J. Carpenter & A. Rustichini & S. Burks, 2007, "Choice, Social Norms and Intelligence," 2007 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics, number 1036.

2006

  1. Burks, Stephen V. & Carpenter, Jeffrey P. & Götte, Lorenz, 2006, "Performance Pay and the Erosion of Worker Cooperation: Field Experimental Evidence," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 2013, Mar.

2004

  1. Carpenter, Jeffrey P. & Burks, Stephen V. & Verhoogen, Eric, 2004, "Comparing Students to Workers: The Effects of Social Framing on Behavior in Distribution Games," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 1341, Oct.
  2. Verhoogen, Eric & Burks, Stephen V. & Carpenter, Jeffrey P., 2004, "Fairness and Freight-Handlers: Local Labor-Market Conditions and Wage-Fairness Perceptions in a Trucking Firm," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 1352, Oct.

2003

  1. Jeffrey Carpenter & Eric Verhoogen & Stephen Burks, 2003, "The Effect of Stakes in Distribution Experiments," Middlebury College Working Paper Series, Middlebury College, Department of Economics, number 03-28, Dec.

1997

  1. Burks, Steve, 1997, "Good Jobs and Bad Jobs in For-Hire Motor Freight: A New Theoretical Microfoundation for a Segmented Labor Market," Transportation Research Forum Proceedings 1990s, Transportation Research Forum, number 319180, Oct, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.319180.

Journal articles

2025

  1. Jonathan Phares & Jason W. Miller & Stephen V. Burks, 2025, "Shedding light on truck driver supply and demand: Heterogeneous state‐level recovery of trucking employment following the COVID‐19 employment shock," Transportation Journal, John Wiley & Sons, volume 64, issue 1, January, DOI: 10.1002/tjo3.12038.

2020

  1. Mitchell Hoffman & Stephen V. Burks, 2020, "Worker overconfidence: Field evidence and implications for employee turnover and firm profits," Quantitative Economics, Econometric Society, volume 11, issue 1, pages 315-348, January, DOI: 10.3982/QE834.

2016

  1. Rustichini, Aldo & DeYoung, Colin G. & Anderson, Jon E. & Burks, Stephen V., 2016, "Toward the integration of personality theory and decision theory in explaining economic behavior: An experimental investigation," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, volume 64, issue C, pages 122-137, DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2016.04.019.

2015

  1. Yimin Yu & Saif Benjaafar & Yigal Gerchak, 2015, "Capacity Sharing and Cost Allocation among Independent Firms with Congestion," Production and Operations Management, Production and Operations Management Society, volume 24, issue 8, pages 1285-1310, August.
  2. Burks, Stephen V. & Lewis, Connor & Kivi, Paul A. & Wiener, Amanda & Anderson, Jon E. & Götte, Lorenz & DeYoung, Colin G. & Rustichini, Aldo, 2015, "Cognitive skills, personality, and economic preferences in collegiate success," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, volume 115, issue C, pages 30-44, DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2015.01.007.
  3. Stephen V. Burks & Bo Cowgill & Mitchell Hoffman & Michael Housman, 2015, "The Value of Hiring through Employee Referrals," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, volume 130, issue 2, pages 805-839.

2013

  1. Jon Anderson & Stephen Burks & Jeffrey Carpenter & Lorenz Götte & Karsten Maurer & Daniele Nosenzo & Ruth Potter & Kim Rocha & Aldo Rustichini, 2013, "Self-selection and variations in the laboratory measurement of other-regarding preferences across subject pools: evidence from one college student and two adult samples," Experimental Economics, Springer;Economic Science Association, volume 16, issue 2, pages 170-189, June, DOI: 10.1007/s10683-012-9327-7.
  2. Stephen V. Burks & Jeffrey P. Carpenter & Lorenz Goette & Aldo Rustichini, 2013, "Overconfidence and Social Signalling," The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd, volume 80, issue 3, pages 949-983.

2012

  1. Burks, Stephen & Carpenter, Jeffrey & Götte, Lorenz & Rustichini, Aldo, 2012, "Which measures of time preference best predict outcomes: Evidence from a large-scale field experiment," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, volume 84, issue 1, pages 308-320, DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2012.03.012.
  2. Stephen V. Burks & Erin L. Krupka, 2012, "A Multimethod Approach to Identifying Norms and Normative Expectations Within a Corporate Hierarchy: Evidence from the Financial Services Industry," Management Science, INFORMS, volume 58, issue 1, pages 203-217, January, DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1110.1478.

2009

  1. Burks, Stephen & Carpenter, Jeffrey & Goette, Lorenz, 2009, "Performance pay and worker cooperation: Evidence from an artefactual field experiment," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, volume 70, issue 3, pages 458-469, June.
  2. Kenneth D. Boyer & Stephen V. Burks, 2009, "Stuck in the Slow Lane: Undoing Traffic Composition Biases in the Measurement of Trucking Productivity," Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons, volume 75, issue 4, pages 1220-1237, April, DOI: 10.1002/j.2325-8012.2009.tb00955.x.

2007

  1. Saif Benjaafar & Ehsan Elahi & Karen L. Donohue, 2007, "Outsourcing via Service Competition," Management Science, INFORMS, volume 53, issue 2, pages 241-259, February, DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1060.0612.
  2. Eric A. Verhoogen & Stephen V. Burks & Jeffrey P. Carpenter, 2007, "Fairness and Freight-Handlers: Local Labor Market Conditions and Wage-Fairness Perceptions in a Trucking Firm," ILR Review, Cornell University, ILR School, volume 60, issue 4, pages 477-498, July, DOI: 10.1177/001979390706000402.

2006

  1. Saif Benjaafar & Mohsen ElHafsi, 2006, "Production and Inventory Control of a Single Product Assemble-to-Order System with Multiple Customer Classes," Management Science, INFORMS, volume 52, issue 12, pages 1896-1912, December, DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1060.0588.

2005

  1. Saif Benjaafar & William L. Cooper & Joon-Seok Kim, 2005, "On the Benefits of Pooling in Production-Inventory Systems," Management Science, INFORMS, volume 51, issue 4, pages 548-565, April, DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1040.0303.
  2. Carpenter, Jeffrey & Verhoogen, Eric & Burks, Stephen, 2005, "The effect of stakes in distribution experiments," Economics Letters, Elsevier, volume 86, issue 3, pages 393-398, March.

2004

  1. Saif Benjaafar & Mohsen ElHafsi & Francis de Véricourt, 2004, "Demand Allocation in Multiple-Product, Multiple-Facility, Make-to-Stock Systems," Management Science, INFORMS, volume 50, issue 10, pages 1431-1448, October, DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1040.0250.
  2. Burks, Stephen V. & Monaco, Kristen & Myers-Kuykindall, Josephine, 2004, "Industry Issue Paper: The Balance Between Private and For-Hire Carriage and Trends in the Use of Large Trucks (1977 to 1997)," Journal of the Transportation Research Forum, Transportation Research Forum, volume 43, issue 2, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.206738.
  3. Burks, Stephen V. & Monaco, Kristen & Myers-Kuykindall, Josephine, 2004, "Industry Issue Paper: Trends in the Use of Large Trucks by Truckload and Less-Than-Truckload Motor Carriers in the 1990s," Journal of the Transportation Research Forum, Transportation Research Forum, volume 43, issue 2, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.206740.
  4. Burks, Stephen V & Guy, Frederick & Maxwell, Benjamin, 2004, "7. Shifting Gears In The Corner Office: Deregulation And The Earnings Of Trucking Executives," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, volume 10, issue 1, pages 137-164, January.

2003

  1. Burks, Stephen V. & Carpenter, Jeffrey P. & Verhoogen, Eric, 2003, "Playing both roles in the trust game," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, volume 51, issue 2, pages 195-216, June.

2002

  1. Saifallah Benjaafar, 2002, "Modeling and Analysis of Congestion in the Design of Facility Layouts," Management Science, INFORMS, volume 48, issue 5, pages 679-704, May, DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.48.5.679.7800.

Chapters

2008

  1. Stephen V. Burks & Jeffrey Carpenter & Lorenz Götte & Kristen Monaco & Kay Porter & Aldo Rustichini, 2008, "Using Behavioral Economic Field Experiments at a Firm: The Context and Design of the Truckers and Turnover Project," NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, "The Analysis of Firms and Employees: Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches".

2005

  1. Jeffrey P. Carpenter & Stephen Burks & Eric Verhoogen, 2005, "Comparing Students To Workers: The Effects Of Social Framing On Behavior In Distribution Games," Research in Experimental Economics, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, "Field Experiments in Economics", DOI: 10.1016/S0193-2306(04)10007-0.

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