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| Christopher Avery
April 2020, Paper. "This paper provides a critical review of models of the spread of the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) epidemic that have been influential in recent policy decisions. There is tremendous opportunity for social scientists to advance the relevant literature as new and better data becomes available to bolster economic outcomes and save lives." Additional Harvard Author (Non-HKS):
| Richard Zeckhauser | Christopher Avery
The “CAPS” Prediction System and Stock Market Returns. Christopher Avery, Richard Zeckhauser, 2015, Paper. "We study approximately 5.0 million stock picks submitted by individual users to the “CAPS” website run by the Motley Fool company (www.caps.fool.com). These picks prove to be surprisingly informative about future stock prices. Shorting stocks with a disproportionate number of negative picks and buying stocks with a disproportionate number…