Henry Schneider

Research Publications

“Reminders Work, But for Whom? Evidence from New York City Parking-Ticket Recipients,” with Ori Heffetz and Ted O’Donoghue, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 14 (4), 2022, 343-370

“Limited Rationality and the Strategic Environment: Further Evidence from a Pricing Game,” with Kristen Cooper and Michael Waldman, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 2021

“Limited Rationality and the Strategic Environment: Further Theory and Experimental Evidence,” with Kristen Cooper and Michael Waldman, Games and Economic Behavior, 106, 2017, 188-208

“Beautiful Lemons: Adverse Selection in Durable-Goods Markets with Sorting,” with Jonathan Peterson, Management Science, 63(9), 2017, 3111-3127

“Nonstandard Bidder Behavior in Real-World Auctions,” with Joseph Podwol, European Economic Review, 83, 2016, 198-212

“The Bidder’s Curse: Comment,” American Economic Review, 106(4), 2016, 1182-1194

“The Economics of Retail Markets for New and Used Cars,” with Charles Murry, Handbook on the Economics of Retailing and Distribution, Emek Basker (editor), Edward Elgar Publishers, January 2016

“Checklists and Worker Behavior: A Field Experiment,” with Kirabo Jackson, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 7(4), 2015, 136-168 (featured in April 2014 NBER Digest)

“Search Costs and Equilibrium Price Dispersion in Auction Markets,” with Matthew Backus and Joseph Podwol, European Economic Review, 74, 2014, 173-192

“The Role and Growth of New-Car Leasing: Theory and Evidence,” with Justin Johnson and Michael Waldman, Journal of Law and Economics, 57(3), 2014, 665-698

“Adverse Selection in the Used-Car Market: Evidence from Purchase and Repair Patterns in the Consumer Expenditure Survey,” with Jonathan Peterson, Rand Journal of Economics, 45(1), 2014, 140-154

“Agency Problems and Reputation in Expert Services: Evidence from Auto Repair,” Journal of Industrial Economics, 60(3), 2012, 406-433

“Do Social Connections Reduce Moral Hazard? Evidence from the New York City Taxi Industry,” with Kirabo Jackson, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 3(3), 2011, 244-267

“Moral Hazard in Leasing Contracts: Evidence from the New York City Taxi Industry,” Journal of Law and Economics, 53(4), 2010, 783-805

Books

Introduction to Public Health, 6^th Edition, with Mary-Jane Schneider, Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2021

Introduction to Public Health, 5^th Edition, with Mary-Jane Schneider, Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2017

Other Publications

“Stocks in the Household Portfolio: A Look Back at the 1990s,” with Joseph Tracy, FRBNY Current Issues in Economics and Finance, 7(4), 2001

“Are Stocks Overtaking Real Estate in Household Portfolios?,” with Joseph Tracy and Sewin Chan, FRBNY Current Issues in Economics and Finance, 5(5), 1999

“Crowded House,” with Joseph Tracy and Sewin Chan, Boston Review, 24(1), 1999

Working Papers & Work in Progress

“Promoting Best Practices in a Multitask Workplace: Experimental Evidence on Checklists,” with Kirabo Jackson, working paper, June 2025 

“Adaptive Experiments for Consumer Segmentation and Other High-Dimensional Settings,” with Kevin Laughren, working paper, March 2025

“A Note on the Identification of Present Bias and Forgetting from Task-Completion Data,” with Ori Heffetz and Ted O’Donoghue, working paper, January 2023

“Warranty Design for Durable Goods: Theory and Evidence,” with Jonathan Peterson, working paper, November 2022

“Adverse Selection, Market Size, and Innovation,” with Michael Waldman and Ying Wang, working paper, January 2015

“Gender and Race Discrimination in Auto Repair,” with Olena Ivus, work in progress

Teaching Experience

Smith School of Business | Queen’s University

Decision Making in Competitive Markets, MBA elective, 2019 - Present
Advanced Managerial Economics, Accelerated MBA core course, 2018 - Present
Economics and Industry Analysis, Executive MBA Americas core course, 2018 - Present
Causal Impact (Running Experiments in Organizations), MBA elective, 2022

Johnson School of Business | Cornell University

Game Theory and Business Strategy, MBA elective, 2008-2016
Strategy, MBA core course, 2007-2016
Strategy, undergraduate elective, 2007-2008

Visiting Positions

PhD & Postdoctoral Fellow Advising

Kevin Laughren (2024; Simon Fraser University)
Xin Jin (2014, Economics; University of South Florida)
Ying Wang (2013, Economics; Analysis Group)
Jonathan Peterson (2011, Economics; NRU Higher School of Economics)
Joseph Podwol (2010, Economics; U.S. Department of Justice)

Interests

Applied Microeconomics, Industrial Organization, Experimental Economics

Seminar & Conference Presentations

2025 - LMU Munich, University of Konstanz

2024 - Ivey School of Business

2022 - Webinar Series on Credence Goods and Expert Markets

2021 - Annual Meeting of the Austrian Economic Association (NOeG) Innsbruck

2019 - University of South Florida, New England Experimental Economics Workshop (UMass Amherst), City University of London, Max Planck Institute (Bonn), University of Innsbruck, Queen’s University, Asia-Pacific Industrial Organisation Conference, Hitotsubashi University Institute of Economic Research

2018 - Dartmouth Tuck Winter IO Conference, Carleton University, International Industrial Organization Conference, University of Haifa, Hebrew University

2017 - International Industrial Organization Conference, Advances with Field Experiments Conference (University of Chicago), Queen’s University, University of Toronto

2016 - FTC Workshop on Auto Distribution: Current Issues & Future Trends, Northeastern University, US Department of Justice, US Census Bureau, North Carolina State University, SUNY Stony Brook

2015 - Williams College, Simon Fraser University, International Industrial Organization Conference, Econometric Society World Congress, Charles River Associates, Penn State University, ESA North American Meetings, Workshop on Management and Firm Performance (Kiel Institute), Queen’s University

2014 - Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, International Industrial Organization Conference, 5^th Workshop on Search and Switching Costs (University of Indiana), ESA International Meetings, University of Oklahoma, Quantitative Marketing and Economics Conference (USC), MIT, University of Rochester, University of Michigan

2013 - Cornell University, Williams College

2012 - ASSA Meetings, International Industrial Organization Conference, Northwestern University Conference on Internet Search and Innovation, George Mason University, eBay Research Labs

2011 - International Industrial Organization Conference, University of Rochester, IDC Herzliya, University of Missouri, University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, FTC Microeconomics Conference

2010 - International Industrial Organization Conference, DePaul University, University of Washington, ESA North American Meetings, NBER Organizational Economics Meetings, Federal Trade Commission

2009 - Wesleyan University, Cornell University, International Industrial Organization Conference

2008 - Yale University ISPS Conference, MIT Sloan BPS Conference (discussant)

2007 - Cornell University (Economics), Cornell University (Policy Analysis & Management), Dartmouth Tuck Winter IO Conference, Williams College, International Industrial Organization Conference

2006 - Yale University, Federal Reserve Board of Governors, Swarthmore College, NYU Stern, MIT Sloan, Cornell University, Hunter College, Simon Fraser University, Georgetown University McDonough, ESA North American Meetings

Conference Work

• Co-organizer, Queen’s Workshop on Firms and Inclusive Economic Growth, 2025
• Reviewer, Society for Institutional & Organizational Economics annual conference, 2022
• Program committee member, International Industrial Organization Conference, 2014-2022

Grants & Funding

Canadian Blood Services Kenneth J. Fyke Award Program, “Evaluating transfusion medicine patterns of practice across GEMINI sites,” project team member, $98,822, 2023-2024

SSHRC Institutional Grant, $5,000, 2019-2021

Cornell University Institute for Social Science Small Grants Program, $5,418, 2011

Academic Service

• Committee to develop Critical Thinking course for core curriculum, 2013-2014
• Committee for Learning Goals and Standards, 2012-2013
• Citigroup Integrative Case Competition judge (2006-2007), lead strategy judge (2008-2014), and case preparer (2008-2013)

• Periodic Ph.D. External Examiner
• Cornell-Queen’s Executive MBA Americas Program Committee, 2023 - Present
• Chair of Appointments Committee for Lecturers (quantitative candidates), 2023
• Area Coordinator for Business Economics Group, 2022 - Present
• Jarislowsky-Deutsch Chair Advisory Committee, 2022 - Present
• Appointments Committee for Tenure-Stream Hires, 2022-2023
• Research Ethics Board, 2022
• Research and Funding Committee, 2019-2021
• Chair of Renewal, Tenure, and Promotion Committee, 2017-2018

Other Positions

• Associate Editor, European Economic Review, 2015-2019
• Adviser, Automobile Protection Association, 2014-2015
• Adviser, ClearMechanic, 2013
• Consultant, Edmunds.com, 2003
• Assistant Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 1997-1998, 1999-2000
• Research Associate, National Economic Research Associates, 1996-1997

Grant & Journal Reviewing

AEJ Applied, AEJ Micro, AEJ Policy, American Economic Review, Austrian Science Fund, Berkeley Electronic Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, British Academy, Econometrica, Economic Inquiry, Economic Journal, Economics Letters, European Economic Review, Falk Institute for Economic Research, Games and Economic Behavior, International Economic Review, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Israel Science Foundation, Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Journal of the European Economic Association, Journal of Industrial Economics, Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Law and Economics, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Urban Economics, Management Science, National Science Foundation, Quarterly Journal of Economics, RAND Journal of Economics, Research Fund of University of Innsbruck, Review of Economics and Statistics, Review of Economic Studies, Review of Industrial Organization, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Southern Economic Journal