From 1987 to 1996, she was an assistant and then associate professor at Boston University.
[6] She was on the editorial board of the Journal of Economic Literature.
[13] Her most cited paper,[14] "Resistance to reform: Status quo bias in the presence of individual-specific uncertainty"[15] with Dani Rodrik asks why politicians rarely adopt optimal policies as recommended by economists.
The paper shows that policymakers have a bias for the status quo.
[16] Her research has been featured in various media outlets including The Los Angeles Times,[17] The New York Post[18] and The New York Times.