Matthew Gentzkow

Matthew Gentzkow
Born	April 27, 1975
Nationality	United States
Institution	Stanford University
Field	Microeconomics Industrial Organization Political economy
Alma mater	Harvard University
Awards	John Bates Clark Medal (2014)
Information at IDEAS / RePEc

Matthew Gentzkow (born April 27, 1975) is an American economist and a professor of economics at Stanford University.^[1] Previously, he was the Richard O. Ryan Professor of Economics and Neubauer Family Faculty Fellow at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.^[2] He was awarded the 2014 John Bates Clark Medal.^[3]

Academic career

Gentzkow received his A.B. in Economics in 1997, A.M. in Economics in 2002, and Ph.D. in Economics in 2004, all from Harvard University.^[2][4] His research is in the fields of Industrial Organization and Political Economy.

Selected publications

• ———; Shapiro, Jesse M. (2011). "Ideological Segregation Online and Offline". Quarterly Journal of Economics 126 (4): 1799–1839. doi:10.1093/qje/qjr044.
• ———; Shapiro, Jesse M.; Sinkinson, Michael (2011). "The Effect of Newspaper Entry and Exit on Electoral Politics". American Economic Review 101 (7): 2980–3018. doi:10.1257/aer.101.7.2980.
• ———; Shapiro, Jesse M. (2006). "Media Bias and Reputation". Journal of Political Economy 114 (2): 280–316. doi:10.1086/499414.
• ——— (2006). "Television and Voter Turnout". Quarterly Journal of Economics 121 (3): 931–972. doi:10.1162/qjec.121.3.931.

References

1. http://web.stanford.edu/~gentzkow/vita/cv.pdf
2. Schwartz, Nelson (April 17, 2014). "University of Chicago Economist Who Studies Media Receives Clark Medal". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
3. "2014 Clark Medalist Matthew Gentzkow". AEAweb. Retrieved 2015-03-06.
4. Miller, Rich. "Chicago’s Gentzkow Wins John Bates Clark Young Economist Award". Bloomberg. Retrieved 22 May 2014.

External links

• Website at Stanford