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Matthew Gentzkow

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Matthew Gentzkow
Born (1975-04-27) April 27, 1975 (age 49)
NationalityAmerican
EducationHarvard University (BA, MA, PhD)
Academic career
FieldMicroeconomics
Industrial Organization
Political economy
InstitutionStanford University
University of Chicago
Doctoral
advisor
Ariel Pakes
Andrei Shleifer
AwardsJohn 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] He was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2022.[4]

Academic career

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Gentzkow received his B.A. in Economics in 1997, M.A. in Economics in 2002, and Ph.D. in Economics in 2004, all from Harvard University.[2][5] His research is in the fields of Industrial Organization and Political Economy.

Selected publications

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  • Gentzkow, Matthew; Shapiro, Jesse M. (2011). "Ideological Segregation Online and Offline" (PDF). Quarterly Journal of Economics. 126 (4): 1799–1839. doi:10.1093/qje/qjr044. hdl:1811/52901. S2CID 9303073.
  • Gentzkow, Matthew; Shapiro, Jesse M.; Sinkinson, Michael (2011). "The Effect of Newspaper Entry and Exit on Electoral Politics" (PDF). American Economic Review. 101 (7): 2980–3018. doi:10.1257/aer.101.7.2980. S2CID 8735798.
  • Gentzkow, Matthew; Shapiro, Jesse M. (2006). "Media Bias and Reputation". Journal of Political Economy. 114 (2): 280–316. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.578.5971. doi:10.1086/499414. S2CID 222429768.

References

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  1. ^ "Matthew Gentzkow CV" (PDF).[self-published source]
  2. ^ a b Schwartz, Nelson (April 17, 2014). "University of Chicago Economist Who Studies Media Receives Clark Medal". The New York Times. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
  3. ^ "2014 Clark Medalist Matthew Gentzkow". AEAweb. Archived from the original on May 22, 2015. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
  4. ^ "2022 NAS Election".
  5. ^ Miller, Rich (April 18, 2014). "Chicago's Gentzkow Wins John Bates Clark Young Economist Award". Bloomberg.com. Bloomberg. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
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