Matthew Gentzkow

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

Contents

• Polarization Fake News and the 2016 Election
• Matthew gentzkow calvo prize lecture 2016 full lecture
• Academic career
• Selected publications
• References

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. 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.