We choose Matthew Gentzkow as the Economist of the Day. Matthew is an Associate Professor of Economics and Neubauer Family Faculty Fellow. You can find Matthew’s complete vita here.
Contact Information
T: 773-834-2177
gentzkow(at)chicagogsb.edu
Short Biography
Matthew Gentzkow studies empirical industrial organization, with a specific focus on media industries. “Media has always been a great interest of mine. I think it’s an area that has been understudied by economists and is just beginning to grow into an active area of research,” he explains.
Gentzkow’s work has been published in the Journal of Political Economy, the Quarterly Journal of Economics, and the American Economic Review. He also has written a chapter in Corruption and Reform: Lessons from America’s History, which was published by the National Bureau of Economic Research in 2006. His research has been covered in major national media, including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, Forbes, the Chicago Tribune, and Slate.
Gentzkow has been awarded a National Science Foundation grant for research on media bias, and recently received a Faculty Excellence Award for teaching. He hopes his students learn to “ask more questions, think critically, and to realize that many arguments that sound good aren’t.”
Gentzkow referees for numerous academic journals.
He was educated at Harvard University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in 1997, a master’s degree in 2002, and a PhD in 2004 in economics. He joined the Chicago Booth faculty in 2004.
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