Matthew Aaron Gentzkow

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• Stanford University / Department of Economics (weight: 50%)
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• National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) (weight: 50%)
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Research profile

author of:

• Bayesian Persuasion
  American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2011)
  by Emir Kamenica & Matthew Gentzkow
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aecrev:v:101:y:2011:i:6:p:2590-2615)
• The Effect of Newspaper Entry and Exit on Electoral Politics
  American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2011)
  by Matthew Gentzkow & Jesse M. Shapiro & Michael Sinkinson
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aecrev:v:101:y:2011:i:7:p:2980-3018)
• The Evolution of Brand Preferences: Evidence from Consumer Migration
  American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2012)
  by Bart J. Bronnenberg & Jean-Pierre H. Dube & Matthew Gentzkow
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aecrev:v:102:y:2012:i:6:p:2472-2508)
• Competition and Ideological Diversity: Historical Evidence from US Newspapers
  American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2014)
  by Matthew Gentzkow & Jesse M. Shapiro & Michael Sinkinson
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aecrev:v:104:y:2014:i:10:p:3073-3114)
• Costly Persuasion
  American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2014)
  by Matthew Gentzkow & Emir Kamenica
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aecrev:v:104:y:2014:i:5:p:457-62)
• Trading Dollars for Dollars: The Price of Attention Online and Offline
  American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2014)
  by Matthew Gentzkow
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aecrev:v:104:y:2014:i:5:p:481-88)
• A Rothschild-Stiglitz Approach to Bayesian Persuasion
  American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2016)
  by Matthew Gentzkow & Emir Kamenica
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aecrev:v:106:y:2016:i:5:p:597-601)
• Valuing New Goods in a Model with Complementarity: Online Newspapers
  American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2007)
  by Matthew Gentzkow
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aecrev:v:97:y:2007:i:3:p:713-744)
• Media, Education and Anti-Americanism in the Muslim World
  Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association (2004)
  by Matthew A. Gentzkow & Jesse M. Shapiro
  (ReDIF-article, aea:jecper:v:18:y:2004:i:3:p:117-133)
• Competition and Truth in the Market for News
  Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association (2008)
  by Matthew Gentzkow & Jesse M. Shapiro
  (ReDIF-article, aea:jecper:v:22:y:2008:i:2:p:133-154)
• Persuasion: Empirical Evidence
  Annual Review of Economics, Annual Reviews (2010)
  by Stefano DellaVigna & Matthew Gentzkow
  (ReDIF-article, anr:reveco:v:2:y:2010:p:643-669)
• Do Newspapers Serve The State? Incumbent Party Influence On The Us Press, 1869–1928
  Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association (2015)
  by Matthew Gentzkow & Nathan Petek & Jesse M. Shapiro & Michael Sinkinson
  (ReDIF-article, bla:jeurec:v:13:y:2015:i:1:p:29-61)
• Bayesian Persuasion
  NajEcon Working Paper Reviews, www.najecon.org (2009)
  by Emir Kamenica & Matthew Gentzkow
  (ReDIF-paper, cla:najeco:814577000000000369)
• What Drives Media Slant? Evidence From U.S. Daily Newspapers
  Econometrica, Econometric Society (2010)
  by Matthew Gentzkow & Jesse M. Shapiro
  (ReDIF-article, ecm:emetrp:v:78:y:2010:i:1:p:35-71)
• Ideology and Online News
  NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2015)
  by Matthew Gentzkow & Jesse M. Shapiro
  (ReDIF-chapter, nbr:nberch:12993)
• The Rise of the Fourth Estate. How Newspapers Became Informative and Why It Mattered
  NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2006)
  by Matthew Gentzkow & Edward L. Glaeser & Claudia Goldin
  (ReDIF-chapter, nbr:nberch:9984)
• The Rise of the Fourth Estate: How Newspapers Became Informative and Why It Mattered
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2004)
  by Matthew Gentzkow & Edward L. Glaeser & Claudia Goldin
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:10791)
• Media Bias and Reputation
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2005)
  by Matthew Gentzkow & Jesse Shapiro
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:11664)
• Does Television Rot Your Brain? New Evidence from the Coleman Study
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2006)
  by Matthew Gentzkow & Jesse M. Shapiro
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:12021)
• Valuing New Goods in a Model with Complementarities: Online Newspapers
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2006)
  by Matthew Gentzkow
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:12562)
• What Drives Media Slant? Evidence from U.S. Daily Newspapers
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2006)
  by Matthew Gentzkow & Jesse M. Shapiro
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:12707)
• Persuasion: Empirical Evidence
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2009)
  by Stefano DellaVigna & Matthew Gentzkow
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:15298)
• Bayesian Persuasion
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2009)
  by Emir Kamenica & Matthew Gentzkow
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:15540)
• The Effect of Newspaper Entry and Exit on Electoral Politics
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2009)
  by Matthew Gentzkow & Jesse M. Shapiro & Michael Sinkinson
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:15544)
• Ideological Segregation Online and Offline
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2010)
  by Matthew Gentzkow & Jesse M. Shapiro
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:15916)
• The Evolution of Brand Preferences: Evidence from Consumer Migration
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2010)
  by Bart J. Bronnenberg & Jean-Pierre H. Dube & Matthew Gentzkow
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:16267)
• Competition in Persuasion
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2011)
  by Matthew Gentzkow & Emir Kamenica
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:17436)
• Do Newspapers Serve the State? Incumbent Party Influence on the US Press, 1869-1928
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2012)
  by Matthew Gentzkow & Nathan Petek & Jesse M. Shapiro & Michael Sinkinson
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:18164)
• Competition and Ideological Diversity: Historical Evidence from US Newspapers
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2012)
  by Matthew Gentzkow & Jesse M. Shapiro & Michael Sinkinson
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:18234)
• Ideology and Online News
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2013)
  by Matthew Gentzkow & Jesse M. Shapiro
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:19675)
• Media Bias in the Marketplace: Theory
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2014)
  by Matthew Gentzkow & Jesse M. Shapiro & Daniel F. Stone
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:19880)
• Do Pharmacists Buy Bayer? Informed Shoppers and the Brand Premium
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2014)
  by Bart J. Bronnenberg & Jean-Pierre Dubé & Matthew Gentzkow & Jesse M. Shapiro
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:20295)
• Measuring the Sensitivity of Parameter Estimates to Estimation Moments
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2014)
  by Isaiah Andrews & Matthew Gentzkow & Jesse M. Shapiro
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:20673)
• Sources of Geographic Variation in Health Care: Evidence from Patient Migration
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2014)
  by Amy Finkelstein & Matthew Gentzkow & Heidi Williams
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:20789)
• Measuring Group Differences in High-Dimensional Choices: Method and Application to Congressional Speech
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2016)
  by Matthew Gentzkow & Jesse M. Shapiro & Matt Taddy
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:22423)
• Social Media and Fake News in the 2016 Election
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2017)
  by Hunt Allcott & Matthew Gentzkow
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:23089)
• Is the Internet Causing Political Polarization? Evidence from Demographics
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2017)
  by Levi Boxell & Matthew Gentzkow & Jesse M. Shapiro
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:23258)
• Text as Data
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2017)
  by Matthew Gentzkow & Bryan T. Kelly & Matt Taddy
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:23276)
• Uniform Pricing in US Retail Chains
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2017)
  by Stefano DellaVigna & Matthew Gentzkow
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:23996)
• On the Informativeness of Descriptive Statistics for Structural Estimates
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2018)
  by Isaiah Andrews & Matthew Gentzkow & Jesse M. Shapiro
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:25217)
• Trends in the Diffusion of Misinformation on Social Media
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2019)
  by Hunt Allcott & Matthew Gentzkow & Chuan Yu
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:25500)
• The Welfare Effects of Social Media
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2019)
  by Hunt Allcott & Luca Braghieri & Sarah Eichmeyer & Matthew Gentzkow
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:25514)
• Place-Based Drivers of Mortality: Evidence from Migration
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2019)
  by Amy Finkelstein & Matthew Gentzkow & Heidi L. Williams
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:25975)
• Selection with Variation in Diagnostic Skill: Evidence from Radiologists
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2019)
  by David C. Chan Jr & Matthew Gentzkow & Chuan Yu
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:26467)
• Transparency in Structural Research
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2020)
  by Isaiah Andrews & Matthew Gentzkow & Jesse M. Shapiro
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:26631)
• Cross-Country Trends in Affective Polarization
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2020)
  by Levi Boxell & Matthew Gentzkow & Jesse M. Shapiro
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:26669)
• Polarization and Public Health: Partisan Differences in Social Distancing during the Coronavirus Pandemic
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2020)
  by Hunt Allcott & Levi Boxell & Jacob C. Conway & Matthew Gentzkow & Michael Thaler & David Y. Yang
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:26946)
• Experienced Segregation
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2020)
  by Susan Athey & Billy A. Ferguson & Matthew Gentzkow & Tobias Schmidt
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:27572)
• What Explains Temporal and Geographic Variation in the Early US Coronavirus Pandemic?
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2020)
  by Hunt Allcott & Levi Boxell & Jacob C. Conway & Billy A. Ferguson & Matthew Gentzkow & Benjamin Goldman
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:27965)
• Affective Polarization Did Not Increase During the Coronavirus Pandemic
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2020)
  by Levi Boxell & Jacob Conway & James N. Druckman & Matthew Gentzkow
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:28036)
• Digital Addiction
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2021)
  by Hunt Allcott & Matthew Gentzkow & Lena Song
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:28936)
• Pricing Power in Advertising Markets: Theory and Evidence
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2022)
  by Matthew Gentzkow & Jesse M. Shapiro & Frank Yang & Ali Yurukoglu
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:30278)
• What Drives Risky Prescription Opioid Use? Evidence from Migration
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2022)
  by Amy Finkelstein & Matthew Gentzkow & Dean Li & Heidi L. Williams
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:30471)
• Geographic Variation in Healthcare Utilization: The Role of Physicians
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2023)
  by Ivan Badinski & Amy Finkelstein & Matthew Gentzkow & Peter Hull
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:31749)
• Structural Estimation Under Misspecification: Theory and Implications for Practice
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2023)
  by Isaiah Andrews & Nano Barahona & Matthew Gentzkow & Ashesh Rambachan & Jesse M. Shapiro
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:31799)
• What is Newsworthy? Theory and Evidence
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2024)
  by Luis Armona & Matthew Gentzkow & Emir Kamenica & Jesse M. Shapiro
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:32512)
• Sources of Market Power in Web Search: Evidence from a Field Experiment
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2025)
  by Hunt Allcott & Juan Camilo Castillo & Matthew Gentzkow & Leon Musolff & Tobias Salz
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:33410)
• The Effect of Deactivating Facebook and Instagram on Users’ Emotional State
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2025)
  by Hunt Allcott & Matthew Gentzkow & Benjamin Wittenbrink & Juan Carlos Cisneros & Adriana Crespo-Tenorio & Drew Dimmery & Deen Freelon & Sandra González-Bailón & Andrew M. Guess & Young Mie Kim & David
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:33697)
• Television and Voter Turnout
  The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2006)
  by Matthew Gentzkow
  (ReDIF-article, oup:qjecon:v:121:y:2006:i:3:p:931-972.)
• Preschool Television Viewing and Adolescent Test Scores: Historical Evidence from the Coleman Study
  The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2008)
  by Matthew Gentzkow & Jesse M. Shapiro
  (ReDIF-article, oup:qjecon:v:123:y:2008:i:1:p:279-323.)
• Ideological Segregation Online and Offline
  The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2011)
  by Matthew Gentzkow & Jesse M. Shapiro
  (ReDIF-article, oup:qjecon:v:126:y:2011:i:4:p:1799-1839)
• Do Pharmacists Buy Bayer? Informed Shoppers and the Brand Premium
  The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2015)
  by Bart J. Bronnenberg & Jean-Pierre Dubé & Matthew Gentzkow & Jesse M. Shapiro
  (ReDIF-article, oup:qjecon:v:130:y:2015:i:4:p:1669-1726)
• Media Bias and Reputation
  Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (2006)
  by Matthew Gentzkow & Jesse M. Shapiro
  (ReDIF-article, ucp:jpolec:v:114:y:2006:i:2:p:280-316)
• Media, Education, and anti-Americanism in the Muslim World
  Microeconomics, University Library of Munich, Germany (2004)
  by Matthew A. Gentzkow & Jesse M. Shapiro
  (ReDIF-paper, wpa:wuwpmi:0402005)