Booth Professor Named American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow
University of Chicago Booth School of Business professor Matthew Gentzkow has been elected by The American Academy of Arts and Sciences as one of its 197 new Fellows, according to a press release on the school website.
A Richard O. Ryan Professor of Economics and Neubauer Faculty Fellow at Chicago Booth, Gentkow studies empirical industrial organization and political economy, with a specific focus on media industries. He has had his work published in the Journal of Political Economy, the Quarterly Journal of Economics, the American Economic Review, and Econometrica, and has been covered in major national media.
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Booth Prof. Named to Crain’s Chicago Business 40 Under 40 List
Booth School of Business Professor Matthew Gentzkow was chosen by Crain’s Chicago Business as one of the 40 proven leaders in their field who are younger than 40. Crain’s cited Gentzkow’s winning the American Economic Association’s John Bates Clark Medal for the best economist under 40, and his research on media slant in announcing his selection. Continue reading…