Matthew Gentzkow

University of Chicago - Booth School of Business

Assistant Professor of Economics

5807 S. Woodlawn Avenue

Chicago, IL 60637

United States

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, MA 02138

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What Drives Media Slant? Evidence from U.S. Daily Newspapers

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What Drives Media Slant? Evidence from U.S. Daily Newspapers

Number of pages: 67 Posted: 29 Nov 2006 Last Revised: 18 Apr 2014
Matthew Gentzkow and Jesse M. Shapiro
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Brown University - Department of Economics
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bias, text categorization, media conglomerates

What Drives Media Slant? Evidence from U.S. Daily Newspapers

NBER Working Paper No. w12707
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 13 Dec 2006 Last Revised: 22 Sep 2010
Matthew Gentzkow and Jesse M. Shapiro
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Brown University - Department of Economics
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Ideological Segregation Online and Offline

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Ideological Segregation Online and Offline

Chicago Booth Research Paper No. 10-19, Chicago Booth Initiative on Global Markets Working Paper No. 55.
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 13 Apr 2010 Last Revised: 04 Jul 2014
Matthew Gentzkow and Jesse M. Shapiro
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Brown University - Department of Economics
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News, Internet, Echo Chambers

Ideological Segregation Online and Offline

NBER Working Paper No. w15916
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 19 Apr 2010 Last Revised: 02 Dec 2015
Matthew Gentzkow and Jesse M. Shapiro
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Brown University - Department of Economics
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Media, Education, and Anti-Americanism in the Muslim World

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 23 Dec 2003
Matthew Gentzkow and Jesse M. Shapiro
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Brown University - Department of Economics
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terrorism, anti-Americanism, persuasion, media

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Media Bias and Reputation

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Media Bias and Reputation

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 04 Jan 2005
Matthew Gentzkow and Jesse M. Shapiro
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Brown University - Department of Economics
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Bias, news, media, reputation

Media Bias and Reputation

NBER Working Paper No. w11664
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 07 Dec 2005 Last Revised: 09 Dec 2005
Matthew Gentzkow and Jesse M. Shapiro
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Brown University - Department of Economics
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Media Bias and Reputation

Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 114, pp. 280-316, April 2006
Posted: 17 May 2006
Matthew Gentzkow and Jesse M. Shapiro
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Brown University - Department of Economics

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Does Television Rot Your Brain? New Evidence from the Coleman Study

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Does Television Rot Your Brain? New Evidence from the Coleman Study

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 05 Dec 2005
Matthew Gentzkow and Jesse M. Shapiro
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Brown University - Department of Economics
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television, cognitive ability, media

Does Television Rot Your Brain? New Evidence from the Coleman Study

NBER Working Paper No. w12021
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 27 Apr 2006
Matthew Gentzkow and Jesse M. Shapiro
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Brown University - Department of Economics
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Television and Voter Turnout

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 21 Oct 2004
Matthew Gentzkow
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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Television, tv, voting, voter turnout

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Do Pharmacists Buy Bayer? Sophisticated Shoppers and the Brand Premium

Kilts Center for Marketing at Chicago Booth – Nielsen Dataset Paper Series. 1-017, Chicago Booth Research Paper No. 14-17
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 01 Jul 2014
Bart J. Bronnenberg, Jean-Pierre Dubé, Matthew Gentzkow and Jesse M. Shapiro
Tilburg University, CentER, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Brown University - Department of Economics
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branding, private label, painkillers

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Valuing New Goods in a Model with Complementarity: Online Newspapers

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 21 Oct 2004
Matthew Gentzkow
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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Online newspapers, demand, complementarities, discrete choice

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Competition and Truth in the Market for News

Chicago GSB Research Paper No. 16
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 25 Sep 2008
Matthew Gentzkow and Jesse M. Shapiro
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Brown University - Department of Economics
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Market Forces and News Media in Muslim Countries

Chicago GSB Research Paper No. 6
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 19 Sep 2008
Matthew Gentzkow and Jesse M. Shapiro
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Brown University - Department of Economics
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The Effect of Newspaper Entry and Exit on Electoral Politics

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The Effect of Newspaper Entry and Exit on Electoral Politics

Chicago Booth Research Paper No. 09-47
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 19 Nov 2009
Matthew Gentzkow, Jesse M. Shapiro and Michael Sinkinson
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, Brown University - Department of Economics and Yale SOM
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newspapers, turnout, persuasion, political competition

The Effect of Newspaper Entry and Exit on Electoral Politics

NBER Working Paper No. w15544
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 01 Dec 2009
Matthew Gentzkow, Jesse M. Shapiro and Michael Sinkinson
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, Brown University - Department of Economics and Yale SOM
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Competition and Ideological Diversity: Historical Evidence from US Newspapers

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Competition and Ideological Diversity: Historical Evidence from US Newspapers

Chicago Booth Research Paper No. 12-63
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 19 Dec 2012 Last Revised: 11 Jan 2013
Matthew Gentzkow, Jesse M. Shapiro and Michael Sinkinson
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, Brown University - Department of Economics and Yale SOM
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entry models, differentiation, media, two-sided markets, advertising

Competition and Ideological Diversity: Historical Evidence from Us Newspapers

NBER Working Paper No. w18234
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 21 Jul 2012 Last Revised: 22 Jul 2012
Matthew Gentzkow, Jesse M. Shapiro and Michael Sinkinson
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, Brown University - Department of Economics and Yale SOM
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The Rise of the Fourth Estate: How Newspapers Became Informative and Why it Mattered

NBER Working Paper No. w10791
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 06 Oct 2004 Last Revised: 28 Jun 2010
Matthew Gentzkow, Edward L. Glaeser and Claudia Goldin
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, Harvard University - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Ideology and Online News

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Ideology and Online News

Sloan Foundation Economics Research Paper No. 2676190
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 19 Oct 2015
Matthew Gentzkow and Jesse M. Shapiro
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Brown University - Department of Economics
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news, internet, echo chambers

Ideology and Online News

NBER Working Paper No. w19675
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 23 Nov 2013 Last Revised: 02 Dec 2015
Matthew Gentzkow and Jesse M. Shapiro
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Brown University - Department of Economics
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Do Newspapers Serve the State? Incumbent Party Influence on the US Press, 1869-1928

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Do Newspapers Serve the State? Incumbent Party Influence on the US Press, 1869-1928

Chicago Booth Research Paper No. 12-19
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 23 Jun 2012 Last Revised: 13 Dec 2012
Matthew Gentzkow, Nathan Petek, Jesse M. Shapiro and Michael Sinkinson
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, Brown University - Department of Economics and Yale SOM
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partisanship, media, Reconstruction, regression discontinuity

Do Newspapers Serve the State? Incumbent Party Influence on the Us Press, 1869-1928

NBER Working Paper No. w18164
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 16 Jun 2012 Last Revised: 24 Jun 2012
Matthew Gentzkow, Nathan Petek, Jesse M. Shapiro and Michael Sinkinson
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, Brown University - Department of Economics and Yale SOM
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Media Bias in the Marketplace: Theory

NBER Working Paper No. w19880
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 11 Feb 2014
Matthew Gentzkow, Jesse M. Shapiro and Daniel F. Stone
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, Brown University - Department of Economics and Bowdoin College - Department of Economics
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Persuasion: Empirical Evidence

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Persuasion: Empirical Evidence

NBER Working Paper No. w15298
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 31 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 05 Oct 2009
Stefano DellaVigna and Matthew Gentzkow
University of California, Berkeley and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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Persuasion: Empirical Evidence

Annual Review of Economics, Vol. 2, pp. 643-669, 2010
Posted: 18 Oct 2010
Stefano DellaVigna and Matthew Gentzkow
University of California, Berkeley and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business

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Valuing New Goods in a Model with Complementarities: Online Newspapers

NBER Working Paper No. w12562
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 08 Oct 2006 Last Revised: 19 Jan 2007
Matthew Gentzkow
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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Measuring the Sensitivity of Parameter Estimates to Estimation Moments

NBER Working Paper No. w20673
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 17 Nov 2014 Last Revised: 02 Apr 2015
Matthew Gentzkow and Jesse M. Shapiro
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Brown University - Department of Economics
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The Evolution of Brand Preferences: Evidence from Consumer Migration

NBER Working Paper No. w16267
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 16 Aug 2010
Bart J. Bronnenberg, Jean-Pierre Dubé and Matthew Gentzkow
Tilburg University, CentER, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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Bayesian Persuasion

NBER Working Paper No. w15540
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 24 Nov 2009
Emir Kamenica and Matthew Gentzkow
University of Chicago and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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Competition and Ideological Diversity: Historical Evidence from US Newspapers - Appendix

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 11 Jan 2013
Matthew Gentzkow, Jesse M. Shapiro and Michael Sinkinson
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, Brown University - Department of Economics and Yale SOM
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Sources of Geographic Variation in Health Care: Evidence from Patient Migration

NBER Working Paper No. w20789
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 29 Dec 2014 Last Revised: 06 Jan 2015
Amy Finkelstein, Matthew Gentzkow and Heidi L. Williams
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and MIT Department of Economics
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Do Newspapers Serve the State? Incumbent Party Influence on the US Press, 1869-1928 - Appendix

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 14 Dec 2012
Matthew Gentzkow, Nathan Petek, Jesse M. Shapiro and Michael Sinkinson
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, Brown University - Department of Economics and Yale SOM
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patronage, reconstruction

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Competition in Persuasion

NBER Working Paper No. w17436
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 21 Sep 2011
Matthew Gentzkow and Emir Kamenica
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and University of Chicago
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Do Pharmacists Buy Bayer? Informed Shoppers and the Brand Premium

NBER Working Paper No. w20295
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 24 Jul 2014
Bart J. Bronnenberg, Jean-Pierre Dubé, Matthew Gentzkow and Jesse M. Shapiro
Tilburg University, CentER, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Brown University - Department of Economics
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