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

United States

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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 Harvard 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 2022
Matthew Gentzkow and Jesse M. Shapiro
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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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 Harvard University - Department of Economics
Downloads 2,062 (12,717)
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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: 29 Jun 2023
Matthew Gentzkow and Jesse M. Shapiro
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Harvard 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 Harvard University - Department of Economics
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terrorism, anti-Americanism, persuasion, media

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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 Harvard 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: 16 Nov 2022
Matthew Gentzkow and Jesse M. Shapiro
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Harvard 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 Harvard University - Department of Economics

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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
Tilburg University, CentER, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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branding, private label, painkillers

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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
Downloads 446 (109,041)
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Television, tv, voting, voter turnout

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

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 25 Feb 2020
Matthew Gentzkow and Jesse M. Shapiro
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Harvard 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 Last Revised: 08 May 2022
Matthew Gentzkow and Jesse M. Shapiro
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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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 Harvard University - Department of Economics
Downloads 228 (222,788)
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Media Bias in the Marketplace: Theory

NBER Working Paper No. w19880
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 11 Feb 2014 Last Revised: 28 Apr 2023
Matthew Gentzkow, Jesse M. Shapiro and Daniel F. Stone
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, Harvard University - Department of Economics and Bowdoin College - Department of Economics
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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, Harvard 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 Last Revised: 23 Jun 2023
Matthew Gentzkow, Jesse M. Shapiro and Michael Sinkinson
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, Harvard University - Department of Economics and Yale SOM
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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 Harvard University - Department of Economics
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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, Harvard 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: 29 Apr 2023
Matthew Gentzkow, Jesse M. Shapiro and Michael Sinkinson
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, Harvard 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 Dec 2022
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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Bayesian Persuasion

NBER Working Paper No. w15540
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 24 Nov 2009 Last Revised: 19 Jun 2022
Emir Kamenica and Matthew Gentzkow
University of Chicago and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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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
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, Harvard 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: 18 Feb 2023
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, Harvard University - Department of Economics and Yale SOM
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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 Harvard 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: 06 Apr 2023
Matthew Gentzkow and Jesse M. Shapiro
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Persuasion: Empirical Evidence

NBER Working Paper No. w15298
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 31 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 21 Apr 2023
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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Measuring the Sensitivity of Parameter Estimates to Estimation Moments

NBER Working Paper No. w20673
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 17 Nov 2014 Last Revised: 28 Jun 2023
Matthew Gentzkow, Jesse M. Shapiro and Jesse Shapiro
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, Harvard University - Department of Economics and Harvard University
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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 Last Revised: 14 Jun 2023
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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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: 30 Oct 2022
Matthew Gentzkow
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
Downloads 74 (524,781)
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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, Harvard University - Department of Economics and Yale SOM
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Competition in Persuasion

NBER Working Paper No. w17436
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 21 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 22 Feb 2023
Matthew Gentzkow and Emir Kamenica
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and University of Chicago
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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: 22 Apr 2023
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 Pharmacists Buy Bayer? Informed Shoppers and the Brand Premium

NBER Working Paper No. w20295
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 24 Jul 2014 Last Revised: 16 Jun 2023
Tilburg University, CentER, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Harvard University - 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
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, Harvard University - Department of Economics and Yale SOM
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patronage, reconstruction