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Overview

Hunt Allcott is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States and has produced research primarily within the social sciences. Their work spans multiple subfields, including sociology and political science, communication, economics and econometrics, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, as well as electrical and electronic engineering.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas related to technology and society. These include social media and politics, the impact of technology on adolescents, energy, environment, and transportation policies, media influence and politics, misinformation and its impacts, electoral systems and political participation, and hate speech and cyberbullying detection.

Recent publications by Hunt Allcott demonstrate a focus on public behavior, social media, and political economics. Selected papers include:

  • "Polarization and public health: Partisan differences in social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic" (2020, Journal of Public Economics)
  • "The Welfare Effects of Social Media" (2020, American Economic Review)
  • "Asymmetric ideological segregation in exposure to political news on Facebook" (2023, Science)
  • "How do social media feed algorithms affect attitudes and behavior in an election campaign?" (2023, Science)
  • "Like-minded sources on Facebook are prevalent but not polarizing" (2023, Nature)

Hunt Allcott often collaborates with several researchers, including Matthew Gentzkow, Sandra González-Bailón, Adriana Crespo-Tenorio, Deen Freelon, and Andrew M. Guess. These co-authors appear frequently across multiple joint publications.

The scientist's work has been published in various respected venues, reflecting interdisciplinary approaches to social, economic, and technological questions. Frequent publication venues include:

  • AEA Randomized Controlled Trials
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • American Economic Review
  • Science
  • Nature

Best Publications

  • Social Media and Fake News in the 2016 Election

    Hunt Allcott;Matthew Gentzkow

  • Social Norms and Energy Conservation

    Hunt Allcott;Hunt Allcott

  • The short-run and long-run effects of behavioral interventions: Experimental evidence from energy conservation

    Hunt Allcott;Todd Rogers

  • Polarization and Public Health: Partisan Differences in Social Distancing during the Coronavirus Pandemic.

    Hunt Allcott;Levi Boxell;Jacob C Conway;Matthew Gentzkow

  • Behavior and Energy Policy

    Hunt Allcott;Sendhil Mullainathan

  • Is There an Energy Efficiency Gap

    Hunt Volney Allcott;Michael Greenstone

  • The Welfare Effects of Social Media

    Hunt Allcott;Luca Braghieri;Sarah Eichmeyer;Matthew Gentzkow

  • Trends in the diffusion of misinformation on social media

    Hunt Allcott;Matthew Gentzkow;Chuan Yu

  • Gasoline Prices, Fuel Economy, and the Energy Paradox

    Hunt Allcott;Nathan Wozny

  • Dutch Disease or Agglomeration? The Local Economic Effects of Natural Resource Booms in Modern America

    Hunt Allcott;Daniel Keniston

  • Rethinking Real Time Electricity Pricing

    Hunt Allcott

  • Evaluating Behaviorally Motivated Policy: Experimental Evidence from the Lightbulb Market †

    Hunt Allcott;Dmitry Taubinsky

  • The Welfare Effects of Nudges: A Case Study of Energy Use Social Comparisons

    Hunt Allcott;Judd B. Kessler

  • How Do Electricity Shortages Affect Industry? Evidence from India†

    Hunt Allcott;Allan Collard-Wexler;Stephen D. O'Connell

  • Site Selection Bias in Program Evaluation

    Hunt Allcott

  • Food Deserts and the Causes of Nutritional Inequality

    Hunt Allcott;Rebecca Diamond;Jean Pierre Dubé;Jessie Handbury

  • Energy policy with externalities and internalities

    Hunt Allcott;Sendhil Mullainathan;Dmitry Taubinsky

  • Consumers' Perceptions and Misperceptions of Energy Costs

    Hunt Allcott

  • Regressive Sin Taxes, With an Application to the Optimal Soda Tax

    Hunt Allcott;Benjamin B Lockwood;Dmitry Taubinsky

  • Should We Tax Sugar-Sweetened Beverages? An Overview of Theory and Evidence

    Hunt Allcott;Benjamin B. Lockwood;Dmitry Taubinsky

  • Opportunities for advances in climate change economics

    M. Burke;M. Craxton;C.D. Kolstad;C. Onda

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthew Gentzkow
Matthew Gentzkow Stanford University
Michael Greenstone
Michael Greenstone University of Chicago
Jean-Pierre Dubé
Jean-Pierre Dubé University of Chicago
Dean Karlan
Dean Karlan Northwestern University
Matthew J. Kotchen
Matthew J. Kotchen Yale University
Marshall Burke
Marshall Burke Stanford University
Robert Mendelsohn
Robert Mendelsohn Yale University

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