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2026

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Economics and Finance

D-Index
122
Citations
65547
World Ranking
32
National Ranking
25

John A. List publication distribution in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Economics and Finance in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where John A. List sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 734 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 521 publications or more.

John A. List D-index placement in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Economics and Finance scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where John A. List sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 122 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 101 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
  • 2015 - Fellows of the Econometric Society
  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

John A. List is affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States and specializes in the field of Social Sciences with a focus on multiple subfields. Their research contributions span Education, Economics and Econometrics, Safety Research, Sociology and Political Science, and Accounting.

Their work primarily addresses topics such as Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies, Taxation and Compliance Studies, School Choice and Performance, Early Childhood Education and Development, Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics, Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics, and Higher Education Research Studies.

Recent papers authored by or involving John A. List include the following:

  • The Gender Earnings Gap in the Gig Economy: Evidence from over a Million Rideshare Drivers, 2020, The Review of Economic Studies
  • When Corporate Social Responsibility Backfires: Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment, 2020, Management Science
  • How can experiments play a greater role in public policy? Twelve proposals from an economic model of scaling, 2020, Behavioural Public Policy
  • Shifting parental beliefs about child development to foster parental investments and improve school readiness outcomes, 2021, Nature Communications
  • The $100 Million Nudge: Increasing Tax Compliance of Businesses and the Self-Employed Using a Natural Field Experiment, 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal

John A. List frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Justin Holz
  • Andrew Simon
  • Dana Suskind
  • Anya Samek
  • Alejandro Zentner

Their research is also regularly published in notable venues such as:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • AEA Randomized Controlled Trials
  • Nature
  • Journal of Public Economics
  • The Economic Journal

John A. List has been recognized by the broader academic community through awards including:

  • Fellows of the Econometric Society, 2015
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2011

Best Publications

  • What Do Laboratory Experiments Measuring Social Preferences Reveal About the Real World

    Steven D. Levitt;John A. List

  • Redefine statistical significance

    Daniel J. Benjamin;James O. Berger;Magnus Johannesson;Magnus Johannesson;Brian A. Nosek;Brian A. Nosek

  • Field Experiments

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  • Gender Differences in Competition: Evidence From a Matrilineal and a Patriarchal Society

    Uri Gneezy;Kenneth L. Leonard;John A. List

  • Testing for Altruism and Social Pressure in Charitable Giving

    Stefano DellaVigna;John A. List;Ulrike Malmendier

  • Does market experience eliminate market anomalies

    John List

  • Does Market Experience Eliminate Market Anomalies

    John A. List

  • What Experimental Protocol Influence Disparities Between Actual and Hypothetical Stated Values

    John A. List;Craig A. Gallet

  • On the Interpretation of Giving in Dictator Games

    John A. List

  • Trade liberalization, corruption, and environmental policy formation: theory and evidence

    Richard Damania;Per Fredriksson;John List

  • Putting behavioral economics to work: Testing for gift exchange in labor markets using field experiments

    Uri Gneezy;John List

  • PUTTING BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS TO WORK: TESTING FOR GIFT EXCHANGE IN LABOR MARKETS USING FIELD EXPERIMENTS

    Uri Gneezy;John A List

  • Do Professional Traders Exhibit Myopic Loss Aversion? An Experimental Analysis

    Michael S. Haigh;John A. List

  • The Behavioralist As Tax Collector: Using Natural Field Experiments to Enhance Tax Compliance

    Michael Hallsworth;John A. List;Robert D. Metcalfe;Ivo Vlaev

  • Neoclassical Theory Versus Prospect Theory: Evidence from the Marketplace

    John A. List

  • The hidden costs and returns of incentives - trust and trustworthiness among ceos

    Ernst Fehr;John List

  • Field Experiments in Economics: The Past, The Present, and The Future

    Steven D. Levitt;John A. List

  • Does price matter in charitable giving? Evidence from a large-scale natural field experiment

    Dean Karlan;John A List

  • Enhancing the Efficacy of Teacher Incentives through Loss Aversion: A Field Experiment

    Roland Fryer;Steven Levitt;John List;Sally Sadoff

  • Multiple hypothesis testing in experimental economics

    John A. List;Azeem M. Shaikh;Yang Xu

  • The Gender Earnings Gap in the Gig Economy: Evidence from over a Million Rideshare Drivers

    Cody Cook;Rebecca Diamond;Jonathan V. Hall;John A. List

  • The Effects of Environmental Regulations on Foreign Direct Investment

    John A. List;Catherine Y. Co

  • Gender differences in revealed risk taking: evidence from mutual fund investors

    Peggy D. Dwyer;James H. Gilkeson;John A. List

  • The environmental Kuznets curve: does one size fit all?

    John A. List;John A. List;Craig A. Gallet

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven D. Levitt
Steven D. Levitt University of Chicago
Uri Gneezy
Uri Gneezy University of California, San Diego
Daniel L. Millimet
Daniel L. Millimet Southern Methodist University
Jason F. Shogren
Jason F. Shogren University of Wyoming
Erwin H. Bulte
Erwin H. Bulte Wageningen University & Research
Stefano DellaVigna
Stefano DellaVigna University of California, Berkeley
Per G. Fredriksson
Per G. Fredriksson University of Louisville
Ulrike Malmendier
Ulrike Malmendier University of California, Berkeley
David Laibson
David Laibson Harvard University
Daniel Houser
Daniel Houser George Mason University

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