2026 John A. List: Economics and Finance Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Economics and Finance	122	32	29	25	23	734	65547

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

3331
Citations
Redefine statistical significance

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

2992
Citations
Field Experiments

Unknown

2007
Citations
Gender Differences in Competition: Evidence From a Matrilineal and a Patriarchal Society

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

1558
Citations
Testing for Altruism and Social Pressure in Charitable Giving

Stefano DellaVigna;John A. List;Ulrike Malmendier

1530
Citations
Does market experience eliminate market anomalies

John List

1460
Citations
Does Market Experience Eliminate Market Anomalies

John A. List

1460
Citations
What Experimental Protocol Influence Disparities Between Actual and Hypothetical Stated Values

John A. List;Craig A. Gallet

1284
Citations
On the Interpretation of Giving in Dictator Games

John A. List

1283
Citations
Trade liberalization, corruption, and environmental policy formation: theory and evidence

Richard Damania;Per Fredriksson;John List

1153
Citations
Putting behavioral economics to work: Testing for gift exchange in labor markets using field experiments

Uri Gneezy;John List

1123
Citations
PUTTING BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS TO WORK: TESTING FOR GIFT EXCHANGE IN LABOR MARKETS USING FIELD EXPERIMENTS

Uri Gneezy;John A List

1025
Citations
Do Professional Traders Exhibit Myopic Loss Aversion? An Experimental Analysis

Michael S. Haigh;John A. List

992
Citations
The Behavioralist As Tax Collector: Using Natural Field Experiments to Enhance Tax Compliance

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

985
Citations
Neoclassical Theory Versus Prospect Theory: Evidence from the Marketplace

John A. List

967
Citations
The hidden costs and returns of incentives - trust and trustworthiness among ceos

Ernst Fehr;John List

893
Citations
Field Experiments in Economics: The Past, The Present, and The Future

Steven D. Levitt;John A. List

877
Citations
Does price matter in charitable giving? Evidence from a large-scale natural field experiment

Dean Karlan;John A List

853
Citations
Enhancing the Efficacy of Teacher Incentives through Loss Aversion: A Field Experiment

Roland Fryer;Steven Levitt;John List;Sally Sadoff

815
Citations
Multiple hypothesis testing in experimental economics

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

785
Citations
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

768
Citations
The Effects of Environmental Regulations on Foreign Direct Investment

John A. List;Catherine Y. Co

741
Citations
Gender differences in revealed risk taking: evidence from mutual fund investors

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

732
Citations
The environmental Kuznets curve: does one size fit all?

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

696
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven D. Levitt University of Chicago

Uri Gneezy University of California, San Diego

Daniel L. Millimet Southern Methodist University

Jason F. Shogren University of Wyoming

Erwin H. Bulte Wageningen University & Research

Stefano DellaVigna University of California, Berkeley

Per G. Fredriksson University of Louisville

Ulrike Malmendier University of California, Berkeley

David Laibson Harvard University

Daniel Houser George Mason University

External Links

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