2026 Matthew Gentzkow: 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	57	919	824	575	503	140	40092

Research.com Recognitions

2015 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2014 - Fellows of the Econometric Society
2014 - John Bates Clark Medal, the American Economic Association
2009 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Matthew Gentzkow is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research spans diverse areas within the social sciences, with a focus on the intersection of media, politics, and economics. Gentzkow's work frequently appears in notable academic venues and covers topics related to social media, political behavior, and the digital economy.

Key topics addressed in their research include:

Social Media and Politics
Media Influence and Politics
Misinformation and Its Impacts
Impact of Technology on Adolescents
Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing
Digital Platforms and Economics
Electoral Systems and Political Participation

Their principal fields and subfields of study are:

Social Sciences
Sociology and Political Science
Communication
Economics and Econometrics
Marketing
Strategy and Management

Gentzkow has published extensively, with a strong presence in venues such as:

SSRN Electronic Journal
AEA Randomized Controlled Trials
American Economic Review
Science
Harvard Dataverse

Recent significant publications 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

Their network of frequent co-authors highlights collaboration with researchers in related fields:

Hunt Allcott
Jesse M. Shapiro
Sandra González-Bailón
Adriana Crespo-Tenorio
Deen Freelon

Gentzkow has contributed to book publication with the title "Bayesian Persuasion," published by World Scientific in 2024.

Recognitions awarded to Gentzkow include:

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2015
John Bates Clark Medal, American Economic Association, 2014
Fellow of the Econometric Society, 2014
Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 2009

Best Publications

Social Media and Fake News in the 2016 Election

Hunt Allcott;Matthew Gentzkow

12223
Citations
Media Bias and Reputation

Matthew Gentzkow;Jesse M. Shapiro

1978
Citations
What Drives Media Slant? Evidence From U.S. Daily Newspapers

Matthew Gentzkow;Jesse M. Shapiro

1758
Citations
Bayesian Persuasion

Unknown

1754
Citations
Ideological Segregation Online and Offline

Matthew Gentzkow;Jesse M. Shapiro

1410
Citations
Text as Data

Matthew Gentzkow;Bryan T Kelly;Matt Taddy

1336
Citations
Polarization and Public Health: Partisan Differences in Social Distancing during the Coronavirus Pandemic.

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

1259
Citations
Television and Voter Turnout

Matthew Gentzkow

1192
Citations
The Welfare Effects of Social Media

Hunt Allcott;Luca Braghieri;Sarah Eichmeyer;Matthew Gentzkow

916
Citations
Valuing New Goods in a Model with Complementarity: Online Newspapers

Matthew Gentzkow

861
Citations
Persuasion: Empirical Evidence

Stefano DellaVigna;Stefano DellaVigna;Matthew Gentzkow;Matthew Gentzkow

854
Citations
The Effect of Newspaper Entry and Exit on Electoral Politics

Matthew Gentzkow;Jesse M Shapiro;Michael Sinkinson

844
Citations
Trends in the diffusion of misinformation on social media

Hunt Allcott;Matthew Gentzkow;Chuan Yu

843
Citations
Sources of Geographic Variation in Health Care: Evidence From Patient Migration

Amy Finkelstein;Matthew Gentzkow;Heidi Williams

582
Citations
Uniform Pricing in US Retail Chains

Stefano DellaVigna;Matthew Gentzkow

572
Citations
The Rise of the Fourth Estate: How Newspapers Became Informative and Why It Mattered

Matthew Gentzkow;Edward L Glaeser;Claudia Goldin

537
Citations
Media, Education and Anti-Americanism in the Muslim World

Matthew A. Gentzkow;Jesse M. Shapiro

470
Citations
Competition and Truth in the Market for News

Matthew Gentzkow;Jesse M. Shapiro

467
Citations
The Evolution of Brand Preferences: Evidence from Consumer Migration

Bart J Bronnenberg;Jean-Pierre H Dube;Matthew Gentzkow

424
Citations
Greater Internet use is not associated with faster growth in political polarization among US demographic groups

Levi Boxell;Matthew Gentzkow;Jesse M. Shapiro

402
Citations
Cross-Country Trends in Affective Polarization

Levi Boxell;Matthew Gentzkow;Jesse M. Shapiro

389
Citations
Do Harsher Prison Conditions Reduce Recidivism? A Discontinuity-based Approach

M. Keith Chen;Jesse M. Shapiro

374
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jesse M. Shapiro Harvard University

Hunt Allcott Stanford University

Jean-Pierre Dubé University of Chicago

Amy Finkelstein MIT

Stefano DellaVigna University of California, Berkeley

Bart J. Bronnenberg Tilburg University

Edward L. Glaeser Harvard University

Claudia Goldin Harvard University

James Zou Stanford University

Dan Jurafsky Stanford University

External Links

Wikipedia of Matthew Gentzkow Personal website of Matthew Gentzkow Google Scholar page

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