Description: Lecture

Presenter: John A. List, Kenneth C. Griffin Distinguished Service Professor in Economics at the University of Chicago

Location: Sunroom, Memorial Union 

Title: Leveraging Private Sector Data to Help Inform Major Social Challenges

Abstract: John A. List is the Director of the Becker Friedman Institute for Economics and the Kenneth C. Griffin Distinguished Service Professor in Economics at the University of Chicago. He is a pioneer of field experiments in economics; his research examines how markets work, how incentives shape behavior, and how behavioral insights can inform standard models. He is a Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Fellow of The Econometric Society, Editor of the Journal of Political Economy, and a former member of the White House Council of Economic Advisers. He is on every short list of future Nobel Laureates in Economics. 

This event is co-sponsored by the IW Arthur Lecture Fund and the Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government).