Jesse Shapiro

Jesse Shapiro

Chicago School of Economics
Born	c. 1979 (age 31–32)
Nationality	United States
Institution	University of Chicago
Field	Political economy Behavioral economics
Alma mater	Harvard University
Influences	Edward Glaeser Steven D. Levitt
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Jesse M. Shapiro is an American economist, He is currently a professor of economics at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Shapiro has published a number of working papers in the area of industrial organization, political economy and behavioral economics. One of his most famous papers concerns obesity in the USA.

Shapiro holds a PhD (2005) in Economics, an MA (2001) in Statistics and a BA (2001) in Economics, all from Harvard University. Before joining the Chicago Booth faculty, he was an inaugural Becker Fellow at the Becker Center on Chicago Price Theory.

The Economist lists Shapiro as one of the top 8 young economists in the world.^[1]

References

1. ^ "International bright young things", The Economist, December 30, 2008, http://www.economist.com/businessfinance/displayStory.cfm?story_id=12851150 

External links

• Jesse Shapiro main page
• Curriculum Vitae

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