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Becker Brown Bag Series
Wednesday, April 16, 2008, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
"The Economics of News Media Slant"
Jesse explored the economic incentives that shape the news, which in turn shapes how we see the world.
Where
The GSB Charles M. Harper Center Video Coverage
Room 104
Lunch will be provided.
Who
Jesse Shapiro
Assistant Professor of Economics
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Jesse M. Shapiro is an assistant professor of economics at the GSB. He is also a Faculty Research Fellow in Labor Studies at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Before joining the GSB faculty, he was the inaugural Becker Fellow at the Becker Center on Chicago Price Theory.
His research focuses on the economics of communication and persuasion in the areas of industrial organization and political economy.
Shapiro attended Harvard University, where he earned a bachelor's degree summa cum laude in economics and a master's degree in statistics in 2001 and a PhD in economics in 2005.
