John A. List
Economist and university professor
John A. List is an American economist known for bringing field experiments into economics. He wrote The Voltage Effect, a book about scaling ideas.
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American Born 1968 in Madison, United States
About John A. List
John A. List is an American economist who teaches at the University of Chicago, where he holds a distinguished service professorship named for Kenneth C. Griffin. He chaired the university's economics department from 2012 to 2018. He studied at the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point and earned his PhD at the University of Wyoming in 1996. His research centers on using field experiments to test economic theory and behavior in real settings. The American Academy of Arts and Sciences made him a member in 2011. From May 2002 to July 2003 he worked as a senior economist on the Council of Economic Advisers. With Uri Gneezy, List co-wrote The Why Axis, which presents his field experiments. His book The Voltage Effect came out in February 2022 and draws on his academic papers about scaling. It reached bestseller lists including those of the New York Times and USA Today.