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Jesse Shapiro is the George Gund Professor of Economics and Business Administration at Harvard University. He is currently on leave during Fall 2024 and Spring 2025. His research focuses on political economy, public policy, behavioral economics, and media bias, often employing advanced econometric methods. Notable contributions include work on policy effect estimation, media slant, and the implications of misspecification in structural models. He has developed the xtevent package for analyzing panel event-study designs. Shapiro’s work bridges theoretical and empirical economics, with applications to real-world issues like advertising markets, terrorism impacts, and healthcare decision-making.
His academic output emphasizes rigorous methodological innovation, particularly in addressing challenges like pre-event trends in policy evaluation. While no explicit awards are listed, his endowed professorship reflects scholarly recognition. Shapiro’s advising and grants are not detailed in the provided texts, but his extensive publications suggest active engagement with doctoral training and research funding. No specific labs or teams are mentioned, though collaborations in quantitative social science are evident.
