John A. List

Leading figure in the development of experimental methods in economics; in particular, when experiments are conducted in the field. Research takes advantage of settings where important economic phenomena present themselves. Since nature does not properly randomize agents into interesting control groups and treatment groups, the challenge is to develop experimental designs wherein subjects are randomized into treatments of interest. Achieved this result in a variety of settings such as the Chicago Board of Trade, charitable fundraising, and Costa Rican CEOs. Sheds light on whether and under what situations laboratory behavior is a good indicator of behavior in the field, and whether, and to what extent, markets and/or market experience influences the size and extent of behavioral anomalies observed in lab experiments. Served as senior economist, President's Council of Economic Advisers.