Golf with University of Chicago Economists John List & Stephen Levitt
Grab a friend and tee off with University of Chicago Economists John List & Steven Levitt at the Flossmoor Country Club for a very memorable round of golf!

• JOHN LIST, Homer J. Livingston Professor in Economics and the College; Chairman of the Department of Economics (at Chicago since 2005). Kenneth Galbraith Award, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, 2010; Member American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2011. Editor, Journal of Economic Perspectives; Associate Editor, American Economic Review; Associate Editor,Journal of Economic Literature.  "My research focuses on using economic theory and empirical tools to further economic science. "While much of my time has been spent developing experimental methods to address both positive and normative issues, I also am interested in developing economic theory and using naturally occurring data. My passion, however, is using field experiments to explore economic questions. I view field experiments as representing a unique manner in which to obtain data because they force the researcher to understand everyday phenomena, many of which we stumble upon frequently. Merely grasping the interrelationships of factors in field settings is not enough, however, as the field experimenter must then seek to understand more distant phenomena that have the same underlying structure. Until this is achieved, one cannot reap the true rewards of field experimentation."


• STEVEN LEVITT Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994 - The William B. Ogden Distinguished Service Professor in Economics and the College(at Chicago since 1997). Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2002; Fellow, Econometric Society, 2004; John Bates Clark Medal Winner, 2004. RECENT RESEARCH -  Economic models of crime and corruption; the criminal justice system; abortion legalization; school choice; how businesses make decisions.  
  

  In 2004, Levitt was awarded the John Bates Clark Medal, awarded to the most influential economist under the age of 40. In 2006, he was named one of Time magazine's “100 People Who Shape Our World.”

  
  

  Steve co-authored Freakonomics, which spent over 2 years on the New York Times Best Seller list and has sold more than 4 million copies worldwide. SuperFreakonomics, released in 2009, includes brand new research on topics from terrorism to prostitution to global warming. Steve is also the co-author of the popular Freakonomics Blog.