John A. List
johnlist.bsky.social
John A. List
@johnlist.bsky.social
I am an Economist leveraging the assignment mechanism in the field to test theory and help non-profits, govts, and anyone who will listen! My goal is to (hopefully!) change the world for the better. My picture is with my oldest son!
Economics is really for everyone and everypup! Here is @drdanasuskind.bsky.social asking John Nash if she wants to go to the Economics department today.

If only my own students would get this excited about economics!
January 18, 2026 at 7:03 PM
My FOMO has now been maximized...by a picture just sent! I had to miss this year, but the AEAs are always a favorite, largely because of the brilliant economists.

Pictured below are two of them on the market: Haruka and Danielle. Good luck to you both, keep changing the world and making us proud!
January 3, 2026 at 9:45 PM
The holidays are a good time to step back from the research and remember what it's all for. Grateful for family, for colleagues who push my thinking, and for the chance to do work that might make a small difference.

Wishing you and yours a restful break and a bright 2026!
December 30, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Happy 1-year anniversary to the most incredible couple I know—Francesca & Eli! You two are brilliant, kind, and absolutely unstoppable together. Here’s to many more years of love, laughter, and changing the world in your own beautiful way.

Love you both!😍😍
November 30, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Sending all my love.

Never forget that the best things at the table aren't on the plates. Today's data point: you matter deeply to someone. Let them know how much they matter to you. Wishing you a Thanksgiving full of exactly that.
November 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The econ PhD market will be difficult this year. The exact same thing happened when I went on the market years ago: I sent out 150 applications...and got 1 interview! Then I wrote a paper about it! ideas.repec.org/p/feb/natura...

Both sides of the market responded. Is this happening now too?
October 7, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Few things can make a father prouder than his daughter changing the world....by teaching about field experiments at the World Youth Economic Forum!
August 1, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Happy Easter everyone! I hope your day is filled with Easter egg hunts, love, and happiness.

For our Easter weekend, @drdanasuskind.bsky.social and I surprised my daughter, #GretaList, at the half-marathon she ran in Newport, Rhode Island.
April 20, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I finally have a publication date for my new Experimental Economics textbook: December 12. Equally as important, I am proud to have negotiated a low price for the book: $38.10...for a nearly 800 page book!
You can find the book here: www.amazon.com/Experimental...
March 25, 2025 at 9:23 AM
**New Paper Alert**
Our new field experiment explores the inter-relationship between risk and ambiguity preferences of mothers, their early childhood investments, and their children's outcomes. Available for free download: ideas.repec.org/p/feb/artefa...
March 22, 2025 at 7:07 PM
My apologies. I understand that someone is using this fake account pretending to be me in DMs:
March 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Saw this posted in another forum with massive agreement. My response: if this is true, then you are in the wrong job.
January 27, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Happy Chrismukkah everyone! Wishing everyone a warm, healthy, safe, and productive holiday season.

We send all of our love to you and yours.

@drdanasuskind.bsky.social
December 24, 2024 at 5:38 PM
Super fun and proud moment: letting Uditi, Andrew, and Haruka know that our excellence gap study was just accepted
@natureportfolio.bsky.social.
We even had a few parents on the line—one even cried! The Nature editor (Mary Elizabeth Sutherland) was her usual brilliant self in handling the paper.
December 18, 2024 at 6:17 PM
Yesterday we had the privilege of watching a series of beautiful music videos created by the brilliant Natalie Merchant teaming with the @chicagosymphony.bsky.social. @drdanasuskind.bsky.social and I are honored to be part of this early learning project using love&rhyme! #Everykiddeservesachance
December 15, 2024 at 4:47 PM
This post is for the skeptics who think this is not me. We took this picture in front of Walmart HQ in Bentonville. The idea is to show causality--the truck ran out of gas! I am in the back and I used this picture in a lecture for execs to show the power of causality.
December 9, 2024 at 4:10 PM