Hunt Allcott is an Associate Professor of Economics at New York University, a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, a Co-Editor of the Journal of Public Economics and a Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research. He is a Scientific Director of ideas42, a think tank that applies insights from psychology and economics to business and policy design problems, an Affiliate of Poverty Action Lab, a network of researchers who use randomized evaluations to answer critical policy questions in the fight against poverty, and a Faculty Affiliate of E2e, a group of economists, engineers, and behavioral scientists focused on evaluating and improving energy efficiency policy. He was also a Contributing Author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fifth Assessment Report. Professor Allcott is an applied microeconomist who studies topics in behavioral economics, environmental and energy economics, industrial organization, public economics, and development microeconomics. He uses a variety of tools, including both structural and reduced form econometrics, applied theory, and randomized field experiments. Professor Allcott holds a PhD from Harvard University and a BS and MS from Stanford University.
