Hunt Allcott
Assistant Professor of Economics, New York University
On leave at: MIT Department of Economics and MIT Energy Initiative

Hunt Allcott is an Assistant Professor of Economics at New York University and a Senior Researcher at ideas42, a think tank that applies insights from psychology and economics to problems in international development, health care, consumer finance, and energy and environmental issues. During academic years 2009-2011, he is on leave as the Energy and Society Fellow in the MIT Economics Department and the MIT Energy Initiative. He holds a PhD from Harvard University and a BS and MS from Stanford University. Hunt has worked in the private sector as a consultant with Cambridge Energy Research Associates and with Arthur D. Little and in international development as a consultant to the World Bank.

Hunt is an applied microeconomist who studies consumer behavior, business strategy, and regulatory policy in energy markets. His recent work has analyzed how firms set prices in electricity markets, how much the consumers value fuel efficient vehicles, and how to apply behavioral science to help consumers be more energy efficient. His research methods include structural and reduced form econometrics and randomized field experiments.