Chad Syverson

  • Title: George C. Tiao Distinguished Service Professor of Economics, Chicago Booth
  • Education: BA, BS, both from the University of North Dakota; MA, PhD, both from the University of Maryland
  • Joined UChicago faculty: 2001
  • chad.syverson@chicagobooth.edu

Chad Syverson

Departmental website:
https://www.chicagobooth.edu/faculty/directory/s/chad-syverson

Chad Syverson’s research spans several topics, with a particular focus on the interactions of firm structure, market structure, and productivity. His research has been published in several top journals and has earned multiple National Science Foundation awards.

Prof. Syverson serves as an editor of the Journal of Political Economy and is on the editorial boards of several other journals. He is a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research and has recently served on National Academies committees and as the chair of the Chicago Census Research Data Center Board. Prior to his appointment at UChicago, he was a mechanical engineer for Loral Defense Systems and Unisys Corporation.

He also co-authored an intermediate-level text, Microeconomics, with professors Austan Goolsbee and Steve Levitt

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Productivity, Technology

Syverson Stories

Building costs aren’t to blame for high home prices A hand holds a miniature model of a home

Building costs aren’t to blame for high home prices

The link between construction costs and real estate prices has weakened in recent decades, finds research from UChicago Booth

How to build a better supply chain Illustration depicting supply chains

How to build a better supply chain

After COVID-19 disruptions, Chicago Booth experts explore ways to improve operations

Chad Syverson: The COVID crisis and economic growth Portrait of Prof. ​​​​​​​Chad Syverson

Chad Syverson: The COVID crisis and economic growth


A challenge to Darwin’s branching view of evolution Chad Syverson

A challenge to Darwin’s branching view of evolution

<p>Prof. Chad Syverson explains how artificial intelligence is changing financial markets</p>


Faculty members receive named, distinguished service professorships

Faculty members receive named, distinguished service professorships

A case that Costco and other warehouse clubs have transformed retail more than Amazon

A case that Costco and other warehouse clubs have transformed retail more than Amazon

Study by Profs. Ali Hortaçsu and Chad Syverson finds warehouse clubs have had greater financial impact on the retail sector than e-commerce