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John Horton is the Richard S. Leghorn (1939) Career Development Professor and an Associate Professor of Information Technologies at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

Horton's research focuses on the intersection of labor economics, market design, and information systems. He is particularly interested in improving the efficiency and equity of matching markets.

After completing his PhD and prior to joining NYU Stern School of Business in 2013, he served for two years as the staff economist for oDesk, an online labor market.

Horton received a BS in mathematics from the United States Military Academy at West Point and a PhD in public policy from Harvard University.

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Horton wins two honors

Publications

"Reputation Inflation."

Filippas, Apostolos, John J. Horton, and Joseph Golden. Market Science. Forthcoming. SSRN Preprint.

"​Owning, Using and Renting: Some Simple Economics of the 'Sharing Economy'."

Filippas, Apostolos, John J. Horton, and Richard Zeckhauser. Management Science Vol. 66, No. 9 (2020): 4152-4172. Replication. Download Paper.

"Steering in Online Markets: The Role of Platform Incentives and Credibility."

Barach, Moshe, Joseph Golden, and John Joseph Horton. Management Science Vol. 66, No. 9 (2020): 4047-4070. Download Paper.

"COVID-19 and Remote Work: An Early Look at US."

Brynjolfsson, Erik, John Horton, Adam Ozimek, Daniel Rock, Garima Sharma, and Hong Yi Tu Ye, MIT Sloan Working Paper 6088-20. Cambridge, MA: MIT Sloan School of Management, April 2020.

"Buyer Uncertainty about Seller Capacity: Causes, Consequences, and a Partial Solution."

Horton, John J. Management Science Vol. 65, No. 8 (2019): 3518-3540. SSRN Paper.

"Wielding Peer Effects in Online Production: Evidence from a Series of Field Experiments."

John J. Horton and Richard Zeckhauser. Replication.

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