Matthew Leisten

Matt Leisten

Economist,
Federal Trade Commission

I am an industrial organization economist who received his Ph.D. from Northwestern University in 2020.

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[CV] [Researchgate] [Google Scholar] [Twitter] [Bluesky].

When I'm not doing economics, I'm listening to music you probably don't like, watching movies you probably do, cooking something you definitely would, or driving around the country looking for the best beers, breads, and BBQ.

Latest updates: New draft of "Open(?) AI", January 2026. New draft of "Distributional Consequences of Privacy Regulation", December 2025.