Aaron Leonard

PhD candidate · UChicago Economics

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Bio

I'm a fourth year PhD student in the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics at UChicago. My interests are in development economics, industrial organization and behavioral economics.

Working Papers

Why Bans Fail: Tipping Points and Australia's Social Media Ban

with Leonardo Bursztyn, Angela Duckworth, Rafael Jiménez-Durán, Filip Milojević, Christopher Roth & Cass R. Sunstein

Featured in New York Times Frankfurter Allgemeine Marginal Revolution

Non-User Externalities

with Leonardo Bursztyn, Jan Fasnacht, Benjamin Handel, Filip Milojević, Christopher Roth, Cass R. Sunstein & Rafael Jiménez-Durán

Non-User Utility and Market Power: The Case of Smartphones

with Leonardo Bursztyn, Rafael Jiménez-Durán, Filip Milojević & Christopher Roth

Featured in The Economist

Publications

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Measuring Markets for Network Goods

with Leonardo Bursztyn, Rafael Jiménez-Durán, Matthew Gentzkow, Filip Milojević & Christopher Roth

Accepted · Review of Economic Studies

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Social Dynamics of AI Adoption

with Leonardo Bursztyn, Alex Imas, Rafael Jiménez-Durán & Christopher Roth

Accepted · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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12 Best Practices for Leveraging Generative AI in Experimental Research

with Samuel Chang, Andrew Kennedy & John List

J. Econ. Behavior & Organization · 2026 · 246, 107564

In Progress

The Role of Informal Markets for Medicines: Experimental Evidence from Sierra Leone

with Fatu E. Conteh, Michael Dinerstein, Sofia Gallo & Anne Karing