Jesse M. Shapiro is an American economist. He is the George S. and Nancy B. Parker Professor of Economics at the Brown University.Shapiro has published a number of working papers in the area of industrial organization, political economy and behavioral economics. One of his most famous papers concerns obesity in the USA.Shapiro holds a PhD (2005) in Economics, an MA (2001) in Statistics and a BA (2001) in Economics, all from Harvard University.