Research

Take a look at the latest research from MIT Economics faculty, including published work and newly-released working papers.

Working Papers

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Industrial Organization, Political Economy

Online Business Models, Digital Ads, and User Welfare

Daron Acemoglu, Daniel Huttenlocher, Asuman Ozdaglar, James Siderius
September 2024
Political Economy

Misperceptions and Demand for Democracy under Authoritarianism

Daron Acemoglu, Cevat Giray Aksoy, Ceren Baysan, Carlos Molina and Gamze Zeki
September 2024
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Books

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Risky Business: Why Insurance Markets Fail and What to Do About It
Health Economics, Public Economics

Risky Business: Why Insurance Markets Fail and What To Do About It

Liran Einav, Amy Finkelstein and Ray Fisman
January 2023
Cover of Cooking to Save Your Life with an illustration by Cheyenne Olivier of Abhijit cooking surrounded by others

Cooking to Save Your Life

Abhijit Banerjee
Illustrations by Cheyenne Olivier
November 2021
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Published Papers

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QJE

Sources

VoxDev (Kaur) NPR Planet Money Sloan News NBER Working Paper Econimate Video Online Appendix
Behavioral Economics, Development Economics, Health Economics

Do Financial Concerns Make Workers Less Productive?

Accepted, The Quarterly Journal of Economics
Supreet Kaur Sendhil Mullainathan, Suanna Oh, Frank Schilbach
October 2024
American Economic Review
Economic Theory

Repression and Repertoires

American Economic Review: Insights 6, 13–33
Stephen Morris, Mehdi Shadmehr
September 2024
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Economics Department students and faculty

Labs and Centers

Our faculty and affiliated researchers work across a wide range of disciplines and interest areas, using economic science to help tackle the complex issues surrounding global poverty, health care, education, and more.
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Research News

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