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Graduate program accepting applications for fall 2021

The MIT Economics Graduate Program is now accepting applications for fall 2021 admission. The GRE is not required as part of this year's application process. More information and our online application portal are available at the link below.
MIT News: Uncertainty, belief, and economic outcomes

Stephen Morris has spent his career taking thorny problems about information and beliefs and finding useful ways to model them, in areas applicable to finance, central banking, firm decisions, and even nonfinancial markets such as school-choice plans. His work is featured in MIT News this week.
PhD student Antoine Levy studies the influence of regional economics on national politics

MIT News features fifth year PhD student Antoine Levy's work on local variations in economic activity, and how they drive national policies.
MIT News: Mask mandates have major impact, study finds

Working paper co-authored by Victor Chernozhukov finds that introducing a uniform national mask mandate for public-facing U.S. business employees on April 1 would have saved tens of thousands of lives.
Muhamet Yildiz elected Economic Theory Fellow by the Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory

Professor Muhamet Yildiz, along with eighteen other scholars, has been named an Economic Theory Fellow for 2020, in recognition of his scientific excellence and advancement of economic theory.
Amy Finkelstein elected to the British Academy

John and Jennie S. MacDonald Professor of Economics Amy Finkelstein has been elected to the British Academy in recognition of her distinguished work in the field of economics. The academy is the UK's leading organization for the humanities and social sciences, and Professor Finkelstein is among 86 academics honored with the world-leading Fellowship this year.
MIT News: The urban job escalator has stopped moving

New study by David Autor shows that Black and Latino workers are particularly affected by the decline in middle-class urban jobs in recent decades.
Economics faculty honored as "Committed to Caring" for 2020-2021

Daron Acemoglu and Anna Mikusheva are among twelve MIT professors recognized through the Committed to Caring program this year. The honor recognizes "outstanding mentors" who demonstrate true commitment to caring for students and their well-being.
MIT News: Stephen Morris named inaugural Peter A. Diamond Professor of Economics

The MIT Department of Economics is pleased to announce Stephen Morris as the inaugural Peter A. Diamond Professor of Economics. The new professorship was created by a generous gift from Economics PhD alumnus C.C. Chen ('63, Sloan '65, PhD '67), and celebrates Institute Professor emeritus and Nobel laureate Peter A. Diamond.
Resources on antiracism and racial equity in economics

The Department of Economics at MIT stands in solidarity with those demanding justice and equity for black lives, and we are committed to taking concrete actions to diversity the voices in our community.

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