Research

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

Working Papers

Macroeconomics

FCI-star

Ricardo J. Caballero, Tomás E. Caravello, and Alp Simsek
March 2025

Books

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

Published Papers

Macroeconomics

Interest Rate Cuts vs. Stimulus Payments: An Equivalence Result

Journal of Political Economy, 133(4)
Christian Wolf
April 2025
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Econometrics

Instrumental Variables in Randomized Trials

New England Journal of Medicine Evidence
Joshua D. Angrist, Carol Gao, Peter Hull, and Robert W. Yeh
March 2025
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.