Research

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

Working Papers

Econometrics

Estimation and exclusion restrictions in clustered linear models

Anna Mikusheva, Mikkel Sølvsten and Baiyun Jing
March 2026
Macroeconomics

Speculative Growth and the AI “Bubble”

Ricardo J. Caballero
February 2026

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

Published Papers

Incentive-Compatible Unemployment Reinsurance for the Euro Area

Forthcoming in European Economic Review
Karaivanov, Alexander, Benoit Mojon, Luiz Pereira da Silva, Albert Pierres Tejada and Robert M Townsend
March 2026
Health Economics

Machine Learning Predictions for Assessing Hard-to-Place Deceased Donor Kidneys

Grace Guan, Joachim Studnia, Sanjit Neelam, Xingxing S. Cheng, Marc L. Melcher, Nikhil Agarwal, Paulo Somaini, Itai Ashlagi
January 2026
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.