Research

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

Working Papers

Review of Economic Studies
Economic Theory, Political Economy

A Model of Online Misinformation

Review of Economic Studies 91(6), pp. 3117-3150
Daron Acemoglu, Asuman Ozdaglar, James Siderius
November 2024
Industrial Organization, Political Economy

Online Business Models, Digital Ads, and User Welfare

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

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

Quarterly Journal of Economics
Behavioral Economics, Health Economics

Lives vs. Livelihoods: The Impact of the Great Recession on Mortality and Welfare

Amy Finkelstein, Matthew J. Notowidigdo, Frank Schilbach, and Jonathan Zhang
November 2024
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
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.