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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Sources

Social Protection Review Appendix
Development Economics

Social Protection in the Developing World

Abhijit Banerjee, Rema Hanna, Benjamin A. Olken and Diana Sverdlin-Lisker
August 2023
Environmental Economics, Macroeconomics

Climate Change, Directed Innovation, and Energy Transition: The Long-run Consequences of the Shale Gas Revolution

August 2023
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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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Review of Economic Studies
Econometrics

A More Credible Approach to Parallel Trends

The Review of Economic Studies
Ashesh Rambachan, Jonathan Roth
October 2023
Restud
International Economics

Robots, Trade, and Luddism: A Sufficient Statistic Approach to Optimal Technology Regulation

The Review of Economic Studies
Arnaud Costinot, Iván Werning
October 2023
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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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