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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Macroeconomics

The Simple Macroeconomics of AI

Daron Acemoglu
April 2024

Incentive-Compatible Unemployment Reinsurance for the Euro Area

Karaivanov, Alexander, Benoit Mojon, Luiz Pereira da Silva, Albert Pierres Tejada and Robert M Townsend
April 2024
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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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Labor Economics, Political Economy

Learning from Ricardo and Thompson: Machinery and Labor in the Early Industrial Revolution - And in the Age of AI

forthcoming, Annual Reviews in Economics
Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson
March 2024
Review of Economic Studies
Economic Theory

Equilibrium Analysis in Behavioral One-Sector Growth Models

Review of Economic Studies
Daron Acemoglu, Martin Kaae Jensen
March 2024
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Economics Department students and faculty

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Research News

Study finds workers misjudge wage markets
Simon Jaeger

Simon Jäger receives 2024 In_equality Research Award