Current Research

Economics: Course 14

The Department of Economics largely arranges UROP's on a decentralized basis, with the students initially consulting the faculty with whom they are most eager to work. The few UROP listings that the UROP coordinator is apprised of are immediately posted on the newsgroup mit-board.

Students with questions about the process may first consult the UROP Coordinator, but are encouraged to do so via e-mail if at all possible (Contact Ruth Levitsky, levitsky@mit.edu).

Further Information

See the Sloan Undergraduate Brochure regarding undergraduate study in Economics. Follow all UROP procedures for pay or credit.

Faculty Research Descriptions

Prof. Daron Acemoglu, E52-380B, x3-1927, daron@mit.edu

Theory of the firm, business cycles, growth theory, innovations and macro-economics.

Prof. George-Marios Angeletos, E52-251B, x2-3859, angelet@mit.edu

Growth and fluctuations; fiscal and monetary policy; incomplete markets.

Prof. Joshua Angrist, E52-353, x3-8909 angrist@mit.edu

Applied Labor Economics

Prof. David Autor, Rm. E52-380B, x8-7698, dautor@mit.edu

Labor Economics.

Prof. Abhijit Banerjee, E52-252D, x3-8855, banerjee@mit.edu

Development economics, contract theory, game theory.

Prof. Olivier Blanchard, E52-373A, x3-8891, blanchar@mit.edu

Macroeconomic problems.

Prof. Ricardo Caballero, E52-252A, x3-0489, caball@mit.edu

Macroeconomics, especially aggregation theory, SS-dynamics, and consumption.

Prof. Victor Chernozhukov, E52-262F, x3-4767, vchern@mit.edu

Economic Theory and Applications. Quintile regression and instrumental quintile regression. Bayesian and quasi-bayesian methods. Extreme value theory. Structural Inference in auctions and other non-regular models.

Prof. Arnaud Costinot, E52-243B, 4-1712, costinot@mit.edu

nternational Trade

Prof. Peter A. Diamond, E52-344, x3-3363, pdiamond@mit.edu (Professor Emeritus)

Search theory, and social security programs.

Prof. David Donaldson, E52-243G, x3-4790, ddonald@mit.edu

International economics

Prof. Esther Duflo, E52-252G, x8-7013, eduflo@mit.edu

Human resources in developing countries; educational choice; returns to education in Indonesia; nutrition in South Africa; industrial organization in developing counties; credit constraints.

Prof. Richard S. Eckaus, E52-243B, x3-3367, eckaus@mit.edu, (Professor Emeritus)

Development economics, macro economics, fiscal policy, environmental economics.

Prof. Glenn Ellison, Associate Department Head, E52-274, x3-8702, gellison@mit.edu

Game theory, learning theory, industrial organization.

Prof. Sara Ellison, E52-262C, x3-3821, sellison@mit.edu

Industrial organization, pharmaceuticals, e-commerce.

Amy Finkelstein, E52-391, x3-3971, afink@mit.edu

Research interests: public finance, health

Prof. Franklin M. Fisher, E52-359, x3-3373, ffisher@mit.edu (Professor Emeritus)

Aggregate production functions, economic theory of price indices, antitrust economics.

Prof. Robert Gibbons, E52-590, x3-0283, rgibbons@mit.edu

Organizational design and performance, relational contracts within and between firms, human resource management.

Michael Greenstone E52-359, (617) 452-4127, mgreenst@mit.edu, PhD, Princeton

3M Associate Professor of Environmental Economics, Public Economics, Labor Economics ON LEAVE. Research interests: Impacts of environmental regulation; valuation of clean air; economics costs of climate change; regulation of financial market; infant health.

Prof. Jonathan Gruber, E52-391, x3-8892, gruberj@mit.edu

Health economics.

Prof. Jeffrey Harris, E52-252F, x3-2677, jeffrey@mit.edu

Health economics, industrial organization, industry studies, environmental economics.

Prof. Jerry Hausman, E52-271A, x3-3644, jhausman@mit.edu

Telecommunications and energy economics, econometrics, taxation and labor supply.

Prof. Bengt Holmstrom, E52-373B, x3-0506, bengt@mit.edu

Contract theory.

Prof. Panle Jia, E52-262F, x3-7229, pjia@mit.edu, PhD, Yale

Assistant Professor, Industrial Organization
Research Interests: Industrial organization, Applied Econometrics, Applied Microeconomics

Prof. Paul L. Joskow, E52-280B, x3-6664, pjoskow@mit.edu (Professor Emeritus)

Regulation of nuclear power, antitrust policy, health provision, and public utilities, industrial organization, industry studies.

Prof. Guido Lorenzoni, E52-251C, (617) 253-4836, glorenzo@mit.edu, PhD

Assistant Professor, Macroeconomics and International Economics Research Interests: Business cycles, financial market frictions, international capital markets and crises.

Prof. Mihai Manea, E52-391B, x4-3908, manea@mit.edu

Prof. Anna Mikusheva, E52-262B, x4-5459, amikushe@mit.edu , PhD, Harvard

Assistant Professor, Econometrics
Research Interests: Econometric Theory, Time Series Econometrics

Prof. Ben Olken, E52-252A, x3-6833, bolken@nber.org

Research Interests: Development Economics

Prof. Whitney Newey, E52-262D, x3-6420, wnewey@mit.edu

Econometrics: non parametric econometrics and applications.

Prof. Parag Pathak, E52-391C, x3-7458, ppathak@mit.edu

Business Economics

Prof. Michael J. Piore, E52-271C, x3-3377, mpiore@mit.edu (Professor Emeritus)

Migration, comparative studies of secondary labor markets, comparative labor movements.

Prof. James M. Poterba, E52-350, x3-6673, poterba@mit.edu

Taxation and personal saving and portfolio behavior; mutual funds.

Prof. Drazen Prelec, E40-161, x3-2833, dprelec@mit.edu

Behavioral Economics

Prof. Nancy Rose, E52-434, x3-8956, nrose@mit.edu

Industrial Organization, Regulation Theory

Prof. Stephen Ross, Rm. E52-443, x8-8371, sross@mit.edu

Economics of uncertainty, corporate finance, decision theory and financial econometrics.

Prof. Jerome Rothenberg, E52-355, x3-2674 (Professor Emeritus)

Modeling urban housing markets, metropolitan development and location, regional environmental policy.

Prof. Stephen Ryan, E52-391, x3-6082, sryan@mit.edu

Research interests: environmental/IO

Prof. Richard Schmalensee, E52-456, x3-2957, rschmale@mit.edu

Industrial Economics: industrial organization, microeconomics, antitrust, and government regulation.

Prof. James Snyder, Rm.E53-457, x3-2669, millet@mit.edu

Political economics, American politics, formal political theory.

 

Prof. Peter Temin, E52-280A, x3-3126, ptemin@mit.edu, (Professor Emeritus)

Economic history, industrialization, telecommunications.

Prof. Lester Thurow, E52-445, x3-2932, lthurow@mit.edu

Globalization, Widening earnings differentials, Economic implications from shift to knowledge based economy.

Prof. Juuso Toikka, E52-TBA, 324-3666, toikka@mit.edu

Microeconomic Theory

Prof. Robert Townsend, E52-251C, x2-3722, rtownsen@mit.edu

Theory

Prof. Ivan Werning, E52-391B

Optimal fiscal and monetary policy, Optimal Unemployment, Insurance.

Prof. William Wheaton, E52-252B, x3-1723, wheaton@mit.edu

Real estate, urban modeling, municipal finance.

Prof. Muhamet Yildiz, E52-357, x3-5331, myildiz@mit.edu, PhD, Stanford

Game theory; Bargaining

Visiting Faculty