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 (levitsky@mit.edu).
Further Information: See Awards & Funds for information on funding that may pertain to your research and the Sloan Undergraduate Brochure regarding undergraduate study in Economics. Follow all UROP procedures for pay or credit.
- 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, (On Leave) E52-252D, x3-8855, banerjee@mit.edu
- Development economics, contract theory, game theory.
- Prof. Olivier Blanchard, E52-373A, x3-8891, blanchar@mit.edu
- (ON LEAVE) 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
- International Trade
- Prof. Peter A. Diamond, E52-344, x3-3363, pdiamond@mit.edu
- Search theory, and social security programs.
- 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.
- 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
- (ON LEAVE) 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
- (ON LEAVE) 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, MIT
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- Stephen Ryan, E52-391, x3-6082, sryan@mit.edu
- Research interests: environmental/IO
- Prof. Paul A. Samuelson, E52-383C, x3-3368
- Research continues to concentrate on mathematical microeconomics, current macroeconomic trends, and modern finance theory.
- 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. Robert M. Solow, E52-383B, x3-5268
- Economic theory and policy, stabilization and inflation policy, productivity, labor markets.
- 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. 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
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