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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Frontiers of Applied Economics

Massachusetts Institute of Technology via MITx Online

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Develop a strong foundation in economic theories and cutting-edge methods essential for understanding a wide range of policy issues, from digital transformation to persistent economic inequality.

Syllabus

  • Public finance, including public goods, cost-benefit analysis, and fiscal federalism
  • Industrial organization, including the economics of digitization
  • Market design, including the Vickrey-Clarke-Groves Mechanism
  • Transportation economics, including congestion
  • Psychology and economics, including reference dependent preferences
  • Labor economics, including gender gaps

Taught by

Parag Pathak, Sara Fisher Ellison, Jonathan Gruber, Nina Roussille, Frank Schilbach, and Tobias Salz

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