哈佛經(jīng)濟系最大的對手是鄰近的MIT經(jīng)濟系，兩所大學是鄰居，經(jīng)濟系水平相當，人員往來又極為便利，因此交流十分頻繁。在哈佛大學經(jīng)濟系在世的退休教授中，沒有一人是MIT經(jīng)濟學博士，但是，在哈佛大學經(jīng)濟系在任的教授中，MIT經(jīng)濟學博士多達15人，僅次于哈佛大學經(jīng)濟學博士的16人。這些MIT經(jīng)濟學博士，1人是高級講師，3人是助理教授，其余11人都是正教授或講座教授。MIT經(jīng)濟系水平高，哈佛經(jīng)濟系才會任用MIT經(jīng)濟學博士。這是一方面，另一方面，MIT的經(jīng)濟學博士可以找到一個門當戶對的經(jīng)濟系任教，并且，在哈佛經(jīng)濟系任教的MIT經(jīng)濟學博士，可以隨時保持和MIT經(jīng)濟系的聯(lián)系。最后，只要樂意，MIT經(jīng)濟系可以隨時將自己的學生從哈佛經(jīng)濟系挖回來?？梢詳嘌?，在MIT經(jīng)濟系的教授中，最多的還是MIT經(jīng)濟學博士。原因很簡單，和哈佛經(jīng)濟系一樣，MIT經(jīng)濟系培養(yǎng)的博士水平很高，除了向外校輸送，一些水平很高的學生，在外校任教了一段時間后，會被MIT經(jīng)濟系挖回來。這當中，最便利的就是在哈佛經(jīng)濟系任教的MIT經(jīng)濟學博士了。
Pol Antràs
Professor of Economics
Ph.D. MIT
Primary Fields of Interest:International economics.
Research Topics: Contractual frictionsin international trade, the international organization ofproduction, patterns of industrialization.
David Cutler
Otto Eckstein Professor of AppliedEconomics
Ph.D. MIT
Primary Fields of Interest: Publiceconomics, health economics.
Research Topics: Why people are inbetter health, the impact of medical care on the public sector,racial and ethnic segregation.
Emmanuel Farhi
Professor of Economics
Ph.D. MIT
Primary Fields of Interest:Macroeconomics.
Research Topics: Macroeconomicpolicy.
Drew Fudenberg
Frederic E. Abbe Professor ofEconomics
Ph.D. MIT
Primary Fields of Interest: Game theory,microeconomic theory.
Research Topics: Learning IN games,reputation AND repeated play, theoretical industrialorganization.
Richard Hornbeck
Assistant Professor ofEconomics
Ph.D. MIT
Primary Fields of Interest: EconomicHistory and Development
ResearchTopics:
Lawrence Katz
Elisabeth Allison Professor ofEconomics
Ph.D. MIT
Primary Fields of Interest: Laboreconomics, economics of social problems, appliedmicroeconomics.
Research Topics: Wage determination,understanding changes in the wage structure and wage inequality,housing mobility and neighborhood effects, technological change andthe labor market, unemployment, immigration, evaluation of theimpacts of social and labor market poli
David Laibson
Harvard College Professor, Robert I.Goldman Professor of Economics
Ph.D. MIT
Primary Fields of Interest:Macroeconomics, finance, psychology and economics, experimentaleconomics.
Research Topics: Savings, consumption,intertemporal choice, neuroeconomics, household finance, boundedrationality.
N. Gregory Mankiw
Robert M. Beren Professor ofEconomics
Ph.D. MIT
Primary Fields of Interest:Macroeconomics.
Research Topics: Price adjustment,consumer behavior, financial markets, monetary and fiscal policy,economic growth.
Jeffrey Miron
Senior Lecturer onEconomics
Ph.D. MIT
Primary Fields of Interest: Economics oflibertarianism.
Research Topics: Financial Crises,Global Warming, Alcohol and Drug Policy, Crime
Amanda Pallais
Assistant Professor ofEconomics
Ph.D. M.I.T.
Primary Fields ofInterest:
ResearchTopics:
Kenneth Rogoff
Thomas D. Cabot Professor of PublicPolicy
Ph.D. MIT
Primary Fields of Interest:International finance.
Research Topics: Global financialsystems and the political economy of international macroeconomicpolicy.
Andrei Shleifer
Professor of Economics
Ph.D. MIT
Primary Fields of Interest: Law andeconomics, corporate finance.
ResearchTopics:
Alp Simsek
Assistant Professor ofEconomics
Ph.D. MIT
Primary Fields of Interest:Macroeconomics, Finance, Theory
ResearchTopics:
Jeremy Stein
Moise Y. Safra Professor ofEconomics
Ph.D. MIT
Primary Fields of Interest: Corporatefinance, behavioral finance, money and banking.
Research Topics: Capital allocationinside firms, asset pricing with differences of opinion, the roleof banks in the transmission of monetary policy.
Martin Weitzman
Professor of Economics
Ph.D. MIT
Primary Fields of Interest:Environmental economics, economic theory.
Research Topics: Environmentaleconomics, economics of biodiversity, limits to growth, greenaccounting, discounting, economics of global warming.
