Applied Economics

About Applied Economics

The MIT Sloan Applied Economics Group economic theory and econometrics to address the practical challenges facing humanity. 

Our research spans a wide variety of fields, theoretical and empirical, and integrates a broad spectrum of tools. Our focus: high quality research with real-world implications. The Applied Economics group studies organizations, health economics, macroeconomics, pricing, markets and industrial organization, development economics, and energy and environmental economics. Like our peers across the Institute, we are always pushing the research frontier, collaborating widely with other academics and policy makers in the United States and around the globe.

Research Centers

Research centers at MIT and MIT Sloan pursue solutions to the world’s most significant challenges.

Through collaboration with other top researchers and business leaders, MIT Sloan faculty and students have a powerful impact on leading organizations and on everyday life. Faculty in the Applied Economics Group are affiliated with the following research centers at MIT.