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- Simon Johnson is a co-recipient of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics for his work on the importance of societal institutions for a country’s prosperity. His current research examines the ways that policy, technology, and geopolitics can ease or exacerbate inequality worldwide, with an emphasis on the future of work and the development of pro-worker artificial intelligence.
- Drawing on prior roles with the World Bank, the U.S. Treasury Department, and the White House’s Council of Economic Advisors, Kristin Forbes speaks to a range of international economic areas including changing interest rates and future monetary policy challenges and lessons, especially as they relate to inflation.
- Andrew Lo’s current research explores the ways in which artificial intelligence can be implemented in the financial landscape to provide financial advice and help people plan for retirement.
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Simon Johnson
Ronald A. Kurtz (1954) Professor of Entrepreneurship
SIMON JOHNSON is the Ronald A. Kurtz (1954) Professor of Entrepreneurship at the MIT Sloan School of Management, where he is head of the Global Economics and Management group. At MIT, he is also co-director of the Stone Center Initiative and a…
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Kristin J. Forbes
Hear name pronounced.Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Professor of Management
Kristin Forbes is the Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Professor of Management and Global Economics at MIT’s Sloan School of Management. She has regularly rotated between academia and senior policy positions. From 2014-2017 she was an External Member of…
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Andrew W. Lo
Charles E. and Susan T. Harris Professor
Andrew W. Lo is the Charles E. and Susan T. Harris Professor, a Professor of Finance, and the Director of the Laboratory for Financial Engineering at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Lo's current research spans four areas: evolutionary models of…
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Eric So
Sloan Distinguished Professor of Global Economics and Behavioral Science
Eric So is the Sloan Distinguished Professor of Global Economics and Behavioral Science and Professor, Global Economics and Management at MIT Sloan, where he studies how human nature and technology interact with incentives to shape decision making…
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Deborah J. Lucas
Sloan Distinguished Professor of Finance
Deborah Lucas is the Sloan Distinguished Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management and Director of the MIT Golub Center for Finance and Policy. Lucas’s recent research lies at the intersection of finance and policy, with a focus on…
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Fiona E. Murray
Associate Dean for Innovation
Fiona Murray is the Associate Dean of Innovation at the MIT Sloan School of Management and the William Porter (1967) Professor of Entrepreneurship. She is the Faculty Director of The MIT Kuo Sharper Center for Prosperity and Entrepreneurship and an…
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"Comment on ‘Dynamic Scoring: A Progress Report on Why, When, and How,' by Douglas Elmendorf, Glenn Hubbard, and Heidi Williams."
Lucas, Deborah J. Brookings Papers on Economic Activity. Forthcoming.
"Conflicts of Interest in Subscriber-Paid Credit Ratings."
Bonsall, Samuel B., Jacquelyn Gillette, Gabriel Pundrich, and Eric C. So. Journal of Accounting and Economics. Forthcoming. SSRN.
"Optimal Financing Design for Drug Development Firms."
Thakor, Richard T. and Andrew W. Lo. Research Policy. Forthcoming. SSRN Preprint.
"Paying off the Competition: Contracting, Market Power, and Innovation Incentives."
Li, Xuelin, Andrew W. Lo, and Richard Thakor. Review of Finance. Forthcoming. SSRN Preprint.
"Performance Attribution for Portfolio Constraints."
Lo, Andrew W., and Ruixun Zhang. Management Science. Forthcoming. SSRN Preprint.
"Use of Bayesian Decision Analysis to Maximize Value in Patient-Centered Randomized Clinical Trials in Parkinson’s Disease."
Chaudhuri, Shomesh E., Zied Ben Chaouch, Brett Hauber, Brennan Mange, Mo Zhou, Stephanie Christopher, Dawn Bardot, Margaret Sheehan, Anne Donnelly, Lauren McLaughlin, Brittany Caldwell, Heather L. Benz, Martin Ho, Anindita Saha, Katrina Gwinn, Murray Sheldon, and Andrew W. Lo. Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics. Forthcoming.
"Using Machine Learning to Target Treatment: The Case of Household Energy Use."
Knittel, Christopher R., and Samuel Stolper. The Economic Journal. Forthcoming. NBER Working Paper.
"Value Creation and Stability In Financial Services: How Should We Regulate Banks?"
Krahnen, Jan Pieter, Ted Lindblom, Deborah J. Lucas, Magnus Olsson, Paolo Fulghieri, and Anjan Thakor. Journal of Financial Intermediation. Forthcoming. SSRN Preprint.
"When Are Central Bank Policy Actions Fiscal? Definitions, Examples and a Call for Transparency."
Deborah J. Lucas. In SOMC 50th Anniversary Conference Volume, Hoover Institution, Stanford, CA:. Forthcoming.
"Household Portfolios and Retirement Saving over the Life Cycle."
Parker, Jonathan A., Antoinette Schoar, Allison Cole, and Duncan Simester. Journal of Finance Vol. 80, No. 5 (2025): 2739-2787.