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Prof. Abhijit Banerjee

Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics

Scientific Director, J-PAL Africa

Primary DLC

Department of Economics

MIT Room: E52-540

(617) 253-8855

banerjee@mit.edu

https://economics.mit.edu/people/faculty/abhijit-banerjee

Areas of Interest and Expertise

Economic Development
Income Distribution
Evolutionary Games
Herd Behavior in Financial and Other Markets
A Theory of Misgovernance
International Economics and Development

Projects

April 13, 2022

Department of Economics

Egypt Impact Lab

Principal Investigator Abhijit Banerjee

July 23, 2015

Department of Economics

Environmental Ratings Program: Reducing industrial Pollution Through Technology and Transparency

Principal Investigator Abhijit Banerjee

January 29, 2008

Department of Economics

MIT-India Initiative

Principal Investigator Abhijit Banerjee

January 15, 2008

Department of Economics

Economic Theory (Courses of Study)

Principal Investigator Abhijit Banerjee

Books

Publication date: November 16, 2019

Books

Prof. Abhijit Banerjee

Good Economics for Hard Times: Better Answers to Our Biggest Problems

Publication date: April 22, 2011

Books

Prof. Abhijit Banerjee, Prof. Esther Duflo

Poor Economics : A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty

Prof. Abhijit Banerjee

Primary DLC

Areas of Interest and Expertise

Recent Work

Egypt Impact Lab

Environmental Ratings Program: Reducing industrial Pollution Through Technology and Transparency

MIT-India Initiative

Economic Theory (Courses of Study)

Good Economics for Hard Times: Better Answers to Our Biggest Problems

Poor Economics : A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty

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