Research Papers

IDE researchers publish their findings and work in highly respected academic journals. Explore their work, including published research and working papers under review.

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Advancing AI negotiations: A large-scale autonomous negotiation competition

Jun, 2026

Sinan Aral | Director, MIT IDE; Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management

Harang Ju | Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University

Research Papers The Economics of Privacy at a Crossroads

Oct 2025

Alessandro Acquisti | T. Wilson (1953) Professor in Management and Professor of Information Technology, MIT Sloan

This paper provides insights on privacy policies and regulations, the effects of those policies and potential future action to protect consumer data privacy.

Research Papers The Hidden Costs of Coding With Generative AI

Aug 2025

Geoffrey Parker | Professor, Dartmouth College

Edward Anderson

Burcu Tan

Generative AI can boost coding productivity, but careless deployment creates technical debt that cripples scalability and destabilizes systems.

Research Papers Does Privacy Regulation Harm Content Providers? A Longitudinal Analysis of the Impact of the GDPR

Jul 2025

Alessandro Acquisti | T. Wilson (1953) Professor in Management and Professor of Information Technology, MIT Sloan

Vincent Lefrere
Logan Warberg
Cristobal Cheyre
Veronica Marotta

Research Papers Expertise

Jun 2025

Neil Thompson | Research Scientist, MIT Sloan School of Management and CSAIL

David Autor

When job tasks are automated, does this augment or diminish the value of labor in the tasks that remain? This paper’s authors argue the answer depends on whether removing tasks raises or reduces the expertise required for remaining non-automated tasks.

Research Papers Tendencies toward triadic closure: Field experimental evidence

Jun 2025

Dean Eckles | Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management

Mohsen Mosleh

David G. Rand

This randomized social media field experiment provides evidence that people are indeed disposed to form ties that close open triangles in their social networks.

Research Papers The Dual Edges of AI: Advancing Knowledge While Reducing Diversity

May 2025

Sukwoong Choi | Assistant Professor, Massry School of Business, University at Albany, SUNY

Research Papers Frontiers: Generative AI and Personalized Video Advertisements

May 2025

Madhav Kumar | Assistant Professor, Harvard Business School

Anuj Kapoor

Research Papers Investor Corporate Visits and Predictable Returns

Mar 2025

Eric So | Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management

Ran Zhang

Rongfei Wang