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IDE researchers publish their findings and work in highly respected academic journals.

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A Causal Test of the Strength of Weak Ties

Sep, 2022

Sinan Aral | Director

Research Papers Reciprocity and Unveiling in Two-Sided Reputation Systems: Evidence from an Experiment on Airbnb

Oct 2021

Andrey Fradkin | Digital Fellow

David Holtz | Research Affiliate

Elena Grewal

Research Papers Social Status and Novelty Drove the Spread of Online Information During the Early Stages of COVID‑19

Oct 2021

Paramveer Dhillon | Digital Fellow

Christos Nicolaides | Research Affiliate

Antonis Photiou

Research Papers Deep Learning’s Diminishing Returns

Sep 2021

Neil Thompson | Research Scientist

Research Papers How Fast Do Algorithms Improve?

Sep 2021

Neil Thompson | Research Scientist

Yash Sherry

Research Papers The Effects of Remote Work on Collaboration Among Information Workers

Sep 2021

David Holtz | Research Affiliate

Longqi Yang

Sonia Jaffe

Siddharth Suri

Shilpi Sinha

Jeffrey Weston

Connor Joyce

Neha Shah

Kevin Sherman

Brent Hecht

Jaime Teevan

Research Papers Scaling up Fact-checking Using the Wisdom of Crowds

Sep 2021

David Rand | Misinformation & Fake News Research Group Lead

Jennifer Allen | MIT Sloan and MIT IDE

Antonio A. Arechar

Gordon Pennycook

Research Papers Geographic and Social Spillovers in COVID-19 Closures and Reopenings in the United States

Aug 2021

Sinan Aral | Director

Michael Zhao | PhD Candidate

David Holtz | Research Affiliate

Research Papers Platform Leadership: Staffing and Training the Inverted Firm

Jul 2021

Geoff Parker | Visiting Scholar

Marshall Van Alstyne | Visiting Scholar

Peter Evans

Dylan Finkhousen

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