Working Papers

As IDE scholars' projects progress, they share early-stage research through working papers that offer insights into their findings and methodology.

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Collaborating with AI Agents: Field Experiments on Teamwork, Productivity, and Performance

Mar, 2025

Harang Ju | Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University

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

Working Papers Don’t get it or don’t spread it? Comparing self-interested versus prosocially framed COVID-19 prevention messaging

Apr 2020

David Rand

Professor

Jillian Jordan

Erez Yoeli

Working Papers Effect of Social Distancing Measures in the New York City Metropolitan area

Mar 2020

Alex ‘Sandy’ Pentland | Professor, MIT Media Lab

Michiel Bakker

Alex Berke

Matt Groh

Esteban Moro

Working Papers Effectiveness of social distancing strategies for protecting a community from a pandemic

Mar 2020

Alex ‘Sandy’ Pentland | Professor, MIT Media Lab

David Martín-Calvo

Alberto Aleta

Yamir Moreno

Esteban Moro

Working Papers Fighting COVID-19 Misinformation on Social Media: Experimental Evidence for a Scalable Accuracy Nudge Intervention

Mar 2020

David Rand | Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management

Gordon Pennycook

Jonathon McPhetres

Yunhao Zhang

Working Papers Scalable Bundling via Dense Product Embeddings

Jan 2020

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

Dean Eckles

Madhav Kumar

Working Papers Consumer Protection in an Online World: An Analysis of Occupational Licensing

Jan 2020

Chiara Farronato

Andrey Fradkin

Bradley Larsen

Working Papers Fake news, Fast and Slow: Deliberation reduces belief in false (but not true) news headlines

Jan 2020

David Rand

Associate Professor

Gordon Pennycook

Bence Bago

Working Papers Scalable Bundling via Dense Product Embeddings

Jan 2020

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

Dean Eckles | Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management

Madhav Kumar | Assistant Professor, Harvard Business School

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