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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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The Diminishing Returns to Human Recruiting in Online Labor Markets

May, 2026

John Horton | Associate Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management

Emma Wiles | IDE Digital Fellow and Assistant Professor, Questrom School of Business, Boston University

Working Papers What Drives Differences in Management?

Apr 2017

Working Papers Some Simple Economics of the Blockchain

Apr 2017

Working Papers Search, Matching, and the Role of Digital Marketplace Design in Enabling Trade: Evidence from Airbnb

Mar 2017

Working Papers Online Exploration, Content Choice & Echo Chambers: An Experiment

Mar 2017

Working Papers Secular Stagnation? The Effect of Aging on Economic Growth in the Age of Automation

Jan 2017

Daron Acemoglu | Institute Professor, MIT Economics Department

Working Papers Innovation, Openness, and Platform Control

Oct 2016

Geoffrey Parker | Professor, Dartmouth College

Working Papers Platform Ecosystems: How Developers Invert the Firm

Aug 2016

Geoffrey Parker | Professor, Dartmouth College

Working Papers Seeding the S-Curve? The Role of Early Adopters in Diffusion

Aug 2016