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 The Grand Illusion: The Myth of Software Portability and Implications for ML Progress

Sep 2023

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

Working Papers What Label Should Be Applied to Content Produced by Generative AI?

Sep 2023

David Rand | Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management

Working Papers Estimating Effects of Long-Term Treatments

Aug 2023

Shan Huang

Chen Wang

Jinglong Zhao

Jingjing Zhang

Working Papers Free Speech, Platforms, and the Fake News Problem

Jun 2023

Marshall Van Alstyne | Professor, Questrom School of Business, Boston University

Working Papers Competition Between AI Foundation Models: Dynamics and Policy Recommendations

Jun 2023

Alex ‘Sandy’ Pentland | Professor, MIT Media Lab

Thibault Schrepel

Working Papers Understanding Algorithm Aversion: When Do People Abandon AI After Seeing It Err?

May 2023

Renée Richardson Gosline | Senior Lecturer, MIT Sloan School of Management

Yunhao Zhang

Working Papers How Many Americans Work Remotely? [updated]

May 2023

John Horton | Associate Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management

Daniel Rock | Assistant Professor, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Working Papers Local and National Concentration Trends in Jobs and Sales: The Role of Structural Transformation

Apr 2023

David Autor | Professor

John Van Reenen | Professor, London School of Economics

Christina Patterson

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