Daron Acemoglu

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J-PAL Affiliated Professor

Institute Professor

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Daron Acemoglu is an Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His research interests include macroeconomics, political economy, labor economics, development economics, and economic theory. Daron was awarded the John Bates Clark Medal in 2005, and the 2024 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. He received his PhD in economics from the London School of Economics.