Michael PETERS is Associate Professor of Economics at Yale University. He is also a Faculty Research Fellow of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and a Research Affiliate at the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR). Prior to joining Yale, he was Assistant Professor at the London School of Economics (LSE).

In his research he focuses on economic growth and long-run economic development. He has worked on theories of firm-dynamics, highlighting the role of markups for misallocation, the importance of managerial delegation for firm growth, and the consequences of falling population growth. In his work on growth and economic geography, he analyzed the long-run consequences of large-scale migration, both in post-war Germany and for the US in the 19th century. Finally, he studied the process of structural change, both in the US in the past and for present-day India, emphasizing the consequences on inequality across both people and space. He was awarded an important National Science Foundation (NSF) grant for his project RIDIR: A Big Data Approach to Understanding American Growth (with Costas Arkolakis and Sun Kyoung Lee). 

Michael PETERS will present a paper, joint with Costas Arkolakis and Sun Kyoung Lee, at the next Departmental Seminar on the theme:

Immigration, Innovation, and Spatial Economic Development - Theory and Evidence from the Age of Mass Migration

More about Michael PETERS and his research

Date: MONDAY, May 15th - 2:45 PM
Location: Department of Economics - 4th floor - Salle J-P Fitoussi

The next Departmental Seminar will host Salvatore NUNNARI (Bocconi University) on May 22nd.