Ellen Muir

Ellen Muir is an Assistant Professor of Applied Economics at the MIT Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She holds a PhD in Economics from Stanford University (2022) and a PhD in Mathematics and Statistics from the University of Melbourne, alongside earlier degrees from the same institution. Prior to MIT, she was a Prize Fellow in Economics, History, and Politics at Harvard University and a Post-Doctoral Fellow at J-PAL at MIT.

Research Interests: Her work focuses on firms with market power, leveraging mechanism design to analyze product design, procurement, labor hiring, and regulatory interventions. Key areas include antitrust policy, property rights, monopoly pricing, and optimal market mechanisms.

Recent Work Trends: Recent articles address optimal auction design (e.g., Hotelling Auctions), property rights frameworks, labor market monopsony dynamics, and the intersection of minimum wage policies with employment outcomes. Her research bridges theoretical insights with practical regulatory implications.

Education Background:

• PhD in Economics, Stanford University, 2022
• PhD in Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne
• MSc and BSc in Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne

Affiliations: Current roles include MIT Sloan faculty and J-PAL affiliation. Past roles include Harvard Prize Fellowship and post-doctoral research at MIT.