Jerry Hausman

Jerry A. Hausman is the John and Jennie S. MacDonald Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he has taught for 30 years. He directs the MIT Telecommunications Economics Research Program, focusing on critical areas of economic analysis.

His research spans econometrics, applied microeconomics, and telecommunications economics. Key contributions include work on differentiated products, taxation impacts, aging economics, and energy/environmental economics. Recent studies analyze network markets, 3G/broadband technologies, and econometric methods like difference-in-difference models.

• John Bates Clark Award (1985) for outstanding economics contributions under age 40
• Frisch Medal from the Econometric Society