Past Funded Researchers

Robert Townsend

Robert M. Townsend

  • Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics
  • Department of Economics

Robert M. Townsend, the Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics at MIT, is a theorist, macroeconomist, and development economist who analyzes the role and impact of economic organization and financial systems through applied general equilibrium models, contract theory and the use of micro data. His books include Financial Structure and Economic Organization (1990), Households as Corporate Firms (2010), Financial Systems in Developing Economies (2011). His honors include: Elected Member of the National Academy of Sciences, twice the recipient of the Frisch Medal (1998, 2012) and the Jean-Jacques Laffont Prize (2011).

J-WAFS-funded projects