David Atkin

David Atkin is the Barton L. Weller (1940) Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, affiliated with the ECON department. His research focuses on Development Economics and International Economics. He can be contacted via email at atkin@mit.edu. His profile page provides additional contact details and links to his personal website.

David Atkin is a Professor of Economics at MIT, specializing in International Trade and Economic Development. His research explores the impacts of globalization on firm performance, trade costs, and productivity, with a focus on developing countries. Atkin's work examines how trade policies, technology adoption, and organizational structures influence economic outcomes, using empirical methods and field experiments. His studies cover topics such as intra-national trade, skill acquisition, and the role of face-to-face interactions in knowledge spillovers. He also investigates the effects of trade on household welfare, nutrition, and child health, emphasizing the interplay between economic development and cultural factors.