Peyman Shahidi

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E62-461,

100 Main Street,

Cambridge, MA, 02142


I'm a Ph.D. Candidate at MIT Sloan, interested in labor economics, market design, and economics of AI.

Here's my CV. You can reach me at peymansh@mit.edu.

Published

  1. Book Chapter
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    The Coasean Singularity? Demand, Supply, and Market Design with AI Agents
    Peyman Shahidi, Gili Rusak, Benjamin S. Manning, Andrey Fradkin, and John J. Horton
    Dec 2025
    (Chapter 6 in NBER Economics of Transformative AI by University of Chicago Press)
    PDF NBER Book Chapter NBER Working Paper Slides Twitter Thread

Working Papers

  1. Working Paper
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    Chaining Tasks, Redefining Work: A Theory of AI Automation
    Mert Demirer, John J. Horton, Nicole Immorlica, Brendan Lucier, and Peyman Shahidi
    Working Paper, Feb 2026
    PDF NBER Working Paper
  2. Working Paper
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    Remote Work and The Ruble Collapse: A Global Labor Market Equilibrating?
    John J. Horton, Anand Shah, and Peyman Shahidi
    Revise and Resubmit at Journal of Labor Economics, Feb 2024
  3. Working Paper
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    Changes in Online Taxi Drivers’ Labor Supply: Experience or Price Effect? Evidence from an Iranian Ridesharing Platform
    Peyman Shahidi
    Working Paper, Feb 2023