Mitch Downey

Mitch Downey

Research Fellow

Joined RFBerlin as a Research Fellow in November 2025

Research area
political economics labor economics organizational economics law and economics

About Mitch Downey

I’m an applied micro economist interested in a broad set of topics. Fundamentally, I’m interested in public policy and how to have an effective, high-performing government that improves people's lives. My work generally aims to blend political economics, labor economics, organizational economics, and law and economics. I am an Assistant Professor at the IIES at Stockholm University. I received my PhD in economics from UC San Diego in 2017.