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Society of Sloan Fellows Professor of Management; Professor

Applied Economics

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Roberto Rigobon

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Roberto Rigobon is the Society of Sloan Fellows Professor of Management and a Professor of Applied Economics at the MIT Sloan School of Management.


He is also a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, a member of the Census Bureau’s Scientific Advisory Committee, and a visiting professor at IESA.


Roberto is a Venezuelan economist whose areas of research are international economics, monetary economics, and development economics. Roberto focuses on the causes of balance-of-payments crises, financial crises, and the propagation of them across countries—the phenomenon that has been identified in the literature as contagion. Currently he studies properties of international pricing practices, trying to produce alternative measures of inflation.  He is one of the two founding members of the Billion Prices Project, and a co-founder of PriceStats.


Roberto joined the business school in 1997 and has won both the "Teacher of the Year" award and the "Excellence in Teaching" award at MIT three times.


He received his PhD in economics from MIT in 1997, an MBA from IESA (Venezuela) in 1991, and his BS in Electrical Engineer from Universidad Simon Bolivar (Venezuela) in 1984. He is married with three kids.

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Financial Management

Global Economics & Markets

EARN 3.0 EEUs
Understanding Global Markets: Macroeconomics for Executives
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STARTING

Nov 3–5, 2025

LOCATION

Cambridge, MA

DURATION

3 days

COMMITMENT

8 hours/ day

TUITION

$5,300

STARTING

Nov 3–5, 2025

LOCATION

Cambridge, MA

DURATION

3 days

COMMITMENT

8 hours/ day

TUITION

$5,300

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Global Economics & Markets

Organizations & Leadership

Strategy & Innovation

EARN 8.0 EEUs
Global CEO Program
In Person

STARTING

Oct 27, 2025–May 8, 2026

LOCATION

Cambridge, Singapore, and Barcelona

DURATION

7 months

COMMITMENT

3 one–week modules

TUITION

$55,000

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Oct 27, 2025–May 8, 2026

LOCATION

Cambridge, Singapore, and Barcelona

DURATION

7 months

COMMITMENT

3 one–week modules

TUITION

$55,000

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EARN 2.0 EEUs
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Self-Paced Online

STARTING

Aug 13–Sep 24, 2025

LOCATION

Online

DURATION

6 weeks

COMMITMENT

6–8 hours/week

TUITION

$3,850

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Aug 13–Sep 24, 2025

LOCATION

Online

DURATION

6 weeks

COMMITMENT

6–8 hours/week

TUITION

$3,850

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STARTING

Sep 10–Nov 11, 2025

LOCATION

Online

DURATION

8 weeks

COMMITMENT

6–8 hours/week

TUITION

$3,250

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Sep 10–Nov 11, 2025

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Online

DURATION

8 weeks

COMMITMENT

6–8 hours/week

TUITION

$3,250

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Business Sustainability Strategy
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STARTING

Jul 23–Sep 3, 2025

LOCATION

Online

DURATION

6 weeks

COMMITMENT

6–8 hours/week

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$3,250

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Jul 23–Sep 3, 2025

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Online

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6 weeks

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$3,250

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6–8 hours/week

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Oct 1–Nov 12, 2025

LOCATION

Online

DURATION

6 weeks

COMMITMENT

6–8 hours/week

TUITION

$3,250

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May 26–Jun 25, 2026

LOCATION

Cambridge, MA

DURATION

5 weeks

COMMITMENT

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$75,000

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May 26–Jun 25, 2026

LOCATION

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DURATION

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AI Executive Academy
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STARTING

Sep 8–19, 2025

LOCATION

Cambridge, MA

DURATION

10 days

COMMITMENT

7–11 hours/day

TUITION

$23,500

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Sep 8–19, 2025

LOCATION

Cambridge, MA

DURATION

10 days

COMMITMENT

7–11 hours/day

TUITION

$23,500

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Impact Investing for Family Offices: A New Perspective
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STARTING

Nov 20–21, 2025

LOCATION

Cambridge, MA

DURATION

2 days

COMMITMENT

7 hours/ day

TUITION

$4,500

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Nov 20–21, 2025

LOCATION

Cambridge, MA

DURATION

2 days

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7 hours/ day

TUITION

$4,500

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