Fabrizio Zilibotti | |
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| Born | September 7, 1964 Bologna, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Academic career | |
| Institution | Yale University |
| Field | Macroeconomics Political economics Economic Growth The Economy of China |
| Alma mater | London School of Economics (Ph.D., 1994; M.Sc., 1991) Yale University (honorary M.A. privatim, 2018) University of Bologna (Laurea cum laude, 1989) |
| Doctoral advisor | Charlie Bean |
| Awards | Yrjö Jahnsson Award (2009) Ciliegia d'Oro (2009), Sun Yefang Award (2012) |
| Information at IDEAS / RePEc | |
Fabrizio Zilibotti (born September 7, 1964) is an Italian economist. He is the Tuntex Professor of International and Development Economics at Yale University.[1] Zilibotti was previously professor of economics at University College London, the University of Zürich, and at the Institute for International Economic Studies in Stockholm.
He has been a co-editor of Econometrica, managing editor of the Review of Economic Studies (2002-2006), and chief editor of the Journal of the European Economic Association (2009-2014). In addition, he is an associate editor of the Journal of Economic Growth and of China Economic Review. He is a fellow of the Econometric Society, of the NBER and of the CEPR, and a member of the Academia Europaea honoris causa. In 2016, Zilibotti was the president of the European Economic Association.
Early life and education
Zilibotti earned a Laurea in Political Science at the Università di Bologna (1989), and a Master of Science (1991) and a Ph.D. (1994) of economics at the London School of Economics.[2] His doctoral thesis was titled "Endogenous growth and underdevelopment traps: A theoretical and empirical analysis."[3]
His academic career includes professorships at European universities such as Universitat Pompeu Fabra, University College London, and the IIES-Stockholm University. He has also held visiting positions at Bocconi University (“Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa Visiting Professorship”), Tsinghua University (“Mr. and Mrs. Tien Oung Liu Distinguished Visiting Professorship”) and the Universities of Oslo, Bologna, Southampton, and CERGE-EI Prague.[2] His most recent appointment was a chair at the University of Zurich.[2]
Selected publications
His research interests include economic growth and development, the economic development of China, political economy, macroeconomics, international economics, and economics and culture.
- Fan, Tianyu; Peters, Michael; Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2023). "Growing Like India: the Unequal Effects of Service-Led Growth". Econometrica. 91 (4): 1457–1494. doi:10.3982/ECTA20964.
- Agostinelli, Francesco; Doepke, Matthias; Sorrenti, Giuseppe; Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2022). "When the great equalizer shuts down: Schools, peers, and parents in pandemic times". Journal of Public Economics. 90 (4): 1615–1654. doi:10.1016/j.jpubeco.2021.104574. PMC 8735857. PMID 35017763.}
- Koenig, Michael; Song, Zheng; Storesletten, Kjetil; Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2022). "From Imitation to Innovation: Where Is All That Chinese R&D Going?". Econometrica. 206 (4): 1615–1654. doi:10.3982/ECTA18586. hdl:1871.1/734ab287-9ba7-4acb-992c-e2f2887a9d67.
- Mueller, Andreas; Storesletten, Kjetil; Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2019). "Sovereign Debt and Structural Reforms". American Economic Review. 109 (12): 4220–59. doi:10.1257/aer.20161457. hdl:10230/28283. S2CID 3401813.
- Doepke, Matthias; Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2017). "Parenting with Style: Altruism and Paternalism in Intergenerational Preference Transmission" (PDF). Econometrica. 85 (5): 1331–1371. doi:10.3982/ECTA14634. S2CID 17160719.
- Koenig, Michael; Rohner, Dominic; Thoenig, Mathias; Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2017). "Networks in Conflict: Theory and Evidence from the Great War of Africa". Econometrica. 85 (4): 1093–1132. doi:10.3982/ECTA13117.
- Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2017). "Growing and Slowing Down Like China". Journal of the European Economic Association. 15 (5): 943–988. doi:10.1093/jeea/jvx018.
- Koenig, Michael; Lorenz, Jan; Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2016). "Innovation vs. Imitation and the Evolution of Productivity Distribution". Theoretical Economics. 11 (3): 1053–1102. doi:10.3982/TE1437. hdl:10419/150301.
- Song, Zheng; Storesletten, Kjetil; Wang, Yikai; Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2015). "Sharing High Growth across Generations: Pensions and Demographic Transition in China" (PDF). American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics. 7 (2): 1–39. doi:10.1257/mac.20130322. S2CID 5178747.
- Rohner, Dominic; Thoenig, Mathias; Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2013). "War Signals: A Theory of Trade, Trust, and Conflict". Review of Economic Studies. 80 (3): 1114–1147. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.232.1064. doi:10.1093/restud/rdt003.
- Song, Zheng; Storesletten, Kjetil; Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2012). "Rotten Parents and Disciplined Children: A Politico-Economic Theory of Public Expenditure and Debt". Econometrica. 80 (6): 2785–2803. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.376.4951. doi:10.3982/ECTA8910.
- Song, Zheng; Storesletten, Kjetil; Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2011). "Growing Like China" (PDF). American Economic Review. 101 (1): 196–233. doi:10.1257/aer.101.1.196. S2CID 11039546.
- Doepke, Matthias; Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2008). "Occupational Choice and the Spirit of Capitalism". Quarterly Journal of Economics. 123 (2): 747–793. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.725.8101. doi:10.1162/qjec.2008.123.2.747. S2CID 2649231.
- Aghion, Philippe; Burgess, Robin; Redding, Stephen; Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2008). "The Unequal Effects of Liberalization: Evidence from Dismantling the License Raj in India" (PDF). American Economic Review. 98 (4): 1397–1412. doi:10.1257/aer.98.4.1397. S2CID 966634.
- Acemoğlu, Daron; Aghion, Philippe; Lelarge, Claire; Van Reenen, John; Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2007). "Technology, Information, and the Decentralization of the Firm" (PDF). Quarterly Journal of Economics. 122 (4): 1759–1799. doi:10.1162/qjec.2007.122.4.1759. S2CID 11385763.
- Acemoğlu, Daron; Aghion, Philippe; Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2006). "Distance to Frontier, Selection, and Economic Growth". Journal of the European Economic Association. 4 (1): 37–74. doi:10.1162/jeea.2006.4.1.37.
- Doepke, Matthias; Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2005). "The Macroeconomics of Child Labor Regulation". American Economic Review. 95 (5): 1492–1524. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.719.4660. doi:10.1257/000282805775014425.
- Hassler, John; Rodriguez Mora, Jose V.; Storesletten, Kjetil; Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2003). "The Survival of the Welfare State" (PDF). American Economic Review. 93 (1): 87–112. doi:10.1257/000282803321455179. S2CID 5183184.
- Acemoğlu, Daron; Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2001). "Productivity Differences" (PDF). Quarterly Journal of Economics. 116 (2): 563–606. doi:10.1162/00335530151144104. S2CID 219364814.
- Marimon, Ramon; Zilibotti, Fabrizio (1999). "Unemployment vs. Mismatch of Talents: Reconsidering Unemployment Benefits". The Economic Journal. 109 (455): 266–291. doi:10.1111/1468-0297.00432. hdl:10230/640. S2CID 18376676.
- Acemoğlu, Daron; Zilibotti, Fabrizio (1997). "Was Prometheus Unbound by Chance? Risk, Diversification, and Growth". Journal of Political Economy. 105 (4): 709–751. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.680.8598. doi:10.1086/262091. S2CID 17392005.
Research in progress
- Agostinelli, Francesco; Doepke, Matthias; Sorrenti, Giuseppe; Zilibotti, Fabrizio (April 2020). "It Takes a Village: The Economics of Parenting with Neighborhood and Peer Effects". NBER Working Paper 27050. Working Paper Series. doi:10.3386/w27050.
References
- ↑ Office of Public Affairs & Communications (2017-05-15). "Fabrizio Zilibotti is the Tuntex Professor of International and Development Economics". YaleNews. Yale University. Retrieved 2022-04-17.
- 1 2 3 "Biographical sketch | Fabrizio Zilibotti". campuspress.yale.edu. Yale University. Retrieved 2022-04-17.
- ↑ Zilibotti, Fabrizio (1994). Endogenous growth and underdevelopment traps: A theoretical and empirical analysis (PhD). London School of Economics and Political Science. Retrieved 20 May 2021.