Everything about Alberto Alesina totally explained
Alberto Francesco Alesina is an Italian professor who is a leader in the field of
political economics and has published extensively in all major academic journals in economics.
Background
Born in
Italy in 1957, Alesina obtained his Bachelor Degree in Economics from Bocconi University (DES) in 1981 and Ph.D. from
Harvard University in 1986. From 2003 - 2006, Alesina served as Chairman of the Department of Economics at Harvard. He is currently the
Nathaniel Ropes Professor of Political Economy at Harvard. He has visited several institutions including
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT),
Tel Aviv University,
University of Stockholm,
The World Bank, and the
International Monetary Fund (IMF). In 2006, Alesina participated in the
Stock Exchange of Visions project.
Professional associations
Alesina is a member of the following professional organizations:
Publications
He has published five books and edited many more. His two most recent books are
The Future of Europe: Reform or Decline published by
MIT Press (2006), and
Fighting Poverty in the US and Europe: A World of Difference, published by
Oxford University Press. He has been a co-editor of the
Quarterly Journal of Economics for eight years and associate editor of many academic journals. He has published columns in many leading newspapers around the world. He is founding contributor of the online economic policy and research journal
Voxeu.org and of
Lavoce.info.
Topics of professional interest
Alesina's work has covered a variety of topics, including:
Political business cycles
The political economy of fiscal policy and budget deficits
The process of European integration
Stabilization policies in high inflation countries
The determination of the size of countries
Currency unions
The political economic determinants of redistributive policies
Differences in the welfare state in the US and Europe
Differences in the economic system in the US and Europe
The effect of alternative electoral systems on economic policies
The determination of the choice of different electoral systemsFurther Information
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