Fabrizio Zilibotti Explained
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. His most recent appointment was a chair at the University of Zurich.
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. Growing Like India: the Unequal Effects of Service-Led Growth . Econometrica. 91. 4. 2023. 1457–1494. 10.3982/ECTA20964. free. 10419/283231. free.
- Agostinelli . Francesco . Doepke . Matthias . Sorrenti . Giuseppe . Zilibotti . Fabrizio . When the great equalizer shuts down: Schools, peers, and parents in pandemic times . Journal of Public Economics. 90. 4. 2022. 1615–1654. 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2021.104574. 35017763 . 8735857 . free. }
- Koenig . Michael . Song. Zheng. Storesletten. Kjetil. Zilibotti. Fabrizio. From Imitation to Innovation: Where Is All That Chinese R&D Going? . Econometrica. 206. 2022. 4 . 1615–1654 . 10.3982/ECTA18586. free. 1871.1/734ab287-9ba7-4acb-992c-e2f2887a9d67. free.
- Mueller . Andreas . Kjetil . Storesletten . Zilibotti . Fabrizio . Sovereign Debt and Structural Reforms. . American Economic Review . 109 . 12 . 2019 . 4220–59 . 10.1257/aer.20161457 . 10230/28283 . 3401813 . free.
- Matthias . Doepke . Fabrizio . Zilibotti. Parenting with Style: Altruism and Paternalism in Intergenerational Preference Transmission. Econometrica. 85. 5. 2017. 1331–1371. 10.3982/ECTA14634. 17160719 . free.
- Koenig . Michael . Rohner. Dominic. Thoenig. Mathias. Zilibotti. Fabrizio. Networks in Conflict: Theory and Evidence from the Great War of Africa. Econometrica. 85. 4. 2017. 1093–1132. 10.3982/ECTA13117. free. 10419/197784. free.
- Zilibotti. Fabrizio. Growing and Slowing Down Like China. Journal of the European Economic Association. 15. 5. 2017. 943–988. 10.1093/jeea/jvx018. free.
- Koenig . Michael . Lorenz . Jan . Zilibotti . Fabrizio . Innovation vs. Imitation and the Evolution of Productivity Distribution. . Theoretical Economics . 11 . 3 . 2016 . 1053–1102 . 10.3982/TE1437. free . 10419/150301 . free .
- Song . Zheng . Kjetil . Storesletten . Wang . Yikai . Zilibotti . Fabrizio . Sharing High Growth across Generations: Pensions and Demographic Transition in China. . American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics . 7 . 2 . 2015 . 1–39 . 10.1257/mac.20130322. 5178747 .
- Rohner . Dominic . Thoenig . Mathias . Zilibotti . Fabrizio . War Signals: A Theory of Trade, Trust, and Conflict . . 80 . 3 . 2013 . 1114–1147 . 10.1093/restud/rdt003 . 10.1.1.232.1064 .
- Song . Zheng . Storesletten . Kjetil . Kjetil Storesletten . Zilibotti . Fabrizio . Rotten Parents and Disciplined Children: A Politico-Economic Theory of Public Expenditure and Debt . . 80 . 6 . 2012 . 2785–2803 . 10.3982/ECTA8910 . 10.1.1.376.4951 .
- Song . Zheng . Kjetil . Storesletten . Kjetil Storesletten . Zilibotti . Fabrizio . Growing Like China . . 101 . 1 . 2011 . 196–233 . 10.1257/aer.101.1.196 . 11039546 .
- Doepke . Matthias . Zilibotti . Fabrizio . Occupational Choice and the Spirit of Capitalism . . 123 . 2 . 2008 . 747–793 . 10.1162/qjec.2008.123.2.747 . 10.1.1.725.8101 . 2649231 .
- Philippe . Aghion . Philippe Aghion . Robin . Burgess . Stephen . Redding . Fabrizio . Zilibotti . The Unequal Effects of Liberalization: Evidence from Dismantling the License Raj in India. . . 98 . 4 . 2008 . 1397–1412 . 10.1257/aer.98.4.1397 . 966634 .
- Daron . Acemoğlu . Daron Acemoglu . Philippe . Aghion . Philippe Aghion . Claire . Lelarge . John . Van Reenen . Fabrizio . Zilibotti . Technology, Information, and the Decentralization of the Firm . . 122 . 4 . 2007 . 1759–1799 . 10.1162/qjec.2007.122.4.1759 . 11385763 .
- Daron . Acemoğlu . Daron Acemoglu . Philippe . Aghion . Philippe Aghion . Fabrizio . Zilibotti . Distance to Frontier, Selection, and Economic Growth . . 4 . 1 . 37–74 . 2006 . 10.1162/jeea.2006.4.1.37 . free . 1721.1/63472 . free .
- Doepke . Matthias . Zilibotti . Fabrizio . The Macroeconomics of Child Labor Regulation. . . 95 . 5 . 2005 . 1492–1524 . 10.1257/000282805775014425 . 10.1.1.719.4660 .
- Hassler . John . Rodriguez Mora . Jose V. . Storesletten . Kjetil . Kjetil Storesletten . Zilibotti . Fabrizio . The Survival of the Welfare State. . . 93 . 1 . 2003 . 87–112 . 10.1257/000282803321455179 . 5183184 .
- Daron . Acemoğlu . Daron Acemoglu . Fabrizio . Zilibotti . Productivity Differences . . 116 . 2 . 2001 . 563–606 . 10.1162/00335530151144104 . 219364814 .
- Ramon . Marimon . Fabrizio . Zilibotti . Unemployment vs. Mismatch of Talents: Reconsidering Unemployment Benefits . . 109 . 455 . 266–291 . 1999 . 10.1111/1468-0297.00432 . 10230/640 . 18376676 . free .
- Daron . Acemoğlu . Daron Acemoglu . Fabrizio . Zilibotti . Was Prometheus Unbound by Chance? Risk, Diversification, and Growth . . 105 . 4 . 1997 . 709–751 . 10.1086/262091 . 10.1.1.680.8598 . 17392005 .
Research in progress
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Office of Public Affairs & Communications . 2017-05-15 . Fabrizio Zilibotti is the Tuntex Professor of International and Development Economics . 2022-04-17 . YaleNews . . en.
- Web site: Biographical sketch Fabrizio Zilibotti . 2022-04-17 . campuspress.yale.edu . . en-US.
- Zilibotti. Fabrizio. 1994. Endogenous growth and underdevelopment traps: A theoretical and empirical analysis. PhD. London School of Economics and Political Science. 20 May 2021.