Fabrizio Zilibotti
| Fabrizio Zilibotti | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born |
September 7, 1964 Bologna, Italy |
| Nationality | Italy |
| Institution | University of Zürich |
| Field |
Macroeconomics Political economics Economic Growth The Economy of China |
| Alma mater |
London School of Economics (Ph.D., 1994; M.Sc., 1991) University of Bologna (B.Sc., 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 Head of the Chair of Macroeconomics and Political Economy of the University of Zürich's Department of Economics. Zilibotti was previously Professor of Economics at University College London and at the Institute for International Economic Studies in Stockholm. He is a co-editor of Econometrica, a former managing editor of the Review of Economic Studies (2002-2006), and the former 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 and of the CEPR, and a member of the Academia Europaea. He is the scientific director of the UBS Center of Economics in Society. As of January 1, 2016, Zilibotti will be the President of the European Economic Association. He has published articles in several international journals, among them, the American Economic Review, Econometrica, the Journal of Political Economy, the Quarterly Journal of Economics, and the Review of Economic Studies.
Selected publications
His research interests include economic growth and development, the economic development of China, political economy, macroeconomics, financial economics, and economics and culture.
- Song, Zheng; Storesletten, Kjetil; Wang, Yikai; Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2015). "Sharing High Growth across Generations: Pensions and Demographic Transition in China.". American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics. 7 (2): 1–39. doi:10.1257/mac.20130322.
- Rohner, Dominic; Thoenig, Mathias; Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2013). "War Signals: A Theory of Trade, Trust, and Conflict". Review of Economic Studies. 80 (3): 1114–1147. 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. doi:10.3982/ECTA8910.
- Song, Zheng; Storesletten, Kjetil; Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2011). "Growing Like China". American Economic Review. 101 (1): 196–233. doi:10.1257/aer.101.1.196.
- Doepke, Matthias; Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2008). "Occupational Choice and the Spirit of Capitalism". Quarterly Journal of Economics. 123 (2): 747–793. doi:10.1162/qjec.2008.123.2.747.
- Aghion, Philippe; Burgess, Robin; Redding, Stephen; Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2008). "The Unequal Effects of Liberalization: Evidence from Dismantling the License Raj in India.". American Economic Review. 98 (4): 1397–1412. doi:10.1257/aer.98.4.1397.
- Acemoğlu, Daron; Aghion, Philippe; Lelarge, Claire; Van Reenen, John; Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2007). "Technology, Information, and the Decentralization of the Firm". Quarterly Journal of Economics. 122 (4): 1759–1799. doi:10.1162/qjec.2007.122.4.1759.
- 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. doi:10.1257/000282805775014425.
- Hassler, John; Rodriguez Mora, Jose V.; Storesletten, Kjetil; Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2003). "The Survival of the Welfare State.". American Economic Review. 93 (1): 87–112. doi:10.1257/000282803321455179.
- Acemoğlu, Daron; Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2001). "Productivity Differences". Quarterly Journal of Economics. 116 (2): 563–606. doi:10.1162/00335530151144104.
- 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.
- Acemoğlu, Daron; Zilibotti, Fabrizio (1997). "Was Prometheus Unbound by Chance? Risk, Diversification, and Growth". Journal of Political Economy. 105 (4): 709–751. doi:10.1086/262091.
Awards
In 2009, Zilibotti received the Yrjö Jahnsson Award of the European Economic Association for “greatly [improving] our understanding of how technological innovation affects economic growth at different stages of economic development. He also contributed to the positive analysis of the welfare state, explaining how economic and political forces interact to shape government redistribution.". Zilibotti shared the prize with John van Reenen of the London School of Economics.
In 2012, Zilibotti received the Sun Yefang Award of the Chinese Academy of Social Science for his paper Growing like China (with Zheng Song and Kjetil Storesletten)[1]
References
- ↑ CASS. "Sun Yefang Award 2012".