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.
Fabrizio Zilibotti | |
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| Born | September 7, 1964 Bologna, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Academic career | |
| Field | Macroeconomics Political economics Economic Growth The Economy of China |
| Institution | Yale University |
| 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 | |
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
editZilibotti 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
editHis 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. hdl:10419/283231.1457-1494&rft.date=2023&rft_id=info:hdl/10419/283231&rft_id=info:doi/10.3982/ECTA20964&rft.aulast=Fan&rft.aufirst=Tianyu&rft.au=Peters, Michael&rft.au=Zilibotti, Fabrizio&rft_id=https://doi.org/10.3982%2FECTA20964&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Fabrizio Zilibotti" class="Z3988">
- 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 35017763.1615-1654&rft.date=2022&rft_id=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8735857#id-name=PMC&rft_id=info:pmid/35017763&rft_id=info:doi/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2021.104574&rft.aulast=Agostinelli&rft.aufirst=Francesco&rft.au=Doepke, Matthias&rft.au=Sorrenti, Giuseppe&rft.au=Zilibotti, Fabrizio&rft_id=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8735857&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Fabrizio Zilibotti" class="Z3988">}
- 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-e2f2887a9d67.1615-1654&rft.date=2022&rft_id=info:hdl/1871.1/734ab287-9ba7-4acb-992c-e2f2887a9d67&rft_id=info:doi/10.3982/ECTA18586&rft.aulast=Koenig&rft.aufirst=Michael&rft.au=Song, Zheng&rft.au=Storesletten, Kjetil&rft.au=Zilibotti, Fabrizio&rft_id=https://doi.org/10.3982%2FECTA18586&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Fabrizio Zilibotti" class="Z3988">
- 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 3401813.4220-59&rft.date=2019&rft_id=info:hdl/10230/28283&rft_id=https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:3401813#id-name=S2CID&rft_id=info:doi/10.1257/aer.20161457&rft.aulast=Mueller&rft.aufirst=Andreas&rft.au=Storesletten, Kjetil&rft.au=Zilibotti, Fabrizio&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Fabrizio Zilibotti" class="Z3988">
- 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 17160719.1331-1371&rft.date=2017&rft_id=info:doi/10.3982/ECTA14634&rft_id=https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:17160719#id-name=S2CID&rft.aulast=Doepke&rft.aufirst=Matthias&rft.au=Zilibotti, Fabrizio&rft_id=http://www.econ.uzh.ch/static/wp/econwp104.pdf&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Fabrizio Zilibotti" class="Z3988">
- 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. hdl:10419/197784.1093-1132&rft.date=2017&rft_id=info:hdl/10419/197784&rft_id=info:doi/10.3982/ECTA13117&rft.aulast=Koenig&rft.aufirst=Michael&rft.au=Rohner, Dominic&rft.au=Thoenig, Mathias&rft.au=Zilibotti, Fabrizio&rft_id=https://doi.org/10.3982%2FECTA13117&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Fabrizio Zilibotti" class="Z3988">
- Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2017). "Growing and Slowing Down Like China". Journal of the European Economic Association. 15 (5): 943–988. doi:10.1093/jeea/jvx018.943-988&rft.date=2017&rft_id=info:doi/10.1093/jeea/jvx018&rft.aulast=Zilibotti&rft.aufirst=Fabrizio&rft_id=https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fjeea%2Fjvx018&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Fabrizio Zilibotti" class="Z3988">
- 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:10419/150301.1053-1102&rft.date=2016&rft_id=info:hdl/10419/150301&rft_id=info:doi/10.3982/TE1437&rft.aulast=Koenig&rft.aufirst=Michael&rft.au=Lorenz, Jan&rft.au=Zilibotti, Fabrizio&rft_id=https://doi.org/10.3982%2FTE1437&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Fabrizio Zilibotti" class="Z3988">
- 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 5178747.1-39&rft.date=2015&rft_id=info:doi/10.1257/mac.20130322&rft_id=https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:5178747#id-name=S2CID&rft.aulast=Song&rft.aufirst=Zheng&rft.au=Storesletten, Kjetil&rft.au=Wang, Yikai&rft.au=Zilibotti, Fabrizio&rft_id=https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/99432/1/sswz_AEJmacro_final_140606.pdf&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Fabrizio Zilibotti" class="Z3988">
- 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/rdt003.1114-1147&rft.date=2013&rft_id=https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.232.1064#id-name=CiteSeerX&rft_id=info:doi/10.1093/restud/rdt003&rft.aulast=Rohner&rft.aufirst=Dominic&rft.au=Thoenig, Mathias&rft.au=Zilibotti, Fabrizio&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Fabrizio Zilibotti" class="Z3988">
- 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/ECTA8910.2785-2803&rft.date=2012&rft_id=https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.376.4951#id-name=CiteSeerX&rft_id=info:doi/10.3982/ECTA8910&rft.aulast=Song&rft.aufirst=Zheng&rft.au=Storesletten, Kjetil&rft.au=Zilibotti, Fabrizio&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Fabrizio Zilibotti" class="Z3988">
- 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 11039546.196-233&rft.date=2011&rft_id=info:doi/10.1257/aer.101.1.196&rft_id=https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:11039546#id-name=S2CID&rft.aulast=Song&rft.aufirst=Zheng&rft.au=Storesletten, Kjetil&rft.au=Zilibotti, Fabrizio&rft_id=https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/47781/4/2011V_ZilibottiF_Growing_like_China_American_Economic_Review-2.pdf&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Fabrizio Zilibotti" class="Z3988">
- 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 2649231.747-793&rft.date=2008&rft_id=https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.725.8101#id-name=CiteSeerX&rft_id=https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:2649231#id-name=S2CID&rft_id=info:doi/10.1162/qjec.2008.123.2.747&rft.aulast=Doepke&rft.aufirst=Matthias&rft.au=Zilibotti, Fabrizio&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Fabrizio Zilibotti" class="Z3988">
- 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 966634.1397-1412&rft.date=2008&rft_id=info:doi/10.1257/aer.98.4.1397&rft_id=https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:966634#id-name=S2CID&rft.aulast=Aghion&rft.aufirst=Philippe&rft.au=Burgess, Robin&rft.au=Redding, Stephen&rft.au=Zilibotti, Fabrizio&rft_id=http://cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/dp0728.pdf&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Fabrizio Zilibotti" class="Z3988">
- 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 11385763.1759-1799&rft.date=2007&rft_id=info:doi/10.1162/qjec.2007.122.4.1759&rft_id=https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:11385763#id-name=S2CID&rft.aulast=Acemoğlu&rft.aufirst=Daron&rft.au=Aghion, Philippe&rft.au=Lelarge, Claire&rft.au=Van Reenen, John&rft.au=Zilibotti, Fabrizio&rft_id=http://cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/dp0722.pdf&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Fabrizio Zilibotti" class="Z3988">
- 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. hdl:1721.1/63472.37-74&rft.date=2006&rft_id=info:hdl/1721.1/63472&rft_id=info:doi/10.1162/jeea.2006.4.1.37&rft.aulast=Acemoğlu&rft.aufirst=Daron&rft.au=Aghion, Philippe&rft.au=Zilibotti, Fabrizio&rft_id=https://doi.org/10.1162%2Fjeea.2006.4.1.37&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Fabrizio Zilibotti" class="Z3988">
- 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:10.1257/000282805775014425.1492-1524&rft.date=2005&rft_id=https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.719.4660#id-name=CiteSeerX&rft_id=info:doi/10.1257/000282805775014425&rft.aulast=Doepke&rft.aufirst=Matthias&rft.au=Zilibotti, Fabrizio&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Fabrizio Zilibotti" class="Z3988">
- 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 5183184.87-112&rft.date=2003&rft_id=info:doi/10.1257/000282803321455179&rft_id=https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:5183184#id-name=S2CID&rft.aulast=Hassler&rft.aufirst=John&rft.au=Rodriguez Mora, Jose V.&rft.au=Storesletten, Kjetil&rft.au=Zilibotti, Fabrizio&rft_id=https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/2247/1/Hassler_Am_Econ_Rev_2003-1.pdf&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Fabrizio Zilibotti" class="Z3988">
- Acemoğlu, Daron; Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2001). "Productivity Differences" (PDF). Quarterly Journal of Economics. 116 (2): 563–606. doi:10.1162/00335530151144104. S2CID 219364814.563-606&rft.date=2001&rft_id=info:doi/10.1162/00335530151144104&rft_id=https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:219364814#id-name=S2CID&rft.aulast=Acemoğlu&rft.aufirst=Daron&rft.au=Zilibotti, Fabrizio&rft_id=https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/2315/2/2000_ZilibottiF_Quaterly-_Productivity%5B1%5D.pdf&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Fabrizio Zilibotti" class="Z3988">
- 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 18376676.266-291&rft.date=1999&rft_id=info:hdl/10230/640&rft_id=https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:18376676#id-name=S2CID&rft_id=info:doi/10.1111/1468-0297.00432&rft.aulast=Marimon&rft.aufirst=Ramon&rft.au=Zilibotti, Fabrizio&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Fabrizio Zilibotti" class="Z3988">
- 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 17392005.709-751&rft.date=1997&rft_id=https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.680.8598#id-name=CiteSeerX&rft_id=https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:17392005#id-name=S2CID&rft_id=info:doi/10.1086/262091&rft.aulast=Acemoğlu&rft.aufirst=Daron&rft.au=Zilibotti, Fabrizio&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Fabrizio Zilibotti" class="Z3988">
Research in progress
edit- 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. hdl:10419/216473.
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c "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.