- Francesco Giavazzi
Francesco Giavazzi (born in
Bergamo , 1949) is an Italianeconomist who is currently Professor of Economics atBocconi University , and a regular visiting professor atMIT .Biography
He graduated in electrical engineering from the
Politecnico di Milano university in 1972 and obtained a PhD in economics from MIT in 1978.In addition to being a professor at Bocconi University in Milan, he is a Research Fellow and a Trustee of CEPR, a member of the Strategic Committee of Agence France Trésor, and of the Group of Economic Policy Advisers to the President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso. During 2004 he was the Houblon-Norman Fellow at the Bank of England. During the D´Alema government (1998-2000) he was a member of the Council of Economic Advisers to the Italian prime minister. He was Director General of the Italian Treasury responsible for debt management and privatizations from 1992 to 1994. From 1991 to 1999 he was an editor of the
European Economic Review .He is also well known for his editorials in Italy's leading daily
Corriere della Sera . He contributes to the economics web sites Voxeu.org and LaVoce.info.Links
* [http://www.igier.uni-bocconi.it/whos.php?vedi=403&tbn=albero&id_doc=177 Web site of Francesco Giavazzi]
* [http://www.voxeu.org Web site of Voxeu.org]
* [http://www.lavoce.info Web site of LaVoce.info]
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