- Torsten Persson
Torsten Persson (born
18 april 1954 ) is a Swedisheconomist and the director of theInstitute for International Economic Studies atStockholm University . He has also taught in England, the United States, and Israel. He has collaborated extensively withGuido Tabellini .Persson is a past President of the
European Economic Association , a member ofThe Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences , and serves on The Prize Committee for theAlfred Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences .Work
* [http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=3671 Political Economics - Explaning Economic Policy] (with Guido Tabellini), MIT Press, 2000.
* [http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?sid=040819B8-09BA-4181-81FE-E0D6E2F7E39F&ttype=2&tid=9930 The Economic Effects of Constitutions] (with Guido Tabellini), MIT Press 2003.External links
* [http://www.iies.su.se/~perssont/ Torsten Persson's website]
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