Torsten Persson (born 18 April 1954) is a Swedish
economist
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The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy. Within this ...
who is the Swedish Research Council Distinguished Professor at the
Institute for International Economic Studies,
Stockholm University and Centennial Professor of Economics at the
London School of Economics
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, and has held visiting positions at leading universities as Harvard, Princeton and Berkeley.
He has collaborated extensively with
Guido Tabellini and
Tim Besley on political economy.
Persson is a past director of the
Institute for International Economic Studies, president of the
European Economic Association, a member of
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and serves on The Prize Committee for the
Alfred Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
He is a member of the council for the
Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings.
For 2022 he was awarded the
BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award.
BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award 2022
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Work
Political Economics – Explaining Economic Policy
(with Guido Tabellini), MIT Press, 2000.
The Economic Effects of Constitutions
(with Guido Tabellini), MIT Press 2003.
References
External links
Torsten Persson's website
1954 births
Living people
20th-century Swedish economists
21st-century Swedish economists
Academic staff of Stockholm University
Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Presidents of the Econometric Society
Fellows of the Econometric Society
Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Corresponding fellows of the British Academy
People from Stockholm
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