Francesco Giavazzi
Bocconi University and CEPR
Francesco Giavazzi is Professor of Economics at Bocconi University, and a regular visiting professor at MIT. 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 graduated in electrical engineering from the Politecnico of Milan in 1972 and obtained a PhD in economics from MIT in 1978. He has recently completed, following a request by Prime Minister Monti, a report on state subsidies to private enterprises, which has become part of the government plan for spending cuts.
Articles by Francesco Giavazzi:
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Could Obama buy Ohio votes?
6 November 2012, 7412 reads
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Output effects of fiscal consolidations
7 September 2012, 9094 reads
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Avoiding an Italian bailout: Why and how
13 August 2012, 18132 reads
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The austerity question: ‘How’ is as important as ‘how much’
3 April 2012, 35161 reads
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Italy: An economy in denial
13 September 2011, 12897 reads
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Why a slowdown in Germany could be good for Europe
1 September 2011, 8961 reads
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The European Commission’s proposals: Empty and useless
14 October 2010, 10756 reads
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The “stimulus debate” and the golden rule of mountain climbing
22 July 2010, 11126 reads
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The low-interest-rate trap
19 July 2010, 13504 reads
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Germany’s trade surplus and investments in southern Europe
21 April 2010, 11688 reads
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The risky game of “chicken” between Eurozone governments and the ECB
21 September 2009, 9249 reads
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How large is the US tax multiplier?
10 September 2009, 14215 reads
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Reform institutions; do not write new rules
13 November 2008, 36239 reads
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Open Letter to European leaders on Europe’s banking crisis: A call to action
1 October 2008, 78482 reads
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ECB’s low inflation credibility: How to fix the problem
9 September 2008, 12341 reads
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Is the LIBOR-OIS spread due to predatory behaviour?
2 June 2008, 76943 reads
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Transparency and governance in the Eurozone
7 February 2008, 30937 reads
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Why the Left should learn to love liberalism
5 October 2007, 40295 reads
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Sarkozy on the ECB: Right intuition, wrong target
19 June 2007, 9700 reads
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The ECB’s path not taken
1 December 2005, 12102 reads
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