Paola Giuliano

Paola Giuliano is a Professor of Economics in the Global Economics and Management Group at the UCLA Anderson School of Management. She serves as a Co-editor of the Journal of European Economic Association. She is also Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and Research Affiliate at the Centre for Economic Policy Research. Her main areas of research are culture and economics and political economy. She holds a B.A. from Bocconi University (Milan) and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California at Berkeley. She received the Young Economic Award from the European Economic Association in 2004.

“Alberto Alesina Always Knew Where The Big Ideas Were”

Harvard economist Alberto Alesina passed away at 63. Paola Giuliano, UCLA professor and Alesina's co-author, recalls his intellectual and human legacy: "He...

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