Torsten Persson
Torsten Persson | |
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| Born | 18 April 1954 Stockholm, Sweden |
| Nationality | Swedish |
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| Field | Political economics Macroeconomics International economics Public economics |
| Institution | University of Stockholm London School of Economics |
| School or tradition | Constitutional economics |
| Alma mater | University of Stockholm |
| Doctoral advisor | Lars E. O. Svensson |
| Awards | Yrjö Jahnsson Award (1997) |
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Torsten Persson (born 18 April 1954) is a Swedish economist 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.
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.[1]
Work
- Political Economics – Explaining Economic Policy (with Guido Tabellini), MIT Press, 2000.
- The Economic Effects of Constitutions (with Guido Tabellini), MIT Press 2003.
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