Torsten Persson
Encyclopedia
Torsten Persson is a Swedish economist
and the director of the Institute for International Economic Studies
at Stockholm University
. He has also taught in England
, the United States
, and Israel
. He has collaborated extensively with Guido Tabellini
.
Persson is a past 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.
Economist
An economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...
and the director of the Institute for International Economic Studies
Institute for International Economic Studies
The Institute for International Economic Studies is a Swedish research institute at Stockholm University, founded in the early 1960s. The main objective is to produce outstanding research for publication in leading international journals...
at Stockholm University
Stockholm University
Stockholm University is a state university in Stockholm, Sweden. It has over 28,000 students at four faculties, making it one of the largest universities in Scandinavia. The institution is also frequently regarded as one of the top 100 universities in the world...
. He has also taught in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, and Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
. He has collaborated extensively with Guido Tabellini
Guido Tabellini
Guido Enrico Tabellini is an Italian economist who is currently Rector of Bocconi University.He received his Laurea in 1980 from the University of Turin, and his Ph.D. in 1984 from UCLA. He first taught at Stanford, then at UCLA, and later in Italy. He is past president of the European Economic...
.
Persson is a past President of the European Economic Association
European Economic Association
The European Economic Association is a professional academic body which links European economists. It was founded in the mid-1980s. Its first annual congress was in 1986 in Vienna, Austria...
, a member of The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and serves on The Prize Committee for the Alfred Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
Work
- Political Economics - Explaining Economic Policy (with Guido Tabellini), MIT Press, 2000.
- The Economic Effects of Constitutions (with Guido Tabellini), MIT Press 2003.