Mariano Tommasi

Mariano Tommasi
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NEWS: 2006 Guggenheim Foundation Fellow	Mariano Tommasi (PhD in Economics, University of Chicago, 1991) is Professor of the Department of Economics at Universidad de San Andres and Director of the Center of Studies for Institutional Development, both in Argentina. He specializes in political economy and institutional economics, with focus on developing countries. He has published several books and articles, in journals such as American Economic Review, American Journal of Political Science, American Political Science Review, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Monetary Economics, International Economic Review, Economics & Politics, Journal of Policy Reform, Economic Inquiry, Journal of International Economics, and Journal of Law, Economics and Organization. He has held visiting positions in the Departments of Economics and Political Science at Yale University, the Robert F. Kennedy Visiting Professorship of Latin American Studies in the Department of Economics at Harvard University, the Ben Nathan Chair of Economics at Tel Aviv University, and a Visiting Professorship at the University of California - Los Angeles. He has been the President (2004-2005) of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association. He has been an advisor to several Latin American governments, and to international organizations such as the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank.
	Policymaking in Latin America. How Politics Shapes Policies. Inter-American Development Bank - David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University, 2008. (with Ernesto Stein).

Short Bio

NEWS:

2006 Guggenheim Foundation Fellow

Mariano Tommasi (PhD in Economics, University of Chicago, 1991) is Professor of the Department of Economics at Universidad de San Andres and Director of the Center of Studies for Institutional Development, both in Argentina. He specializes in political economy and institutional economics, with focus on developing countries.

He has published several books and articles, in journals such as American Economic Review, American Journal of Political Science, American Political Science Review, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Monetary Economics, International Economic Review, Economics & Politics, Journal of Policy Reform, Economic Inquiry, Journal of International Economics, and Journal of Law, Economics and Organization.

He has held visiting positions in the Departments of Economics and Political Science at Yale University, the Robert F. Kennedy Visiting Professorship of Latin American Studies in the Department of Economics at Harvard University, the Ben Nathan Chair of Economics at Tel Aviv University, and a Visiting Professorship at the University of California - Los Angeles. He has been the President (2004-2005) of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association. He has been an advisor to several Latin American governments, and to international organizations such as the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank.

Policymaking in Latin America. How Politics Shapes Policies. Inter-American Development Bank - David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University, 2008. (with Ernesto Stein).