Luigi Guiso
AXA Professor of Household Finance
Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance, (EIEF)
Fellow, Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)
Main Topics:
- Finanza familiare
- Risparmio domestico – decisioni e questioni
- Investimenti aziendali – decidere in condizioni di incertezza
- Motori/Drivers dell’imprenditorialità
- Struttura e regolamentazione bancaria
- Capitale sociale, norme sociali e gli effetti su decisioni di imprese e famiglie
- Cultura ed economia
- Valori aziendali
- Economia politica, cultura, burocrazia
Professional Profile:
Luigi Guiso è Axa Professor of Economics and Finance presso l’Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance (EIEF) dal gennaio del 2012.
In precedenza ha ricoperto posizioni di professore presso le Università di Sassari, Roma “Tor Vergata”, l’Istituto Universitario Europeo, l’Università di Chicago, Graduate School of Business, e la Northwestern University Kellog School of Management. Ha diretto il programma di finanza del CEPR, al quale è affiliato. Prima di dedicarsi all’attività accademica ha lavorato per 15 anni al Servizio Studi della Banca d’Italia.
Ha svolto attività di consulenza per diversi organismi internazionali, tra cui la Banca Centrale Europea e la Commissione Europea, e importanti intermediari finanziari, tra cui Unicredit. E’ editorialista del Sole24Ore e tra i fondatori del sito di economia online Lavoce.info.
I suoi interessi di ricerca riguardano principalmente l’area dell’economia applicata, con contributi che spaziano dalla finanza e la crescita, alle decisioni di investimento delle imprese, alle interazioni tra lavoro e finanza, alle scelte finanziarie delle famiglie e ai legami tra norme culturali ed economia. E incluso nella lista stilata da Clarivate Analytics delle “World’s most influential scientific minds”.
Selected Works:
- “From Weber to Kafka. Political Instability and the Rise of Inefficient Bureacracy”, with Claudio Michelacci, Gabriele Gratton and Massimo Morelli, 2021 American Economic Review, forthcoming.
- “Asocial capital: Civic Culture and Social Distancing During Covid-19”, with Ruben Durante and Giorgio Gulino, Journal of Public Economics, forthcoming, 2020.
- “The Cost of Distorted Financial Advice: Evidence from the Mortgage Market”, with Leonardo Gambacorta, Paolo Mistrulli, Andrea Pozzi and Anton Tsoy, Journal of Financial Economics, forthcoming .
- “Heterogeneity and Persistence in Returns to Wealth”, with Andreas Fagereng, Davide Malacrino and Luigi Pistaferri, 2020 Econometrica, 88 (1): 115-170.
- “Learning Entreprenership from other Entrepreneurs?”, with Luigi Pistaferri and Fabiano Schivardi, 2020 Journal of Labor Economics, 39 (1) 135-191.
- “The Insurance Role of the Firm”, (with Luigi Pistaferri), The Geneva Risk and Insurance Review, 2020, ,45(1), 1-23
- “The Supply Side of Household Finance”, with Gabriele Foà , Leonardo Gambacorta and Paolo Emilio Mistrulli, Review of Financial Studies, 32(10) 2019, February, pp:3762-3798.
- “Global Crises and Populism: the Role of Eurozone Institutions”, with Helios Herrera, Massimo Morelli and Tommaso Sonno, Economic Policy, 2019, Volume 34, Issue 97, pages 95-139.
- “What Drives Women out of Entrepreneurship. The Joint Role of Testosterone and Culture”, with Aldo Rustichini, European Economic Review, 2018, Volume 109, pages 221-237.
- “Time Varying Risk Aversion”, with Paola Sapienza and Luigi Zingales, Journal of Financial Economics, 2018, Volume 128, Issue 3, pages 403-421.
- “Portfolio Choices, Firm Shocks and Uninsurable Wage Risk”, with Andreas Fagereng and Luigi Pistaferri, Review of Economic Studies, 2018, Volume 85, Issue 1, pages 437-474.
- “Asset Market Participation and Portfolio Choice over the Life-Cycle”, with Andreas Fagereng and Charles Gottlieb, Journal of Finance, February 2017
- “The Right Amount of Trust”, with Jeff Butler and Paola Giuliano, Journal of the European Economic Association, 2016, Volume 14, Issue 5, pages 1155-1180.
- “Heterogeneity in Returns to Wealth and the Measurement of Wealth Inequality”, with Andreas Fagereng, Davide Malacrino and Luigi Pistaferri, American Economic Review P&P, 2016, Volume 106, Issue 5, pages 651-655.
- “Cultural Differences and Institutional Integration”, with Helios Herrera and Massimo Morelli, Journal of International Economics, 2016, Volume 99, Supplement 1, pages S97-S113.
- “Matching Firms, Managers and Incentives”, with Oriana Bandiera, Andrea Prat and Raffaella Sadun, Journal of Labor Economics, 2015, Volume 33 (3) : 623-681.
- “Credit within the Firm”, with Fabiano Schivardi and Luigi Pistaferri, Review of Economic Studies, 2013, 80 (1): 211 – 247.
- “Durable Consumption and Asset Management with Transaction and Observation Costs”, with Fernando Alvarez and Francesco Lippi, American Economic Review, 2012, 102 (5): 2272 – 2300.
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