Torsten Persson | |
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Born |
, Sweden |
18 April 1954
Nationality | Swedish |
Institution | |
Field |
Political economics Macroeconomics International economics Public economics |
School or tradition |
Constitutional economics |
Alma mater | University of Stockholm |
Doctoral students |
Gino Gancia |
Awards | Yrjö Jahnsson Award (1997) |
Information at IDEAS / RePEc |
Torsten Persson (born 18 April 1954) is a Swedish economist at the Institute for International Economic Studies, . He has also taught in England, the United States, and Israel. He has collaborated extensively with Guido Tabellini.
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.