People
Stone Centre Team
Taking care of the day-to-day operations of the Centre.
Wendy Carlin
Wendy Carlin is Professor of Economics at UCL, Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research, and external professor at the Santa Fe Institute. She is director of CORE Econ, and co-director of the James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Centre on Wealth Concentration, Inequality and the Economy.
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Wendy Carlin
Luka Crnjakovic
Luka Crnjakovic is the CORE Econ and Stone Centre Head of Strategy and Operations.
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Luka Crnjakovic
Giacomo Piccoli
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Giacomo Piccoli
Imran Rasul
Imran Rasul is Professor of Economics at UCL, co-director of the Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy at the Institute for Fiscal Studies, co-director of the James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Centre on Wealth Concentration, Inequality and the Economy, and Research Programme Director in the Firms portfolio, at the International Growth Centre.
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Imran Rasul
Advisory Board
Providing strategic advice on the Centre’s activities.
Richard Blundell
Richard Blundell is the David Ricardo Professor of Political Economy at UCL, and Director of the ESRC Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy at the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
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Richard Blundell
Samuel Bowles
Samuel Bowles is a Professor at the Santa Fe Institute.
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Samuel Bowles
Antonio Cabrales
Antonio Cabrales is Professor of Economics at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, and Fellow of the Econometric Society.
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Antonio Cabrales
Parama Chaudhury
Parama Chaudhury is Professor (Teaching) at UCL, and Founding Director of the Centre for Teaching and Learning Economics, Department of Economics, UCL.
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Parama Chaudhury
Suresh Naidu
Suresh Naidu is Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Columbia University.
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Suresh Naidu
Dani Rodrik
Dani Rodrik is the Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government. He is currently President of the International Economic Association, and co-director of Economics for Inclusive Prosperity.
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Dani Rodrik
Postdoctoral Fellows
The Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme appoints postdocs for a period of one-year to conduct research projects and develop educational resources on wealth concentration and income inequality under the guidance of the Centre's Co-directors.
Riccardo Cioffi
Riccardo Cioffi completed his PhD at Princeton University. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Stone Centre at UCL during the 2022/2023 academic year and is now an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Paris School of Economics.
Micole De Vera
Micole De Vera is a Research Economist at the Bank of Spain. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Stone Centre at UCL during the 2023/2024 academic year.
Gaia Dossi
Gaia completed her PhD at the LSE. She's a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Stone Centre at UCL during the 2024/2025 academic year.
Tatiana Mocanu
Tatiana Mocanu completed her PhD at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Stone Centre at UCL during the 2022/2023 academic year and is now an Assistant Professor of Economics at Columbia University.
Christiane Szerman
Christiane Szerman completed her PhD at Princeton University. She was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Stone Centre at UCL during the 2023/2024 academic year.
Visiting Fellows
The global Visiting Fellows Programme hosts academics and researchers working on themes relevant to the Stone Centre. Visitors can be based at the Centre for up to one year. The programme will build relationships and collaborations and provide space and facilities for visitors to carry out their research in the heart of London, integrated within one of the World's leading Economics departments at UCL.
Clare Balboni
Clare Balboni is Assistant Professor of Environmental Economics at MIT and a Visiting Fellow to the Stone Centre at UCL during 2022/2023.
David Green
David Green is a Professor of Economics at the University of British Columbia, and Co-director of the Stone Centre on Wealth and Income Inequality at the University of British Columbia.
Andreas Kotsadam
Andreas Kotsadam is a Senior Researcher at The Frisch Centre, a Professor at the Psychology Department at University of Oslo, and affiliated with EGAP and CESifo. He is visiting the Stone Centre at UCL during 2024.
Astrid Kunze
Astrid Kunze is Professor of Economics at the Norwegian School of Economics and a Visiting Fellow to the Stone Centre at UCL from January 2023.
Rocco Macchiavello
Rocco Macchiavello is Associate Professor in Management at the London School of Economics. He was a Visiting Fellow to the Stone Centre at UCL during Autumn 2022.
Stone PhD Scholars
PhD students in Economics at University College London who have received a Stone PhD Scholarship.
Brian Amorim Cabaço
Brian is a PhD student at the UCL Department of Economics.
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Brian Amorim Cabaço
Javier Boncompte
Javier is a PhD student at the UCL Department of Economics.
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Javier Boncompte
Sebastian Espinoza
Sebastian is a PhD student at the UCL Department of Economics.
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Sebastian Espinoza
Eric Klemm
Eric Klemm is a PhD student at the UCL Department of Economics.
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Eric Klemm
Thomas Lazarowicz
Thomas Lazarowicz is a PhD student in economics at University College London, and a 2022/2023 Stone PhD Scholar
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Thomas Lazarowicz
Joern Onken
Joern Onken is a PhD student in economics at University College London, and a 2022/2023 Stone PhD Scholar.
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Joern Onken
Scholars
Students or early careers academics interested in wealth concentration or inequality, whose work has been supported by the Stone Centre at UCL. Stone PhD Scholars are automatically appointed Scholars at the end of their Stone PhD Scholarship.
Julián Costas-Fernández
Julián Costas-Fernández is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Centre for Research & Analysis of Migration (CReAM) at UCL.
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Julián Costas-Fernández
Carl Gergs
Carl Gergs is a PhD student in Economics at University College London.
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Carl Gergs
Ararat Gocmen
Ararat Gocmen is an MPhil/PhD student in Economics at University College London, and a Research Officer at the Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration.
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Ararat Gocmen
Alessandro Guarnieri
Alessandro Guarnieri is an MPhil-DPhil student in Economics at the University of Oxford.
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Alessandro Guarnieri
Gaurav Khatri
Joe Hswen Lim
Joe and co-authors won the Stone Centre Prize at Explore Econ 2024.
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Joe Hswen Lim
Matias Mäkiranta
Matias Mäkiranta won the Stone Centre Prize at Explore Econ 2023.
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Matias Mäkiranta
Anandi Pal
Anandi and co-authors won the Stone Centre Prize at Explore Econ 2024.
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Anandi Pal
Filippo Pallotti
Filippo Pallotti is a PhD student in economics at University College London, and a 2023/2024 Stone PhD Scholar.
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Filippo Pallotti
Shyam Patra
Shyam and co-authors won the Stone Centre Prize at Explore Econ 2024.
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Shyam Patra
Damian Phelan
Damian Phelan is a PhD Scholar at the Institute for Fiscal Studies, and a 2023/2024 Stone PhD Scholar.
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Damian Phelan
Jon Piqueras
Jon Piqueras is a PhD student in Economics at University College London.
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Jon Piqueras
Shriya Rastogi
Shriya and co-authors won the Stone Centre Prize at Explore Econ 2024.
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Shriya Rastogi
Affiliates
Affiliates contribute their expertise to the Centre.
An asterisk (*) indicates the recipient of one of the Stone Centre research support grants.
Vanessa Alviarez
Vanessa is the Lead Economist at the Research Department of the Inter-American Development Bank.
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Vanessa Alviarez
Alan J. Auerbach
Alan J. Auerbach is the Robert D. Burch Professor of Economics and Law at UC Berkley.
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Alan J. Auerbach
Saleem Bahaj
Saleem Bahaj is Associate Professor of Finance and Economics at UCL, and a research advisor at the Bank of England.
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Saleem Bahaj
Guglielmo Barone
Guglielmo Barone is a Professor of Economics at the University of Bologna.
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Guglielmo Barone
Natalie Bau
Natalie Bau is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at UCLA. She is also a CEPR Research Fellow, and a NBER Research Associate.
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Natalie Bau
Yonatan Berman
Yonatan Berman is Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Economics at King's College London.
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Yonatan Berman
Alberto Bisin
Alberto Bisin is Professor of Economics at NYU.
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Alberto Bisin
Sandra Black
Sandra E. Black is Professor of Economics and International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. She is also affiliated with NBER, IZA, and CESifo.
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Sandra Black
Jo Blanden
Jo Blanden is a Professor in Economics at the University of Surrey.
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Jo Blanden
Corina Boar
Corina Boar is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at New York University. She is also a Faculty Research Fellow at the NBER and a Research Affiliate at the CEPR.
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Corina Boar
Kirill Borusyak*
Kirill Borusyak is the Edwin C. Voorhees Endowed Assistant Professor at UC Berkeley's Agricultural and Resource Economics department, with an affiliation at the Economics department.
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Kirill Borusyak*
Leah Boustan
Leah Boustan is Professor of Economics at Princeton University and co-director of the Development of the American Economy Program at the National Bureau of Economic Research.
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Leah Boustan
J. Carter Braxton
J. Carter Braxton is an Assistant Professor in Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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J. Carter Braxton
Anne Brockmeyer
Anne Brockmeyer is Research Director for Tax & Development at the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
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Anne Brockmeyer
Stefano Caria*
Stefano Caria is a Professor of Economics at Warwick University.
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Stefano Caria*
Pedro Carneiro*
Pedro Carneiro is a Professor of Economics at UCL.
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Pedro Carneiro*
Carlos Carrillo Tudela
Carlos Carrillo Tudela is a Professor of Economics at the University of Essex.
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Carlos Carrillo Tudela
Carlos Carrilo-Tudela
Carlos Carrillo-Tudela is Professor of Economics at Essex University. He is also co-editor of Labour Economics and is affiliated to the following; IZA, CESifo, CEPR, IFS and ISER.
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Carlos Carrilo-Tudela
Chaoran Chen
Chaoran Chen is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of York.
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Chaoran Chen
Gabriel Chodorow-Reich
Gabriel Chodorow-Reich is Professor of Economics at Harvard University.
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Gabriel Chodorow-Reich
Lucas Conwell*
Lucas Conwell is an Assistant Professor of Economics at UCL.
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Lucas Conwell*
Janet Currie
Janet Currie is the Henry Putnam Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs.
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Janet Currie
Steven J. Davis
Steven J. Davis is the Thomas W. and Susan B. Ford Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Senior Fellow at Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), and William H. Abbott Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
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Steven J. Davis
Minjie Deng
Minjie Deng is an Assistant Professor at Simon Fraser University.
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Minjie Deng
Ellora Derenoncourt
Ellora Derenoncourt is Assistant Professor of Economics at Princeton University and a member of the Industrial Relations Section of Princeton Economics. She is also the founder and faculty director for the Program for Research on Inequality at Princeton Economics.
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Ellora Derenoncourt
Erika Deserranno*
Erika Deserranno is a Professor of Economics at Bocconi University.
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Erika Deserranno*
Richard Foltyn
Richard Foltyn is an Associate Professor at the NHH Norwegian School of Economics.
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Richard Foltyn
Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln
Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln is Professor of Macroeconomics and Development at Goethe University Frankfurt. She is also Programme Director of the macroeconomics and growth programme at the CEPR.
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Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln
Cecilia García-Peñalosa
Cecilia García-Peñalosa is a Professor of Economics at Aix Marseille School of Economics, and a Stone Visiting Fellow.
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Cecilia García-Peñalosa
François Gerard*
François Gerard is a Professor of Economics at UCL.
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François Gerard*
Tilman Graff
Tilman Graff is a PhD student in Economics at Harvard
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Tilman Graff
Joao Granja*
Joao Granja is an Assistant Professor of Economics at UCL.
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Joao Granja*
Walker Hanlon
Walker Hanlon is Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at Northwestern University
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Walker Hanlon
Stephen Hansen*
Stephen Hansen is Professor of Economics at University College London.
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Stephen Hansen*
Jonas Hjort*
Jonas Hjort is Professor of Economics at University College London.
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Jonas Hjort*
David Hope*
David Hope is a Senior Lecturer in Political Economy in the Department of Political Economy at King's College London.
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David Hope*
Peter Hull
Peter Hull is the Groos Family Assistant Professor of Economics at Brown University.
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Peter Hull
Taylor Jaworski
Taylor Jaworski is Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research.
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Taylor Jaworski
Philippe Jehiel
Philippe Jehiel is Professor of Economics at the Paris School of Economics and at University College London.
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Philippe Jehiel
Anders Jensen
Anders Jensen is Associate Professor of Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government, and Research Co-Director of the State Program at the International Growth Centre (IGC).
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Anders Jensen
Elisa Jácome
Elisa Jácome is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at Northwestern University. She is also a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research and a Fellow at the Institute for Policy Research.
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Elisa Jácome
Toru Kitagawa
Toru Kitagawa is Professor of Economics at UCL, research staff member at the Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice, and Research Fellow at the Institute for Fiscal Studies. He is currently Associate Professor of Economics at Brown University.
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Toru Kitagawa
Felix Koenig
Felix Koenig is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Carnegie Mellon University, Heinz College.
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Felix Koenig
Özlem Kına
Özlem Kına is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Bilkent University.
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Özlem Kına
Attila Lindner*
Attila Lindner is Associate Professor of Economics at UCL.
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Attila Lindner*
Ralph Luetticke
Ralph Luetticke is Professor of Economics at University of Tübingen, and affiliate with the Centre for Economic Policy Research and the Centre for Macroeconomics. He is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor at Stanford University.
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Ralph Luetticke
Frederic Malherbe
Frederic Malherbe is Professor of Economics and Finance at UCL.
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Frederic Malherbe
Robert Manduca
Robert Manduca is an Assitant Professor of Sociology at the University of Michigan.
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Robert Manduca
Paolo Martellini
Paolo Martellini is an Assistant Professor of Economics at NYU Stern. His research focuses on Macro, Labor and Urban Economics.
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Paolo Martellini
Clara Martínez-Toledano*
Clara Martínez-Toledano is an Assistant Professor of Financial Economics at Imperial College London.
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Clara Martínez-Toledano*
David G. McCarthy
David McCarthy is Associate Professor of Risk Management and Insurance, Terry College of Business, University of Georgia.
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David G. McCarthy
Marta Morazzoni*
Marta Morazzoni is an Assistant Professor of Economics at UCL.
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Marta Morazzoni*
Alan Olivi
Alan Olivi is Assistant Professor of Economics at UCL.
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Alan Olivi
Jonna Olsson
Jonna Olsson is an Associate Professor in Economics at NHH Norwegian School of Economics and a Research Affiliate at the CEPR.
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Jonna Olsson
Eleonora Patacchini
Eleonora Patacchini is Professor of Economics at Bocconi University.
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Eleonora Patacchini
Adrian Peralta-Alva
Adrian Peralta-Alva is the Deputy Division Chief in the IMF Research Department. He is also Associate Editor of both the 'IMF Economic Review' and 'Emerging Markets Review'.
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Adrian Peralta-Alva
Suphanit Piyapromdee
Suphanit Piyapromdee is Assistant Professor of Economics at UCL, Research Affiliate at CEPR, Research Fellow at the Puey Ungphakorn Institute for Economic Research, Research Associate at IFS, and Research Fellow at the Centre for research and Analysis of Migration.
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Suphanit Piyapromdee
Łukasz Rachel
Łukasz Rachel is Assistant Professor of Economics at UCL, an affiliate of Centre for Macroeconomics and a member of Dobrobyt na Pokolenia (Prosperity for Generations).
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Łukasz Rachel
Tarun Ramadorai
Tarun Ramadorai is Professor of Finance at Imperial College London.
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Tarun Ramadorai
Marco Ranaldi
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Marco Ranaldi
Cian Ruane
Cian Ruane is an economist in the Development-Macroeconomics division of the Research Department at the International Monetary Fund.
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Cian Ruane
Thomas Sampson
Thomas Sampson is an Associate Professor of Economics at LSE.
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Thomas Sampson
James Sefton
James Sefton is a Professor of Economics at Imperial College Business School
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James Sefton
Elena Simintzi
Elena Simintzi is Associate Professor of Finance at the Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Elena Simintzi
Jan Stuhler
Professor of Economics at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, and further affiliated with the Swedish Institute for Social Research in Stockholm, the Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration in London, the Centre for Economic Policy Research, and the Institute for the Study of Labor in Bonn.
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Jan Stuhler
Christopher Timmins
Christopher D. Timmins is Professor of Economics at Duke University.
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Christopher Timmins
Michela Tincani*
Michela Tincani is Assistant Professor of Economics at UCL, and Research Fellow at the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
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Michela Tincani*
Alessandro Toppeta
Alessandro Toppeta completed his PhD in Economics at UCL in 2023 and is now an Assistant Professor of Economics at SOFI, Stockholm University.
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Alessandro Toppeta
Gabriel Ulyssea*
Gabriel Ulyssea is Associate Professor of Economics at UCL, a Research Fellow at the Institute for Fiscal Studies and at IZA, and a Research Affiliate at CEPR.
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Gabriel Ulyssea*
Silvia Vannutelli
Silvia Vannutelli is Assistant Professor of Economics at Northwestern University and a Faculty Research Fellow at the NBER.
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Silvia Vannutelli
Marcos Vera-Hernández*
Marcos Vera-Hernández is Professor of Economics at UCL, and Academic co-Director (Economics) of the UCL Policy Lab.
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Marcos Vera-Hernández*
Ludo Visschers
Ludo Visschers is Professor of Economics at Edinburgh University.
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Ludo Visschers
Daniel Wilhelm
Daniel Wilhelm is Professor of Statistics and Econometrics at LMU Munich, Research Fellow at the Institute for Fiscal Studies and at the Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration, and Turing Fellow at the Alan Turing Institute.
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Daniel Wilhelm
Owen Zidar
Owen Zidar is Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University.
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Owen Zidar
Seth Zimmerman
Seth Zimmerman is Associate Professor of Economics at Yale School of Management, a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economics Research, and a Research Fellow at IZA.
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Seth Zimmerman
Gabriel Zucman
Gabriel Zucman is Professor of Economics at the Paris School of Economics and UC Berkeley, and Director of the EU Tax Observatory.
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Gabriel Zucman
Áureo de Paula
Áureo de Paula is Professor of Economics at UCL.