Torsten Persson
Torsten Erik Persson (born April 18, 1954 in Stockholm ) is a Swedish economist .
Life
Persson graduated from Stockholm University with a PhD . There he has been director of the Institute for International Economic Studies since 1998 . He is also a professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science . His publications are mostly in the field of recent political economy and institutional economy . Persson was u. a. President of the European Economic Association . In 2001 Persson became a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences , and in 2011 he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Mannheim .
plant
- Persson and Tabellini : Political Economics: Explaining Economics Policy. MIT Press, Cambridge 2000
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Book of Members. Retrieved July 27, 2016 .
- ↑ Press release of the University of Mannheim (accessed on March 8, 2012) ( Memento of the original from December 25, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Persson, Torsten |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Persson, Torsten Erik |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish economist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 18, 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stockholm |