Xavier Sala i Martín
Xavier Sala i Martín , also known as Xavier Sala-i-Martín , (born June 17, 1962 in Cabrera de Mar ) is a Spanish economist , university teacher and sports official .
Career, research and teaching
Sala i Martín graduated from the Autonomous University of Barcelona in 1985 with a degree in economics and received his Master of Arts degree from Harvard University in 1987 . He then did his Ph.D. at Harvard.
In 1990 Sala i Martín moved to Yale University as an assistant professor . Three years later he was promoted to associate professor . At the same time, he held a visiting professorship at the Spanish University of Pompeu Fabra from 1994 , which he held until 2005. In 1996 he moved to Columbia University . In the summer semester, he teaches the Advanced Economic Growth & Development course at the Barcelona Graduate School of Economics every year.
Sala i Martín's focus is on macroeconomics . He mainly publishes on topics related to economic growth , advocating an endogenous growth theory . In particular, the development of Africa as well as monetary and social policy are in the foreground. Since 2004 he has been the editor of the Global Competitiveness Report of the World Economic Forum . In the same year he received the King Juan Carlos Prize for Economics .
Between 1993 and 2004 Sala-i-Martín worked as an advisor to both the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank . From 2004 he worked for FC Barcelona as head of the economic council. When the presidium around Joan Laporta had to resign for legal reasons in June 2006 , he took over the management of a commission in accordance with the statutes, which led the club until new elections in the autumn.
Sala i Martín is known for its colorful clothing.
Web links
- Xavier Sala-i-Martín at Columbia University
- Entry on ideas.repec.org
- Literature by and about Xavier Sala i Martín in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ fcbarcelona.com: "Managing Commission (2006)" ( Memento from September 6, 2011 in the web archive archive.today ) (accessed October 6, 2010)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sala i Martín, Xavier |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sala-i-Martín, Xavier |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish economist, university professor and sports official |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 17, 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cabrera de Mar |