ECONOMIST

Alberto Alesina

1957 - 2020

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Alberto Francesco Alesina (29 April 1957 – 23 May 2020) was an Italian economist who was the Nathaniel Ropes Professor of Political Economy at Harvard University from 2003 until his death in 2020. He was known principally as an economist of politics and culture, and was famed for his usage of economic tools to study social and political issues. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alberto Alesina has received more than 200,954 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Alberto Alesina is the 377th most popular economist (down from 347th in 2019), the 4,306th most popular biography from Italy (down from 3,950th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Italian Economist.

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  • 40.58

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Alberto Alesina ranks 377 out of 414. Before him are Richard D. Wolff, Kenneth Rogoff, Carmen Reinhart, Sajid Javid, Zyta Gilowska, and Avinash Dixit. After him are Paul Collier, Axel Kicillof, Thomas Chalmers, Michael Albert, Sevil Shhaideh, and Carlos Moedas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Alberto Alesina ranks 576. Before him are Stacy Peralta, Vince Gill, Road Warrior Hawk, Antonio Napolioni, Benoît Potier, and William Goh. After him are Norbert Növényi, Don Davis, Christopher Moore, Sabine John, Janet Napolitano, and Ali Divandari. Among people deceased in 2020, Alberto Alesina ranks 742. Before him are Alan Merrill, Jan Halvarsson, Charley Pride, Gerhard Strack, Louis Meznarie, and Paul Nihill. After him are Naomi Munakata, Nimmi, Lars-Eric Lundvall, Dave Greenfield, Stuart Christie, and Eugene Wright.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Alberto Alesina ranks 4,306 out of 5,161. Before him are Antonio Napolioni (1957), Davide Calabria (1996), Dario Franceschini (1958), Danilo Gallinari (1988), Paolo Virzì (1964), and Luigi Di Maio (1986). After him are Francesca Archibugi (1960), Paolo Negro (1972), Damiano David (1999), Johann Passler (1961), Lorenzo Bernardi (1968), and Giuseppe Galderisi (1963).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Italy

Among economists born in Italy, Alberto Alesina ranks 12. Before him are Giovanni Arrighi (1937), Gian Domenico Romagnosi (1761), Pietro Verri (1728), Mariana Mazzucato (1968), Daniele Archibugi (1958), and Pier Carlo Padoan (1950).

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