Torsten Persson (born 18 April 1954) is a Swedish

economist An economist is a professional and practitioner in the social sciences, social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy. Within this ...

who is the Swedish Research Council Distinguished Professor at the

Institute for International Economic Studies The Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES) is a Swedish research institute at Stockholm University, founded in the early 1960s. The main objective is to produce outstanding research for publication in leading international journals. The ...

Stockholm University Stockholm University ( sv, Stockholms universitet) is a public research university in Stockholm, Sweden, founded as a college in 1878, with university status since 1960. With over 33,000 students at four different faculties: law, humanities, so ...

and Centennial Professor of Economics at the

London School of Economics , mottoeng = To understand the causes of things , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £240.8 million (2021) , budget = £391.1 millio ...

. He has collaborated extensively with

Guido Tabellini Guido Enrico Tabellini (born January 26, 1956) is an Italian economist, rector of Bocconi University from November 2008 until July 2012. Tabellini received his Laurea in 1980 from the University of Turin, and his Ph.D. in 1984 from UCLA. He first ...

and

Tim Besley Sir Timothy John Besley, (born 14 September 1960) is a British academic economist who is the School Professor of Economics and Political Science and Sir W. Arthur Lewis Professor of Development Economics at the London School of Economics (LSE ...

on political economy. Persson is a past director of the

, president of the

European Economic Association The European Economic Association (EEA) is a professional academic body which links European economists. It was founded in the mid-1980s. Its first annual congress was in 1986 in Vienna and its first president was Jacques Drèze. The current pres ...

, a member of

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences ( sv, Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien) is one of the royal academies of Sweden. Founded on 2 June 1739, it is an independent, non-governmental scientific organization that takes special responsibility for prom ...

, and serves on The Prize Committee for the Alfred Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. He is a member of the council for the

Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings The Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings are annual scientific conferences held in Lindau, Bavaria, Germany, since 1951. Their aim is to bring together Nobel laureates and young scientists to foster scientific exchange between different generations, ...

Work

Political Economics – Explaining Economic Policy
(with Guido Tabellini), MIT Press, 2000.
The Economic Effects of Constitutions
(with Guido Tabellini), MIT Press 2003.

References

External links

Torsten Persson's website
1954 births Living people 20th-century Swedish economists 21st-century Swedish economists Stockholm University faculty Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Presidents of the Econometric Society Fellows of the Econometric Society Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Corresponding Fellows of the British Academy {{Sweden-economist-stub