Michele Boldrin

Title:	Joseph Gibson Hoyt Distinguished Professor of Economics in Arts & Sciences
Degree:	PHD, University of Rochester MS, University of Rochester Laurea, University of Venezia
Dept:	Economics
Office:	Eliot Hall 310
Mailbox:	Campus Box 1208 One Brookings Drive St. Louis, MO 63130-4899 Hide Full Mailing Address
Phone:	(314) 935-5636
E-mail:	boldrin@wustl.edu

Courses
Innovation and Intellectual Property: Theory and Practice;

Growth Theories and Growth Models

Research Interests
Professor Boldrin's research focuses on dynamic general equilibrium models and economic theory more generally, with a particular focus on issues related to economic growth, innovation, business cycles and public policy.

Selected Publications:

“On the Indeterminacy of Capital Accumulation Paths” (with L. Montrucchio), Journal of Economic Theory, 40 (1986). Reprinted in R.Becker and E.Burmeister (eds.) Growth Theory: a Readings, New York, Edward Elgar Publishing, 1991.

“Labor Contracts and Business Cycles” (with M. Horvath), Journal of Political Economy 103 (1995), 972-1004.

“Growth and Indeterminacy in Dynamic Models with Externalities” (with A. Rustichini), Econometrica, 62 (1994), 323-343.

Sistema de Pensiones y Mercado de Trabajo en Espana, (joint with Sergi Jimenez and Franco Peracchi), Fundacion Banco Bilbao e Vizcaya, Bilbao, Madrid, 2000.

“Habit Persistence, Asset Returns and the Business Cycle”, (with L.Christiano and J.Fisher), American Economic Review 91 (2001), 149-166.

Against Intellectual Monopoly, (with David K. Levine), forthcoming Cambridge University Press, 2007.