
Diego Restuccia
@diegorestuccia
Professor & Canada Research Chair in Macroeconomics and Productivity, University of Toronto | Research Associate NBER
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https://www.economics.utoronto.ca/diegor/ 17-02-2014 15:28:05
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I don’t think this is the current state of research on cronyism and corruption in economics The Economist. More and more papers show how it affects the economy through barriers to entry, misallocation of resources, and dynamic inefficiencies on firm growth and innovation


Truly honored to be awarded this prize together with my amazing coauthors Chris Edmond and virgiliu midrigan. Bob Lucas has long been an academic hero and a great source of inspiration to me — receiving this prize in his name is so amazing. Thanks JPE committee!

We have an opening for a postdoc position Warwick Economics for a macro-development person! This is funded by my ERC/UKRI Starting Grant - you will develop your own research agenda with no teaching or admin required. Duration: initially for 1 year, extendable to 2+. [1/2]

If you have read, written, or watched papers about monetary policy without money, it may be time to watch this: tinyurl.com/yx44cy47 (Thanks SED Meeting for the invitation and Economía UTDT for the hospitality.)





Back in 2013 when I was in grad school, Tim Kehoe 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦, Kim Ruhl, and I wrote a paper on what would happen if US trade deficits were halted by a "sudden stop" like those that plagued emerging economies in the 1970s. The world didn't find that question very interesting at the time, so




In America, health care is big business. In Canada, it’s a right. My government will focus on modernizing public health care so it lives up to its promise to Canadians. That means thousands more doctors, new and renovated hospitals, and giving you access to your own health data.



📢 This Friday (5/27), I’m organizing the 2025 Chicago Fed Growth & Development Conference! We have exciting papers by Bernardo Ribeiro (Bernardo Ribeiro @princeton), Ana Maria Santacreu (Ana Maria Santacreu St. Louis Fed), Diego Restuccia (Diego Restuccia University of Toronto), Ezra Oberfield (Ezra Oberfield

