Pietro F. Peretto, Professor

Peretto is a macroeconomist who studies the sources and effects of technological change mainly using endogenous growth theory. With this focus, he has studied international trade, growth and innovation, market structure, corporate taxation, industrial organization, development and the environment, R&D, demography, and more. He has been publishing his research for nearly three decades and has had his work appear in books and leading academic journals. He is Associate Editor of the Journal of Economic Growth.

Contact Info:

Office Location:	241 Social Sciences, Box 90097, Durham, NC 27708
Office Phone:	(919) 660-1807
Email Address:
Web Page:	http://public.econ.duke.edu/~peretto/

Teaching (Spring 2023):

• ECON 602.01, MACROECONOMIC THEORY Synopsis

  Social Sciences 113, MW 08:30 AM-09:45 AM

• ECON 902.07, MACRO/INTERNATIONAL ECON WKSHP Synopsis

  Social Sciences 105, F 10:15 AM-12:45 PM

Office Hours:

T, Th 10-12 or by appointment

Education:

Ph.D.	Yale University	1994
Laurea in Discipline Economiche e Sociali	Bocconi University, Milan, Italy	1988

Specialties:

Industrial Organization
Macroeconomics

Research Interests: Growth, Industrial Organization and Technical Change

Professor Peretto focuses his research pursuits on industrial organization, technological change, and other aspects pertaining to the field of macroeconomics. His studies have explored a variety of factors, such as international trade, growth and innovation, market structure, corporate taxation, industrial organization, development and the environment, R&D, and more. Much of his analyses of his subjects tend to utilize the endogenous growth theories. He has been publishing his research papers for nearly two decades, and has had his work appear in books and leading academic journals such as the International Journal of Industrial Organization, Increasing Returns and Economic Analysis, and various economic journals throughout Europe. Titles of his recent writings include, “Corporate Taxes, Growth and Welfare in a Schumpeterian Economy,” “Fiscal Policy and Long-run Growth in R&D Based Models with Endogenous Market Structure,” and “Industry and Family: Two Engines of Growth,” in addition to many others. Professor Peretto’s latest research projects involve exploring such subjects as resource scarcity, job creation, intra-industry trade, sustainable growth, and “deaths, births, and economic growth.”

Keywords:

macroeconomics • growth • technological change • innovation • R&D • international trade • development • natural resources • enviroment • industrial organization • market structure • coroprate taxation

Curriculum Vitae  Bio

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

1. Chu, AC; Peretto, PF; Wang, X, Agricultural revolution and industrialization, Journal of Development Economics, vol. 158 (September, 2022) [doi]  [abs]
2. Iacopetta, M; Peretto, PF, Corporate governance and industrialization, European Economic Review, vol. 135 (June, 2021) [doi]  [abs]
3. Chu, AC; Furukawa, Y; Mallick, S; Peretto, P; Wang, X, Dynamic effects of patent policy on innovation and inequality in a Schumpeterian economy, Economic Theory, vol. 71 no. 4 (June, 2021), pp. 1429-1465 [doi]  [abs]
4. Brunnschweiler, CN; Peretto, PF; Valente, S, Wealth creation, wealth dilution and demography, Journal of Monetary Economics, vol. 117 (January, 2021), pp. 441-459 [doi]  [abs]
5. Peretto, PF, Through scarcity to prosperity: Toward a theory of sustainable growth, Journal of Monetary Economics, vol. 117 (January, 2021), pp. 243-257 [doi]  [abs]