Pietro F. Peretto, Professor

Contact Info:

Office Location:	241 Social Sciences
Office Phone:	(919) 660-1807
Email Address:
Web Page:	http://econ.duke.edu/~peretto

Teaching (Fall 2012):

• ECON 352.01, ECONOMIC GROWTH Synopsis

  Social Sciences 228, Th 04:40 PM-07:10 PM

  (also cross-listed as ECON 552.01)

• ECON 882.01, TOPICS MACRO/INTERNATL FINANCE Synopsis

  Social Sciences 107, M 04:40 PM-07:10 PM

• ECON 882.02, TOPICS MACRO/INTERNATL FINANCE Synopsis

  Social Sciences 107, M 04:40 PM-07:10 PM

• ECON 902.07, MACRO/INTERNATIONAL ECON WKSHP Synopsis

  TBA, F 10:05 AM-03:00 PM

Office Hours:

T, Th 10-12 or by appointment

Education:

PhD	Yale University	1994
Laurea in Discipline Economiche e Sociali	Bocconi University, Milan, Italy	1988

Specialties:

Macroeconomics
Industrial Organization
International Trade

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

Bio

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

1. P. Peretto, Corporate Taxes, Growth and Welfare in a Schumpeterian Economy, Journal of Economic Theory (forthcoming, 2007)
2. P. Peretto, Schumpeterian Growth with Productive Public Spending and Distortionary Taxation, Review of Development Economics (forthcoming, 2007)
3. P. Peretto, Effluent Taxes, Market Structure and the Rate and Direction of Endogenous Technological Change (Submitted, October, 2006)
4. P. Peretto, A Schumpeterian Analysis of Deficit-Financed Dividend Tax Cuts (Submitted, September, 2006)
5. P. Peretto, Energy Taxes and Endogenous Technological Change (Submitted, December, 2006)