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Lorenzo Casaburi is the UBS Foundation Associate Professor of Development Economics at the University of Zurich's Department of Economics. His research primarily investigates economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa, with a special focus on agricultural finance, competition, and land markets. Throughout his academic career, Lorenzo has received funding from various prestigious donors including the European Research Council (ERC Starting Grant), the Swiss National Science Foundation (Eccellenza Grant), USAID, and DFID. He is also a Research Fellow at BREAD, CEPR, IGC, IPA, and J-PAL, and serves as an Associate Editor for the Econometrica Economic Journal. Additionally, Lorenzo is a member of the BREAD Board of Directors. He earned his B.A. from the University of Bologna and completed his Ph.D. in Economics at Harvard University. Previously, he held a postdoctoral fellowship at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR).
University of Zurich • Zürich, Switzerland
Teaching and researching Development Economics.
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