Giancarlo Gandolfo | |
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Nationality | Italian |
Alma mater | Sapienza University of Rome |
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Fields | International economics Economic growth Mathematical economics |
Institutions | Sapienza University of Rome |
Giancarlo Gandolfo (born November 17, 1937) is an Italian economist. He has been a Professor of International Economics at Sapienza University of Rome from 1974 to 2010. Gandolfo is notable for his popular graduate-level textbook on dynamic economic theory. [1]
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