Fabio Petri
Professor
Department of Economics and statistics
University of Siena
Italy
Biography
Born in Napoli, Italy, 1949. Laurea in Political Science, Università di Napoli, 1973. Graduate studies at University of Siena and University of Cambridge, 1973-1979. 1979-84 Lecturer in Introductory Economics, 1985-1989 Associate Professor of Microeconomics, since 1990 Professor of Economics, 1996-7 Head of Dipartimento di Economia Politica, all at University of Siena. Has taught Introductory Economics, Growth Theory, Mathematical Economics, Comparative Political Systems, Macroeconomics. Currently teaches Advanced Theory of Value and Distribution to 4th-year undergraduates and in the Siena Economics PhD programme. Main research interests: Theory of value, capital and distribution; theory of aggregate investment; Sraffian and Marxian economics; comparative economic systems. My views on the present state of economic theory are best made clear in my book General Equilibrium, Capital and Macroeconomics (Edward Elgar, 2004). Work in progress: Microeconomics for the critical mind, an advanced microeconomics textbook presenting both neoclassical and non-neoclassical approaches; expected completion early 2010.
Research Interest
macroeconomics
