Nov. 15, 2007 

Welcome! 

You reached my personal web page as a job market candidate for the 2007-08 academic year. This page has been built to signal my availability for economic teaching and research at the time of writing. Please find my contact information at the bottom of this page and in my CV.


PRESENTATION

My name is Olivier Giovannoni and I am currently visiting lecturer at the Department of Economics  at the University of Texas at Austin [Austin is the flagship]. You can find my (unmodified) faculty profile here.

Last year I was a post-doctoral fellow at the LBJ School of Public Affairs and a member of the University of Texas Inequality Project (UTIP) directed by Professor James K. Galbraith. He is my main adviser here in the US and for this job market. 

 I am a French citizen and studied at the University of Nice, France, where I earned my Ph.D. titled "Distribution, Growth and Economic Policies - The case of the United States" in June 2006. The international committee awarded me a summa cum laude award, and I benefited from a 4-year teaching fellowship and a 3-year research grant (best awards in France).

I am bilingual English/French.

 

RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS

I am mostly interested in teaching and conducting research on macroeconomics and international economics/finance, whether it be theoretical, empirical or in terms of economic policies. I specialize in growth theories, income distribution (inequality and wages/profits) and international comparisons.  

I would define myself as an "empirical macro theorist". My trademark consists of an econometric/statistical tools embedded in a theoretical, historical and political analysis.  I am interested in developed economies (the US) and international comparisons (i.e. with European countries).

 

RESEARCH

  • For theoretical and empirical growth theories, see my Job market paper as well as my What drives profits ? piece. 
  • My inequality papers are here (working paper, with a note on the median wage) and here
  •  My policy paper about the Federal Reserve is here (submitted to the Journal of Money, Credit and Banking)
  • I also have a long-time project about France, its social model and the comparisons with the US. Three pieces: one here, one presentation here and another here (forthcoming at Johns Hopkins University).
  • My immediate research projects are 
    • an extension of my accelerator paper (that's the job market paper, done for the case the US) in two directions. First to the case of the European Union and second towards a more explicit account of trade (that should be two papers)
    • "The macroeconomic dimensions of inequality", a paper searching for which macroeconomic indicators best capture the dynamics of inequality
    • A paper on the comparison of the French and American economic models
    • I am also working on a draft about the NAIRU, addressing the long run vertical Phillips curve.
    •  I have some material in my Ph.D. I haven't used yet, and need to be reworked on (a survey of income distribution --wages and profits-- and the related measures). 

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE AND AWARDS 

Teaching is very important to me. I have more than six years of experience teaching at the University level (plus an extra five years tutoring and mentoring). In France, I have been awarded a 4-year teaching fellowship combined to a 3+1 research grant by the French government (best distinction).

  •  This Spring 07 semester I am teaching Introductory Microeconomics (Freshmen level) as well as International Finance ( intermediate level).
  •  Last year (2006-07) I was teaching graduate macro at the LBJ School of Public Affairs (at UT Austin too, now taken back by Prof. Galbraith).
  • In France (2000-2004) I was teaching undergraduate Macro, Micro, National Accounting and Statistics. 

The teaching evaluations (available at the time of writing) can be downloaded to the left. You will also find a statement of teaching philosophy there.