Laura Bottazzi
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Laura Bottazzi is Full Professor of Economics at the University of Bologna, a position she has held since 2005. She received her PhD in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1992 . She held visiting positions at MIT, NBER, University College London, ECARE and other international research institutions.
She is a Research Fellow at IGIER and CEPR and is affiliated with the Baffi Centre and the Institute for European Policymaking (IEP) at Bocconi University. Since 2024, she has been a member of the Monetary Policy Expert Panel advising the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) of the European Parliament.
Her research interests include international economics and finance, financial literacy, venture capital, financing innovation, and fintech. She received the Hicks–Tinbergen Medal in Economics in 1999, jointly with Paolo Pesenti and Eric van Wincoop, and the Nasdaq Award for Best Paper on Capital Formation in 2006.
She has also served as a referee for numerous international economics journals and has participated in research evaluation and advisory activities for several national and international institu