ECONOMICS ALUMNI NEWSLETTER

Introducing our new faculty member Stefania
Albanesi!
We are delighted to welcome Professor Stefania Albanesi to the
Economics Department at the Miami Herbert Business School
beginning this fall!
Stefania is presently a Professor of Economics at the University of
Pittsburgh. She is also a fellow at the Center for Economic and Policy
Research, and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of
Economic Research. Prior to joining the University of Pittsburgh, she
was a research economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
and subsequently held academic positions at Columbia and Duke. She
received her Ph.D. from Northwestern University in 2001. Stefania is a
native of Milan, Italy and received her B.A. in Economics from Bocconi
University in 1996.
Stefania’s research interests are in macroeconomics, public economics, and labor economics.
Her current research concentrates on understanding the determinants of household
borrowing and default behavior, and on quantifying the impact of changing trends in female
participation on aggregate business cycles.
“Hiring Professor Albanesi continues our positive momentum at the Miami Herbert Business
School, and the Department of Economics in particular, where she will be the third full
professor to join us in the past year. Her commitment to understanding important social
questions and her devotion to training students will benefit all of us in the University
community.” – Ann Olazabal, Dean, MHBS.
“We’re happy to welcome a scholar of Stefania Albanesi’s caliber to the Department of
Economics. She’ll be a great addition the department, and our students will benefit from the
depth of her knowledge and experience across many areas in economics, and particularly her
skill in merging theory and data to understand pressing issues in the labor market and
household finance.” – David Andolfatto, Chair, Economics Department, MHBS.