Annamaria Lusardi
Annamaria Lusardi | |
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 Annamaria Lusardi in 2013 | |
| Academic career | |
| Field | Financial literacy |
| Institution | The George Washington University |
| Alma mater | Princeton University Bocconi University |
Annamaria Lusardi is an Italian economist and is the Denit Trust Distinguished Scholar and Professor of Economics and Accountancy at The George Washington University School of Business,[1] where she also serves as the Academic Director of the Global Financial Literacy Excellence Center.[2] Her interests focus on financial literacy and financial education, and she is considered an authority in the field.[3][4]
Career
From 1992 to 2010, Lusardi was a Professor of Economics at Dartmouth College, during which time she published numerous papers on personal finance, saving, and investing.[1] In 2009 she became the Joel Z. and Susan Hyatt Professor of Economics,[5] and held this title until 2010 when she departed for the George Washington University. Once at GW, Lusardi became the Denit Trust Distinguished Scholar and Professor of Accountancy and Economics at the George Washington University School of Business and founded the Global Financial Literacy Excellence Center.[6] She has also taught at Princeton University, the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy, the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and Columbia Business School.[1] In 2008, she was a visiting scholar at Harvard Business School.[1]
Education
Lusardi earned her B.A. in Economics summa cum laude from Bocconi University and her Ph.D. degree in Economics from Princeton University.[1]
Works
Lusardi has won numerous research awards. Among them is a research fellowship from the Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies at the University of Chicago, a faculty fellowship from the John M. Olin Foundation, a junior and senior faculty fellowship from Dartmouth College, the William E. Odom Visionary Leadership Award from the Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy,[7] and the National Numeracy Network’s inaugural 2012 Steen Award.[8] She is the recipient of the Fidelity Pyramid Prize, a $50,000 award to authors of published applied research that best helps address the goal of improving lifelong financial well-being for Americans.[9]
Selected publications
- Annamaria Lusardi and Olivia S. Mitchell, eds. The Economic Importance of Financial Literacy: Theory and Evidence. Journal of Economic Literature. March 2014.
- Annamaria Lusardi and Dorothy Wallace, eds. Financial Literacy and Quantitative Reasoning in the High School and College Classroom. Numeracy. July 2013.
- Olivia S. Mitchell and Annamaria Lusardi, eds. Financial Literacy. Oxford University Press. 2011.
- Annamaria Lusardi, C. Foote, L Goette, and S. Meier, (eds) U.S. Household Savings Behavior: The Role of Financial Literacy, Information and Financial Education Programs. Policymaking Insights from Behavioral Economics. 2009.
References
- ^ a b c d e "Curriculum Vitae: Annamaria Lusardi" (PDF). July 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
- ^ "Global Financial Literacy Excellence Center". July 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
- ^ "They've Got It: Fixes for the Financial System". April 2010. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
- ^ "CEE Board Member, Annamaria Lusardi, Integral on PISA Results". August 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
- ^ "Dartmouth webpage for Annamaria Lusardi". April 2010. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
- ^ "GWU webpage for Annamaria Lusardi". July 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
- ^ "Annamaria Lusardi Honored with William E. Odom Visionary Leadership Award". March 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
- ^ "NNN Announces The Steen Award". February 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
- ^ "Dartmouth professor wins Fidelity's Pyramid Prize". November 2007. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
External links
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