阿爾貝托・阿萊西那（Alberto Alesina，1957 年 4 月 29 日 — 2020 年 5 月 23 日），義大利政治經濟學家。他 1981 年獲博科尼大學經濟學學士學位，之後進入哈佛大學深造，並與 1985 年和 1986 年分別獲碩士及博士學位。之後進入卡內基梅隆大學做博士後研究。2003 至 2006 年，阿萊西那任哈佛大學經濟系主任。他還在麻省理工學院、特拉維夫大學、世界銀行、國際貨幣基金組織擔任兼職。2006 年被選為美國文理科學院院士。

阿萊西那的研究聚焦於政治商業周期、財政政策與預算赤字的政治經濟學、歐洲一體化進程、在高通脹國家的穩定政策、國家的大小的確定、貨幣聯盟、再分配政策的政治經濟因素、不同的福利國家，在美國和歐洲、美國和歐洲的不同經濟體系、對經濟政策的替代性選舉制度的影響、不同的選舉制度的選擇的確定。2009 年與 Silvia Ardagna 合作發表的論文中，阿萊西那指出財政緊縮措施並不會傷害經濟，而實際上會幫助其恢復。



著作

圖書


* 1995. _Partisan Politics, Divided Government and the Economy_ (with Howard Rosenthal). Cambridge. Description & TOC （頁面存檔備份，存於網際網路檔案館） and preview. （頁面存檔備份，存於網際網路檔案館）

* 1997a. _Political Cycles and the Macroeconomy_ (with Nouriel Roubini & Gerald D. Cohen). MIT Press. Description and chapter-preview links. （頁面存檔備份，存於網際網路檔案館）

* 1997b. _Designing Macroeconomic Policy for Europe_ (with Olivier Blanchard et al._), CEPR, London._

* 2003. _The Size of Nations_ (with Enrico Spolaore). MIT Press. Description and chapter-preview links. （頁面存檔備份，存於網際網路檔案館）

* 2004. _Fighting Poverty in the US and Europe: A World of Difference_ (with Edward Glaeser). Oxford. Description （頁面存檔備份，存於網際網路檔案館）, and "slide-show" summary （頁面存檔備份，存於網際網路檔案館）, and chapter-preview links via "select" click.

* 2006. _The Future of Europe: Reform or Decline_ (with Francesco Giavazzi), MIT Press. Description, Introduction, preview （頁面存檔備份，存於網際網路檔案館）.

論文

　
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* 1987. "Macroeconomic Policy in a Two-Party System as a Repeated Game," _Quarterly Journal of Economics_, 102(3), p pp. 651–678.

* 1988b. "Macroeconomics and Politics," _NBER Macroeconomics Annual 1988, Volume 3_, pp. 13–62.

* 1991. "Why Are Stabilizations Delayed?" (with Allan Drazen), _American Economic Review_, 81(5), pp. 1170–1188.

* 1993. "Central Bank Independence and Macroeconomic Performance: Some Comparative Evidence" (with Lawrence H. Summers), _Journal of Money, Credit and Banking_, 25(2), p pp. 151–162.

* 1994. "Distributive Politics and Economic Growth" (with Dani Rodrik), _Quarterly Journal of Economics_, 109(2), p pp. 465–490.

* 1995. "The Political Economy of Budget Deficits" (with Roberto Perotti), IMF _Staff Papers_, 42(1), pp. pp. 1–31.

* 1996a. "Political Instability and Economic Growth" (with Sule Özler _et al._), _Journal of Economic Growth_, 1(2), p pp. 189–211.

* 1996b. "Income Distribution, Political Instability, and Investment," (with Roberto Perotti), _European Economic Review_, 40(6), pp. 1203–1228. Abstract.

* 1997. "On the Number and Size of Nations" (with Enrico Spolaore), _Quarterly Journal of Economics_, 112(4), p pp. 1027–1056.

* 1999. "Public Goods and Ethnic Divisions" (with Reza Baqir & William Easterly), _Quarterly Journal of Economics_, 114(4), pp. 1243–1284.

* 2000a. "Who Gives Foreign Aid to Whom and Why?" (with David Dollar), _Journal of Economic Growth_, 5(1), p pp. 33–63.

* 2000b. "Participation in Heterogeneous Communities" (with Eliana La Ferrara), _Quarterly Journal of Economics_, 115(3), p pp. 847–904.

* 2002a. "Who Trusts Others?" _Journal of Public Economics_, 85(2), pp. 207–234 (close Pages tab).

* 2002b. "Fiscal Policy, Profits, and Investment" (with Silvia Ardagna _et al._), _American Economic Review_, 92 (3), pp. 571–589. （頁面存檔備份，存於網際網路檔案館）

* 2003. "Fractionalization" (with Arnaud Devleeschauwer _et al._), _Journal of Economic Growth_, 8(2), p pp. 155–194.

* 2004. "Inequality and Happiness: Are Europeans and Americans Different?" (with Rafael Di Tellab and Robert MacCulloch), _Journal of Public Economics_, 88(9–10), pp. 2009–2042 (close Bookmarks tab).

* 2005a. "International Unions" (with Ignazio Angeloni and Federico Etro), _American Economic Review_, 95(3), p pp. 602–615.

* 2005b. "Ethnic Diversity and Economic Performance" (with Eliana La Ferrara), _Journal of Economic Literature_, 43(3), pp. 762–800.

* 2007:3. "Political Economy," _NBER Reporter_, pp. 1–5 （頁面存檔備份，存於網際網路檔案館） (press +).

* 2010. "Large Changes in Fiscal Policy: Taxes versus Spending" (with Silvia Ardagna), in J. R. Brown, ed., _Tax Policy and the Economy_, v. 24, ch. 2, pp. 35–68. doi:10.1086/649828

* 2015. "The Output Effect of Fiscal Consolidations" (with Carlo Favero and Francesco Giavazzi), _Journal of International Economics_, vol 96, pages S19-S42. doi:10.1016/j.jinteco.2014.11.003

* 2016. "Ethnic Inequality" (with Stelios Michalopoulos and Elias Papaioannou), _Journal of Political Economy_, vol. 124(2), pages 428-488 doi:10.1086/685300

* 2016. "Birthplace Diversity and Economic Prosperity" (with Johann Harnoss and Hillel Rapoport), _Journal of Economic Growth_, vol. 21(2), pages 101-138 doi:10.1007/s10887-016-9127-6