Peretto, Pietro F.
(919) 660-1807
peretto@econ.duke.edu
241 Social Sciences, Box 90097
Durham, NC 27708
Box 90097
Durham, NC 27708-0097

Webpages

Courses

ECON 791: Independent Study
ECON 902: Macroeconomics and International Economics Workshop
ECON 602: Macroeconomic Theory
ECON 452: Economic Growth
ECON 552: Economic Growth

Pietro F. Peretto

Professor of Economics
Faculty Network Member of The Energy Initiative
Peretto is a macroeconomist who studies the sources and effects of technological change mainly using endogenous growth theory. With this focus, he has studied international trade, growth and innovation, market structure, corporate taxation, industrial organization, development and the environment, R&D, demography, and more. He has been publishing his research for nearly three decades and has had his work appear in books and leading academic journals. He is Associate Editor of the Journal of Economic Growth.

Education

  • Ph.D., Yale University (1994)

Publications

Export-led takeoff in a Schumpeterian economy (11/2023)
Agricultural revolution and industrialization (09/2022)
Corporate governance and industrialization (06/2021)
Dynamic effects of patent policy on innovation and inequality in a Schumpeterian economy (06/2021)
Wealth creation, wealth dilution and demography (01/2021)
Through scarcity to prosperity: Toward a theory of sustainable growth (01/2021)
Implications of tax policy for innovation and aggregate productivity growth (11/2020)
The cumulative cost of regulations (10/2020)
Innovation-led growth in a time of debt (01/2020)
More apples vs. better apples: Distribution and innovation-driven growth (01/2020)

Mailing Address

Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Box 90467
Durham, NC 27708

Street / Delivery Address

Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability
140 Science Drive
Gross Hall, Suite 101
Durham, NC 27708

919-613-1305 

 

nicholasinstitute@duke.edu