Mauro Gallegati (born 8 March 1958) is an ItalianNew-Keynesian economist, scholar of agent-based economics,[1] and professor atMarche Polytechnic University inAncona, Italy.
After having earned his PhD in economics in 1989 at Marche Polytechnic University with a thesis on financial fragility under the supervision ofHyman Minsky, Gallegati has held visiting positions, both as a scholar and as a professor atWashington University in St. Louis,University of Cambridge,Stanford University,Massachusetts Institute of Technology,Columbia University,Santa Fe Institute,Brookings Institution,University of Technology Sydney,Kyoto University, andETH Zurich.[2]
He currently teaches advancedmacroeconomics at Marche Polytechnic University, in the Faculty of Economics, with Giorgio Fuà.[3] He has been the president of the ESHIA Society (economic science with heterogeneous interacting agents).[4]
His research activity is mainly focused oncomplexity economics. Within this field of research, he has published scientific works withBruce Greenwald,Joseph Stiglitz, andDomenico Delli Gatti.[5]
WithJoseph Stiglitz, Gallegati has developed a theory ofasymmetric information with heterogeneous agents and its applications.[6]
Gallegati is a member of theInstitute for New Economic Thinking.[7]