Annamaria Lusardi

Annamaria Lusardi

Annamaria Lusardi in 2013
Institution The George Washington University
Field Financial literacy
Alma mater Princeton University
Bocconi University

Annamaria Lusardi is an Italian-born economist and 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 those fields.[3][4][5]

Career

From 1992 to 2010, Lusardi was a Professor of Economics at Dartmouth College, during which time she published numerous papers on financial literacy, saving, and investing.[1] In 2009 she became the Joel Z. and Susan Hyatt Professor of Economics.[6] In 2010, Lusardi began working at the George Washington University where she is a chair professor and serves as the Denit Trust Distinguished Scholar and Professor of Economics and Accountancy at the School of Business. In 2011, Lusardi founded the Global Financial Literacy Excellence Center,[7] and she is also the director of the Financial Literacy Center, a joint initiative between Dartmouth College, the RAND corporation, and the Wharton School.[8] 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 and the National Bureau of Economic Research.[1] She was recently elected chair of the Research Committee of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development/International Network on Financial Education.[9]

Education

Lusardi earned her B.A. in Economics summa cum laude from Bocconi University in Milan, Italy, 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, and a junior and senior faculty fellowship from Dartmouth College.[1] In 2013, Lusardi received the William E. Odom Visionary Leadership Award from the Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy,[10] and the National Numeracy Network’s inaugural 2012 Steen Award.[11] 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.[12] Additionally, she has received teaching awards from both Princeton University of the University of Chicago. In 2009, she served as a faculty advisor for the Office of Financial Education of the U.S. Treasury.[1]

Selected publications

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Curriculum Vitae: Annamaria Lusardi" (PDF). July 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "Global Financial Literacy Excellence Center". July 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  3. ↑ "They’ve Got It: Fixes for the Financial System". April 2010. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  4. ↑ "CEE Board Member, Annamaria Lusardi, Integral on PISA Results". August 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  5. ↑ "5 Things to Know About Financial Literacy". August 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  6. ↑ "Dartmouth webpage for Annamaria Lusardi". April 2010. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  7. ↑ "GWU webpage for Annamaria Lusardi". July 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  8. ↑ "Financial Literacy Center Webpage". February 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  9. ↑ "OECD/INFE". Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  10. ↑ "Annamaria Lusardi Honored with William E. Odom Visionary Leadership Award". March 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  11. ↑ "NNN Announces The Steen Award". February 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  12. 1 2 "Dartmouth professor wins Fidelity's Pyramid Prize". November 2007. Retrieved 6 August 2014.

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