Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D in Economics)
Master of Science (MSc in Economics)
Profesor de tiempo completo
[Full-time Professor]
Universidad Torcuato Di Tella
Email: plschiaffino@gmail.com
Fields: Economic History, Growth and development in historical perspective, Segregation Models, Macroeconomics, Game Theory, History of Economic Thought, Economics of Happiness.
Recent Working Papers (Work in Progress/January 2025):
1. The Leniency Game: A Prisoner’s Dilemma with Hierarchies [With JotaPe Pinasco et al] . Revise & Resubmit
2. A Curse of the Cow? Ranching and Land Concentration in Buenos Aires During the First Globalization [With Federico Droller & Lucas Llach]. Economia LACEA Journal
3. Skewed Technological Change and Relative Prices: Accounting for the Living Standards Puzzle during the British Industrial Revolution [With Dalia Gutierrez & Lucas Llach]. Submitted
4. The Fiscal and Monetary History of Argentina (1935-2020) [With Juanpa Nicolini] . Work in progress
Investigación y publicaciones [Research Papers]
Artículos en medios de comunicación [Op-eds & Columns]
YouTube/T.V/Menciones en medios escritos [Press Notes & Interviews]
Antes de ser profesor de tiempo completo en la Universidad Torcuato Di Tella en 2016, fui Director de Investigación en el Centro de Estudios Empresariales de la Universidad de Palermo (Buenos Aires) entre 2011 y 2016. Durante ese período también fui Profesor Invitado en la Universidad Di Tella y en el IAE. En 2015/16, obtuve una beca de investigación para realizar una estancia corta en una universidad en Berlín. Entre 2020 y 2022, fui Director de la Licenciatura en Ciencias Sociales y Director de la Licenciatura en Historia en la Universidad Di Tella. Durante 2016 y 2017, realicé asesorías técnicas para el Banco Central de la República Argentina, la Secretaría de Comercio del Ministerio de Producción y la Provincia de Mendoza (proyecto de economía del comportamiento financiado por el BID). Entre 2018 y 2020, fui asesor de la Cámara de Diputados de la Nación Argentina. En 2024 y 2025, fui asesor directo del Secretario de Educación (Ministerio de Capital Humano), liderando el diseño de estrategias para lograr un gasto público eficiente y orientado al largo plazo en educación. En 2025, fui Visiting Scholar en la Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.
[Before becoming a full-time professor at Universidad Torcuato Di Tella in 2016, I served as Director of Research at the Center for Business Studies at Universidad de Palermo (Buenos Aires) from 2011 to 2016. During that period, I was also a Visiting Professor at Universidad Di Tella and IAE. In 2015/16, I received a research fellowship for a short-term stay at a university in Berlin. Between 2020 and 2022, I was Director of the Undergraduate Program in Social Sciences and Director of the Undergraduate Program in History at Universidad Di Tella. From 2016 to 2017, I provided technical consulting for the Central Bank of Argentina, the Secretariat of Commerce of the Ministry of Production, and the Province of Mendoza (a behavioral economics project funded by the IDB). Between 2018 and 2020, I served as an advisor to the Argentine Chamber of Deputies. In 2024 and 2025, I was a direct advisor to the Secretary of Education (Ministry of Human Kapital), leading the design of strategies for efficient and forward-thinking public investment in education. In 2025, I was a Visiting Scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.]
My last conferences are: London School of Economics (February 2018), Harvard (May 2018), Harvard (February 2019), Murcia, Spain (2020), Mendoza (October 2021) . Here for info Harvard / Here for info LSE. Send me an email for slides.
NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE STREAMING: Open seminar on Game Theory, Networks and Complex Systems (Six meetings held in 2021). / Seminario abierto de Teoría de Juegos, Redes y Sistemas Complejos (seis encuentros llevados a cabo en 2021).