Alexander Galetovic

Alexander Galetovic (1965-2022) was a research fellow at the Hoover Institution and a senior fellow at Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez. His research examined competition and regulation in infrastructure industries, including electricity, telecommunications, water, and transportation. He also studied the relationship between intellectual property and antitrust in technology markets.

With Eduardo Engel and Ronald Fischer, Galetovic co-wrote “The Economics of Public-Private Partnerships: A Basic Guide” and developed an auction method used to award transportation infrastructure concessions. He advised the Chilean government, the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development on public-private partnerships. He previously taught at Universidad de los Andes and the University of Chile.

Galetovic earned a doctorate in economics from Princeton University and a bachelor’s degree from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.