Luigi A. Franzoni
Professor of Public Economics
University of Bologna
Luigi A. Franzoni is professor of public economics at the University of Bologna and an academic affiliate of the International Center for Law & Economics (ICLE).
His research applies law & economics to settlements and litigation, law enforcement, tax amnesties, intellectual property, liability, and incomplete contracts.
At the University of Bologna, Franzoni has served as professor of public economics and director of academic programs in economics and law. He previously served as president of the European Association of Law and Economics and co-founded the Italian Association of Law and Economics. He has held visiting appointments and academic collaborations at institutions in Europe, the United States, and Asia.
Franzoni is the co-author, with Daniela Marchesi, of an introductory law & economics book for Italian readers.
He received the Distinguished Article Prize from the American Law and Economics Review and a doctoral-thesis prize from Rivista il Fisco. He was also awarded a Fulbright scholarship.
Franzoni earned a Ph.D. in economics from Nuffield College, University of Oxford, a master’s in economics from the University of Warwick, and a bachelor’s from the University of Bologna.
