Overview
Peretto is a macroeconomist who studies the sources and effects of technological change mainly using endogenous growth theory. With this focus, he has studied international trade, growth and innovation, market structure, corporate taxation, industrial organization, development and the environment, R&D, demography, and more. He has been publishing his research for nearly three decades and has had his work appear in books and leading academic journals. He is Associate Editor of the Journal of Economic Growth.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Professor of Economics
·
2009 - Present
Economics,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Publications
Growth with Deadly Spillovers
Journal Article International Economic Review · January 1, 2025 Pollution causes premature deaths but plays almost no role in macroeconomic analysis. To fill this gap, we build a tractable model of innovation-led economic growth and endogenous fertility in which production generates deadly spillovers, that is, emission ... Full text CiteBusiness taxes, management delegation, and growth
Journal Article European Economic Review · November 1, 2024 We examine the interaction between agency issues and business taxation in a growth model with an endogenous market structure. Agency issues arise from two types of management delegation: day-to-day production and research and development (R&D) activities. ... Full text CitePolitical fragmentation versus a unified empire in a Malthusian economy
Journal Article Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization · June 1, 2024 What are the historical origins of political fragmentation and unification? This study develops a Malthusian growth model with multiple states to explore interstate competition and the endogenous emergence of political fragmentation versus a unified empire ... Full text CiteRecent Grants
The Social Cost of Regulatory Accumulation Project
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Mercatus Center · 2023 - 2025Carbon Policy and Induced Technical Change: Market Structure, Increasing Returns, and Secondary Benefits
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Energy · 1997 - 2001View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
Yale University ·
1994
Ph.D.