Professor Michele Boldrin received his Ph.D. from the University of Rochester in 1987. He teaches in the areas of Dynamic General Equilibrium, Growth and Development, and Public Economics. Professor Boldrin's current research focuses on innovation and intellectual property, the determinants of fertility, business cycle theory, and the intergenerational welfare state. Office: 908 Heller Hall Telephone: (612) 624-4551 E-mail: mboldrin@econ.umn.edu Personal Web Page Current CV
Recent publications include: "The Economics of Ideas and Intellectual Property", (with David K. Levine), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 102 , (2005), 1252-1256.   "Intergenerational Transfer Institutions: Public Education and Public Pensions", (with A. Montes), Review of Economic Studies , 72 (2005), 651-664. "2003 Lawrence Klein Lecture. The Case Against Intellectual Monopoly", (with David K. Levine) International Economic Review , 45 (2004), 327-350. "Rent-Seeking and Innovation", (with David K. Levine) Journal of Monetary Economics, 51 , (2004), 127-160. "Mortality, Fertility, and Saving in a Malthusian Economy", (with L.E. Jones) Review of Economic Dynamics, 5 , (2002), 775-814. "Factor Saving Innovation", (with D.K. Levine), Journal of Economic Theory, 105 (2002), 18-41. "The Case Against Intellectual Property", (with D.K. Levine), American Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings, 92 (2002), 209-212. "Habit Persistence, Asset Returns and the Business Cycle", (with L. Christiano and J. Fisher) American Economic Review , 91 (2001), 149-166.