Xavier Sala-i-Martin
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In this Catalan name, the first or paternal surname is Sala and the second or maternal family name is Martín; both are generally joined by the conjunction "i".
Xavier X. Sala i Martín[2] (also Sala-i-Martin in English) is an American economist and professor of economics at Columbia University. Sala i Martin is one of the leading economists in the field of economic growth.[3]
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Xavier Sala i Martín | |
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Born | (1962-06-17) June 17, 1962 (age 61) Cabrera de Mar, Catalonia, Spain |
Academic career | |
Field | Macroeconomics |
School or tradition | Neo-classical economics |
Doctoral advisor | Robert J. Barro[1] N. Gregory Mankiw[1] |
Contributions | Economic growth Libertarianism |
Information at IDEAS / RePEc | |
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In addition to working at Columbia, he has been a professor at Yale University, Harvard University, and the Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona and the Barcelona Graduate School of Economics, where he usually visits for a term every summer.