Prof. Oriana Bandiera, Ph.D. '2000, has been awarded the 2011 Carlo Alberto Medal by Collegio Carlo Alberto in Torino, Italy. The medal is awarded to an Italian scholar under the age of 40 who has made outstanding contributions to economics. The medal has been awarded annually since 2007; Bandiera is the first female recipient.
After finishing the doctorate at Boston College, where she was advised by Profs. James Anderson, Richard Arnott and Fabio Schiantarelli, Bandiera joined the London School of Economics and Political Science, where she is Professor of Economics. The citation of the award states "Oriana has done enlightening work on the role and the design of incentives in the workplace, in advanced and developing economies. Her papers on social ties within and across ranks--using natural field experiments together with remarkable identification strategies--showed the importance of non-monetary incentives."
Bandiera has been a visiting professor at the University of Chicago, New York University, Yale University, Northwestern University and the IIES in Stockholm. She is the co-Director of the Economic Organization and Public Policy Programme of STICERD and of the State Capabilities Research Programme of the International Growth Center, a Research Fellow of CEPR, and an Associate Editor of, among others, the Journal of Economic Literature and the Economic Journal.
31 March 2011