Lorenzo Casaburi is the UBS Foundation Associate Professor of Development Economics (with tenure) in the Department of Economics at the University of Zurich. His research primarily explores economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa, with a particular focus on agricultural finance, competition, and land markets. Lorenzo's work has been funded by several donors, including the European Research Council (ERC Starting Grant), the Swiss National Science Foundation (Eccellenza Grant), USAID, and DFID. Lorenzo is a Research Fellow at BREAD, CEPR, IGC, IPA, and J-PAL, and serves as an Associate Editor for Econometrica and the Economic Journal. Additionally, he is a member of the BREAD Board of Directors. Lorenzo earned his B.A. from the University of Bologna and his Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University. Prior to his position at Zurich, he completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR).
