Fabrizio Zilibotti (born September 7, 1964) is an Italian economist.

He is the Tuntex Professor of International and Development Economics at Yale University.

He is a fellow of the Econometric Society, of the NBER and of the CEPR, and a member of the Academia Europaea honoris causa.

[2] His doctoral thesis was titled "Endogenous growth and underdevelopment traps: A theoretical and empirical analysis.

and Mrs. Tien Oung Liu Distinguished Visiting Professorship”) and the Universities of Oslo, Bologna, Southampton, and CERGE-EI Prague.