Paola Giuliano (Italy ,1972) is an economist and currently the Chauncey J. Medberry Chair in Management at the University of California, Los Angeles.
During her tenure at the IMF, she was also a visiting scholar at Harvard University from 2006 to 2008.
Her works have been cited over 14,000 times[10] and she is the 70th most influential woman in economics according to her citation count on IDEAS.
[14] Her work on culture has been recognized in the profession and she was asked to write a review article on "Culture and Institutions" in the Journal of Economics Literature along with Alberto Alesina.
[15] Her research has been featured in Washington Post,[16] Financial Times,[17] The Guardian,[18] New York Times,[19][20][21] The Economist,[22] Corriere della Sera,[23] Le Figaro,[24] Forbes and [25] CNBC.