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Cristobal Pissarides is a world-renowned economist.
Cristóbal Pissarides is an economist, professor, researcher and author. He studied at the London School of Economics and Political Science and at the University of Essex where he obtained a PhD in Philosophy.
He is a professor and part of the Norman Sosnow Chair in Economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His research focuses on issues in macroeconomics, labor, economic growth and economic policy. One of his most recognized works was "Job Creation and Destruction in Unemployment Theory" together with Dale Mortensen.
Among his recognitions, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics (2010) together with Peter Diamond and Dale Mortensen, for his contributions to the theories of frictional search and macroeconomics.
