Christopher Tonetti
Associate Professor of Economics
Botha-Chan Faculty Scholar for 2024–2025
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Bio
Christopher Tonetti is an associate professor at Stanford Graduate School of Business and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. His research is in the area of macroeconomics, with a focus on growth, and household finance. Christopher received a BA in economics-mathematics from Columbia University and a PhD in economics from New York University.
Research Interests
- Macroeconomics
- Household Finance
Stanford GSB Affiliations
- Faculty Affiliate King Center on Global Development
Stanford University Affiliations
- Faculty Fellow Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
Academic Degrees
- PhD, Economics, New York University, 2013
- BA, Economics-Mathematics, Columbia University, 2005
Academic Appointments
- Associate Professor of Economics, Stanford Graduate School of Business, 2017–present (tenured Sep 2021)
- Assistant Professor of Economics, Stanford Graduate School of Business, 2013–17
- Peter B. Kenen Fellow, Visiting Research Scholar, Princeton University, 2018–19
Awards and Honors
- Botha-Chan Faculty Scholar, 2023–24
- Business School Trust Faculty Scholar, 2021–22
- John A. Gunn and Cynthia Fry Gunn Faculty Scholar, 2020–21
- Fletcher Jones Faculty Scholar, 2017–18
- GSB Trust Faculty Fellow, 2015–16
Service to the Profession
- Associate Editor, Review of Economic Dynamics
Professional Experience
- Research Associate — EFG, National Bureau of Economic Research, 2022–present (FRF 2015-2022)
- Editor, Journal of Political Economy Macroeconomics, 2022–present
- Associate Editor, Review of Economic Dynamics, 2020–22
- Assistant Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 2005–07
Research Statement
Christopher Tonetti is a macroeconomist with research in the areas of growth and household finance. His growth research focuses on how firms' investments in innovation and technology adoption contribute to aggregate growth. His recent research is on understanding the incentives and barriers that determine the diffusion of nonrival factors of production and production technologies (data and ideas). Recently he has studied the economics of consumer-generated data with an emphasis on property rights, incorporating concerns over privacy as well as the potentially productive use of data in innovation. He has also recently studied how changes in trade policy can alter the competitive environment and affect growth rates by altering the technology adoption patterns of firms. His household finance research focuses on the dynamics of household wealth, income, and consumption over the life cycle. His recent work studies the reasons for the saving and labor supply behavior of the elderly and their desire for insurance against late-in-life health and longevity risks.