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Mundell Distinguished Address: Mario Monti
Presentation Title: Introduction of Mario Monti
Mario Monti, Bocconi University—Italy
Presentation Title: Economic policy divergences in Europe and their cultural roots
Biography: Mario Monti is President of Bocconi University, Milan. He is Chairman of the High-level Group on Own Resources of the European Union, of the Council on the Future of Europe of the Berggruen Institute on Governance, and Honorary Chairman of Bruegel, a European think-tank. He was Prime Minister of Italy (2011-2013). He served for ten years as a member of the European Commission, in charge of the Internal Market, Financial Services and Tax Policy (1995-1999), then of Competition (1999-2004). Born in Varese, Italy, in 1943, he graduated from Bocconi University and pursued graduate studies at Yale University. Prior to joining the European Commission, he had been Professor of Economics and Rector at Bocconi.