Maurizio Mazzocco

Maurizio Mazzocco is a Professor of Economics at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago and specializes in applied microeconomics with a focus on family intertemporal decisions, political economy, development economics, and risk preferences. His research explores mechanisms behind political corruption, electoral incentives, and household decision-making under uncertainty.

Key research themes include the impact of political institutions on economic development, corruption dynamics using Brazilian audit data, and the interplay between taxation, health expenditure, and savings behavior. Methodologically, he bridges theoretical frameworks with empirical analysis, contributing to econometric methods for combined cross-sectional and time-series data.

His work spans over two decades, with notable contributions to understanding marriage market dynamics, risk-sharing inefficiencies, and cohort size effects. Mazzocco's recent studies emphasize policy bundles to combat corruption and the role of aggregate productivity shocks in macroeconomic frameworks. His research is characterized by interdisciplinary approaches linking microeconomic decisions to broader societal outcomes.