Stoian, Adrian

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Adrian Stoian is an Associate Professor of Economics at John Cabot University. He holds a PhD in Economics from University of Arizona (2008), an M.A. in Economics from Clemson University (2003) and a B.A. in Finance and Banking from Babes Bolyai University, Romania (1997). He has extensive teaching experience having taught undergraduate and graduate level courses as diverse as Principles of Economics, Managerial Economics, Business Statistics, Econometrics, International Economics, Research Methods at six different academic institutions both in the U.S. and internationally. He has research interests in applied microeconomics, in the fields of experimental economics, economic history, labor economics. His papers appeared in prestigious outlets such as Experimental Economics, Explorations in Economic History, National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series. He has presented his research at numerous top international conferences, has been actively involved in refereeing and discussing other papers and has extensive experience mentoring and advising both undergraduate and graduate students. He also has private sector experience as he worked for insurance and brokerage companies.

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    Effective Information, Political Structure and Economic Growth
    (2021) Merva, Mary; Stoian, Adrian; Costagli, Simona
    Digital transformation of information led us to reconsider Hayek’s (American Economic Review, 35, 519–530) insight on a fuller use of information and re-classify political structures based on their information protection policies. This allows us to link the accumulation of information with the political structure to frame their joint impact on economic growth. We develop a model of ‘effective information’ beginning with information production and absorption and then allowing for its political propagation based on the degree of information protection. Using data from 40 countries, we find: (i) effective information and its spillovers contribute to an increase in productivity; and (ii) reductions in information protection bring larger increases in effective information as economies near an ‘information-technology frontier’ contributing to economic growth divergence.