Economics · UC San Diego
Eugenio Piga
I am a Ph.D. student in Economics at the University of California, San Diego.
Regents Fellowship · 2024–2026
I study macroeconomics, innovation, and the economics of artificial intelligence, with a focus on the effects of technological change on inequality.
Email: epiga@ucsd.edu
Current Focus
- AI, Organizational Learning, and Human Capital.
- The Origin of Innovation Clusters, with Gaurav Khanna and Yuhei Miyauchi.
News
- I will participate in the 4th Summer School in International Economics at Bocconi University (2026).
- Awarded the Regents Fellowship at UC San Diego (2024–2026).
- Participated in the AI+Economics Summer Institute at the University of Chicago (2025).
- Attended the Machine Learning in Economics Summer Conference (2025) at the University of Chicago (2025).
- Attended the NBER Annual Conference on Macroeconomics (2023).