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Christian Catalini

Chief Economist at Diem

Cambridge, US

About

Christian Catalini's main areas of interest are the economics of innovation, entrepreneurship and scientific productivity. His research focuses on crowdfunding and online entrepreneurial finance, how proximity affects the recombination of ideas, Bitcoin, the adoption of technology standards, science and technology interactions. He holds a PhD from the University of Toronto (Rotman School of Management), and MSc (summa cum laude) in Economics and Management of New Technologies from Bocconi University, Milan. In 2009-10 he was a visiting student at Harvard University. He has presented his research on proximity and innovation at a variety of institutions including Harvard University, MIT, Yale University, London Business School.

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  • 2 investors at Diem are tracked.
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  • 491 investors are based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.

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