Dr. Antonio Andrés Bellofatto is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Economics at the University of Queensland, where he has served since 2015. He earned his Ph.D. in Economics from Carnegie Mellon University in 2015, advised by Laurence Ales and Christopher Sleet, with Stephen Spear and Sevin Yeltekin on his committee. Prior to the doctorate, he completed an M.Sc. in Economics at Carnegie Mellon University in 2011, a Graduate Degree in Economics from Universidad Torcuato Di Tella in 2009, and a B.A. in Economics from Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina in 2007 as valedictorian. For his undergraduate achievements, he received the Gold Medal, the Prize “Editorial El Derecho” for highest GPA, and a scholarship for academic merit. During graduate studies, he held the William Larimer Mellon Fellowship from 2009 to 2012 and a Fellowship from the Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica in Argentina from 2007 to 2008.

Bellofatto's research specializations include macroeconomics, public finance, and contract theory. Key publications feature "Wealth taxation and life expectancy" in the Journal of Monetary Economics (2025); "Uncovering urban advantages: evidence from Australian firm-level data" in the Economic Record (2023, with Begoña Domínguez and Elyse C. Dwyer); "Tax decentralization notwithstanding regional disparities" in the Journal of Urban Economics (2021, with Martín Besfamille); "Regional state capacity and the optimal degree of fiscal decentralization" in the Journal of Public Economics (2018, with Martín Besfamille); and "Taxing atlas: executive compensation, firm size, and their impact on optimal top income tax rates" in the Review of Economic Dynamics (2017, with Laurence Ales and Jessie Jiaxu Wang). He has obtained grants including the ARC Discovery Project "Supporting Entry and Growth of Australian Businesses via Tax and Transfers" (2022–2025, with Begoña Domínguez), UQ Early Career Researcher Grant "Unequal Incomes, Unequal Lifespans: Implications for Fiscal Policy Design" (2019), and New Staff Research Start-Up Fund (2015). Bellofatto supervises PhD students as principal advisor for completed theses on "Talent Allocation in the Indian Economy" (2025, with Jorge Miranda Pinto) and "Essays on the Optimal Taxation of the Family" (2024, with Begoña Domínguez), and associate advisor for ongoing projects.

Professional Email: a.bellofatto@uq.edu.au