Osvaldo Meloni was born in San Miguel de Tucumán. He obtained a Bachelor´s degree in Economics at the National University of Tucumán (UNT), a Master´s degree in Economics from the Center of Macroeconomic Studies of Argentina (CEMA), a Master of Arts (Economics) from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in U.S.A. and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of San Andrés. He is full professor of the Chair of Industrial Economics (UNT). He taught undergraduate and graduate courses at various universities inn the country. He was Director of Research Programs of the Tucuman Foundation, consultant to the IDBA and World Bank and Director of the Institute of Economic Research of the UNT. He obtained an honorable mention in the competition of the Association of Argentine Banks in 1990, the First Prize "Fulvio S. Pagani" in the competition of the ARCOR Foundation in 1999 and the Centennial Prize of the National Academy of Economic Science 2014. He is author of the books Análisis Económico de las Políticas de Prevención y Represión del Delito en Argentina (with Ana María Cerro) and Historia Económica de las Regiones Argentinas (with Bandieri, Coria López, Dabus, Llach, Rosales and Visintini). He is also the compiler of the books Progresos en Economía Política de la Política Fiscal, Investigaciones sobre Economía de la Delincuencia (with Ana María Cerro), Incentivos perversos, gobernantes oportunistas y votantes racionales (with José Bercoff). He has published articles in international journals among which stand out the Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, Economics of Governance, Research in Economic History, Economics & Politics, International Review of Law and Economics, Public Finance and Management, Journal of Applied Economics and Economics Letters.