Expertise: International Trade, Regional and Urban Economics, Applied Econometrics
Biography:Giordano Mion is currently Professor of International Trade at the University of Sussex, UK. Before joining the University of Sussex in 2015, Giordano Mion was a Professor at the University of Surrey (2013-2015), a Lecturer at the London School of Economics (2009-2013) as well as post-doctoral fellow at the Université Catholique de Louvain in Belgium (2005-2008) from which he received a PhD in Economics in 2004. He was also a visiting scholar at the Paris School of Economics, University of Toronto and University of Bologna. Past research awards include the Highly Cited Authors Award from the Journal of Urban Economics and the Mundell Prize form the Canadian Journal of Economics. He is currently a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Economic Geography.
Giordano Mion is currently a Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) and is associated to the Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) at the London School of Economics as well as to the Center for Economic Studies and the Ifo Institute (CESifo). His research and teaching focus on International Trade, Urban Economics and Applied Econometrics. He has been publishing in international peer-reviewed journals including the Journal of International Economics, the Journal of Urban Economics, the Economic Journal, the International Economic Review and the Review of Economics and Statistics. He has also conducted a number of studies and consultancies for the UK Trade and Investment agency, the UK Department for Transport, the UK Business and Investment agency and the European Central Bank.
Education:
- PhD in Economics, Université Catholique de Louvain, 2004
Awards:
- Highly cited author award from Elsevier for one of the 10 most cited papers in the Journal of Urban Economics during 2004-2008.
- Robert Mundell prize for the best article in the Canadian Journal of Economics by a young economist in 2009
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Selected Publications:
- Spatial externalities and empirical analysis: the case of Italy. Journal of Urban Economics, 2004, Vol. 56(1), pp 97-118.
- "Managers’ Mobility, Trade Performance and Wages", joint with Luca David Opromolla, Journal of International Economics, 2014, Vol. 94(1), pp. 85-101.
- "Trade, wages and productivity", joint with Kristian Behrens, Yasusada Murata and Jens Südekum, International Economic Review, 2014, Vol. 55(4), pp. 1305-1348.
CEP Publications:
- Unraveling Firms: Demand, Productivity and Markups Heterogeneity
Emanuele Forlani,
Ralf Martin,
Giordano Mion,
Mirabelle Muûls,
January 2016
Paper No' CEPDP1402:
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- Productivity and Organization in Portuguese Firms
Lorenzo Caliendo,
Giordano Mion,
Luca David Opromolla,
Esteban Rossi-Hansberg,
December 2015
Paper No' CEPDP1397:
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- The Determinants of Intrafirm Trade: Evidence from French Firms
Gregory Corcos,
Delphine M. Irac,
Giordano Mion,
Thierry Verdier,
January 2012
Paper No' CEPDP1119:
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- Institutions and Export Dynamics
Luis Araujo,
Giordano Mion,
Emanuel Ornelas,
January 2012
Paper No' CEPDP1118:
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- Spatial Frictions
Kristian Behrens,
Giordano Mion,
Yasusada Murata,
Jens Südekum,
December 2011
Paper No' CEPDP1108:
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- Service Trade and Occupational Tasks: An Empirical Investigation
Andrea Ariu,
Giordano Mion,
December 2011
Paper No' CEPDP1107:
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- Trade crisis - what trade crisis?
Giordano Mion,
March 2011
Paper No' CEPCP336:
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This article summarises 'Trade Crisis? What Trade Crisis?' by Kristian Behrens, Gregory Corcos and Giordano Mion, CEP Discussion Paper No. 995
- Managers' Mobility, Trade Status and Wages
Giordano Mion,
Luca David Opromolla,
February 2011
Paper No' CEPDP1044:
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This paper has been published as:
Managers mobility, trade performance and wages, Giordano Mion and Luca David Opromolla, Journal of International Economics, Volume 94, Issue 1, September 2014
- Import Competition from and Outsourcing to China: A Curse or Blessing for Firms?
Giordano Mion,
Linke Zhu,
December 2010
Paper No' CEPDP1038:
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- Trade Crisis? What Trade Crisis?
Kristian Behrens,
Gregory Corcos,
Giordano Mion,
August 2010
Paper No' CEPDP0995:
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- Trade, Wages and Productivity
Kristian Behrens,
Giordano Mion,
Yasusada Murata,
Jens Südekum,
October 2009
Paper No' SERCDP0029:
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- Productivity and Firm Selection: Quantifying the 'New' Gains from Trade
Gregory Corocs,
Massimo Del Gatto,
Giordano Mion,
G.I.P. Ottaviano,
October 2009
Paper No' SERCDP0028:
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- Trade, Wages and Productivity
Kristian Behrens,
Giordano Mion,
Yasusada Murata,
Jens Südekum,
July 2009
Paper No' CEPDP0942:
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This paper has been published as:
Trade, wages and productivity, Kristian Behrens, Giordano Mion, Yasusada Murata and Jens Südekum, International Economic Review, Volume 55, Issue 4, November 2014
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