Biography
Gianmarco Ottaviano is Full Professor of Economics and holds the Achille and Giulia Boroli Chair in European Studies at Bocconi University, where he co-directs the Globalization and Industrial Dynamics Research Unit at the Baffi Centre. He previously held professorships at the London School of Economics?where he directed the Centre for Economic Performance's Trade Programme?and the University of Bologna. An expert in international trade, urban economics, and economic geography, his recent research examines corporate competitiveness, digital infrastructure, and the economic impacts of immigration and delocalization. Professor Ottaviano is a Fellow of both the Academia Europaea and the Royal Society of Arts, and maintains research affiliations with several leading international institutions, including the CEPR, CEP, and the Kiel Institute.
Current areas of research include:
- International trade and firm heterogeneity: Market size, trade and productivity; Product mix and firm responses to trade competition; Global value chains during the great trade collapse; Revealing Ricardian comparative advantage.
- Economic geography and agglomeration: New economic geography and agglomeration economies; Core-periphery models and spatial fluctuations; Market potential and regional productivity; Local innovative activity, AI and regional disparities.
- Migration and cultural diversity: Labor market effects of immigration on wages; Immigrant inventors and ethnic diversity; Cultural diversity and economic performance; Cities, cultures, and creative capacity.
- Labor markets, automation, and inequality: Robot adoption, worker-firm sorting, and wage inequality; Employment consequences of automation and offshoring; Offshoring and product innovation; Trade and intergenerational income mobility.
- Economic integration and regional policy: Regional policy insights from new economic geography; Costs and benefits of Brexit trade effects; Commodity tax harmonization and industry location; Capital markets union and growth prospects for small and medium enterprises.
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