martedì 9,30-12,30 a novoli, edificio d6 2 piano ufficio 57. Altri orari possono essere concordati per mail (giorgia.giovannetti@unifi.it).

dal 9 marzo  al 3 aprile  per favore usare skype (giorgia.giovannetti1) o Meet

Students hours Tuesday 9,30-12,30 novoli room 57 2nd floor building d6.  

In the period of distance learning (up to April 3rd) please use skype (giorgia.giovannetti1) or Meet

e-mail: giorgia.giovannetti@unifi.it, sposata, due figli (Laura, 1991; Paolo, 1996)
PhD in Economia, Universita' di Cambridge, UK, Wolfson College, novembre 1989, Titolo della tesi: 'Essays on trade flows and exchange rates', supervisore Prof. H.Pesaran. Mphil in Economia, Università di Cambridge, UK, giugno 1982.Laurea in Scienze Statistiche e Demografiche, Università di Roma, febbraio 1980, Titolo della tesi: 'La trasmissione internazionale dell' inflazione', relatore Prof. L. Izzo, votazione 110/110 e lode. Pro rettore per le Relazioni Internazionali (dal 2015) e Professore ordinario, DISEI, Università di Firenze. Cattedra di Economia Politica, dal 1 febbraio 2001. Lead Author and team responsible, European Report on Development (ERD, presso European University Institute, Firenze), da ottobre 2008. Professore Associato, Facoltà di Ingegneria, Università di Firenze. Cattedra di Economia Politica. Vincitrice di concorso libero nel 1992, triennio 1992-1995 presso il Dipartimento di Economia e Territorio, Facoltà  ¤i Economia e Commercio, Università  ¤i Cassino, cattedra di Economia e Politica Internazionale, trasferita il 1 novembre 1995. Ricercatore, Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Facoltà di Scienze Statistiche Demografiche ed Attuariali, Università degli Studi di Roma 'La Sapienza'. Vincitrice di concorso libero nel 1983, ricercatore confermato dal 1987. Fellow, Trinity College, Cambridge, UK, dal settembre 1990. Dà  ¬e dimissioni il 30 settembre 1995. Lector, Trinity College, Cambridge, UK, settembre 1988-giugno 1989.

Visiting Positions:

Visiting Professor, European University Institute, da ottobre 2008.
Fellow of the European Forum 1996-97 on the Political Economy of an Integrated Europe, Istituto Universitario Europeo, Firenze, settembre 1996-giugno 1997;
Visiting Professor, Istituto Universitario Europeo, Firenze, 1994 -1995, 1995-1996, 1997-1998, 1998-1999,1999-2000 e 2000-2001.
Visiting Professor, Universitat Torcuato de Tella, Buenos Aires, agosto 1999.
Visiting Professor, Università  Pompeu Fabra, Barcellona, Spagna, settembre-dicembre 1991 e gennaio-marzo 1994.
Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, USA, giugno-luglio 1992.

Incarichi accademici

• Pro rettore per le relazioni internazionali
• Professore Ordinario di Economia Politica, Facoltà di Ingegneria, Università di Firenze dal 1 febbraio 2001.
• Membro del Board of Directors, Global Governance Program, Robert Schuman center, EUI, Florence (2011- ).
• Membro del  working Group on Reform of Rome Agencies, Centre for Global Development , Washington DC (February 2012-)
• Membro del Comitato per le relazioni Internazionali Societá Italiana degli Economisti (SIE), dal  2010.
• Fellow Centro Studi Luca D'Agliano, Torino.
• Team leader dell' "European Report on Development per il 2009 e il 2010", presso "Robert Schuman Centre", European University Institute, San Domenico di Fiesole, dal settembre 2008 e part time professor, EUI, dal settembre 2008 (contratto fino a settembre 2011).
• Part time professor New York University (2006- ), corso su "global issues in International Economics" e "Development Economics".
• Professore Associato di Economia Politica, Università di Firenze. 1995-2000, Facoltà di Ingegneria, Università di Cassino, 1992-1995, Facoltà di Economia e Commercio.
• Ricercatore, Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza". 1983-1995, Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Facoltà di Scienze Statistiche Demografiche ed Attuariali.
• Fellow e lecturer, Trinity College, Cambridge, UK, dal settembre 1990 al 30 settembre 1995; Lector, Trinity College, settembre 1988-giugno 1989.

Studi:

o        PhD in Economia, Università di Cambridge, UK, novembre 1989, tesi: "Essays on trade flows and exchange rates", supervisore Prof. H.Pesaran.

o        Mphil in Economia, Università di Cambridge, UK, giugno 1982.

o        Laurea in Scienze Statistiche e Demografiche, Università di Roma, febbraio 1980, Titolo della tesi: "La trasmissione internazionale dell'inflazione", relatore Prof. L. Izzo, votazione 110/110 e lode.

Altri Incarichi:

• Dirigente Area Studi, Ricerche e Statistiche, ICE, Roma dal 15 gennaio 2005 al 15 gennaio 2007.
• Segretario Scientifico della Fondazione Manlio Masi, Osservatorio per l'internazionalizzazione delle piccole imprese (dal 2006);
• Fellow of the European Forum 1996-97 on the Political Economy of an Integrated Europe, Istituto Universitario Europeo, Firenze, settembre 1996-giugno 1997;
• Visiting Professor, Istituto Universitario Europeo, Firenze, dal 1994 al 2001.
• Visiting Professor, Universitat Torcuato de Tella, Buenos Aires, agosto 1999.
• Visiting Professor, Università Pompeu Fabra, Barcellona, Spagna, settembre-dicembre 1991 e gennaio-marzo 1994.
• Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, USA, giugno-luglio 1992.

Borse di studio e ricerca:

- B. Stringher, Banca d'Italia, Roma, 1981 - 1982;

- Ente L.Einaudi, Roma, 1982 - 1984;

- Fondazione L.Einaudi, Torino, 1980 - 1981;

- Ministerio de Economia, Spagna, 1991.

PRINCIPALI PUBBLICAZIONI INTERNAZIONALI:

1. FDIs and growth: What cross-country industry data say, (con M. Cipollina, F. Pietrovito e A. Pozzolo),  the World Economy, 2012, anche working paper Luca d'Agliano, 2011.

2.   "Network Analysis to Detect Common Strategies in the Italian Foreign Direct Investment", (con G. De Masi e G. Ricchiuti), 2012,  PhysicaA.

3.   Location, Internationalization and Performance of Firms in Italy: a Multilevel Approach, (con G. Ricchiuti e M. Velucchi),  Applied Economics, 2012.

1. L'"effetto Cina" sui prezzi alle esportazioni italiane: una spinta all'upgrading qualitativo, (con Marco Sanfilippo), 2012, Economia Italiana, n. 2, 2012, p. 97-117
2. China's Economic Cooperation with Africa, (con Marco Sanfilippo), Journal of African Development, vol 13 n 2, 2011, p.143-176.

6.   Successes in Social Protection: Can We Extract Lessons? (con A. De Haan, R. Sabates Wheeler e M. Sanfilippo), Canadian Journal of Development Studies, 2011,Vol. 32, No. 4, December, pp.  440-455.

1.  "The effects of the financial crisis on Sub-Saharan Africa" (con F. Allen), Review of Development Finance, 1, 2011, p. 1-27.
2. "Productivity and the international firm: dissecting heterogeneity" (con D. Castellani), The Journal of Economic Policy Reform, 2010.
3. Size, Innovation and Internationalization: a Survival Analysis of Italian Firms (con G. Ricchiuti e M. Velucchi), Applied Economics, 2010, DOI: 10.1080/00036840802600566.
4. "A Tale of Parallel Integration Processes: A Gravity Analysis of EU Trade with Mediterranean and Central and Eastern European Countries", (con Pastore, Francesco and Ferragina, Anna Maria), in Review of Middle East Economics and Finance: Vol. 5 : No. 2, Article 2, 2009.
5. "Do Chinese exports crowd-out African goods? An econometric Analysis by country and sector" (con Marco Sanfilippo), The European Journal of Development Research, vol 21, n. 4 Settembre, 2009, pp 506-530.
6. Nominal Debt as a Burden on Monetary Policy (con R. Marimon, J. Diaz Gimenez e P. Teles), Review of Economic Dynamics, 2008, vol 11, p. già NBER Working Paper 13677, Dicembre 2007.

13.                Imprese Internazionalizzate e produttività: il ruolo delle competenze organizzative e manageriali, (con D. Castellani), ), l'Industria, n.3, 2008, p 385-404.

14.                Struttura industriale e competitività: elementi determinanti nel processo di internazionalizzazione dell'economia italiana (con E. Mazzeo), l'Industria, n. 1, 2008

1. "J curve" in S. Durlauf a cura di, "The new Palgrave Dictionary of Economics", 2007.
2. Geografia e commercio mondiale (con L. De Benedictis), Ice, rapporto sul Commercio Estero 2006, Rome luglio 2006.
3. Forecasting EU-Romania Trade by Gravity Analysis, con A. Ferragina and F. Pastore in Romanian Journal of Economic Forecasting, 4/2005, 83-93
4. "The Business Cycle and its International Transmission: Recent Changes for the Italian Economy" (con M. Cacciotti, B. Cerciello, and G. De Arcangelis), Rivista di Politica Economica, giugno 2005.
5. "Trade Links with the SEEC's: Trade Specialization and Industrial Structure"; (con G. De Arcangelis, G. Ferri and M. Galeotti), Journal of Balkans, 2005.
6. "A Monetary Union for a Heterogeneous Europe" (con R. Marimon), in F. Torres ed., Monetary Reform in Europe, Universitade Catolica Editora, Lisbon, 1996;
7. "An EMU with different transmission mechanisms?" (con R. Marimon), in J. von Hagen and C. Waller (eds.) Regional Aspects of Monetary Policy in Europe, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1999.
8. "Policy Commitments and the Creation of EMU" (con R. Marimon e P. Teles) in J. Arrowsmith ed. Thinking the Unthinkable about EMU, National Institute of Economic and Social Research, London, marzo 1998;
9. "A Monetary Union for a Heterogeneous Europe" (con R. Marimon), in F. Torres ed., Monetary Reform in Europe, Universitade Catolica Editora, Lisbon, 1996;
10. "Europa: Heterogeneidad Economica e Integracion Monetaria" (con R. Marimon), in R. Marimon ed. La economia Espanola: una vision diferente, A. Bosch, Barcelona, January 1996;
11. "La Economia Politica della Union Monetaria Europea" (con R. Marimon), in R. Marimon ed. La economia Espanola: una vision diferente, A. Bosch, Barcelona, January 1996;
12. "Growth, Capital Flows and Enforcement Constraints: The Case of Africa,'' (con A. Marcet e R. Marimon), European Economic Review, 1993.

Altre Pubblicazioni (ultimi 10 anni)

• "Do FDI in business services follow fdi in manufacturing? Evidence from Italian firm-level data" (con M. Armenise e I. Cingottini), in Business services, The new Frontiers of Competitiveness, a cura di Giorgia Giovannetti, P. Guerrieri e B. Quintieri, Rubbettino editore, 2010.
• "Development Policy's Missing Link". in Poverty in Focus, Long Term Social protection for Inclusive Growth, n. 22, International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth Poverty Practice, Bureau for Development Policy, UNDP, 2010, p. 25-25
• "Business Services: The new Frontiers of Competitiveness (con P. Guerrieri e B. Quintieri), Rubbettino editore, 2010
• "L'effetto Cina sulle esportazioni Italiane" (con Marco Sanfilippo e Margherita Velucchi), L'Italia nell'economia internazionale. Rapporto ICE 2009-2010, ICE, Roma, 2010, pp.119-125, (2010)
• "A MEM Analysis of African Financial Markets", con M. Velucchi, New Perspectives in Statistical Modeling and Data Analysis (S. Ingrassia, R. Rocci, M. Vichi Eds.), Springer-Verlag, series Studies in Classification, Data Analysis, and Knowledge Organization, forthcoming.
• "Heterogeneity in Managerial Strategies and Internationalization of Firms: the Case of Italy", con M. Velucchi e G. Ricchiuti, Working Papers Department of Economics, Università degli Studi di Firenze, n. 04/2010, (2010), [sottomesso a Research in Economics]
• "Fragile countries and the current Economic crisis", (con Franklin Allen), European University Institute working paper, ottobre, 2009;
• "Location, Internationalization and Performance of Firms in Italy: a Multilevel Approach", con M. Velucchi e R. Ricchiuti, Working Paper Series Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche Università di Firenze, N. 09/2009, (2009), [sottomesso ad Applied Economics].
• "African Financial Markets: A Spillover Analysis of Shocks", con M. Velucchi, ERD 2009, Overcoming Fragility in Africa - Forging a New European Approach, pp. 118-119, (2009). Extracted from Background paper for European Report on Development, ottobre, 2009
• "Commercio, outsourcing e gli effetti sul mercato del lavoro" (con B. Quintieri) in Dell'Aringa, Giovannetti, Padoan, Quintieri e Sestito eds, Globalizzazione, Specializzazione produttiva e mercato del lavoro, Rubbettino editore, collana Fondazione Masi, 2008
• Globalizzazione, Specializzazione produttiva e mercato del lavoro, con Dell'Aringa, Padoan, Quintieri e Sestito eds, Rubbettino editore, collana Fondazione Masi, 2008, Roma
• "Trade and Foreign Direct Investment: Italy, Germany and the New Europe" (con F. Luchetti), in A. Quadrio Curzio e M. Fortis eds. The EU and the Economies of the Eastern European Enlargement, Physica-Verlag, 2008.
• "Le imprese esportatrici sfruttano i vantaggi di localizzazione? Un'analisi multilivello per imprese italiane" (con G. Ricchiuti and M. Velucchi), 2008, in Rapporto Commercio Estero;
• "Globalization", in P. Della Posta e A. Verdun (eds), Palgrave Mc Millan, 2009.
• "Strategie di prezzo e qualità nelle esportazioni italiane: il settore tessile-abbigliamento" (con M. Armenise e F. Luchetti) in A. Lanza e B. Quintieri: Eppur si Muove, Rubettino ed. marzo 2007
• "Dinamica dell'interscambio commerciale e degli investimenti diretti esteri tra Italia ed Europa Centro Orientale" (con F. Luchetti) , in M. Fortis e A. Quadrio Curzio, L'Europa Allargata, l'est e l'Italia, il Mulino, Bologna 2007.
• "Dimensione, Innovazione e Internazionalizzazione: Un'Analisi di Sopravvivenza delle Imprese Italiane, (con G. Ricchiuti e M. Velucchi), Rapporto Commercio Estero ICE, 2007, Roma, luglio 2007
• Effetti della Imprenditorialità e della Internazionalizzazione sulla performance di impresa in Italia (con G. Ricchiuti and M. Velucchi), Rapporto Commercio Estero, ICE, Roma, luglio 2007
• Commento in Come sta cambiando l'Italia, Baldwin R. Barba Navaretti G e T. Boeri eds, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2007.
• The effects of the new patterns of FDI on growth and inequality: the case of Southern Mediterranean Countries (con Giorgio Ricchiuti e C. Bonassi) in A. Cornia (ed.) Pro-poor Macroeconomics, Palgrave, London, 2006.
• Il Superamento delle tensioni commerciali transatlantiche, in " Alleanze alla prova: Europa e Stati uniti fra cooperazione e conflitto", E. Sassoon e C. Secchi a cura di, Egea editore, 2006.
• Due modelli di integrazione commerciale e produttiva con l'Europa centro orientale: un confronto fra Italia e Germania (con F. Luchetti e C. Bonassi), Rapporto Commercio Estero, ICE 2006, Roma, luglio 2006
• "A Tale of Parallel Integration Processes. A Gravity Analysis of EU Trade with Mediterranean and Central and Eastern European Countries", IZA Discussion Paper, No. 1829, (con A. Ferragina e Francesco Pastore), 2005
• "Sud o Est? Sfide e opportunità per l'Italia di una crescente integrazione" " (con G. De Arcangelis, G. Ferri e M. Galeotti), in L. Paganetto e B. Quintieri eds. Il commercio estero dell'Italia, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2003.
• "Quote di mercato e competitività delle imprese italiane nel bacino del Mediterraneo e nei Balcani" (con G. De Arcangelis, G. Ferri e M. Galeotti), in La Competitività dell'Italia, in GP. Galli e L. Paganetto a cura di, Il Sole 24 Ore, Milan, 2002.
• "Sulle asimmetrie di una politica monetaria comune in Europa" (con G. De Arcangelis), in Da Nazioni a Regioni: Mutamenti Istituzionali e strutturali dopo l'Unione Monetaria Europea, in F. Farina e R. Tamburini eds., Bologna, Il Mulino, 2002.
• "EMU and the Mediterranean Area" in Economic Cooperation among the Countries in the Mediterranean Area, P. Tani ed., Florence University Press, Firenze, 2001.
• "Perspective of trade of Italy with Balkans and Mediterranean"(con G. De Arcangelis, G. Ferri and M. Galeotti), in Rapporto sul Commercio Estero, ICE, 2000, Roma, 2001.
• "L'Unione Monetaria Europea e i paesi del Sud del Mediterraneo ("EMU and South Mediterranean countries"), in P.C. Padoan ed., Gli effetti Reali dell'Euro, il Mulino, Bologna, 2000.

Principali presentazioni

Accademiche (ultimi 10 anni)

• CEDI 7th Annual Conference: Developing Countries, Institutions, and the Global Economic Crisis, Brunel University, London, giugno 2012, "A spillover Analysis of Shocks on African Financial Markets"
• Unicredit, Milan, giugno 2012, "The China effects on Italian export prices", workshop on the Italian Economy
• Royal Economic Society, 2012 Meetings, Cambridge, marzo 2012, "The impact of China on manufacturing exports of Italy and Germany"
• Trapca 6th Annual Conference, on Land Grabbing, Arusha, Tanzania, novembre 2011.
• Oslo, European Economic Association 2011 Meetings, The "China effect" on EU Exports to OECD markets - the case of Italy
• Zanzibar, NBER Africa, agosto 2011
• Conference on Domestic and Foreign Investment in Land, Water and Renewable Energy, Nairobi, luglio 2011,
• ABCDE Conference World Bank, Paris, 2011, Social Protection in Indonesia
• Conference in honour of Prof S. Biasco, Roma, February 2011, a contribution
• Roma, Universita' la Sapienza, Services for competitiveness, December 2010, Attracting FDI in Business Services to improve manufacturing performance and competitiveness: evidence from the Italian provinces
• Johannesbourg, Social protection as an integral part of development policy, International policy centre for Inclusive growth, Conference Can Social protection promoter Inclusive Growth? Novembre 2010
• Venezia, First Workshop on the Chinese Economy, Banca d'Italia, Venice International University and Fondazione Masi, The China Effect on Italian Exports, Novembre 2010
• Tunis African Development Bank: 4 Annual Conference, Cash transfers for growth, October 2010
• Abu Dhabi, Africa House, NYU, China and Africa: Marzo 2010
• Tunis, 4th African Development Bank Conference, Ottobre 2010
• Abu Dhabi, Africa House, NYU, China and Africa: Marzo 2010
• Roma, Competitiveness of the Italian Economy, Ministero del Tesoro, Università di Roma 2 Tor Vergata e Fondazione Masi, Novembre 2009;
• Addis Ababa, African Development Bank, Annual Conference 2009, channels of transmission of the financial crisis, Novembre 2009;
• European Economic Association, 2009 Meeting, Barcelona, Agosto 2009, Productivity and the international firm: dissecting heterogeneity
• Accra, Conference on Financial markets, adverse shocks and coping strategies in fragile countries, fragile countries and the current economic crisis, Maggio 2009;
• Turin, Firb, TFP and management; also discussant, febbraio 2009;
• Lecce, Italian trade Study Group, Entrepreneurship and internationalization mode, maggio 2008;
• Milan, Firb, Management and productivity, febbraio 2008;
• Villa Mondragone, CNR, Firms Demography, settembre 2007;
• Cagliari, Crenos, Quality, R&D and Exports, giugno 2007;
• Roma, Conferenza Qualità
• Firenze, International Economics and Industrial Economics: a new bridge? Annual Conference of SIEPI, invited paper, gennaio 2007
• Roma, gennaio 2007, Conferenza Luiss, FDI and the "I" factor
• Roma, giugno 2006, Annual Conference of Italian Statistic Institute, Import Content of Italian Imports
• Firenze, EUI, Globalization, Round Table (with P. De Grauwe and M. Nuti), aprile 2006.
• Roma, Marzo 2006, Exports and FDI in Italian Districts, conferenza organizzata da Fondazione Masi
• Roma, febbraio 2006, Trade dynamic and Eastern Europe, Accademia dei Lincei, Conference organized by Fondazione Edison
• "The effects of the new patterns of FDI on growth and inequality: the case of Southern Mediterranean Countries", Pro-poor Macroeconomics, Unsrid, Florence, 24-25 febbraio 2005;
• "FDI in Egypt, Morocco, Turkey and Tunisia", Conference on "Southern Mediterranean Countries and the enlargement of EU", Il Cairo, novembre, 2004;
• European Economic Association, 2004 Meeting, Madrid, agosto 2004, "New Patterns of FDI and Mediterranean Countries",
• European Economic Association, 2003 Meeting, Stockholm, agosto 2003, "Nominal Debt as a Burden to Monetary Policy"
• Econometric Society European Meetings, Stockholm, agosto 2003, "The Business Cycle and its International Transmission: Recent Changes for the Italian Economy";
• Society for Economic Dynamics Meetings, Paris, giugno 2003, "Nominal Debt as a Burden to Monetary Policy"
• Conference on "Whither SEECs Development? A SME Perspective for Integration with the EU", World Bank and University of Bari, Bari, febbraio 2001, "Trade Links with the SEEC's: Trade Specialization and Industrial Structure";
• Società Italiana degli Economisti, Cagliari, ottobre 2000, invited lecture "Sulle asimmetrie di una politica monetaria comune in Europa";
• World Congress Econometric Society, Seattle, agosto 2000, "Nominal Debt and Monetary Policy Credibility";
• Conference on "La Europa de las Regiones tras la Union Monetaria", aprile 2000, Sevilla, Spain, invited lecture on " Una Union Monetaria con diferentes Mecanismos de Trasmision?"
• Conference on "Le Economie dell'Area del Mediterraneo", Bank of Italy, Aprile 2000, Rome, Italy, invited paper on "Integration in the Mediterranean Area, opportunities for Italy".
• Giornata Paolo Baffi, Ente L. Einaudi, dicembre 1999, Rome, Italy, invited paper on: "Nominal Debt and Monetary Policy".
• ASSET99, ottobre 1999, Tel Aviv, Israel, "Nominal Debt and Monetary Policy Credibility";
• Villa Mondragone XI International Seminar, Taxation and Fiscal Policy after EMU, luglio 1999, invited lecture on "Nominal Debt and Monetary Policy Credibility";
• Society for Economic Dynamics, 1999 Meetings, giugno 1999, Alghero, Italy, "Nominal Debt and Monetary Policy Credibility";
• Alexandria, Egypt, febbraio 1999, invited lecture at the Conference "Integration between Europe and the Arab World", "The Economic Dimension of Integration between Arab World and Western Europe";
• Il Cairo, Egypt, University Ain-Shams, novembre 1998, invited lecture at the Conference: "Economic Links between Mediterranean Countries", "EMU and the Mediterranean Area";
• Società Italiana degli Economisti, Milan, ottobre 1998, "EMU and the Mediterranean Area";
• European Economic Association, 1998 Meeting, Berlin, settembre 1998, "an EMU with different transmission mechanisms?";
• Bonn, luglio 1998, Common Money and Uncommon Regions, "An EMU with different Transmission Mechanisms?";
• Europe on the way to the Euro, Florence, maggio 1998, "Policy conflicts and Monetary Union: where do we stand?";
• CNR Meeting on: "Sviluppo economico e Relazioni Internazionali", Padova, Aprile 1998 "The impact of EMU on outsiders";
• L'Europa del Trattato di Amsterdam e dell'Euro, Conference organized by the European Parliament, Florence, marzo 1998, "The Euro, the dollar and the yen: changes in their uses as international currencies?";
• Identità e Conflitti: il Mediterraneo, Forum per I problemi della pace e della guerra, novembre 1997, Florence, "Some possible consequences of EMU for the Southern Mediterranean countries";
• Society for Economic Dynamics, 1997 Meetings, luglio 1997, Oxford, UK, "An EMU with different transmission mechanisms?";
• Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory, III International Meeting, giugno 1997, Antalya, Turkey, "An EMU with different transmission mechanisms?".

Conferenze "Policy oriented"

• Brussels dicembre 2010, lancio di ERD2010 (7 dicembre, agli European Development Days)
• Brussels, Decembre 2010, panel su World Bank WDR2011 (6 dicembre, agli European Development Days)
• Roma, Presentazione del rapporto sul Commercio estero, ICE, luglio 2010
• La protezione sociale e i disastri naturali, Miami, UNSRID, maggio 2010
• New York, Aprile 2010 EISS
• Stockholm, October 2009, lancio di ERD2009, European Development Days
• Presentazione dell'European Report on Development 2009, DIE (Bonn, November, 2009), European Commission (Brussels, October 2009), University of Manchester (Manchester, November 2009), German Marshal Fund (Washington, November 2009), Parigi (OCSE, Marzo 2010), New York (Nazioni Unite Marzo 2010), Praga (Global Development Network, Febbraio 2010), Barcelona (UAB, Maggio 2010)
• Firenze, European Report on Development, 2009, panel discussion e presentazione del Draft Report, giugno 2009
• Roma, Discussant del Rapporto Trimestrale ISAE Quarterly, luglio 2009;
• Roma, Presentazione del rapporto sul commercio Estero, ICE, luglio 2009;
• Barcelona, European Report on Development, 2009, panel discussion, maggio 2009;
• Florence, European Report on Development, 2009, panel discussion , Aprile 2009;
• Cambridge, European Report on Development, 2009, panel discussion, marzo 2009;
• Bologna, Prometeia, Presentazione Annual report, gennaio 2008;
• Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, dicembre 2007, The Italian Export model: quality upgrading, outsourcing and pricing to market.
• Sophia, CEI-OECD, SME Development Projects in the CEI Region, The Increasing Importance of Internationalized SMEs in the CEI region, November 2007 novembre 2007;
• Firenze, Stati Generali sulla Sostenibilità, La Sostenibilità socio-economica della internazionalizzazione, Novembre 2007;
• Santorini, Greece, Workshop, September 2007, Nominal Debt as a burden to Monetary Policy
• Roma, Presentation of ICE Annual Report, luglio 2007.
• Damasco, Syria, Italian exports and the move to high quality, June 2007.
• Roma, Il posizionamento internazionale dell'economia italiana e l'operatività delle BCC-CR con l'estero, giugno 2007.
• Roma, Italia Multinazionale, Foreign direct Investment in Italy: the state of the art, maggio 2007.
• Buenos Aires, April 2007, invited Lecture (lezione Magistrale) on The role of China in the world Economy, University of Bologna at Buenos Aires.
• Riga, Competitività e crescita nel mercato europeo: prospettive di sviluppo, L'Italia nell'economia internazionale: sfide e opportunità, Marzo 2007;
• Lecce, Annual Meeting CIA, I mercati di riferimento del Made in Italy alimentare.
  L'evoluzione del commercio estero e degli investimenti dell'Italia, Marzo 2007;
• Rome, CNEL, Globalization, international specialization and labor market, towards a new welfare, Marzo 2007
• Rome, OECD, Progress in Investment Reform, Investment Reform Index (Balkan), Febbraio 2007
• Roma, Upgrading of quality in the Italian textiles industry, Conferenza organizzata da Fondazione Masi, San Paolo IMI gennaio 2007
• Roma, July 2006, Presentation of the Italian trade Institute Annual Report
• Conference on "il Sistema Lombardo dell'internazionalizzazione", invited lecture, "SME and industrial District: a model of internationalization", Bejing and Shangai, November 2002.
• Young Leaders Alumni Conference, Florence, May 1998 "Is the Euro Challenging the Dollar?";

Seminari, discussions e policy panels (ultimi 5 anni)

Conferenza Annuale di piccola Industria, panel sulle prospettive delle piccole imprese italiane, Prato, Ottobre 2010; WDR2011, Washington, luglio 2010, discussant; Presentazioni del Draft di European Report on Development, 2010, a Dakar, giugno 2010 e Paris, giugno 2010;Villa Mondragone, Giugno 2010, UN GAR Report 2011, Miami, Maggio 2010, discussant; Conferenza Annuale di piccola Industria, panel sulle prospettive delle piccole imprese italiane, Prato, Ottobre 2008; Milano, Meeting Chinese Opinion Leader, Italy and mechanics: a world leadership, January 2008. Caserta, Annual Meeting of Piccola Industria, Opening Speech, ottobre 2007; ICE-Prometeia Annual report Presentation: Challenges and Opportunities for SMEs, Roma, November 2007; Firenze, January 2007, Aid for Trade, Conference on development Issues and Aid; Rome, Convegno Fondazione De Benedetti, Le imprese e la specializzazione produttiva dell'Italia: dal Macrodeclino alla microcrescita? Come sta cambiando la specializzazione produttiva dell'Italia, March 2007; Milan, Globalizzazione, l'Italia e il settore del caffé, October 2007; EUI, Florence, Globalization, April 2006; Casablanca, Italy and Morocco: ICE-ABI-Confindustria: new opportunities for trade and FDI, November 2006; Canton, China, Italian districts, Invited Paper, CISMEF, September 2006; Rome, November 2006, Presentation of The Annual Report ICE- Prometeia;Prato, October 2006, Invited paper, Annual meeting of "Piccola Industria", Opportunities and Challenges for small medium enterprises;Firenze, March 2006, China and India and world trade; Bergamo, February 2006, oil producers and the new market opportunities; IAI, Asian Economic Outlook, Roma, April 2005; Aspen Institute, Rome, China's Challenge to Europe and the US, March 2005;  Il Made in Italy e la Sfida Globale, Rome, 25-26 February 2005, Italy: "is there a competitiveness Problem?"; American Chambers of Commerce, UE and US: How to improve economic integration? February 2005; Aspen Institute, Rome, Rethinking Globalization: Italy's role in EU-India Relations, February 2005.

Organizzazione di conferenze

ERD2010: Parigi (giugno 2010), Dakar (giugno 2010), Firenze (settembre 2010); Roma, November 2009, "Competitiveness of the Italian Economy"; ERD2009 conferences in Cambridge (March 2009), Florence (April, 2009), Barcelona (May 2009), Accra (May 2009), Florence (June 2009); Lecce, May 2008 "theoretical and empirical aspects of firms internationalization"; Villa Mondragone, September 2007 "The Doha Round"; Turin, February 2007 "FDI and Exports"; Milan, June 2006; Conference on " FDI and Determinants of location of foreign activities", (joint with G. De Arcangelis, D. Castellani, A. Zanfei), Urbino, May 2005; Conference on "Southern Mediterranean Countries and the enlargement of EU", Il Cairo, October 2004 (on behalf of University of Florence, joint with University of Il Cairo and Central Bank of Egypt); Conference on "Outsourcing and Competitiveness in International Trade" (with R. Faini and G. De Arcangelis), Firenze, November 2003. Conference on "Clusters, Italian Districts and SME", ICE-CNR (with G Bruno), Rome, March 2003. Conference on "External Trade and International Integration", CNR-CreNos (with M. Vannini), Alghero, June 2002.Conference on "Macroeconomic Policy After EMU", (Schuman Centre-EUI, Oxford Review of Economic Policy and European Commission, with M. Artis), Florence, April 1999.Conference on "The Political Economy of Fiscal and Monetary Policy in EMU", (CEPR, Crei-UPF, EUI, DGXII, with R. Marimon, H. Uhlig, A. Marcet, P. Weil),  Barcelona, December 1998; Conference on "Growth: transfer of technology, capital and skills", (CEPR, CreNos and CNR, with R. Baldwin), Alghero, September 1997;  Summer School of Industrial Economics, Cargese, Corsica, (with J. de Bandt, R. Arena), September 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995; Second International Workshop in Game Theory and Applications, Cassino (with E. Agliardi), May 1995. First International Workshop in Game Theory and Applications, Cassino (with E. Agliardi), June 1994;

Altre attività

Come responsabile dell'ufficio studi dell'ICE, ho organizzato un gruppo di oltre 10 persone con compiti diversi (economisti e statistici al lavoro sul Rapporto Annuale, bibliotecari etc). Dirigevo la ricerca, organizzavo gli incontri, le conferenze, scrivevo discorsi per il presidente, il direttore generale e il ministro del commercio internazionale. Sono andata alla conferenza interministeriale di Hong Kong del WTO come capo missione ad alcuni tavoli di discussione; sono stata capo delegazione in una visita in China (Zuhai and Canton, September 2007).

Ho diretto il  PhD programme on Economic Development dell'Universita' di Firenze (2003-2005).

Didattica (graduate e undergraduate) Università di Firenze, Faculty of Economics, e Faculty of Engineering (1995-); New York University, Firenze,(2007-); Università di Cassino, Faculty of Economics (1992-1995), University of Cambridge, Faculty of Economics and Politics (1990-1995); Universitat Pompeu Fabra: programma di dottorato (1994); Università di Roma, Faculty of Statistics (1984 - 1990) e Faculty of Economics (econometria applicata per il dottorato, 1988- 1991). College teaching: Trinity College, King's, St Johns', Fitzwilliam, and Churchill College (1988-1995); Supervisore di tesi di dottorato, laurea magistrale e laurea triennale; membro di commissioni di concorso per concorsi universitari e borse di studio (entry level, grants, Associate Professors).

Executive Teaching

Istituto Commercio Estero, executive teaching in International Economics, 2003 - ; SACE, executive teaching in International Economics, 2007-2008; Presidenza del consiglio dei Ministri, SSPA, Caserta, lezioni per top managers su  "Italy and the Monetary Union", May 1999; Scuola Superiore di Pubblica Amministrazione, Rome, lezioni per managers della PA su "Globalization of Financial Markets", 1999-2003; University of Firenze, Corso per il Master for Engineering of Environmental Disasters (10 lezioni su teoria degli investimenti) 2001 -; Università di Firenze, Faculty of Political Science, lezioni nel corso di preparazione alla carriera diplomatica "International Relationships in a interdisciplinary perspective: the economists views", 1998- 2001 e "the development of the Mediterranean Area", September 1999; Corso speciale su  "Effects of the European Monetary Union", Regione Toscana, 1998-2000; Corso speciale su "Economic Integration in Europe and the European Monetary Union" for Public Administration Employees (8 hours), Scandicci (Fi), settembre-dicembre 1998; lezioni per Managers su "International Macroeconomics", Ilea-Olivetti, Ivrea, 1985-89; lezioni per Managers su "Integration in Europe" e "The oil crises and counter-crises", ENI, Castel Gandolfo, 1984-1988.

Advising:

• Commissione per la Garanzia dell'Informazione Statistica della Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri, capoprogetto per ricerca su: "Metodologia di misurazione dei distretti industriali".
• Consulente ICE per un progetto sull'internazionalizzazione dei distretti industriali, dal gennaio 2003.
• Membro del nucleo di valutazione delle politiche economiche presso il ministero del Tesoro, da ottobre 1999 a dicembre 2003.
• Consulente per un progetto su "Impatto dell'Unione Monetaria Europea su paesi MENA", Ministero Affari esteri, Febbraio 1999.
• Consulente nel "Comitato Scientifico del progett Ecco l'Euro" (con M. Artis, M. Buti e M. Grassi), Comune di Fiesole e Pontassieve, 1998.

Gruppi di Ricerca:

• Coordinatore scientifico del 1 e 2 Rapporto Europeo sullo Sviluppo (team di circa 10 persone)

Coordinatore locale progetto FIRB su "delocalizzazione" , coordinatore nazionale Prof. Giorgio Barba Navaretti, (contributi 2005-2008).

• Coordinatore nazionale del programma Azioni Integrate Italia-Spagna, finanziato dal MURST, con un progetto su "Armonizzazione delle politiche economiche nell'Unione Monetaria Europea" (contributi per il biennio 1999-2001).
• Coordinatore locale del gruppo CNR su "globalizzazione" (coordinatore nazionale, Prof. B. Quintieri, Università di Roma Tor Vergata, contributi 1999).
• Coordinatore nazionale del gruppo CNR su crescita e convergenza regionale (contributi 1996-1998).
• Coordinatore locale, progetto finalizzato CNR su "Economie del Mediterraneo".
• Membro del Gruppo di Ricerca "Human Capital Mobility" delle Università di Cambridge, UPF- Barcelona, Core-Louvain, Cassino, coordinato dal Prof. Polemarchakis (contributi 1992-95).
• Membro del Gruppo di Ricerca CNR su "fondamenta microeconomiche e teorie dei cambi", coordinato dal Prof. Biasco.
• Membro del Gruppo di Ricerca dell'Università di Roma su "la Convertibilità del Rublo", coordinato dal Prof. De Cecco.
• Membro del Progetto finalizzato Economia, CNR, Sottosettore V, "l'Italia nell'economia internazionale", coordinato dal Prof. Biasco.

Varie:

-        Dal 1990 al 1997 membro del Comitato Organizzatore della Scuola  Mediterranea di Economia Industriale di Cargese.

-        Membro del CEPR, associata dal 1994 al 1999 al gruppo di Economia Internazionale (settore "Trade"), coordinato da R. Baldwin and T. Venables.

-        Fra il 1984 e il 1993 ha partecipato a numerose scuole estive e workshop di economia ( Cargese-Corsica 1984, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991; Marina di Aurisina, Trieste, 1984; Certosa di Pontrignano, Siena, 1990; SITE-Stanford-US, 1992).

-        Ha partecipato alla Scuola Estiva su "Expectations, Economic Theory and Economic Policy", Firenze, European University Institute, settembre 1999.

-        Ha partecipato al workshop su "Le Economie dei paesi del Mediterraneo", Schuman Centre, marzo 2000 e marzo 2002.

Traduzioni Inglese - Italiano per la Bank of International Settlements Annual Report, 1985-89; Inglese-Italiano, articoli e libri, 1982-89.

Referee: Banca d'Italia, Contributi alla Ricerca; BNL Quarterly Review; Economic Notes; European Economic Review; European Journal of Political Economy; Joice; Journal of Post-Keynesian Economics; Manchester School; Metroeconomica; Moneta e Credito; Ricerche Economiche; Rivista di Politica Economica. 

Lingue:   

Italiano: lingua madre Inglese: conoscenza ottima.  Francese: conoscenza buona (esami Grenoble 1, 2, 3).  Spagnolo: conoscenza intermedia Tedesco: conoscenza elementare  (Goethe Institute 5^th year).

Economia dello Sviluppo. Economia Internazionale (commercio). Macroeconomia. Econometria Applicata. Africa Sub Sahariana.

Giorgia Giovannetti is vice president for Interantional Relation (since 2015) and Professor of Economics at the University of Florence, Director of the strand Development and Member of the Board of Directors of the Global Governance Programme at the European University Institute. She has acted as Scientific Director of the European Report on Development in 2009 and 2010 and Director of the Research Centre of the Italian Trade Institute (2005-2007). She has advised the Italian Treasury and Ministry of Foreign Trade (2002-12), is fellow of FERDI and Luca D'Agliano, member of a Group for the Reform of the Rome Agencies at the Center for Global Development. She holds a PhD and an MPhil in Economics from Cambridge University, a Laurea cum laude in Statistics (Rome). She has been fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge (1990-1995) and visiting Professor in several universities. Her main research interests are development economics and international trade. Her work has been published in leading academic journals.  

  1.            Family name:               Giovannetti

2.             First names:                 Giorgia

3.             Passport holder:          Italian

4.             Residence:                   Via dei Cairoli 54, Firenze, Italy.

5.             Education:      

6.             Language skills: Indicate competence on a scale of 1 to 5 (1 - basic; 5 - excellent)

7.             Membership of professional bodies: Founder of the Italian Trade Study Group; member of European Economic Association, Italian Society of Economist, International Trade Study Group, Society for International Development.

8.             Other skills: Full computer literacy

9.             Present positions: Vice president for international relations and Professore Ordinario (Full Professor) of Economics and President of the Master in Development Economics, Università di Firenze (2000-present); Part time Professor and Coordinator of the Strand Development of the Global governance Programme, European University Institute; Member of a Group of Experts of the Global Development Centre, Washington DC, on the Reform of the Rome Agencies.

10.          Years within the firm: 15

11.          Key qualifications:

• Fields of academic specialisation: Development Economics, International Economics, International Finance, European Monetary Union, Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics, Applied Econometrics.
• Team Leader of the first two editions of the European Report on Development (2009 and 2010), collaborator for the third Report (commissioned paper, reader, panelist)
• Outstanding experience in the overall management of complex multidisciplinary and multinational teams, including team-building and intellectual leadership (strategic analysis of existing literature, ability to identify gaps and needs for further research, etc.)
• Experience in bridging European development research community and policy makers (including involving research institutes from EU and developing countries).
• Senior researcher with excellent international reputation (see publications/further information).
• More than 10 years of relevant professional experience in leading socio-economic research projects in international development.
• Outstanding experience in leading multidisciplinary qualitative and quantitative research work.
• Excellent communication and writing skills.
• Excellent knowledge about European (and international) development/external policies.
• Policy advisory capabilities (National ministries, international donors, etc.)

12.          Specific experience in third countries:

13.          Professional experience:

14.            Other relevant information

Selected publications (last 15 years):

• Location, Internationalization and Performance of Firms in Italy: a Multilevel Approach, (with G. Ricchiuti and M. Velucchi), Applied Economics, 2013. Volume 45, Issue 18, June, pages 2665-2673
• Network Analysis to Detect Common Strategies in the Italian Foreign Direct Investment, (with G. De Masi and G. Ricchiuti), 2013, Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications,Volume 392, Issue 5, March,Pages 1202-1214
• FDIs and growth: What cross-country industry data say, (with M. Cipollina, F. Pietrovito and A. Pozzolo), the World Economy, 2012, Volume 35, Issue 11, pp 1599-1629 DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9701.2012.01478.x
• Foreign acquisitions of land in developing countries. Risks, opportunities and new actors (with N. Cuffaro and S. Monni), Q&A , forthcoming n. 2, 2013:
• Foreign Direct Investment in Sub Saharan Africa: Drivers and the challenge of the land-energy nexus (with E. Ticci), Q&A, forthcoming n. 2, 2013;
• Heterogeneity in Managerial Strategies and Internationalization of Firms: The Case of Italy (with G. Ricchiuti & M. Velucchi), Economia e Politica Industriale, forthcoming n. 2. 2013.
• L'"effetto Cina" sui prezzi alle esportazioni italiane: una spinta all'upgrading qualitativo, (with Marco Sanfilippo), 2012, Economia Italiana, n. 2, 2012, p. 97-117
• China's Economic Cooperation with Africa, (with Marco Sanfilippo), Journal of African Development, vol 13 n 2, 2011, p.143-176.
• Successes in Social Protection: Can We Extract Lessons? (with A. De Haan, R. Sabates Wheeler and M. Sanfilippo), Canadian Journal of Development Studies, 2011,Vol. 32, No. 4, December, pp. 440-455.
• The effects of the financial crisis on Sub-Saharan Africa (with Franklin Allen), Review of Development Finance, 2011, 1, p. 1-28
• Size, Innovation and Internationalization: a Survival Analysis of Italian Firms (with G. Ricchiuti and M. Velucchi), Applied Economics, Volume 43 Issue 12, May 2011,
  Taylor and Francis Journals, pages 1511-1520, doi:10.1080/00036840802600566
• Productivity and the international firm: dissecting heterogeneity, (with D. Castellani), The Journal of Economic Policy Reform, 2010, 13, 1, p. 25-42.
• "Do fdi in business services follow fdi in manufacturing? Evidence from Italian firm-level data " (with M. Armenise and I. Cingottini), in Business services, The new Frontiers of Competitiveness, Giorgia Giovannetti, P. Guerrieri and B. Quintieri eds, Rubbettino editore, 2010, in proofs.
• "A Tale of Parallel Integration Processes: A Gravity Analysis of EU Trade with Mediterranean and Central and Eastern European Countries," (with Pastore, Francesco and Ferragina, Anna Maria), in Review of Middle East Economics and Finance: Vol. 5 : No. 2, Article 2, 2009.
• "Do Chinese exports crowd-out African goods? An econometric Analysis by country and sector" (with Marco Sanfilippo), The European Journal of Development Research, vol 21, n. 4 September, pp 506-530, 2009.
• Nominal Debt as a Burden on Monetary Policy (with R. Marimon, J. Diaz Gimenez and P. Teles), Review of Economic Dynamics, 2008, already NBER Working Paper 13677, December 2007.
• "Imprese Internazionalizzate e produttività: il ruolo delle competenze organizzative e manageriali", (with D. Castellani), ), l'Industria, n.3, 2008, p 385-404.
• "Struttura industriale e competitività: elementi determinanti nel processo di internazionalizzazione dell'economia italiana" (with E. Mazzeo), l'Industria, n. 1, 2008
• "J curve" in S. Durlauf editor, "The new Palgrave Dictionary of Economics", 2007.
• Forecasting EU-Romania Trade by Gravity Analysis, with A. Ferragina and F. Pastore in Romanian Journal of Economic Forecasting, 4/2005, 83-93
• Geografia e commercio mondiale (with L. De Benedictis), Ice, rapporto sul Commercio Estero 2006, Rome July 2006.
• "The Business Cycle and its International Transmission: Recent Changes for the Italian Economy" (with M. Cacciotti, B. Cerciello, and G. De Arcangelis), Rivista di Politica Economica, June 2005.
• "Trade Links with the SEEC's: Trade Specialization and Industrial Structure"; (joint with G. De Arcangelis, G. Ferri and M. Galeotti), Journal of Balkans, 2005.
• "An EMU with different transmission mechanisms?" (with R. Marimon), in J. von Hagen and C. Waller (eds.) Regional Aspects of Monetary Policy in Europe, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1999.
• "Policy Commitments and the Creation of EMU" (with R. Marimon and P. Teles) in J. Arrowsmith ed. Thinking the Unthinkable about EMU, National Institute of Economic and Social Research, London, March 1998;
• "A Monetary Union for a Heterogeneous Europe" (with R. Marimon), in F. Torres ed., Monetary Reform in Europe, Universitade Catolica Editora, Lisbon, 1996;
• "Growth, Capital Flows and Enforcement Constraints: The Case of Africa,'' (with A. Marcet and R. Marimon), European Economic Review, 1993.

Other Selected Publications (last 10 years)

• The "China effect" on EU Exports to OECD markets - the case of Italy (with M. Sanfilippo and M. Velucchi), in D. Marconi, I. Musu and B. Quintieri eds, China versus Europe, Springer Verlag, 2011, Wp n 17- 2011, Universita' degli Studi di Firenze, Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche.
• Measuring external competitiveness: A comment to J. Leichter, C. Mocci and S. Pozzuoli in L. Codogno and L. Paganetto, Measuring Italy's competitiveness, Rubbettino ed, Soveria Mannelli, 2011
• A MEM Analysis of African Financial Markets, (with M. Velucchi), in New Perspectives in Statistical Modeling and Data Analysis S. Ingrassia, R. Rocci, M. Vichi Eds., Springer-Verlag, series Studies in Classification, Data Analysis, and Knowledge Organization, 2011.
• Business services, The new Frontiers of Competitiveness, Giorgia Giovannetti, P. Guerrieri and B. Quintieri editors, Rubbettino editore, 2010.
• Fragile countries and the current Economic crisis, (with Franklin Allen), Background paper for European Report on Development, October, 2009;
• African Financial Markets: a spillover analysis of shock (with Margherita Velucchi), Background paper for European Report on Development, October, 2009;
• Commercio, outsourcing e gli effetti sul mercato del lavoro (with B. Quintieri) in Dell'Aringa, Giovannetti, Padoan, Quintieri e Sestito eds, Globalizzazione, Specializzazione produttiva e mercato del lavoro, Rubbettino editore, collana Fondazione Masi, 2008
• Trade and Foreign Direct Investment: Italy, Germany and the New Europe (with F. Luchetti), in A. Quadrio Curzio and M. Fortis eds. The EU and the Economies of the Eastern European Enlargement, Physica-Verlag, 2008.
• Le imprese esportatrici sfruttano i vantaggi di localizzazione? Un'analisi multilivello per imprese italiane (with G. Ricchiuti and M. Velucchi), 2008, in Rapporto Commercio Estero;
• Globalization, in P. Della Posta and A. Verdun (eds), Palgrave Mc Millan, 2008.
• Strategie di prezzo e qualità nelle esportazioni italiane: il settore tessile-abbigliamento (with M. Armenise and F. Luchetti) in A. Lanza e B. Quintieri: Eppur si Muove, Rubettino ed. March 2007
• Dinamica dell'interscambio commerciale e degli investimenti diretti esteri tra Italia ed Europa Centro Orientale (with F. Luchetti) , in M. Fortis and A. Quadrio Curzio, L'Europa Allargata, l'est e l'Italia, il Mulino, Bologna 2007.
• Dimensione, Innovazione e Internazionalizzazione: Un'Analisi di Sopravvivenza delle Imprese Italiane, (with G. Ricchiuti and M. Velucchi) ICE, Annual Report, 2007, Rome, July 2007
• Effetti della Imprenditorialità e della Internazionalizzazione sulla performance di impresa in Italia (with G. Ricchiuti and M. Velucchi) ICE, Annual Report, 2007, Rome, July 2007
• Commento in Come sta cambiando l'Italia, Baldwin R. Barba Navaretti G and T. Boeri eds, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2007.
• The effects of the new patterns of FDI on growth and inequality: the case of Southern Mediterranean Countries (with Giorgio Ricchiuti and C. Bonassi) in A. Cornia (ed.) Pro-poor Macroeconomics, Palgrave, London, 2006.
• Il Superamento delle tensioni commerciali transatlantiche, in "Alleanze alla prova: Europa e Stati uniti fra cooperazione e conflitto", E. Sassoon and C. Secchi eds, Egea editore, 2006.
• Due modelli di integrazione commerciale e produttiva con l'Europa centro orientale: un confronto fra Italia e Germania (with F. Luchetti e C. Bonassi), Rapporto ICE 2006, Rome, July 2006
• "A Tale of Parallel Integration Processes. A Gravity Analysis of EU Trade with Mediterranean and Central and Eastern European Countries", IZA Discussion Paper, No. 1829, (with A. Ferragina and Francesco Pastore), 2005
• "Sud o Est? Sfide e opportunità per l'Italia di una crescente integrazione" " (with G. De Arcangelis, G. Ferri and M. Galeotti), in L. Paganetto e B. Quintieri eds. Il commercio estero dell'Italia, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2003.
• "Quote di mercato e competitività delle imprese italiane nel bacino del Mediterraneo e nei Balcani" (with G. De Arcangelis, G. Ferri and M. Galeotti), in La Competitività dell'Italia, in GP. Galli and L. Paganetto eds., Il Sole 24 Ore, Milan, 2002.
• "Sulle asimmetrie di una politica monetaria comune in Europa" (with G. De Arcangelis), in Da Nazioni a Regioni: Mutamenti Istituzionali e strutturali dopo l'Unione Monetaria Europea, in F. Farina and R. Tamburini eds., Bologna, Il Mulino, 2002.
• "EMU and the Mediterranean Area" in Economic Cooperation among the Countries in the Mediterranean Area, P. Tani ed., Florence University Press, Firenze, 2001.
• "Perspective of trade of Italy with Balkans and Mediterranean"(with G. De Arcangelis, G. Ferri and M. Galeotti), in Rapporto sul Commercio Estero, ICE, 2000, Roma, 2001.
• "L'Unione Monetaria Europea e i paesi del Sud del Mediterraneo ("EMU and South Mediterranean countries"), in P.C. Padoan ed., Gli effetti Reali dell'Euro, il Mulino, Bologna, 2000.
• "The impact of EMU on Mediterranean economies", in R. Ragionieri ed., Politica ed Economia nell'Area del Mediterraneo (Politics and economics in the Mediterranean areas) , Quaderni Forum, anno XI n. 2, Florence, 1997;
• "A Monetary Union for a Heterogeneous Europe" (with R. Marimon), in F. Torres ed., Monetary Reform in Europe, Universitade Catolica Editora, Lisbon, 1996;
• "Europa: Heterogeneidad Economica e Integracion Monetaria" (with R. Marimon), in R. Marimon ed. La economia Espanola: una vision diferente, A. Bosch, Barcelona, January 1996;
• "La Economia Politica della Union Monetaria Europea" (with R. Marimon), in R. Marimon ed. La economia Espanola: una vision diferente, A. Bosch, Barcelona, January 1996;

Work in progress:

• Sophistication of Chinese exports and crowding out (joint with M. Sanfilippo and M. Velucchi)
• Land Grabbing (with E. Ticci)
• Internationalization and Management (joint with D. Castellani)
• Quality and export: the role of income distribution (with A. Borin)
• Multilevel analysis of the Italian export propensity (with M. Velucchi and G. Ricchiuti)

Main Presentations in Meetings and Conferences:

Academic (last 10 years)

• CEDI 7th Annual Conference: Developing Countries, Institutions, and the Global Economic Crisis, Brunel University, London, June 2012, "A spillover Analysis of Shocks on African Financial Markets"
• Unicredit, Milan, June 2012, "The China effects on Italian export prices", workshop on the Italian Economy
• Royal Economic Society, 2012 Meetings, Cambridge, March 2012, "The impact of China on manufacturing exports of Italy and Germany"
• Trapca 6th Annual Conference, on Land Grabbing, Arusha, Tanzania, November 2011.
• Oslo, European Economic Association 2011 Meetings, The "China effect" on EU Exports to OECD markets - the case of Italy
• Zanzibar, NBER Africa, August 2011
• Conference on Domestic and Foreign Investment in Land, Water and Renewable Energy, Nairobi, July 2011,
• ABCDE Conference World Bank, Paris, 2011, Social Protection in Indonesia
• Conference in honour of Prof S. Biasco, Roma, February 2011, a contribution
• Roma, Universita' la Sapienza, Services for competitiveness, December 2010, Attracting FDI in Business Services to improve manufacturing performance and competitiveness: evidence from the Italian provinces
• Johannesbourg, Social protection as an integral part of development policy, International policy centre for Inclusive growth, Conference Can Social protection promoter Inclusive Growth? Novembre 2010
• Venezia, First Workshop on the Chinese Economy, Banca d'Italia, Venice International University and Fondazione Masi, The China Effect on Italian Exports, November 2010
• Tunis African Development Bank: 4 Annual Conference, Cash transfers for growth, October 2010
• Abu Dhabi, Africa House, NYU, China and Africa, March 2010
• Roma, do FDI in services follow FDI in Manufacturing?, November 2009;
• Addis Ababa, African Development Bank, Annual Conference 2009, channels of transmission of the financial crisis, November 2009;
• European Economic Association, 2009 Meeting, Barcelona, August 2009, Productivity and the international firm: dissecting heterogeneity
• Accra, Conference on Financial markets, adverse shocks and coping strategies in fragile countries, fragile countries and the current economic crisis, May 2009;
• Turin, Firb, TFP and management; also discussant, February 2009;
• Lecce, Italian trade Study Group, Entrepreneurship and internationalization mode, May 2008;
• Milan, Firb, Management and productivity, February 2008;
• Santorini, Greece, Workshop, September 2007, Nominal Debt as a burden to Monetary Policy
• Villa Mondragone, CNR, Firms Demography, September 2007;
• Cagliari, Crenos, Quality, R&D and Exports, June 2007;
• Firenze, International Economics and Industrial Economics: a new bridge? Annual Conference of SIEPI, invited paper, January 2007
• Rome, January 2007, Conference organized by Luiss, FDI and the "I" factor
• Roma, June 2006, Annual Conference of Italian Statistic Institute, Import Content of Italian Imports
• Florence, EUI, Globalization, Round Table (with P. De Grauwe and M. Nuti), April 2006.
• Roma, March 2006, Exports and FDi in Italian Districts, conference organised by Fondazione Masi
• Roma, February 2006, Trade dynamic and Eastern Europe, Accademia dei Lincei, Conference organized by Fondazione Edison
• "The effects of the new patterns of FDI on growth and inequality: the case of Southern Mediterranean Countries", Pro-poor Macroeconomics, Unsrid, Florence, 24-25 February 2005;
• "FDI in Egypt, Morocco, Turkey and Tunisia", Conference on "Southern Mediterranean Countries and the enlargement of EU", Il Cairo, November, 2004;
• European Economic Association, 2004 Meeting, Madrid, August 2004, "New Patterns of FDI and Mediterranean Countries",
• European Economic Association, 2003 Meeting, Stockholm, August 2003, "Nominal Debt as a Burden to Monetary Policy"
• Econometric Society European Meetings, Stockholm, August 2003, "The Business Cycle and its International Transmission: Recent Changes for the Italian Economy";
• Society for Economic Dynamics Meetings, Paris, June 2003, "Nominal Debt as a Burden to Monetary Policy"
• Conference on "Whither SEECs Development? A SME Perspective for Integration with the EU", World Bank and University of Bari, Bari, February 2001, "Trade Links with the SEEC's: Trade Specialization and Industrial Structure";
• Società Italiana degli Economisti, Cagliari, October 2000, invited lecture "Sulle asimmetrie di una politica monetaria comune in Europa";
• World Congress Econometric Society, Seattle, August 2000, "Nominal Debt and Monetary Policy Credibility";
• Conference on "La Europa de las Regiones tras la Union Monetaria", April 2000, Sevilla, Spain, invited lecture on " Una Union Monetaria con diferentes Mecanismos de Trasmision?"
• Conference on "Le Economie dell'Area del Mediterraneo", Bank of Italy, April 2000, Rome, Italy, invited paper on "Integration in the Mediterranean Area, opportunities for Italy".
• Giornata Paolo Baffi, Ente L. Einaudi, December 1999, Rome, Italy, invited paper on: "Nominal Debt and Monetary Policy".
• ASSET99, October 1999, Tel Aviv, Israel, "Nominal Debt and Monetary Policy Credibility";
• Villa Mondragone XI International Seminar, Taxation and Fiscal Policy after EMU, July 1999, invited lecture on "Nominal Debt and Monetary Policy Credibility";
• Society for Economic Dynamics, 1999 Meetings, June 1999, Alghero, Italy, "Nominal Debt and Monetary Policy Credibility";
• Alexandria, Egypt, February 1999, invited lecture at the Conference "Integration between Europe and the Arab World", "The Economic Dimension of Integration between Arab World and Western Europe";
• Il Cairo, Egypt, University Ain-Shams, November 1998, invited lecture at the Conference: "Economic Links between Mediterranean Countries", "EMU and the Mediterranean Area";
• Società Italiana degli Economisti, Milan, October 1998, "EMU and the Mediterranean Area";
• European Economic Association, 1998 Meeting, Berlin, September 1998, "an EMU with different transmission mechanisms?";
• Bonn, July 1998, Common Money and Uncommon Regions, "An EMU with different Transmission Mechanisms?";
• Europe on the way to the Euro, Florence, may 1998, "Policy conflicts and Monetary Union: where do we stand?";
• CNR Meeting on: "Sviluppo economico e Relazioni Internazionali", Padova, April 1998 "The impact of EMU on outsiders";
• L'Europa del Trattato di Amsterdam e dell'Euro, Conference organized by the European Parliament, Florence, March 1998, "The Euro, the dollar and the yen: changes in their uses as international currencies?";
• Identità e Conflitti: il Mediterraneo, Forum per I problemi della pace e della guerra, November 1997, Florence, "Some possible consequences of EMU for the Southern Mediterranean countries";
• Society for Economic Dynamics, 1997 Meetings, July 1997, Oxford, UK, "An EMU with different transmission mechanisms?";
• Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory, III International Meeting, June 1997, Antalya, Turkey, "An EMU with different transmission mechanisms?".

Policy oriented Conferences

• European Development Days, October 2012, Coordinator of the Panel on Social Protection in Developing Countries;
• CreMed, 3rd International Workshop on the Economies of The Mediterranean Countries, June 2012,
• Global Development Network, Budapest, June 2012, panelist
• Presentation of the European Development Report 2010/2011: Stockholm (Feb 1st) Helsinki (Feb 2nd), Milan, (Feb 8th), New York, United Nations (Feb 11th), Washington Interamerican Development Bank (Feb 14th), Nairobi (March 10th) Turin ILO (March 14th), Bonn (March 31st) Eschborn (April 1st), Brighton (April 13th) Brussels, European Parliament (April 20th), Paris (April 29th), Dakar, European Report on Development, 2010, panel discussion and presentations of the Draft Report, June 2010; Paris, European Report on Development, 2010, panel discussion and presentations of the Draft Report, June 2010
• Discussant, Kapuchinski Lecture F. Bourguignon on Social protection and Inequality, (Copenhagen April 5th)
• Brussels December 2010, presentation of ERD2010 (Dec 7th, at European Development Days); Presentations of Draft Report in Brussels November 2010 and Firenze September 2010; Florence, European Report on Development, 2009, panel discussion and presentations of the Draft Report, June 2009; Cambridge, European Report on Development, 2009, panel discussion, March 2009; Florence, European Report on Development, 2009, panel discussion, April 2009; Barcelona, European Report on Development, 2009, panel discussion, May 2009;
• Rome, Presentation of ICE Annual report, July 2010
• Brussels, December 2010, panellist World Bank WDR2011 (Dec 6th, at European Development Days);
• Annual Meeting of Piccola Industria, Prato, Opening Speech, October 2010;
• World Development Report 2011, World Bank, Washington, July 2010, discussant;
• IRPET, Firenze, Opportunities for Italian Firms, May 2010,
• UN GAR Report 2011, Miami, May 2010, discussant;
• Rome, Discussant of ISAE Quarterly report, July 2009;
• Rome, Presentation of ICE Annual report, July 2009;
• Bologna, Prometeia, Presentation Annual report, January 2008;
• Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, December 2007, The Italian Export model: quality upgrading, outsourcing and pricing to market.
• Sophia, CEI-OECD, SME Development Projects in the CEI Region, The Increasing Importance of Internationalized SMEs in the CEI region, November 2007 November 2007;
• Firenze, Stati Generali sulla Sostenibilità, La Sostenibilità socio-economica della internazionalizzazione, November 2007;
• Roma, Presentation of ICE Annual Report, July 2007.
• Damasco, Syria, Italian exports and the move to high quality, June 2007.
• Roma, Il posizionamento internazionale dell'economia italiana e l'operatività delle BCC-CR con l'estero, June 2007.
• Roma, Italia Multinazionale, Foreign direct Investment in Italy: the state of the art, May 2007.
• Buenos Aires, April 2007, invited Lecture (lezione Magistrale) on The role of China in the world Economy, University of Bologna at Buenos Aires.
• Riga, Competitività e crescita nel mercato europeo: prospettive di sviluppo, L'Italia nell'economia internazionale: sfide e opportunità, March 2007;
• Lecce, Annual Meeting CIA, I mercati di riferimento del Made in Italy alimentare.L'evoluzione del commercio estero e degli investimenti dell'Italia, March 2007;
• Rome, CNEL, Globalization, international specialization and labor market, towards a new welfare, March 2007
• Rome, OECD, Progress in Investment Reform, Investment Reform Index (Balkan), February 2007
• Roma, Upgrading of quality in the Italian textiles industry, Conference organised by Fondazione Masi, San Paolo IMI January 2007
• Roma, July 2006, Presentation of the Italian trade Institute Annual Report
• Conference on "il Sistema Lombardo dell'internazionalizzazione", invited lecture, "SME and industrial District: a model of internationalization", Bejing and Shangai, November 2002.
• Young Leaders Alumni Conference, Florence, May 1998 "Is the Euro Challenging the Dollar?";

Invited Seminars, Discussions and Economic Policy Panels (last 5 years):

Vienna WIIW, seminar, June 2011; Presentation of ERD2009, European Development Days (Stockholm, October 2009); DIE (Bonn, November, 2009), European Commission (Brussels, October 2009), University of Manchester (Manchester, November 2009), German Marshal Fund (Washington, November 2009), OECD, Paris, March 2010; Milan, Meeting Chinese Opinion Leader, Italy and mechanics: a world leadership, January 2008. Caserta, Annual Meeting of Piccola Industria, Opening Speech, October 2007; ICE-Prometeia Annual report Presentation: Challenges and Opportunities for SMEs, Roma, November 2007; Firenze, January 2007, Aid for Trade, Conference on development Issues and Aid; Rome, Convegno Fondazione De Benedetti, Le imprese e la specializzazione produttiva dell'Italia: dal Macrodeclino alla microcrescita? Come sta cambiando la specializzazione produttiva dell'Italia, March 2007; Milan, Globalizzazione, l'Italia e il settore del caffé, October 2007; EUI, Florence, Globalization, April 2006; Casablanca, Italy and Morocco: ICE-ABI-Confindustria: new opportunities for trade and FDI, November 2006; Canton, China, Italian districts, Invited Paper, CISMEF, September 2006; Rome, November 2006, Presentation of The Annual Report ICE- Prometeia;Prato, October 2006, Invited paper, Annual meeting of "Piccola Industria", Opportunities and Challenges for small medium enterprises;Firenze, March 2006, China and India and world trade; Bergamo, February 2006, oil producers and the new market opportunities; IAI, Asian Economic Outlook, Roma, April 2005; Aspen Institute, Rome, China's Challenge to Europe and the US, March 2005;  Il Made in Italy e la Sfida Globale, Rome, 25-26 February 2005, Italy: "is there a competitiveness Problem?"; American Chambers of Commerce, UE and US: How to improve economic integration? February 2005; Aspen Institute, Rome, Rethinking Globalization: Italy's role in EU-India Relations, February 2005; International WorkshopEmpirical studies on innovation in Europe, Urbino, December 2003; Rome, Conference on Outsourcing: the case of Romania, September 2003; Rome, Conference on "Internationalization of Industrial Districts",  March 2003; XIV Villa Mondragone International Economic Seminar on "Institutions and Growth", June 2002.

Conference organiser:

ERD2010 Conferences in Florence (February 2009), Paris (June 2010), Dakar (June 2010), Florence, (Septemebr 2010); Roma, November 2009, "Competitiveness of the Italian Economy"; ERD2009 conferences in Cambridge (March 2009), Florence (April, 2009), Barcelona (May 2009), Accra (May 2009), Florence (June 2009); Lecce, May 2008 "theoretical and empirical aspects of firms internationalization"; Villa Mondragone, September 2007 "The Doha Round"; Turin, February 2007 "FDI and Exports"; Milan, June 2006; Conference on " FDI and Determinants of location of foreign activities", (joint with G. De Arcangelis, D. Castellani, A. Zanfei), Urbino, May 2005; Conference on "Southern Mediterranean Countries and the enlargement of EU", Il Cairo, October 2004 (on behalf of University of Florence, joint with University of Il Cairo and Central Bank of Egypt); Conference on "Outsourcing and Competitiveness in International Trade" (with R. Faini and G. De Arcangelis), Firenze, November 2003. Conference on "Clusters, Italian Districts and SME", ICE-CNR (with G Bruno), Rome, March 2003. Conference on "External Trade and International Integration", CNR-CreNos (with M. Vannini), Alghero, June 2002.Conference on "Macroeconomic Policy After EMU", (Schuman Centre-EUI, Oxford Review of Economic Policy and European Commission, with M. Artis), Florence, April 1999.Conference on "The Political Economy of Fiscal and Monetary Policy in EMU", (CEPR, Crei-UPF, EUI, DGXII, with R. Marimon, H. Uhlig, A. Marcet, P. Weil),  Barcelona, December 1998; Conference on "Growth: transfer of technology, capital and skills", (CEPR, CreNos and CNR, with R. Baldwin), Alghero, September 1997;  Summer School of Industrial Economics, Cargese, Corsica, (with J. de Bandt, R. Arena), September 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995; Second International Workshop in Game Theory and Applications, Cassino (with E. Agliardi), May 1995. First International Workshop in Game Theory and Applications, Cassino (with E. Agliardi), June 1994.

Main Grants and Awards

Grant Regione Sardegna (2012) "Competiveness and Globalization" local coordinator (90000 euro);  Grant FIRB (Ministry of Research) "Offshoring" Project coordinator, 2005-2008 (200000 euro); Grant Murst 40% "Competitiveness, Specialization and productive delocalization", project coordinator, 2003-2005. Grant CNR  "EMU and the Mediterranean Area", project coordinator, 2000-2002. Grant Ministero Esteri, Azioni Integrate Italia- Spagna, "Harmonization of EMU Economic Policies", National coordinator, Italy, 1999-2001. Grant CNR, "Globalization, International Capital Flows and Growth", Local coordinator (national coordinator prof. B. Quintieri), Italy, 1998-2002. Grant CNR, "European Economic Integration and Regional Growth Differentials", National Coordinator, Italy, 1995-97. European Forum Fellowship, European Economic Institute, Firenze, 1996-97; Visiting Fellowship, Ministerio de Economia, Spain, 1992; Grant to study abroad: Ente L. Einaudi, Rome, 1982-84; Grant to study abroad: B. Stringher, Banca d'Italia, Rome, 1981-82; Grant for a project on "Wage indexation" under the supervision of Prof. L. Izzo, Fondazione L. Einaudi, Turin, 1980-81; Special thesis award: premio Mario Negri, 1980.

Development economics; International Economics (trade); macroeconomics; applied econometrics; Sub Saharan Africa