Gianmarco Ottaviano

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Gianmarco Ottaviano is Professor of Economics and Boroli Chair in European Studies at Bocconi University, having previously taught at the London School of Economics and the University of Bologna. He is co-Director of the Research Unit on Globalization and Industry Dynamics of the Bocconi Centre Baffi, having previously directed the Trade Programme of the Centre of Economic Performance in London. He received his BA in Economics at Bocconi University, his M.Sc. in Economics at the London School of Economics, and his Ph.D. in Economics at the Université Catholique de Louvain.

He has published many works in international trade, urban economics and economic geography. His recent publications focus on the competitiveness of firms in the global economy as well as the economic effects of immigration and offshoring on employment and wages.

Commentary

The European Consequences of the America First Approach
2024
Europe will be called upon to make a difficult decision between pursuing the protectionist policies of the United States or taking advantage of the diplomatic and economic opportunities that American isolationism could offer
 

IRA and the EU single Market

The "national security argument" for new US protectionism  
2023

American protectionism has been reinvented in the name of “national security”. Yet, the belief that a country can achieve its own “nationally security” unilaterally is debatable.

wEUbinars

CBAM and the Global South, The Unintended Consequences of the EU’s Carbon Pricing System
06/03/2024 - 06/03/2024
WEBINAR

Global South countries will struggle to deal with unintended consequences of the EU carbon pricing scheme: they are being asked to limit additions to the stock of carbon from now on. This is without any significant financial transfers, or, more importantly, in this case, a transfer of technology.

With Gianmarco Ottaviano (IEP@BU), Katheline Schubert (Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne), Partha Sen (CESifo).