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RESEARCH GROUP ON

INTERNATIONAL &

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MEMBERS

Graduate School in Public Economics

Coordinator:

1. Silvia Marchesi (University of Milano Bicocca)

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Group Members:

2. Emilio Colombo (University of Milano Bicocca)

3. Anna de Paoli (University of Milano Bicocca)

4. Valeria Gattai (University of Milano Bicocca)

5. Marialuisa Mancusi (Catholic University of Milan )

6. Mariapia Mendola (University of Milano Bicocca)

7. Simone Moriconi (Catholic University of Milan )

8 Alessia Paccagnini (University of Milano Bicocca)

8. Alessia Paccagnini (University of Milano Bicocca)

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RESEARCH TOPICS:

Graduate School in Public Economics

1. ECONOMICS OF THE FAMILY & INTERNATIONAL

MIGRATION

2. FDI & INTERNATIONAL ENTERPRISES

3 INTERNATIONAL FINANCE & DEVELOPMENT

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1. ECONOMICS OF THE FAMILY & INTERNATIONAL

MIGRATION

Analysis of micro-economic aspects of economic development,

with particular emphasis on the relationships between household

behaviour in low-income contexts (i.e., human capital and

intra-household inequalities, agricultural productivity and farm

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household well-being) and international migration and the labor

market (in both origin and destination countries)

• Mariapia Mendola

• Anna de Paoli

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2. FDI & INTERNATIONAL ENTERPRISES

Analysis of the determinants of foreign direct investment from

developed and developing countries, the outsourcing (make or

buy) decision of multinational enterprises and the link between

buy) decision of multinational enterprises, and the link between

internationalism and performance at the firm level

• Valeria Gattai

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3. INTERNATIONAL FINANCE & DEVELOPMENT

Analysis of the determinants and consequences of market

failures in the allocation of financial resources, the role of

international organizations in the allocation of finance to

emerging markets and the role of foreign aid for those countries

which are totally excluded from capital markets

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• Emilio Colombo

• Silvia Marchesi

• Simone Moriconi

• Alessia Paccagnini

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Emilio Colombo (PhD in Economics, University of

Graduate School in Public Economics

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Southampton, 2001)

Current position

: Associate Professor of Economics, University of Milan Bicocca

Research Interests

: Applied macroeconomics, Exchange rates and exchange pp , g g rate regimes, Shadow Economy, Financial crises

Main Publications

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• Reinterpreting Social Pacts: theory and evidence, (with P. Tirelli and J.Reinterpreting Social Pacts: theory and evidence, (with P. Tirelli and J.

Visser), Journal of Comparative Economics, 2013

•Macroeconomic risk and the (de)stabilising role of government size (with F.

Carmignani and P Tirelli) European Journal of Political Economy 2011 Carmignani and P. Tirelli), European Journal of Political Economy, 2011.

• Exploring different views on exchange rate regime choice, (with F.

Carmignani and P. Tirelli), 2008, Journal of International Money and Finance, 27 1177 1197

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Emilio Colombo

Graduate School in Public Economics

PhD dissertation topics

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PhD dissertation topics

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• Financial crises

• Exchange rate regimes • Foreign debt

• Foreign debt • PPP tests

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Anna de Paoli (PhD in Economics, University of Milan,

Graduate School in Public Economics

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2011)

Current Position:

Post doctoral position, Bicocca University

Research Interest:

Development Economics, Economics of Education and of the Family, Policy Analysis

the Family, Policy Analysis

Main Publications:

• Changes in the expected employment of graduates after the 3+2 university

reform

Giornale degli Economisti e Annali di Economia

Vol 69(3) reform.

Giornale degli Economisti e Annali di Economia

, Vol. 69(3).

• The effect of schooling on fertility, labor market participation and children’s

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Anna de Paoli

Graduate School in Public Economics

PhD dissertation topics

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PhD dissertation topics

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• International migration and the labor market • Economics of Education and of the Family

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Valeria Gattai (PhD in Economics, Bocconi University,

Graduate School in Public Economics

Va e a Ga a (

co o cs, occo U ve s y,

2007)

Current Position

: Assistant Professor of Economics, Bicocca University.

Research Interests

: Foreign Direct Investment, Multinational Enterprises, International Trade Firms’ Internationalisation and Performance

International Trade, Firms Internationalisation and Performance

Main Publications

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• “Firms’ Intangible Assets and Multinational Activities: Full versus Shared

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Ownership”,

Journal of International Trade and Economic Development

, 19(4), 553-589, 2010

•“A Tale of Three Countries: Italian, Spanish and Swiss Manufacturing

Operations in China”,

World Economy

, 31(8), 969-992, 2008

•“Dissipation of Knowledge and the Boundaries of the Multinational

Enterprise”, (with C. Molteni), p ( )

Review of World Economics

/Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv

, 143(1), 1-26, 2007

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Valeria Gattai

Graduate School in Public Economics

PhD dissertation topics

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PhD dissertation topics

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•FDI from emerging economies (empirical)

•Full versus shared ownership of foreign subsidiaries (theoretical)

•International joint ventures under contractual incompleteness (theoretical •International joint ventures under contractual incompleteness (theoretical

& empirical)

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Maria Luisa Mancusi (PhD in Economics, LSE, 2004)

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Current Position

: Assistant Professor of Economics, Università Cattolica

Research Interests

: Economics of innovation, International trade, Industrial organization, Applied econometrics

Main Publications

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• “National Externalities and Path Dependence in Technological Change: An

Empirical Test”,

Economica

79(314), 2012

• “Innovation and the geographical and functional dimensions of outsourcing:Innovation and the geographical and functional dimensions of outsourcing:

An empirical investigation based on Italian firm level data” (with L. Cusmano and A. Morrison),

Structural Change and Economic Dynamics

20(3), 2009

• “International Spillovers and Absorptive Capacity: A Cross Country Cross • International Spillovers and Absorptive Capacity: A Country

Cross-Sector Analysis Based on Patents and Citations”,

Journal of International

Economics

76(2), 2008

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Maria Luisa Mancusi

Graduate School in Public Economics

PhD dissertation topics

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PhD dissertation topics

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• R&D/innovation, internationalization and financing constraints • Innovation, internationalization and gender

• Innovation and migration • Innovation and migration

• International knowledge spillovers

• Internationalization mode and firm performance

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Silvia Marchesi (PhD in Economics, University of

Graduate School in Public Economics

Warwick, 2001)

Current Position

: Associate Professor of Economics, University of Milan Bicocca.

Research Interests

: Foreign Aid, Multilateral Financial Institutions, Sovereign g g Debt, Decentralization

Main Publications

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•“Did high debts distort loans and grants allocation to IDA countries?” (with g g (

Alessandro Missale),

World Development

, 2013, 44, pp. 1-300

•“Read my lips: the role of information transmission in multilateral reform

design” (with Laura Sabani and Axel Dreher)

Journal of International

design (with Laura Sabani and Axel Dreher),

Journal of International

Economics

, 2011, 84, pp. 86-98

•“IMF concern for reputation and conditional lending failure: theory and

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2007 empirics” (with Laura Sabani).

Journal of Development Economics

, 2007

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Silvia Marchesi

Graduate School in Public Economics

PhD dissertation topics

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PhD dissertation topics

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• Aid allocation and aid effectiveness

• Informal governance in International Organizations • Decentralization in developing economies

• Decentralization in developing economies • Debt restructurings

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Mariapia Mendola (PhD in Economics, University of

Graduate School in Public Economics

Milan, 2005)

Current Position

: Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Milan Bicocca.

Research Interests

: Development economics, Labor Migration, Economics of g the Family

Main Publications

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• Xenophobic attacks, migration intentions and networks: evidence from the p , g

South of Africa (with Guido Friebel and Juan M. Gallego), Journal of Population Economics, 26 (2): 555-591, 2013.

• What drives individual attitudes towards immigration in South Africa?What drives individual attitudes towards immigration in South Africa?

(with Giovanni Facchini and Anna Maria Mayda), Review of International Economics, 21 (2): 326-341, 2013.

•Mi r ti n nd T hn l i l Ch n in R r l H h ld C mpl m nt r •Migration and Technological Change in Rural Households: Complements or

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Mariapia Mendola

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PhD dissertation topics

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•International migration and the labor market (in both origin and destination

countries)

•Human capital and intra-household inequalities

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Simone Moriconi (PhD in Public Economics, DEFAP

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Catholic University of Milan, 2007)

Current Position

: Assistant Professor of International Economics at the Catholic University of Milan

Research Interests

: Public economics, Labour economics and International Economics

Main Publications

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•Magda I., Marsden, D. and S. Moriconi (2012) “Collective Agreements, Wages g , , ( ) g , g

and Firms’ Cohorts: Evidence from Central Europe”,

Industrial and Labor

Relations Review

, Vol. 65(3), 606-829.

•Moriconi S and Y Sato (2009) “International Commodity Taxation in theMoriconi S. and Y. Sato (2009), International Commodity Taxation in the

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Simone Moriconi

Graduate School in Public Economics

PhD dissertation topics

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PhD dissertation topics

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• Tax and regulation competition

• International trade and the labour market • Culture international trade and migration • Culture, international trade and migration

• Cultural spillovers (e.g. between migrants and natives) • The Political Economy of Rating Agencies

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Alessia Paccagnini (PhD in Economics, Bocconi

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University, 2009)

Current Position

: Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Milan Bi

Bicocca.

Research Interests

: Econometrics, Bayesian Econometrics, Time-Series, Macroeconomics, Macroeconometrics, International Economics and International Macroeconomics

Main Publications

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• On the Predictability of Time-Varying and DSGE Models (with Stelios y y g (

Bekiros) (2012) Empirical Economics

•Does Trade Fosters Institutions? (with Marcella Nicolini), Review of

Economics and Institutions Vol. 2 - no. 2, Spring 2011 - Article 4 ISSN 2038-Econo ics and Institutions Vol. 2 no. 2, Sp ing 20 ticle 4 ISSN 2038 1379

• On the Statistic identification of DSGE models (with Agostino Consolo and

Carlo A Favero Journal of Econometrics pages 99-115 Volume 150 Issue 1 Carlo A. Favero. Journal of Econometrics, pages 99-115, Volume 150, Issue 1,

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Alessia Paccagnini

Graduate School in Public Economics

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PhD dissertation topics

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• Bayesian econometrics and time serie analysis • Model validation and model comparison

• Forecasting

• Panel data estimation

• Applied econometrics to macroeconomics, international macroeconomicspp