PHD THESIS 

Title: Essays in International Economics

PhD Supervisor & 2nd Reader: Cédric Tille and Beatrice Weder di Mauro

Expected completion date: 2025
 

Profile
 

Matteo’s research lies at the intersection between macroeconomics and fiscal policy, with a focus on climate change. He holds a BSc and MSc degree in economics from Bocconi University. His research is supported financially by the SNSF.

Prior to joining the Institute, he worked as a research assistant at the IGIER Research Centre and as a trainee at the European Commission and European Investment Bank. Matteo is a Research Affiliate at the Centre for International Environmental Studies (CIES) and a Fellow of Tortuga.
 

research interests 
 

• Macroeconomics
• Fiscal Policy
• Climate Change
   

Academic work experience
 

Research assistant at Bocconi University to Professors Gianmarco Ottaviano, Julian Sauvagnat and Basile Grassi. Teaching assistant at the University of Geneva (2021-2022) for Introduction to Microeconomics (French and English) and at the Graduate Institute (2022-) for Finance, Development and Inclusion

Research Experience

• PhD Intern at the Bank of England (2023-24)
• Research Assistant to Ugo Panizza (2022)
• Research Assistant to Gianmarco Ottaviano (2020-21)
• Research Assistant to Basile Grassi and Julien Sauvagnat (2020)

Teaching Experience

• Teaching Assistant at Geneva Graduate Institute (2022-23)
• Teaching Assistant at University of Geneva (2021)

Other work experience 

Trainee at the European Commission DG COMP (March - May 2019) and at the European Investment Bank Economics Department (March - August 2021)

RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS AND WORKS
 

• Trade and Innovation in MENA, EBRD Working Paper No. 267 (2022) with Meryem Gökten, Péter Harazstosi, Zsóka Kóczán, Roberta Lesma, Rozália Pál, and Christoph Weiss. 
• Digitalisation in Europe 2020-2021: Evidence from the EIB Investment Survey, EIB Policy Report with Désirée Rückert, Antilia Viriginie, and Christoph Weiss (2021)
• I veri poveri, with Vittoria Baglieri and Andrea Gorga, in Tortuga (ed.) Ci pensiamo noi: 10 proposte per far spazio ai giovani in Italia, Egea (2020)
  
   

Fellowships, gRANTS AND AWARDS
 

• SNSF Doc.CH Research Grant (2023-25)
• Zegna Founder’s Scholarship Program, Ermenegildo Zegna Group (2021)
   

AfFILIATION
 

• Centre for International Environmental Studies, Research Affiliate (2023 - )
• Tortuga, Fellow (2019 - )
   

LINKS
 

• Personal page
• Linkedin 
• Twitter