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BIPR | The Economic Consequences of President Trump
The Economic Consequences of President Trump

February 7, 2025 - 11:00

Gianmarco Ottaviano - Alessandro Merli - Paola Subacchi

The Economic Consequences of President Trump

hosted by Professor Tito Cordella

Gianmarco Ottaviano
Bocconi University
Alessandro Merli
Johns Hopkins University SAIS Europe
Paola Subacchi
Sciences Po, Paris; University of Bologna

GIANMARCO OTTAVIANO

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-CAREFIN, having previously directed the Trade Programme of the Centre of Economic Performance in London. He received a BA in Economics at Bocconi University, a M.Sc. in Economics at the London School of Economics, and a Ph.D. in Economics at the Université Catholique de Louvain. Ottaviano 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.

ALESSANDRO MERLI

Alessandro Merli is Associate Fellow at SAIS Europe. Merli is an economist and award-winning journalist. He is adjunct professor at the Bologna Business School (Università di Bologna). The main focus of his research is currently the European Central Bank. He is a member of the research and policy network on central bank communication, created by the Centre for Economic Policy Research with the cooperation of the ECB. He is a contributor to the Global Watch of the Istituto Studi di Politica Internazionale and is also an independent director at the Italian bank, Credito Emiliano. Merli was previously Frankfurt correspondent/ECB watcher, columnist, financial editor and UK correspondent at Il Sole 24 Ore (1985-2017). In 2014 he was voted best teacher in the Global MBA program at the Bologna Business School. He has taught at the universities of Parma (2008-2010) and Modena/Reggio Emilia (2002-2004). Mr. Merli received the following recognition for his journalism: IV Italy-Latin America Conference, special award of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2009); Citigroup Award for Journalistic Excellence, winner, 1st Italian edition (2002); and Order of the Southern Cross from the President of Brazil (2002). He is a graduate in Law of the Università di Modena (1981) and holds an MA in Economics from the University of Illinois (1987). He was a Visiting Scholar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1993).

PAOLA SUBACCHI

Paola Subacchi is Chair in Sovereign Debt and Finance at Sciences Po in Paris. She is also professor of Political Economy at the University of Bologna. Previously she was at Queen Mary University of London where she contributed to set up the Queen Mary Global Policy Institute. From 2004 to 2019 she was director of economic research and senior fellow at Chatham House (The Royal Institute of International Affairs) in London. She is also a non-executive director of public and private companies and a member of the board of the Instituto Affari Internazionali in Rome. An internationally reputed economist, Subacchi advises governments, international organisations, non-profits, and corporations on the functioning and governance of the international financial and monetary system. She is the author of several publications. Her latest book, The Cost of Free Money. How Unfettered Capital Threatens our Economic Future, was published by Yale University Press.
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