Associate Professor of Economics
davide [dot] delprete [at] uniparthenope [dot] it
CALL FOR PAPERS
CEPR Naples Trade & Development Workshop
Working papers & Work in progress
"Market Power along the Global Coffee Chain" with P. Fajgelbaum, A. Khandelwal, and R. Macchiavello.
"Climate Change, Productivity, and Gender: a Global Perspective from Coffee", with A. Blouin and R. Macchiavello.
"Sourcing strategies: Theory and evidence from the garments global value chain" with J. Cajal Grossi and R. Macchiavello.
"Complementarities in ICT Adoption along the Rwandan Coffee Chain " with R. Macchiavello (in the field)
"Sourcing strategies and deforestation: evidence from the cocoa supply chain" with V. Guye and E. Tolva.
Selected Publications
"Supply Chain Disruptions and Sourcing Strategies " with J. Cajal Grossi and R. Macchiavello (2023). International Journal of Industrial Organization, 90, 103004
"Firms amid Conflict: Performance, Production Inputs, and Market Competition" with M. Di Maio and A. Rahman (2023). Journal of Development Economics, 164, 103143.
"Organizing the Global Value Chain: a firm level test", with A. Rungi (2017). Journal of International Economics, 109, 16-30.
Ongoing Research Grants
“Complementarities in ICT Adoption along the Rwandan Coffee Chain” IGC Call for proposal Summer 2022 (with R. Macchiavello). GBP 111,150
“The Sustainability of Global Value Chains” PRIN 2022 (with A. Ariu and J. Bakker). EUR 265,494
“Firm networks and sustainable development” PRIN PNRR 2022 (with M. Stein). EUR 299,797
Other Publications
"Causal Inference on Networks under Continuous Treatment Interference ", with L. Forastiere and V. Leone Sciabolazza (2024). Social Networks, 76, 88-111, doi: 10.1016/j.socnet.2023.07.005
"Backward and Forward integration along Global Value Chains ", with A. Rungi (2020). Review of Industrial Organization, 57(2), 263-283, doi: 10.1007/s11151-020-09774-y
"Does Trade Policy Impact Food and Agriculture Global Value Chain Participation of Sub-Saharan African Countries?", with J. Balié, E. Magrini, P. Montalbano and S. Nenci (2019). American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 101, 773-789, doi: 10.193/ajae/aay091
"Land Consolidation, Specialization, and Household Diets: Evidence from Rwanda" with L. Ghins, E. Magrini and K. Pauw (2019). Food Policy, 83, 139-149. doi: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2018.12.007
"Global Value Chains: new evidence for North Africa", with G. Giovannetti and E. Marvasi (2018). International Economics, 153, 42-54, doi: 10.1016/j.inteco.2017.03.002
"The Smile Curve at the firm level: where Value is Added along Supply Chains", with A. Rungi (2018). Economics Letters, 164, 38–42. doi: 10.1016/j.econlet.2017.12.038
"Global Value Chains Participation and Productivity Gains for North African Firms", with G. Giovannetti and E. Marvasi (2017). Review of World Economics, 153: 675. doi: 10.1007/s10290-017-0292-2