PUBLICATIONS

Journal articles:

• “Positioning in Global Value Chains: World Map and Indicators. A new dataset available for GVC analyses” (with Mancini M., Montalbano P., and Vurchio D.), The World Bank Economic Review,  lhae005, https://doi.org/10.1093/wber/lhae005 (2024)

• "Co-evolutionary patterns of GVC-trade and knowledge flows in the mining industry: Evidence from Latin America" (with Fusillo F., Pietrobelli C., and Quatraro, F.), Industrial and Corporate Change, dtae002, https://doi.org/10.1093/icc/dtae002 (2024)

• “The Indirect Effects of Brexit on African, Caribbean and Pacific trade with the UK and EU” (with  Montalbano P.,  and  Fusacchia I.),  World Trade Review, 22, 452–462 (2023)

• “Modeling country-sectoral spillovers in generalized propensity score matching: An empirical test on trade data” (with Vurchio D.), Economic Modelling, Volume 124, July, 106293 (2023)

• "A non-parametric assessment of the effects of the Euro on GVC trade” (with Montalbano P.,  and Dell’Agostino L. ),  International Economics, Volume 172, December, 56-76 (2022)

• “Consistency of micro-and macro-level data on global value chains: Evidence from selected European countries” (with Giunta A., and Montalbano P.),  International Economics, Vol.171, October, Pages 130-142 (2022)

•  "Does global value chain participation in the agriculture and food sectors affect economic performance? A global assessment", (with Montalbano P.), Food Policy, 108, 102235  (2022);

•  "Energy Efficiency and Productivity: A Worldwide Firm-level Analysis“, (with Montalbano P. and Vurchio D.), The Energy Journal, Vol.43, No.5 (2022);

• "Mapping global value chain participation and positioning in agriculture and food: stylised facts, empirical evidence and critical issues", (with Fusacchia I, Giunta A., Montalbano P. and Pietrobelli C.), The Bio-based and Applied Economics, 11(2), 93-121 (2022);

•  "Currency Unions and Global Value Chains: The Impact of the Euro on the Italian Value Added Exports" (with Cerulli G.,  Salvatici L., and Zinilli A.), Italian Economic Journal, 8, 373–407  (2022); 

•  “Do We Still Need the World TradeOrganization?”, Journal of International Commerce, Economics and Policy, Vol. 11, No. 3 (2020);

•  “Countries’ participation in agri-food value chains: A global assessment and the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic” (with Montalbano P.) Ag4Dev - Agriculture for Development, n.41 (2020);

•  “Does Trade Policy Impact Food and Agriculture Global Value Chain Participation of Sub-Saharan African Countries?", (with J. Balié,  D. Del Prete,  E. Magrini and P. Montalbano), in American Journal of Agricultural Economics,  Volume 101(3): 773–789 (2019);

•  “Energy efficiency, productivity and exporting: Firm-level evidence in Latin America", (with P. Montalbano), in Energy Economics,  Volume 79: 97–110 (2019);

• “Measuring patterns of specialization using trade in value added. The case of manufacturing in Italy”, (with L. Dell'Agostino), in Applied Economics 25(21), 1487-1492 (2018); 

•  “Opening and Linking up: Firms, GVCs and Productivity in Latin America”, (with Montalbano P. and C.  Pietrobelli), in Small Business Economics, April, Volume 50, Issue 4, pp 917–935 (2018);

• “New features, forgotten costs and counterfactual gains of the international trading system”, (with Salvatici L.),  in European Review of Agricultural Economics, Volume 44, Issue 4, 1 September 2017, Pages 592–633 (2017);

•  “Agricultural (dis)Incentives and Food Security: Is there a link?", (with E. Magrini, P. Montalbano and L. Salvatici), in American Journal of Agricultural Economics,99(4):847-871 (2017);

•  “Are EU trade preferences really effective? An impact evaluation assessment of the Southern Mediterranean Countries' case” (with E. Magrini and P. Montalbano), in International Review of Applied Economics, Volume 31, pp.126-144 (2017);

•  “Network Analysis of World Trade using the BACI-CEPII Dataset” (with L. De Benedictis, G. Santoni, C. Vicarelli, L. Tajoili), in Global Economy Journal, Volume 14, Issue 3-4, Pages 287–343 (2014);

•  “The trade competitiveness of Southern emerging economies: a multi-dimensional approach through cluster analysis” (with P. Montalbano), in The World Economy, 37 (6), pp. 783–810. doi: 10.1111/twec.12195 (2014);

•   “Assessing the trade impact of the European Neighbourhood Policy on the EU-MED Free Trade Area” (with P. Montalbano), in Applied Economics, vol.46(7), pp.730-740 (2014);

•   "The Trade Specialization of China, India, Brazil and South Africa: A Threat to Whom?" (with P. Montalbano), The International Trade Journal, Vol. 26, no. 5 (2012);

•   “Tariff liberalization and the growth of world trade: a comparative historical analysis to evaluate the multilateral trading system”, in The World Economy, no. 34 (10), pp.1809–1835 (2011);

•    “Are Emerging Economies a threat to the competitiveness of the Italian exports?”, (with P. Montalbano), in QA - Rivista dell’Associazione Rossi-Doria, vol. 4  (2011);

• “Does Tariff Liberalization Promote Trade? Latin American Countries inthe Long-Run (1900-2000)”,  (with C. Pietrobelli) in Global Economy Journal,  Volume 8, Issue 4 (2008);

•   “Politiche economiche e strutture demografico-territoriali in Italia” (with Boccella N. and Feliziani V.), Comunicazione, in Rivista Italiana di Economia, Demografia e Statistica, Vol. LX1, No. 3 (2007);

•  “Il ruolo delle riforme nei processi di integrazione regionali: il caso dei PECO”,  in Politica Agricola Internazionale, Verona, Anno II, N.2 (2003);

•   “La Politica di attrazione degli Investimenti Diretti Esteri nel Mezzogiorno ed il sostegno allo sviluppo delle aree arretrate”, in Rassegna Economica, Quaderni di Ricerca, n.3, Banco di Napoli, Naples, April (2000).

Chapters:

• “La crescente rilevanza delle misure non tariffarie ed il loro effetto ambiguo sul commercio internazionale”, (with Tajoli L.) in Rapporto ICE  'L'Italia nell'economia internazionale' 2022-2023, Italian Trade Agency (2023)

•  “Food and Agriculture Global Value Chains:New Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa” (with J. Balié,  D. Del Prete,  E. Magrini and P.                                     Montalbano). In Elhiraika Adam B., Ibrahim Gamal, Davis William, Governance for Structural Transformation in Africa. Palgrave MacMillan                         (2019);

•   "L'Italia e le imprese italiane nelle catene globali del valore: un'analisi micro-macro” (with Giunta A. and Montalbano P.). In L'Italia nell'economia internazionale. Rapporto ICE 2018-19,  pp.166-173, ISBN:978-88-98597-22-2 (2019);

•  “International Linkages,Value Added Trade and LAC Firms' Productivity”, (with P. Montalbano and C. Pietrobelli), in Crespi G., Grazzi M. and C. Pietrobelli (eds), Firm Innovation and Productivity in Latina America and the Caribbean. The Engine of Economic Development, Palgrave (2016);

•   “Il modello di specializzazione della manifattura italiana alla luce dei nuovi dati in valore aggiunto”, (with L. Dell'Agostino) in L'Italia nell'economia internazionale. Rapporto ICE 20015-2016  (2016);

•  “Il coordinamento commerciale internazionale: genesi e sviluppi”, in P. Montalbano and U. Triulzi, La Politica Economica Internazionale: Interdipendenze, Istituzioni e Coordinamento della Governance Globale, ch.9, UtetUniversità (2012);

•   “L’impatto delle politiche commerciali multilaterali sui paesi in via di sviluppo: una rassegna critica”, (with P. Montalbano), in P. Montalbano and U. Triulzi, La Politica Economica Internazionale: Interdipendenze, Istituzioni e Coordinamento della Governance Globale, ch.14, UtetUniversità, (2012);

•   “Il coordinamento commerciale multilaterale” (with P. Montalbano), in Triulzi-Montalbano La politica economica nel contesto internazionale, vol. I, UTET, Torino (2007);

•  “Organizzazione Mondiale del Commercio e Paesi in via di sviluppo”, (with P. Montalbano), in Triulzi-Montalbano La politica economica nel contesto internazionale, vol. II UTET, Torino (2007);

•   “La liberalizzazione tariffaria e’ sufficiente a far  crescere il commercio? Il caso dell’America Latina (1900-2000)” (with C. Pietrobelli), in Globalizzazione. Istruzioni per l’uso, edited by Becchetti L., Paganetto L. and C. Pietrobelli, Donzelli Ed. (2006);

•  “Global Governance and Economic Policy Coordination”, in Governing a New Global Order, Incontri Europei di Amalfi, ed. Carlo Mongardini, Rome, Bulzoni (2005); 

•   “Eurospectator 2000 - Italy Report”, with M. Mancini, in The Euro in the National Context, edited by J.-V. Louis, The British Institute of International and Comparative Law, London (2002);

•  “L’assicurazione del credito all’esportazione: un’analisi comparata a livello europeo», with L. Mercuri, in L’Italia nell’economia internazionale, Rapporto ICE 2000-2001, Sistema Statistico Nazionale, Istituto Nazionale per il Commercio Estero, Rome (2001).

Books and Reports:

•  “Studio sulla valutazione degli effetti dell'accordo di libero scambio UE-Mercosur sul commercio estero italiano" (edited by) (with Salvatici L.) Collana Centro Rossi-Doria Papers, No.3, Roma Tre-Press, Rome; 

• Mapping global value chain (GVC) participation, positioning and vertical specialization in agriculture and food. Technical note for The State of Agricultural Commodity Markets (SOCO), FAO, Rome (2020)

• A quantitative analysis of trends in agricultural and food global value chains (GVCs) (with Dellink, R., and Dervisholli, E.). Background paper for The State of Agricultural Commodity Markets 2020. Rome, FAO (2020)

• The effects of global value chain (GVC) participation on the economic growth of the agricultural and food sectors. (with P. Montalbano) Background paper for The State of Agricultural Commodity Markets 2020. FAO, Rome (2020)

• “L’Allargamento dell’Unione Europea: un difficile processo”, (with N. Boccella), UtetUniversità (2008)

Works in progress:

• “A quasi-experimental approach to assess the causal impact of NTMs on GVC-trade", with D. Vurchio (University of Bari)

• “Do Non-Tariff Measures Impose Trade-Restrictive Effects on Global Agricultural Value Chains? A Worldwide Perspective” with M. Hamid, P. Montalbano (Sapienza University) and D. Vurchio (University of Bari)

• “Coconut production in the Caribbean: Relational value chains in traditional farming”, with Pietrobelli C. (Roma Tre University) and De Angelis M. (INAPP)

•  “The Cobden-Chevalier Effect: Evaluating the causal effect of the Most Favoured Nation clause in presence of Network interferences” with L. De Benedictis (Universitas Mercatorum)

• “Uncovering the spatial and “motivational” nature of internal flows of migrants in Italy”, with C. Conti (ISTAT) and P. Montalbano (Sapienza University)