Associate Professor of Political Economy of Development
UNU-MERIT, United Nations University
School of Business and Economics, Maastricht University
Research Interests:
Inequality, Political Economics, Development Economics
Selected Publications:
2025, "Inequality, social mobility and redistributive preferences", (with Isabel Günther), Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 229, 106828.
2025, "Can Preferences for Redistribution Explain the Impact of Austerity on Political Participation? Evidence from the UK," (with P. Justino and L. Metzger), Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 87(2): 357-381.
2025, “Humanitarian concerns and threat perceptions: An analysis of the key drivers of refugee attitudes in Germany”, (with Hillenbrand, Tobias, Laura Metzger and Melissa Siegel), Migration Studies, 13(3).
2025, “Lockdown and unrest: inequality, restrictions and protests during COVID-19,” (with F. Iacoella and P. Justino), Journal of Conflict Resolution, 69(7-8), 1309-1339.
2022, "COVID-19 policy responses, mobility, and food prices" (with S. Dietrich, V. Giuffrida, G. Schmerzeck), American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 104(2): 569–588.
2021, "Chinese official finance and political participation in Africa", (with F. Iacoella, L. Metzger and M. Sanfilippo), European Economic Review, 136, 103741
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Contact Information:
Maastricht Graduate School of Governance - Maastricht University| UNU-MERIT
Boschstraat 24, 6211 AX Maastricht, the Netherlands
Email: bruno.martorano@maastrichtuniversity.nl; martorano@merit.unu.edu