Welcome to my web page!
Here you can find information about my research and policy work.
I am an applied economist, currently Research Fellow at the Institute for European Policy-Making at Bocconi University and Research Associate at the Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Work, University of Oxford.
I am interested in policy, productivity, industrial organization, technology and development.
Contacts: giopresidente [a t] gmail.com; giorgio.presidente [a t] unibocconi.it
Big Budget, Old Habits? Funding Innovation in Europe with the Next Framework Programme, with D.Gros, IEP@BU Commentary, JULY 2025
Funding Ideas, not Companies - Rethinking EU Innovation from the Bottom Up, with C. Fuest, D.Gros, P-L. Mengel and C. Rujan, IEP@BU Report, JULY 2025
The Technological Paradigm, Stupid, IEP@BU Policy Brief, FEBRUARY 2025
Who's Afraid of Tariff Man?, with C. Altomonte, IEP@BU Commentary, NOVEMBER 2024
What Investment Gap? Quality Instead of Quantity, with D. Gros & P.-L. Mengel, IEP@BU Policy Brief, JULY 2024
The Real Problem With the European Defense Industry, with C. Fuest, D. Gros, P.-L. Mengel & J. Tirole, IEP@BU Commentary, JULY 2024
EU Innovation Policy - How to Escape the Middle Technology Trap, with C. Fuest, D. Gros, P.-L. Mengel & J. Tirole, IEP@BU Report, MAY 2024