Italo Colantone
I am a Full Professor of Economic Policy at Bocconi University, in Milan. I work in the Department of Social and Political Sciences.
I am the Director of the GREEN Research Centre of Bocconi University.
I am a Research Fellow of the BAFFI Research Centre, of IEP, and of CESifo. I am a Senior Researcher of FEEM.
I teach "Economics and Politics of the European Union", "European Economic Policy", "Macroeconomics for Business", and "Economics of European Integration".
Here is my Google Scholar page.
Research interests
My research focuses on International Trade, Political Economics, and Applied Industrial Organization.
Selected Publications
Global Value Chains and the Design of Trade Agreements
THE REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, ForthcomingIn search of the causes of the globalization backlash: methodological considerations on post-treatment bias
COMPARATIVE POLITICAL STUDIES, 2025The political consequences of green policies: evidence from Italy
AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW, 2024Exposure to international trade lowers green voting and worsens environmental attitudes
NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE, 2023Individual vulnerability to industrial robot adoption increases support for the radical right
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 2021The trade origins of economic nationalism: import competition and voting behavior in Western Europe
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, 2018Low-cost import competition and firm exit: evidence from the EU
INDUSTRIAL AND CORPORATE CHANGE, 2014Trade openness, real exchange rates and job reallocation: evidence from Belgium
REVIEW OF WORLD ECONOMICS, 2012International trade, exit and entry: A cross-country and industry analysis
JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES, 2010Teaching
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POLITICS AND ECONOMICS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
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MACROECONOMICS FOR BUSINESS
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ECONOMICS FOR BUSINESS