In 2008, Ottaviano returned to Bocconi before moving to the London School of Economics in 2013, where he directed the Trade Programme of the Centre for Economic Performance, and back to Bocconi in 2019.

What is Ottaviano’s research area?

Gianmarco Ottaviano’s research areas include capital movements and multinational firms, development and growth, economic integration, international trade, international migration, and regional cohesion.

What is Ottaviano’s trade model?

Together with Marc Melitz, Ottaviano developed a trade model in which productivity and price mark-ups respond to size and integration of a market through international trade, with higher integration enabling tougher competition and thus also changing the composition of producers and exporters in that market.