Carlo Altomonte

Associate Professor
Knowledge groupEconomics, Politics and Decision Sciences
Research domainsEconomics
Teaching domainsInternational Economy, Macroeconomics, Geopolitics
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Carlo Altomonte

Biography

Carlo Altomonte is Associate Professor of Economics at Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi and Associate Dean for Stakeholder Engagement Programs at SDA Bocconi School of Management, where is Director of the PNRR Lab.

He was Program Director of World Bachelor in Business and regularly teaches Macroeconomics and International Business Environment in the executive and master programs of SDA Bocconi School of Management, where, during the years he has been awarded the ‘Best MBA Teacher’ prize.

Visiting scholar at Paris School of Economics (Panthèon-Sorbonne, Paris, France), London School of Economics (Londra, Regno Unito), European Central Bank, KU Leuven (Lovanio, Belgium).

He is a consultant on international trade and investment issues to the European Commission, the European Parliament, the Division of Investment and Enterprise of UNCTAD (UN - Geneva) and the European Central Bank. Former Economic Adviser and Member of the Group of Experts on Economic Policy with the Italian Office of the Prime Minister. He is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of International Studies (ISPI), Milan and a Non-Resident Fellow at the think-tank Bruegel, Brussels.

He holds a PhD in International Law and Economics from Bocconi University and a PhD in Applied Economics from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium.

Recent Publications

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  • 2025
    Global value chains and the design of trade agreements
    BONDI, A., L. BACCINI, M. FIORINI, B. HOEKMAN, C. ALTOMONTE, I. COLANTONE, "Global value chains and the design of trade agreements", The Review of International Organizations, 2025
  • 2023
    Barriers to trade and innovation
    ALTOMONTE, C., M. L. MANCUSI, "Barriers to trade and innovation" in Handbook of Innovation and Regulation., Pontus Braunerhjelm, Martin Andersson, Knut Blind, Johan E. Eklund (Eds.), Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 294-316, 2023
  • 2023
    L’allocazione territoriale delle risorse tra luci e ombre - The Territorial Allocation of Resources, between Good and Bad
    ALTOMONTE, C., F. BIASIONI, G. GOTTARDO, "L’allocazione territoriale delle risorse tra luci e ombre - The Territorial Allocation of Resources, between Good and Bad", Economia & Management, 2023, no. 2, pp. 42-48
  • 2022
    The Economics of Firm Productivity
    ALTOMONTE, C., F. DI MAURO - "The Economics of Firm Productivity" - 2022, Cambridge University Press, Great Britain
  • 2021
    Global value chains and deep integration
    BACCINI, L., M. FIORINI, B. HOEKMAN, C. ALTOMONTE, I. COLANTONE, "Global value chains and deep integration" in The economics of deep trade agreements., Ana Margarida Fernandes, Nadia Rocha, Michele Ruta (Eds.), CEPR Press, chap. 5, pp. 49-54, 2021
  • 2019
    Il 2019: un anno decisivo
    ALTOMONTE, C., "Il 2019: un anno decisivo", Economia & Management, 2019, no. 1, pp. 16-20

Grants & Honors

  • Excellence in Research Award, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, 2023

  • Horizon 2020 on Raising EU Productivity: Lessons from Improved Micro Data, 2019

  • Innovazione nella Didattica, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, 2016

  • Premio per la Ricerca, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, 2010

  • Premio per la Ricerca, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, 2009

  • Premio per la Ricerca, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, 2008

  • Best MBA Teacher, SDA Bocconi School of Management, 2007