Carlo Altomonte
Associate Professor

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
- 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

