I am a professor at the School of Economics of the University of Nottingham. Before joining Nottingham I was an assistant professor at Cambridge University and IMT Lucca, and a Max Weber post-doctoral fellow at the European University Institute in Florence. I am currently a research Fellow at CEPR, CEP London School of Economics, CESifo Munich and Centro D'Agliano Milano. My fields of specialization include International Trade, Macroeconomics and Economic Growth.