Tommaso Sonno is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Bologna. He is also affiliated at the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics, and Adjunct Professor at Bocconi University and at Johns Hopkins SAIS. Tommaso’s research focuses on international economics and political economy. He has studied the relationship between trade and conflicts, and global value networks. He is currently analysing the impact of multinational enterprises on violence in developing countries, the dynamics of populism, and the effect that financial frictions have on the processes of reallocation of resources.

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Financial crises as drivers of populism: A new channel
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- Politics and economics 
- Global crisis

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Pollution reductions during lockdowns can teach us how to build back better a sustainable economy
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- COVID-19 
- Environment

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The populism backlash: An economically driven backlash
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- EU institutions 
- Europe's nations and regions 
- Politics and economics

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The spread of populism in Western countries
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- Politics and economics