Alumni
Lamessa Tariku Abdisa
PhD in 2019
Supervisor: Massimo Florio
Dissertation: Essays on Business, Environment and Firm Performance
First Placement: Senior Research Officer, Frontieri Consult
Gloria Afful-Mensah
PhD in 2018
Supervisor: Carlo Fiorio
Dissertation: Essays in Economics of Health. A Developing Country Perspective
First placement: Lecturer, University of Ghana
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Leila Aghabarari
PhD in 2015
Supervisor: Vittoria Cerasi and Paolo Garella
Dissertation: Bank's Lending Behavior during the Global Financial Crisis
First placement: Consultant, Development Research Group of the World Bank, Washington DC
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Maryam Ahmadi
PhD in 2015
Supervisor: Matteo Manera
Dissertation: Essays on the Effects of Oil Price Shocks on Financial Markets and Industries
First placement: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Milano-Bicocca
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Giuseppe Ambrosini
PhD in 2016
Supervisor: Francesco Menoncin
Dissertation: Essays on the Interactions between Credit Default Swap and Bond Markets
First placement: Bank resolution officer, Single Resolution Board, Brussels
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Getaendale Simesh Ayele
PhD in 2024
Supervisor: Marinella Leone
Dissertation: Essays on Public Health Policy Evaluation
First Placement: Consultant, The World Bank, Luanda, Angola
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Richard Ayisi
PhD in 2018
Supervisor: Alessandro Flamini
Dissertation: Essays on Informal Credit Intermediation and Monetary Policy Effectiveness
First placement: University of Ghana
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Alessandra Baggi
PhD in 2023
Supervisor: Carolina Castagnetti
Dissertation: Essays on Gender and Labor Market, a New Approach
First placement: Financial Analyst, RINA s.p.a.
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Annarita Baldanzi
PhD in 2018
Supervisor: Alberto Bucci
Dissertation: Essays on Global Engagement, Productivity and Labor Market Effects of the Manufacturing Sector
First placement: Sap Technical Consultant, EPI-USE Labs
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Emilia Barili
PhD in 2021
Supervisor: Veronica Grembi
Dissertation: Empirical Studies in Health Economics
First placement: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Genoa and Researcher at APHEC
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Davide Bazzana
PhD in 2016
Supervisor: Domenico Delli Gatti
Dissertation: Endogenous Fluctuations in Macroeconomics: the Role of Heterogeneity
First placement: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Brescia
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Ridwan Bolaji Bello
PhD in 2021
Supervisor: Carlo Fiorio
Dissertation: Analysis of Microeconomics Behaviours in Fragile and Conflict Environments
First placement: Analyst, The World Bank
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Daniele Biancardi
PhD in 2017
Supervisor: Massimiliano Bratti
Dissertation: Empirical Essays in Education and Labor Economics
First placement: Research Fellow, IRVAPP
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Lorenza Bianchi
PhD in 2021
Supervisor: Giovanna D'adda
Dissertation: Three empirical studies on animal welfare policy and consumer search behaviour
First Placement: LAV
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Paolo Bonnet
PhD in 2022
Supervisor: Alessandro Olper
Dissertation: Essays on the Political Economy of Environmental Policies and International Trade.
First placement: Economist, European Commission's Joint Research Centre, Ispra.
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Ebo Botchway
PhD in 2018
Supervisor: Antonio Filippin
Dissertation: Risk, Preferences and Adaptation Strategies of Farmers in Ghana
First placement: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, KU Leuven
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Enrico Botta
PhD in 2018
Supervisor: Marzio Galeotti
Dissertation: Essays on Economic Growth and Health
First placement: Green Growth Coordinator, OECD, Paris
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Simone Bravo
PhD in 2025
Supervisor: Enrico Minelli and Claudia Meroni
Dissertation: Monetary policy transmission and market power - a general and strategic approach
First Placement: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Brescia
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Alberto Cardaci
PhD in 2015
Supervisor: Domenico Delli Gatti
Dissertation: Essays on Inequality, Household Debt and Financial Instability
First placement: Research assistant, OFCE-SciencesPo, Paris. Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Complexity Lab in Economics (CLE)
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Nicola Chiaromonte
PhD in 2020
Supervisor: Luca Micheletto
Dissertation: Essays on Advertising in Digital Platforms and their taxation
First placement: EB Operations Team Leader, Euroclear, Brussels
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Emanuele Colombo Azimonti
PhD in 2023
Supervisor: Patrizio Tirelli
Dissertation: Essays on supply-side fiscal policies for Covid-19
First placement: Business strategy consultant, MUSE STRATEGY
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Daniele Corso
PhD in 2022
Supervisor: Alberto Cavaliere
Dissertation: Essays in Health Economics and Policy
First placement: Omnichannel Customer Experience Business Partner, Boehringer Ingelheim
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Giovanni Crea
PhD in 2015
Supervisor: Alberto Cavaliere
Dissertation: Essays in Health Economics and Industrial Economics
First placement: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Pavia
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Francesca Crucitti
PhD in 2019
Supervisor: Lorenza Rossi
Dissertation: Heterogeneous Firms Models and Financial Market Frictions
First placement: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Pavia
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Alessandro Cunsolo
PhD in 2025
Supervisor: Antonio Filippin
Dissertation: Expected income mobility: demand for redistribution and antisocial behavior
First placement: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Università della Campania
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Rui Miguel Costantino Da Silva
PhD in 2019
Supervisor: Paolo Garella
Dissertation: Essays on Equilibrium Selection and Game Theory
First placement: Lecturer in Economics and Senior Academic Advisor for the School of Economics, University of East Anglia
Anna Dellarole
PhD in 2016
Supervisor: Francesco Bosello
Dissertation: Essays on Economic Modelling of Climate Change Impacts and Environmental Policies
First placement: Data Analyst, GMR srl, Milan
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Serena Marianna Drufuca
PhD in 2015
Supervisor: Maria Rosa Battagion
Dissertation: Essays in Media Economics
First placement: Junior Researcher on labor market issues, Istituto per la Ricerca Sociale, Milan
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Ruhollah Eskandari
PhD in 2015
Supervisor: Emanuele Bacchiocchi
Dissertation: Three Essays in Tax Policy, Macroeconomics and Corporate Policies
First placement: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, University of York, UK
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Ali Esmaile
PhD in 2018
Supervisor: Maria Letizia Giorgetti
Dissertation: Essays on Environmental Regulation and Firms' Performance
Clara Etcheverry
PhD in 2022
Supervisor: Marcella Nicolini
Dissertation: Essays on e-commerce in the food retail industry
First placement: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Institut Mines-Télécom Business School, Paris
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Linda Ferrari
PhD in 2021
Supervisor: Alessandro Banterle
Dissertation: Attitude toward gene-edited food: an economic analysis from diverse stakeholders’ viewpoints
First placement: Coldiretti, Brescia
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Banchayehu Girma Firew
PhD in 2020
Supervisor: Tommaso Frattini and Agata Maida
Dissertation: Essays on Gender and Firm Performance
First placement: Assistant Professor, Economics Department, Debire Birhan University, Debire Birhan, Ethiopia
Luca Fosso
PhD in 2023
Supervisor: Guido Ascari
Dissertation: Essays in Empirical Macroeconomics
First placement: Economist, European Central Bank
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Marco Fregoni
PhD in 2019
Supervisor: Marco Leonardi
Dissertation: Essays on the Economics of Land Use Regulation and Political Cycle
Prince Boakye Frimpong
PhD in 2019
Supervisor: Massimiliano Bratti
Dissertation: Essays on the Economics of Land Use Regulation and Political Cycle
First placement: Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
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Wondatir Atinafu Gebre
PhD in 2024
Supervisor: Jakob Grazzini
Dissertation: Essays on Drought Impact: Firm and FDI in Low-Income Countrie
First placement: Doctoral Research Associate, University of Lancaster
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Fabrizio Ghezzi
PhD in 2024
Supervisor: Eduardo Rossi
Dissertation: New Econometrics Method for Parameter Instability
First placement: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, University of California San Diego
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Alemu Lambabo Hawitibo
PhD in 2020
Supervisor: Emanuele Bacchiocchi
Dissertation: Essays on Macroeconomics
Dante Langone
PhD in 2023
Supervisor: Alberto Cavaliere
Dissertation: Data disclosure and tracking in digital markets: two essays
First placement: Associate Economist, CEG - Competition Economists Group, Zurich
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Marko Ledic
PhD in 2017
Supervisor: Carlo Fiorio
Dissertation: Essays on Empirical Welfare Economics
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Xiao Li
PhD in 2025
Dissertation: Raw Materials for Energy Transition
Supervisor: Andrea Bastianin
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Danilo Liuzzi
PhD in 2015
Supervisor: Davide La Torre
Dissertation: Uncertainty and Intergenerational Issues: Essays in Environmental Economics
First placement: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Venice
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Veronica Lupi
PhD in 2018
Supervisor: Marzio Galeotti
Dissertation: Essays on Climate Change Economics and Population Dynamics
First placement: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Milan
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Fabio Italo Martinenghi
PhD in 2020
Supervisor: Giovanni Pica and Micheel De Nadai
Dissertation: Essays on Policy Evaluation
First placement: Research Associate, University of New South Wales, Sydney
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Lorenzo Mazzucchelli
PhD in 2023
Supervisor: Antonio Filippin
Dissertation: Three Essays on the Disposition Effect
First placement: Research Fellow, University of Bologna
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Marie Silvère Mbomè
PhD in 2016
Supervisor: Alessandro Missale
Dissertation: Essays on Macroeconomic Vulnerability, Financial Development and Economic Growth
Andualem Mekonnen
PhD in 2015
Supervisor: Raffaele Miniaci
Dissertation: Multidimensional Poverty: Theory and Empirics
First placement: Assistant Professor of Economics, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
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Amare Alemaye Mersha
PhD in 2024
Supervisor: Guido Ascari
Dissertation: Essays on Macroeconomic fluctuations and export Commodity sectors of emerging economies
First placement: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Milan
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Elisabetta Mirto
PhD in 2023
Supervisor: Emanuele Bacchiocchi
Dissertation: Essays on Identification in Heteroskedastic SVARs
First placement: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Milan
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Paolo Nota
PhD in 2023
Supervisor: Alessandro Olper
Dissertation: Two Essays on Agriculture, Trade and Climate Change
First placement: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Milan
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Giacomo Novelli
PhD in 2021
Supervisor: Marzio Galeotti
Dissertation: Essays on Energy and Climate Economics
First Placement: Senior Economist, Economic Analysis & Forecasting Team, Prometeia
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Lucia Pacca
PhD in 2018
Supervisor: Alessandro Olper
Dissertation: Essays on the Political Economy of Trade and Environmental Policies
First placement: Research Fellow in Environmental Economics, University of Sussex
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Paolo Pedotti
PhD in 2024
Supervisor: Lorenzo Zirulia
Dissertation: Essays on Total Factory Productiviy and Business R&D
First placement: Research Assistant, European Commission’s Joint Research Centre, Ispra
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Andreea Alexandra Piriu
PhD in 2020
Supervisor: Massimiliano Bratti
Dissertation: Essays on Globalisation - Effect and Implications for Individuals
First placement: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
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Chiara Punzo
PhD in 2016
Supervisor: Lorenza Rossi
Dissertation: Three essays on Borrowing-Constrained Agents in a DSGE model
First placement: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Catholic University of Milan
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Martino Ricci
PhD in 2016
Supervisor: Patrizio Tirelli
Dissertation: Essays on Macroeconomics with Financial Frictions
First placement: Research Analyst, External Development Division, DG-I, European Central Bank
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Andrea Riganti
PhD in 2018
Supervisor: Carlo Fiorio
Dissertation: Essays in Health Economics: Evidence from Italy
First placement: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Milan
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Federico Segato
PhD in 2025
Supervisor: Francesco Scervini and Daniele Checchi
Dissertation: Intergenerational Mobility and Inequality of Opportunity
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Ekaterina Shakina
PhD in 2019
Supervisor: Antonio Filippin
Dissertation: Three Essays on Behavioural Economics
First placement: Lecturer, University of Northumbria
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Cora Signorotto
PhD in 2015
Supervisor: Giovanni Facchini
Dissertation: Essays on International Migration
First placement: Research analyst, Nielsen
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Jacopo Sorbo
PhD in 2018
Supervisor: Alessandro Missale
Dissertation: Inflation-Indexed Bonds in the Eurozone
First Placement: European Stability Mechanism, Luxembourg
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Giacomo Stroppa
PhD in 2020
Supervisor: Lorenza Rossi
Dissertation: Essays on Investment and the Elasticity of Substitution
First placement: Economic and Financial Analyst, Eurispes - Istituto di Studi Politici Economici e Sociali
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Sergii Troshchenkov
PhD in 2017
Supervisor: Massimiliano Bratti
Dissertation: Essays on Economic Aspects of Commuting in Sweden
First placement: Senior Specialist for Financial Operations, CitiBank, Warsaw, Poland
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Fatma Usheva
PhD in 2018
Supervisor: Tommaso Frattini
Dissertation: Essays on International Migration
First placement: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Università degli Studi di Padova
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Daniele Valenti
PhD in 2018
Supervisor: Matteo Manera
Dissertation: Essays on Global Oil Market
First placement: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Milan
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Andrea Viselli
PhD in 2025
Supervisor: Fabrizio Iacone
Dissertation: Nowcasting and forecast evaluation under large instabilities
First placement: Research Fellow, University of Milan
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Daniel Voelkening
PhD in 2024
Supervisor: Enrico Minelli
Dissertation: Essays on Hedonic Product Differentiation
First placement: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Milan
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Tarekegne Wassie
PhD in 2018
Supervisor: Franceso Bosello
Dissertation: Economy-Wide Estimates of the Implications of INDC* Policies for Ethiopia (A Recursive Dynamic CGE MicroData Analysis)
First placement: UNDP Global Policy Centre for Governance, Oslo Governance Centre