LIUC Papers n. 279, dicembre 2014 - Economia e Impresa, 75

Elisa Borghi

is Lecturer in Economics at Bocconi University. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Milan and a B.A. in Economics and Finance from Bocconi University. Her main research field is international economics. Her research deals with the effects of globalization on labor markets and welfare, and the role of institutional quality on firms' performance.

Rodolfo Helg

is currently Professor of Economics and Dean of the School of Economics and Management at Cattaneo University-LIUC. His area of research is in applied international economics. He has published articles on the determinants of comparative advantages, on the dynamics of countries trade patterns, on less developed countries terms of trade, on euro and optimal currency areas, on exchange rate dynamics, on the labour market implications of globalization, on the quantification of the economic effects of liberalization scenarios in the WTO Doha Round, on the economic effects of trade liberalization between EU and Mediterranean countries and on the EU-US trade potential, on the economic effect of the TTIP agreement. He is in the Editorial Board of the European Journal of Comparative Economics. He has been consultant for the EU Commission, for the OECD, for the European Investment Bank and for the Italian Office of the Prime Minister. In the last few years he has taught courses in International Economics at Johns Hopkins University–SAIS Bologna, at Bocconi University, at ISPI, Milan, at University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, Lugano, at IESEG Lille/Paris, at S.P. Jain Institute Management & Research, Mumbai and at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok.

Lucia Tajoli

is Professor of Political Economy at Politecnico di Milano. Her research focuses on international trade and economic integration between countries and its effects, and on these issues she participated to many international research projects and she published numerous articles on national and international journals. She teaches courses in Economics, International Economics and International Markets and European Institutions at undergraduate and graduate level at Politecnico di Milano. She also teaches Bocconi University and Sant’Anna School of Superior Studies, Pisa. She has been repeatedly a visiting scholar and visiting professor at the Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan, and at various European institutions.