Francesco Chiacchio
Research Assistant,
Francesco, an Italian citizen, works in Bruegel as a Research Assistant in the innovation and competition area, with a focus on trade and productivity, as well. Before joining Bruegel, Francesco was a trainee at the European Central Bank, working on projects related to productivity, Global Value Chains and technology diffusion, export intensity, and credit allocation, as well as on macroeconomic projections. He also interned at the European Commission, Directorate General for Competition, involved in projects related to the Directive on Antitrust Damages Action, and provided teaching assistance at the Tinbergen Institute.
He holds a Master in Economics and Social Sciences from Bocconi University, where he specialized in quantitative methods and microeconomics.
Francesco’s research interests include industrial and competition policy, firms and competitiveness, international economics and trade, and resource allocation. His personal interest also lies in possible applications of big data.
He is fluent in Italian and English, and has basic knowledge of German and French.
Featured work
Should we care about central bank profits?
The authors investigate the ECB’s profit-making activity of the last 20 years, assessing how this was achieved and the reasons why we should care more
Robots, ICT and EU employment
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Trade wars: Just how exposed are EU Member States and industries to the US market?
This blog focuses on how a more restricted access to US final demand could affect EU economies and sectors, by measuring their share of value-added ab
EU funds for migration, asylum and integration policies
This study provides an overview, analysis and evaluation of how EU funds for migration, asylum and integration policies have been used. Using publicly