Economia Internazionale
/ International Economics

It is an honour to serve as Editor of Economia Internazionale / International Economics, a journal founded in 1948 by the Institute of International Economics and the Genoa Chamber of Commerce, with the support of leading Italian economists such as Luigi Einaudi, Costantino Bresciani‑Turroni, Volrico Travaglini and Orlando D’Alauro. Born in the aftermath of World War II, the journal played an important role in promoting trade openness and Italy’s integration with Western Europe and the United States, choices that proved crucial for the country’s economic and political development.

Today, in a context where protectionist pressures have re‑emerged after the Covid‑19 pandemic and rising geopolitical tensions, the journal aims to contribute to the renewed debate on free trade versus protectionism by providing rigorous analyses of the international economy and of Italy’s external economic relations and by putting forward well‑founded policy proposals. I trust we can continue to count on the support of our devoted readers in this endeavour.

We proudly remember the names of the Economia Internazionale / International Economics Review; extraordinary people with a clear vision of the future.

Luigi Einaudi (Honorary Member)

Luigi Amoroso

Costantino Bresciani-Turroni

Epicarmo Corbino

Orlando D'Alauro

Gustavo Del Vecchio

Mauro Fasiani

Pasquale Jannaccone

Francesco Manzitti

Volrico Travaglini

The review Economia Internazionale/International Economics is an international economic journal established in 1948 by the Institute for International Economics of the Chamber of Commerce of Genoa.

The Institute for International Economics, a body formed to carry out scientific research in the areas of international economic theory and policy, was founded in 1946 by Professor Orlando DʼAlauro, Professor Volrico Travaglini, Francesco Manzitti, President of the Genoa Chamber of Commerce, and Bruno Minoletti, the Chamberʼs General Secretary.

The Instituteʼs mission as set out by its founders was to construct a strong centre of scientific research able to support, as in fact it did, economic policy that envisaged the liberalisation of international trade in a country – Italy – that had for decades been subject to policies of autarchy and belligerence.

The first and most robust phase of growth for the Italian post-war economy is generally accepted to have been an ʻexport led growthʼ: the underlying political choice that produced this expansion was due to the renaissance of free-market ideas that the Institute for International Economics also helped to promote in those years.

At the same time Travaglini and DʼAlauro – together with some of the leading economists of the day – established the review Economia Internazionale which was to publish not only the Instituteʼs research findings but also first-quality papers from universities and foreign research centres.

For 75 years activity the Editor, the Chamber of Commerce of Genova, has been able to keep up with changes occurring in scholarly research thus maintaining the independence of the journal: initially contributions to the review were predominantly in Italian, however later English was adopted as the sole language in order to make the results and views published widely available to an international research audience. Also the responsibility for the selection and assessment of papers passed from the sole director to his assistants, and then the double-blind peer review method was introduced. Lastly, in 2016 it has become an open access journal freely available for consultation and download.

Throughout its history many important scholars have submitted and published their papers with Economia Internazionale and just due to these significant contributions it achieved an excellent repute among economists all over the world.

Editor in chief

Giovanni Battista Pittaluga, University of Genova - Italy

Scientific Board

Maurizio Conti, Co Editor - University of Genova - Italy

Elena Seghezza, Co-Editor - University of Genova - Italy

Nicola Acocella - University La Sapienza Rome - Italy

Luigi Attanasio - President of the Chamber of Commerce of Genova - Italy

Angelo Baglioni - Università Cattolica Milan - Italy

Eugenia Baroncelli - University Alma Mater Studiorum Bologna - Italy

Giorgio Basevi - University Alma Mater Studiorum Bologna - Italy

Luca Beltrametti - University of Genova - Italy

Lorenzo Bini-Smaghi - School of European Political Economy, Luiss University , Rome - Italy

Franco Bruni - University Bocconi, Milan, ISPI - Italy

Gabriele Cardullo - University of Genova - Italy

Maurizio Caviglia - Secretary General of the Chamber of Commerce of Genova - Italy

Parvesh K. Chopra - International Centre for Development and Performance Management, Leeds - UK

Georgios Chortareas - King's College London - UK

Mario Deaglio - University of Turin - Italy

Debora Di Gioacchino - University La Sapienza Rome - Italy 

Gerald Epstein - University of Massachusetts Amherst - USA

Silvia Fedeli - University La Sapienza Rome - Italy 

Daniele Franco - Banca d'Italia Rome - Italy

Jeffry Frieden  - Harvard University - USA

Emma Galli - University La Sapienza Rome - Italy 

Claudia Girardone - Essex Business School - UK

Paolo Guerrieri Paleotti – Paris School of International Affairs, Sciences Po 

Carsten Hefeker - University of Siegen - Germania

Arye L. Hillman - Bar Ilan University - Israel

Claudio Impenna - Banca d'Italia

Miroslav N. Jovanović - Global Studies Institute, University of Geneva, Switzerland and Novi Sad School of Business, Novi Sad, Serbia

Rainer Masera - University Guglielmo Marconi, Rome - Italy

Giuseppe Mastromatteo  - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan - Italy

Juan Carlos Moreno-Brid - National Autonomous University of Mexico - Mexico

Gianmarco Ottaviano – Bocconi University,  Milan - Italy

Piercarlo Padoan – President of Unicredit Bank -Italy

Martin Paldam - University of Aarhus - Danmark

Angelo Panebianco - Università di Bologna - Italy

Carlo Panico - University Federico II, Naples - Italy

Martin Puchet Anyul - National Autonomous University of Mexico - Mexico

Alessio Reghezza - European Central Bank - Frankfurt

Sergio Rossi – University of Freiburg - Switzerland

Laura Sabani – University of Florence - Italy

Paolo Savona - President of CONSOB, Commissione nazionale per le società e la Borsa, Rome - Italy

Vito Tanzi - International Institute of Public Finance, Munich - Germany

John Thornton - US Department of the Treasury - USA

Editorial Board

Federico Bega - Promos Italia Milan - Italy

Gianluca Cerruti - University of Genova - Italy

Giovanni D'Alauro - University of Genova - Italy

Anna Galleano - Chamber of Commerce of Genova - Italy

Angela Procopio - Chamber of Commerce of Genova - Italy

Alessandra Repetto - Chamber of Commerce of Genova - Italy

Marta Santagata - University of Genova - Italy

Claudia Sirito - Chamber of Commerce of Genova - Italy