Research projects in this line aim to better understand the effects on countries, firms and workers of the recent changes in international trade patterns and multinational firms’ competitiveness and strategies – including off-shoring and re-shoring dynamics.

In this context, macroeconomic policies for economic and financial stability, microeconomic policies on industrial sectors, local competitiveness, digitalization and sustainability are evaluated balancing the necessity of a deep theoretical grounding with the added value of a strong applied econometric focus.