Michele Ruta

Prof. Dr. Michele Ruta

Polytechnic University of Bari, 4 Via Orabona, I-70125 Bari, Italy
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Academic Career Length

22Years (2005-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 January 2023 in Staff Discussion Notes
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SAShekhar Aiyar
Shekhar Aiyar
JCJiaqian Chen
Jiaqian Chen
CEChristian Ebeke
Christian Ebeke
RGRoberto Garcia-Saltos
Roberto Garcia-Saltos
TGTryggvi Gudmundsson
Tryggvi Gudmundsson
JTJuan Trevino
Juan Trevino
After several decades of increasing global economic integration, the world is facing the risk of policy-driven geoeconomic fragmentation (GEF). This note explores the ramifications. It identifies multiple channels through which the benefits of globalization were earlier transmitted, and along which, conversely, the costs of GEF are likely to fall, including trade, migration, capital flows, technology diffusion and the provision of global public goods. It explores the consequences of GEF for the international monetary system and the global financial safety net. Finally, it suggests a pragmatic path forward for preserving the benefits of global integration and multilateralism

17 February 2021 in The World Economy
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AEAlvaro Espitia
Alvaro Espitia
AMAaditya Mattoo
Aaditya Mattoo
NRNadia Rocha
Nadia Rocha
MRMichele Ruta
Michele Ruta
DWDeborah Winkler
Deborah Winkler
This paper studies the trade effects of COVID‐19 using monthly disaggregated trade data for 28 countries and multiple trading partners from the beginning of the pandemic to June 2020. Regression results based on a sector‐level gravity model show that the negative trade effects induced by COVID‐19 shocks varied widely across sectors. Sectors more amenable to remote work contracted less throughout the pandemic. Importantly, participation in global value chains increased traders’ vulnerability to shocks suffered by trading partners, but it also reduced their vulnerability to domestic shocks.

10 April 2019 in The World Economy
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CCCristina Constantinescu
Cristina Constantinescu
AMAaditya Mattoo
Aaditya Mattoo
MRMichele Ruta
Michele Ruta
This paper investigates the impact of global value chain (GVC) participation on productivity. It uses data on trade in value‐added from the World Input‐Output Database. The results based on a panel estimation covering 13 sectors in 40 countries over 15 years suggest that participation in GVCs is a significant driver of labour productivity. Backward participation in GVCs, that is, the use of imported inputs to produce for exports, emerges as particularly important. An increase by 10% in the level of GVC participation increased average productivity by close to 1.6%.

30 July 2020 in Review of Industrial Organization
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ELEdith Laget
Edith Laget
AOAlberto Osnago
Alberto Osnago
NRNadia Rocha
Nadia Rocha
MRMichele Ruta
Michele Ruta

15 August 2022 in Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique
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AMAaditya Mattoo
Aaditya Mattoo
AMAlen Mulabdic
Alen Mulabdic
MRMichele Ruta
Michele Ruta

29 June 2020 in Review of Industrial Organization
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CCCristina Constantinescu
Cristina Constantinescu
AMAaditya Mattoo
Aaditya Mattoo
MRMichele Ruta
Michele Ruta