Basile Grassi

Basile Grassi is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Bocconi University, Research Fellow at CEPR, and Affiliate at IGIER. He obtained his PhD from Paris School of Economics and completed postdoctoral research at Oxford University.

His research examines macroeconomic phenomena through firm-level lenses, particularly focusing on how production networks, firm heterogeneity, and industrial organization shape aggregate economic outcomes. Major contributions include analyzing business cycle fluctuations through large firm dynamics, measuring pandemic impacts via input-output networks, and studying EU integration effects.

Grassi teaches intermediate macroeconomics at undergraduate and PhD levels. He develops analytical tools for assessing sectoral economic shocks, with applications to climate change adaptation and industrial policy.