Alejandro Riaño

Alejandro Riaño is a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Economics at City St George's, University of London. His research focuses on globalization's impact on firm dynamics, trade policy effectiveness, and labor market outcomes in developing economies.

Education:

• PhD in Economics (2009), Pennsylvania State University
• BA in Economics (2001), Universidad de los Andes, Colombia

Research Interests:

• Documenting export promotion policies (subsidies, special economic zones) and their effects on firm-level export performance, competitiveness, and aggregate welfare
• Analyzing globalization-induced firm volatility in financial and real markets
• Studying trade liberalization impacts on wage inequality and informality in developing countries

Academic Affiliations:

• Research Fellow, CESifo
• Research Fellow, Nottingham Centre for Research on Globalisation and Economic Policy (GEP)
• Senior Fellow, Higher Education Academy

Publication Trends: His work combines empirical and theoretical approaches across International Trade, Development Economics, and Political Economy, with recent emphasis on heterogeneous firm models and export intensity distributions.

Contact:

• Email: alejandro.riano@city.ac.uk
• Phone: +44(0) 207 040 4590
• Room D321, Rhind Building, London EC1V 0HB, UK