Senior trade economist, CEPII
Maria Cristina Mitaritonna holds an MPhil in international economics at Bocconi University, in Milan and a PhD on quantitative methods and political economy from Pavia University, Italy. Her PhD dealt with the “Special and Differential treatment in the WTO”.
She joined the Cepii in 2005 to work on CGE models and their application to the international trade negotiations (multilateral and bilateral negotiations), with a special focus on services and developing countries.
She also works, both theoretically and empirically on corruption in developing countries.
Her recent work concerns also heterogeneous firm models dealing with demand uncertainty and resource constraints.
Lifting the lid on the black box of informal trade in Africa
Sep 25, 2018 09:34 am UTC| Insights & Views
The share of internal trade in Africa remains low, as reflected by official statistics. This is despite numerous regional trade agreements that have led to tariffs removal within the trading blocs. At least in...
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