Andrea Caggese earned his PhD in Economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2002. Currently he is an Associate Professor at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), an Affiliated Professor at Barcelona School of Economics (BSE), and a Research Associate at the Center for Research in International Economics (CREi). He is also the Coordinator of the Master of Research in Economics, Finance and Management at the Department of Economics and Business at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF)