Michael Blanga-Gubbay

Biography


I am a Research Economist at the World Trade Organization  - Economic Research and Statistics Division, and a Lecturer at the University of Zurich (UZH), Department of Economics, where I have been a Postdoctoral Researcher from October 2020 till March 2023.

I hold a Ph.D. in Economics from the Université Libre de Bruxelles - the European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES). 

I have a Bachelor and a Master of Science in Economics and Social Sciences from Bocconi University in Milan; and a Master of Science in Quantitative Economics from the Université Libre de Bruxelles.  During my Ph.D., I spent the 2018-2019 academic year at Harvard University, and the 2019-2020 academic year at Bocconi University.

My research interests are international trade and political economy of trade.