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Institute for Economic Analysis (CSIC), Barcelona, Spain    — Advancing Economic Research for a Changing Society

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Mestieri, Martí

Ph.D. in Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011

CSIC Research Scientist

Economic Growth

Research Lines

Martí's research focuses on economic growth, international trade, and macroeconomic aspects of economic development. He has explored topics such as structural change, the global income distribution, the effects of international production fragmentation, and the diffusion of technology across countries. His work often examines how technological advancements and trade dynamics impact economic development and income disparities. 

Short Biography

Martí earned his PhD in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2011. After completing his doctorate, he held academic positions as an Assistant Professor at the Toulouse School of Economics and later at the Department of Economics at Northwestern University. He also served as a Senior Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and as an Associate Professor with tenure at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF). In September 2024, he joined the Institute for Economic Analysis (IAE-CSIC) as a Research Scientist. He is also an Associate Researcher at the Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI), a Research Affiliate at the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), and a member of the Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Global Working Group.

Martí has taught courses on economic growth and international trade at both undergraduate and graduate levels at Northwestern University, the Toulouse School of Economics, UPF and BSE's Master's programs. He has also supervised numerous PhD theses, mentoring students who have gone on to secure positions in academia, industry, and policy institutions.

Beyond research and teaching, he actively contributes to the academic community by serving on program committees, such as the Econometric Society World Congress and the European Economic Association Annual Congress, and organizing research conferences, such as workshops at the Barcelona Summer Forum and the NBER Economic Growth Winter Meeting.

Mestieri, Martí

Selected Publications

TitleYear
Martí Mestieri, Journal of International Economics, forthcoming.
2025
Sergi Basco, Maxime Liegey, Martí Mestieri and Gabriel Smagghue, Journal of International Economics, forthcoming.
2025
Enrico Berkes, Ruben Gaetani and Martí Mestieri, Journal of Political Economy Macroeconomics, forthcoming.
2025
Bart Hobijn, Martí Mestieri, Nicolas Werquin and Jing Zhang, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Economic Perspectives, forthcoming.
2025
Diego Comin, Danial Lashkari and Martí Mestieri, Econometrica, 89(1), 2021, 311-374.
2021
Sergi Basco and Martí Mestieri, Journal of Economic Growth, 24(2), 2019, 189-221.
2019
Diego Comin and Martí Mestieri, American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 10(3), 2018, 137-178.
2018
Martí Mestieri, Johanna Schauer and Robert Townsend, Review of Economic Dynamics (special issue on Human Capital and Inequality), 25, 2017, 151–186.
2017
Sergi Basco and Martí Mestieri, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2017, 0305–9049.
2017
Diego Comin and Martí Mestieri, Handbook of Economic Growth, 2B, Ch. 2, 2014, 565–622.
2014
Sergi Basco and Martí Mestieri, Journal of International Economics, 89(2), 2013, 393-406.
2013

Working Papers

TitleYear
Clement Bohr, Martí Mestieri and Frédéric Robert-Nicoud,
2024
Sergi Basco, Maxime Liegey, Martí Mestieri and Gabriel Smagghue,
2024
Ruben Gaetani, Gustavo de Souza and Martí Mestieri, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Working Paper 2024-20
2024
Francisco Buera, Joseph Kaboski, Martí Mestieri and Daniel O’Connor,
2024
Erico Berkes, Kristina Manysheva and Martí Mestieri,
2024
Clement Bohr, Martí Mestieri and Emre Enes Yavuz,
2023
Diego Comin, Ana Danieli and Martí Mestieri ,
2022
Martí Mestieri,
2015