Alessio Terzi
Former Affiliate Fellow
Alessio Terzi, an Italian citizen, joined Bruegel in October 2013. Prior to this, Alessio was a Research Analyst in the EMU governance division of the European Central Bank. He has also worked for the macroeconomic forecasting unit of DG ECFIN (European Commission), the Scottish Parliament’s Financial Scrutiny Unit, and BMI Research (Fitch group), a country risk and forecasting firm in the City of London, where he was a Europe Analyst.
He holds a Bachelor's degree in International Economics from Bocconi University and an MPA in European Economic Policy from the London School of Economics, where he specialised in public economics. During his studies, he spent a semester at Dartmouth College (USA). Alessio’s main research interests include structural reforms, competitiveness, EMU governance, and the G20.
Between 2016-2018, Alessio was a Visiting Fulbright Fellow at the Kennedy School of Government of Harvard University. He completed a PhD in Political Economy at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin, with a thesis on economic growth, written under the supervision of prof. Henrik Enderlein, Dani Rodrik, and Jean Pisani-Ferry.
He is fluent in Italian and English, has a good knowledge of French, and an intermediate level of German and Spanish.
Featured work
Sparking Europe’s new industrial revolution: A policy for net zero, growth and resilience
This Blueprint assesses what must be done to implement industrial policy in a way that will achieve overarching goals while minimising distortions.
Growth for good?
Can economic growth be a force for good and help in the fight against climate change?
Improving the efficiency and legitimacy of the EU: A bottom-up approach
The 2019 European elections promise to be a watershed moment for the EU. A recent Bruegel paper made the case for restructuring the Union’s model of g
The EU - Japan Economic Partnership Agreement
This paper was requested by the European Parliament's Committee on International Trade (INTA) and analyses the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement
All work
Blueprint
03 July 2023
Sparking Europe’s new industrial revolution: A policy for net zero, growth and resilience
This Blueprint assesses what must be done to implement industrial policy in a way that will achieve overarching goals while minimising distortions.
Podcast
15 June 2022
Growth for good?
Can economic growth be a force for good and help in the fight against climate change?
Blog post
09 October 2018
Improving the efficiency and legitimacy of the EU: A bottom-up approach
The 2019 European elections promise to be a watershed moment for the EU. A recent Bruegel paper made the case for restructuring the Union’s model of g
External publication
03 October 2018
The EU - Japan Economic Partnership Agreement
This paper was requested by the European Parliament's Committee on International Trade (INTA) and analyses the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement
Event
03 October 2018
International trade and the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement
This event; jointly organised by Bruegel and the Graduate School of Economics, Kobe University, will discuss the EU-Japan trade deal and asses its imp
Event
18 September 2018
Structural reforms in Europe: policy lessons from the crisis
When are structural reform efforts successful in fostering productivity and growth when and why do they fail?
Blog post
21 August 2018
The great fiscal lever: An Italian economic obsession
In the Italian macroeconomic context, many are convinced that if only we had a large enough fiscal lever, we could set in motion an economy that has s
Opinion piece
26 June 2018
Making Italy grow again
On March 4th, Italians sent a resounding message in favour of a break with the past. The ultimate test for the new ‘government of change’ will be whet
Blog post
13 June 2018
The G7 is dead, long live the G7
The summit in Charlevoix left behind a Group of Seven in complete disarray. The authors think that the G-group, in its current formulation, no longer
Blog post
31 May 2018
Italian populism calls for hard choices
The economic agenda of Italian populists is likely to exacerbate rather than alleviate Italy’s longstanding problems. But the piecemeal, small-step ap