Antonio Marasco joined LUMS as an Assistant Professor in August 2006. Prior to joining LUMS, he had a one-year teaching appointment in Atilim University, Ankara. From 1990 to 1994 he was employed in the insurance sector at Lloyd Adriatico of Trieste. He has been a teaching assistant at the University College, London and a visiting instructor at Bilkent University, Ankara and at Bond University, Australia. His teaching interests are in macroeconomics, growth theories, and international trade. His research interests are in FDI, international trade and growth. In particular, they focus on welfare gains of foreign direct investment and trade; foreign direct investment and income inequality as possible determinants of technological progress, economic development and growth; the relationship between financial integration and growth. Antonio’s research has been published in, among others, Open Economies Review and Applied Economics and he has been referee for these and many other international journals.
Marasco, A. & Khalid, A. M. (2019). Do Channels of Financial Integration Matter for FDI s Impact on Growth? Empirical Evidence Using a Panel. Applied Economics, 51(37), 4025-4045
Marasco, A. & Choudhri, E. U. (2013). Heterogeneous Productivity and the Gains from Trade and FDI Open Econ Rev, 24(1), 339-360.
Marasco, A., Choudhri, E. U., & Nabi, I. (2017). A Gravity Approach to Pakistan Trade Potential. Pakistan Development Review, 56(4), 271-286.
Marasco, A. & Choudhri, E. U. (2017). Is Foreign Technological Advance Harmful in the Melitz Model? Open Econ Rev, 28(1), 149-166.
Marasco, A. (2005). Technological Progress and Economic Development: Are Foreign Direct Investment and Income Inequality Relevant?. Nijmegen, NL: s.n. ISBN: 9064649863 pp. 243
Marasco, A. & Choudhri, E. U. (2014). Asymmetric Technological Change in the Melitz Model: Are Foreign Technological Improvements Harmful? Carleton Economic Papers 14-04.
Marasco, A. (2005). High Tech Foreign Investment and its Impact on Gross Domestic Product in Developing Countries. MPRA Paper 5390, University Library of Munich, Germany.
Marasco, A., Choudhri, E. U., & Nabi, I. (2017). Pakistan s International Trade - The Potential for Expansion Towards East and West. IGC Project Report, F-37311-PAK-1
Marasco, A. (2018). An Endogenous Growth Model with Quality Ladders and Consumers Heterogeneity. Journal of Business and Economic Analysis, 1(1), 1-35.
Marasco, A., Choudhri, E. U. & Hameed, F. (2007). Macroeconomic and Welfare Effects of an FDI Surge: A Dynamic General Equilibrium Analysis. Academia.edu
"Foreign Direct Investment by Sector of Activity and Growth: another look at the role played by technology" International Conference on Foreign Direct Investment. Istanbul Technical University. Istanbul, TR. October 2018.
"High-Tech Foreign Direct Investment and its Impact on Economic Development", ERC Conference in Economics. Middle East Technical University. Ankara TR. September 2002
"A Gravity Approach to the Study of Pakistan Trade Potential" Annual PSDE Conference, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics. Islamabad, PK. December 2016.
"A Gravity Approach to the Study of Pakistan Trade Potential" Seminar on Promoting Productivity and Growth in Pakistan, Consortium for Development Policy Research (CDPR)/International Growth Centre (IGC). Islamabad, PK. November 2016.
"Quality Ladders and Income Inequality in a World with Two Blocs", Conference on Endogenous Market Structures and Industrial Policy. University of Milan Bicocca. Milan, IT. June 2008
"The Relationship between FDI and Growth under Economic Integration: Is There One?", International Conference on Globalization and its Discontents. State University of New York. Cortland, U.S. June 2007
"Testing Schumpeterian Growth Theory: The Role of Income Inequality", First ECINEQ Conference. Universitat de les Illes Balears. Palma de Mallorca, SP. July 2005
"Testing Schumpeterian Growth Theory: The Role of Income Inequality", International Conference on Business, Management and Economics in a Changing World. Yasar University. Izmir, TR. June 2004
"Testing Schumpeterian Growth Theory: The Role of Income Inequality" NAKE Research Day. Dutch Central Bank. Amsterdam NL. October 2004
"Testing Schumpeterian Growth Theory: The Role of Income Inequality", Conference on Economic Growth and Distribution. Lucca, IT. June 2004
"An Endogenous Growth Model with Quality Ladders and Consumers Heterogeneity", ERC Conference in Economics. Middle East Technical University. Ankara TR. September 2002
"Foreign Direct Investment by Sector of Activity and Growth: another look at the role played by technology" International Conference on Business, Economics and Finance (ICBEF) at the School of Business and Economics. University Brunei Darussalam. August 2017.
"Testing Schumpeterian Growth Theory: The Role of Income Inequality" ASSET Conference in Economics. Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Barcelona, SP. November 2004
"A 2-blocs Model with Quality Ladders and Consumers Heterogeneity", Conference on Economic Growth. Azerbaijan State Economic University. Baku, AZ. February 2004
"An Open Economy Model with Quality Ladders and Consumers Heterogeneity", Spring Meeting of Young Economists, Warsaw University. Warsaw, PL. April 2004
Marasco, A. (2008). The Relationship between FDI and Growth under Economic Integration: Is There One? In E. Ogus & A. Ogus (Eds.) Proceedings of the IUE SUNY Cortland Conference in Economics 2008: Proceedings of the Conference on Emerging Economic Issues in a Globalizing World (pp. 285 -296). Izmir, TR: 2008.
Marasco, A. & Khalid, A. M. (To be submitted). Foreign Direct Investment by Sector of Activity and Growth: the Role of Technology. Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting and Economics.