2026 Alessandro Olper: Economics and Finance Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Economics and Finance	32	3487	3174	88	86	131	2863

Overview

Alessandro Olper is affiliated with the University of Milan in Italy. Their research spans multiple areas within economics and related interdisciplinary fields, focusing primarily on global trade, sustainability, and economic policies related to agriculture and the environment.

The main fields of study in which Olper has contributed include:

Economics, Econometrics and Finance
Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Business, Management and Accounting

Within these broader domains, key subfields of Olper's work encompass:

Economics and Econometrics
Strategy and Management
General Economics, Econometrics and Finance
Political Science and International Relations
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Their research topics cover a range of issues related to trade and economics, with a particular interest in:

Global trade and economics
Global trade, sustainability, and social impact
Energy, Environment, Economic Growth
Climate Change Policy and Economics
World Trade Organization Law
Global Trade and Competitiveness
Organic Food and Agriculture

Olper's recent academic publications include the following papers:

"Trade, price and quality upgrading effects of agri-food standards" (2020), published in European Review of Agricultural Economics
"Standards, trade margins and product quality: Firm-level evidence from Peru" (2020), published in Food Policy
"From unfair prices to unfair trading practices: Political economy, value chains and 21st century agri-food policy" (2021), published in Agricultural Economics
"Impact of global value chains on tariffs and non-tariff measures in agriculture and food" (2023), published in Food Policy
"Weather, climate and economic outcomes: Evidence from Italy" (2021), published in Ecological Economics

Their frequent co-authors include:

Daniele Curzi
Valentina Raimondi
Stefanella Stranieri
Luigi Orsi
Daniele Valenti

Olper's work has been published in multiple venues, with notable publication frequency in:

Food Policy
Agricultural Economics
Journal of Agricultural Economics
SSRN Electronic Journal
European Review of Agricultural Economics

Best Publications

Climate change and migration: Is agriculture the main channel?

Chiara Falco;Marzio Galeotti;Marzio Galeotti;Alessandro Olper;Alessandro Olper

116
Citations
Determinants of Agricultural Protection: The Role of Democracy and Institutional Setting Alessandro Olper

Alessandro Olper

116
Citations
Agricultural market integration in the OECD: A gravity-border effect approach

Alessandro Olper;Valentina Raimondi

107
Citations
Subsidies and agricultural productivity in the EU

Maria Garrone;Dorien Emmers;Hyejin Lee;Alessandro Olper;Alessandro Olper

101
Citations
Export behavior of Italian food firms: Does product quality matter?

Daniele Curzi;Alessandro Olper;Alessandro Olper

94
Citations
Land inequality, government ideology and agricultural protection

Alessandro Olper

93
Citations
Quality upgrading, competition and trade policy: evidence from the agri-food sector

Daniele Curzi;Valentina Raimondi;Alessandro Olper;Alessandro Olper

91
Citations
Do CAP payments reduce farm labour migration? A panel data analysis across EU regions

Alessandro Olper;Alessandro Olper;Valentina Raimondi;Daniele Cavicchioli;Mauro Vigani

87
Citations
GMO Standards, Endogenous Policy and the Market for Information

Mauro Vigani;Alessandro Olper

87
Citations
Jobs and agricultural policy: Impact of the common agricultural policy on EU agricultural employment

Maria Garrone;Dorien Emmers;Alessandro Olper;Alessandro Olper;Johan Swinnen;Johan Swinnen

84
Citations
International trade and endogenous standards: the case of GMO regulations

Mauro Vigani;Valentina Raimondi;Alessandro Olper

83
Citations
Effect of democratic reforms on child mortality: a synthetic control analysis

Hannah Pieters;Daniele Curzi;Alessandro Olper;Alessandro Olper;Johan Swinnen;Johan Swinnen

83
Citations
Explaining National Border Effects in the QUAD Food Trade

Alessandro Olper;Valentina Raimondi

78
Citations
Mass Media and Public Policy : Global Evidence from Agricultural Policies

Alessandro Olper;Johan F.M. Swinnen

74
Citations
Political economy determinants of agricultural protection levels in EU member states: An empirical investigation

Alessandro Olper

70
Citations
Trade effects of geographical indication policy: The EU case

Valentina Raimondi;Chiara Falco;Daniele Curzi;Alessandro Olper

68
Citations
Political reforms and public policy : evidence from agricultural and food policies

Alessandro Olper;Jan Fałkowski;Johan F. M. Swinnen

64
Citations
Estimating the effects of agri-environmental measures using difference-in-difference coarsened exact matching

Danilo Bertoni;Daniele Curzi;Giacomo Aletti;Alessandro Olper;Alessandro Olper

63
Citations
Trade, price and quality upgrading effects of agri-food standards

Dela-Dem Doe Fiankor;Daniele Curzi;Alessandro Olper;Alessandro Olper

60
Citations
Standards, trade margins and product quality: Firm-level evidence from Peru

Daniele Curzi;Monica Schuster;Miet Maertens;Alessandro Olper;Alessandro Olper

56
Citations
The impact of different energy policy options on feedstock price and land demand for maize silage: The case of biogas in Lombardy

A. Bartoli;D. Cavicchioli;D. Kremmydas;S. Rozakis

46
Citations
Trade Liberalization and Child Mortality: A Synthetic Control Method

Alessandro Olper;Alessandro Olper;Daniele Curzi;Johan Swinnen

45
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Johan F.M. Swinnen International Food Policy Research Institute

Marzio Galeotti University of Milan

Gordon C. Rausser University of California, Berkeley

Marcel Fafchamps Stanford University

Anjan V. Thakor Washington University in St. Louis

Måns Söderbom University of Gothenburg

John D. Roberts Yale University

Marco Parolini University of Milan

Maurizio Maugeri University of Milan

Asli Demirguc-Kunt World Bank

External Links

Personal website of Alessandro Olper Google Scholar page

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