Professor Catia Montagna

Jaffrey Chair of Political Economy

Contact Details

Telephone: work +44 (0)1224 273690
Email: c.montagna@abdn.ac.uk
Address: The University of Aberdeen EW S28

Biography

Catia joined the University of Aberdeen in June 2013 as Professor of Economics. She was awarded the Jaffrey Chair of Political Economy in 2018. She previously held appointments at the University of Glasgow and at the University of Dundee where she held a Personal Chair in Economics.

Catia is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. She is the Joint Managing Editor of the Scottish Journal of Political Economy.

External Affiliations

External Research Fellow, Centre for Research on Globalisation and Economic Policy, University of Nottingham
Network Member InsTED - Institutions, Trade and Economic Development

Memberships and Affiliations

Internal

School Director of Research

Director of Research for Economics

External

Joint Managing Editor, Scottish Journal of Political Economy

Research

Research Overview

Firms in the Global Economy
Labour Markets, Trade and FDI
Globalisation and the Welfare State
Globalisation, Economic Insecurity and Wellbeing

Research Funding and Grants

Recent Major Research Grants

2015-2018: "Globalisation, Labour Markets and the Welfare State", NORFACE Welfare State Futures (€ 807,446) - Project PI, with Holger Görg (IFW-Kiel) and Fredrik Sjöholm (Lund University).
2014 -2018: “Skill Mismatches and Competitiveness: Workers, Firms and Industries”, ESRC/Scottish Government +3 Collaborative Scholarship – student Pietropaolo Vanin (First supervisor, with Keith Bender).
2012-16: “Welfare, Wealth and Work for Europe” (http://www.foreurope.eu/), (with H. Molana and Y-F Chen from the University of Dundee) – EU Cooperation Programme / Theme 8 / Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities (Call ID “FP7-SSH-2011-1”), total bid value € 8.5 million involving 33 institutions from 12 European Countries).
2010 -: "The Effects of Economic Insecurity on Health and Wellbeing", ESRC 1+3 Studentship Competition – student Daniel Kopasker.

Teaching

Teaching Responsibilities

Undergraduate Courses

International Economics (EC3024, Course Coordinator)
Industrial Economics (EC3522)

Postgraduate Courses

Business Strategy (BU5558, Coordinator)
International Trade (Scottish Graduate Programme in Economics MSc)

Publications

Publications

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Welfare and Trade Effects of International Environmental Agreements
2020
Montagna, C., Pinto, A. N., Vlassis, N.

Environmental and Resource Economics, vol. 76, pp. 331-345

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-020-00428-x

Open Access

http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/14658/1/Montagna2020_Article_WelfareAndTradeEffectsOfIntern_VOR.pdf

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Economic insecurity: A socioeconomic determinant of mental health
2018
Kopasker, D., Montagna, C., Bender, K.

SSM - Population Health, vol. 6, pp. 184-194

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2018.09.006

Open Access

http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/11376/1/Economic_insecurity.pdf
Competitive selection, trade, and employment: The strategic use of subsidies
2018
Molana, H., Montagna, C.

Review of International Economics, vol. 26, no. 5, pp. 1154-1177

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1111/roie.12354

Open Access

http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/14771/1/Montagna_RIE_2018_final.pdf
Firm Size Distribution and Employment Fluctuations: Theory and Evidence
2017
Gorg, H., Henze, P., Jienwatcharamongkhol, V., Kopasker, D., Molana, H., Montagna, C., Sjöholm, F.

Research in Economics, vol. 71, no. 4, pp. 690-703

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rie.2017.09.002

Open Access

http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/12056/1/Montagna_Firm_Distribution_and_Employment_5_Sept_2016.pdf
Economising, Strategising and the Vertical Boundaries of the Firm
2017
Leahy, D., Montagna, C.

B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, vol. 17, no. 1, 20150085

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1515/bejte-2015-0085

Open Access

http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/8832/1/Leahy_Montagna_Final.pdf
(De)Unionisation, Trade Liberalisation and Selection
2015
Montagna, C., Nocco, A.

Metroeconomica, vol. 66, no. 1, pp. 91-122

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1111/meca.12064
Editorial: The Scottish Journal of Political Economy's 60th Birthday Issue
2013
Barmby, T., Chalkley, M., Kirsanova, T., Koop, G., Montagna, C., Nakamaru, F.

Scottish Journal of Political Economy, vol. 60, no. 5, pp. 461

Contributions to Journals: Editorials

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1111/sjpe.12025
Employment Protection, Flexibility and Firms' Strategic Location Decisions under Uncertainty
2013
Dewit, G., Leahy, D., Montagna, C.

Economica, vol. 80, no. 319, pp. 441–474

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1111/ecca.12006
Unionization, international integration, and selection
2013
Montagna, C., Nocco, A.

Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 23-45

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1111/caje.12005
Subsidies as optimal fiscal stimuli
2012
Molana, H., Montagna, C., Kwan, C. Y.

Bulletin of Economic Research, vol. 64, no. s1, pp. s149-s167

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8586.2012.00460.x
Work hours, social value of leisure and globalisation
2012
Hansen, J. D., Molana, H., Montagna, C., Nielsen, J. U.

Journal of Socio-Economics, vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 317-326

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socec.2012.01.001
Strategic investment and international outsourcing in unionised oligopoly
2012
Leahy, D., Montagna, C.

Labour Economics, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 260-269

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2011.11.003
On the causal relationship between trade-openness and government-size: evidence from OECD countries
2011
Molana, H., Montagna, C., Violato, M.

International Journal of Public Policy, vol. 7, no. 4-6, pp. 226-249

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1504/IJPP.2011.043562
Outsourcing versus FDI in oligopoly equilibrium
2009
Leahy, D., Montagna, C.

Spatial Economic Analysis, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 149-166

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1080/17421770902833964
Should I stay or should I go?: Foreign direct investment, employment protection and domestic anchorage
2009
Dewit, G., Goerg, H., Montagna, C.

Review of World Economics, vol. 145, no. 1, pp. 93-110

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10290-009-0001-x
Foreign direct investment, tax competition and social expenditure
2009
Goerg, H., Molana, H., Montagna, C.

International Review of Economics & Finance, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 31-37

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2008.02.009
A note on export-platform Foreign Direct Investment, training and absorptive capacity
2008
Chatterji, M., Montagna, C.

Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 323-332

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1080/09638190701872954
Expansionary Effects of Welfare State Policies in a Small Open Economy
2007
Molana, H., Montagna, C.

North American Journal of Economics and Finance, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 231-246

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.najef.2007.08.001
Welfare state, market imperfections and international trade
2007
Molana, H., Montagna, C.

Open Economies Review, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 95-118

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11079-007-9003-2
Aggregate scale economies, market integration, and optimal welfare state policy
2006
Molana, H., Montagna, C.

Journal of International Economics, vol. 69, no. 2, pp. 321-340

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2005.06.012 Article 0022-1996
Multiproduct firms and market structure: an explorative application to the product life cycle
2005
Allanson, P., Montagna, C.

International Journal of Industrial Organization, vol. 23, no. 7-8, pp. 587-597

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijindorg.2005.02.001
Union legislation and export platform FDI
2005
Leahy, D., Montagna, C.

Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 437-452

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1080/09638190500372560 Article 0963-8199
Efficiency gaps, love of variety and international trade
2001
Montagna, C.

Economica, vol. 68, no. 269, pp. 27-44

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0335.00231 Article 0013-0427
Strategic trade policy with heterogeneous costs
2001
Leahy, D., Montagna, C.

Bulletin of Economic Research, vol. 53, no. 3, pp. 177-182

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8586.00128 Article 0307-3378
Unionisation and foreign direct investment: challenging conventional wisdom?
2000
Leahy, D., Montagna, C.

Economic Journal, vol. 110, no. 462, pp. 80-92

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0297.00522

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Biography

Memberships and Affiliations

Research Overview

Research Funding and Grants

Teaching Responsibilities

Publications

Welfare and Trade Effects of International Environmental Agreements

Economic insecurity: A socioeconomic determinant of mental health

Competitive selection, trade, and employment: The strategic use of subsidies

Firm Size Distribution and Employment Fluctuations: Theory and Evidence

Economising, Strategising and the Vertical Boundaries of the Firm

(De)Unionisation, Trade Liberalisation and Selection

Editorial: The Scottish Journal of Political Economy's 60th Birthday Issue

Employment Protection, Flexibility and Firms' Strategic Location Decisions under Uncertainty

Unionization, international integration, and selection

Subsidies as optimal fiscal stimuli

Work hours, social value of leisure and globalisation

Strategic investment and international outsourcing in unionised oligopoly

On the causal relationship between trade-openness and government-size: evidence from OECD countries

Outsourcing versus FDI in oligopoly equilibrium

Should I stay or should I go?: Foreign direct investment, employment protection and domestic anchorage

Foreign direct investment, tax competition and social expenditure

A note on export-platform Foreign Direct Investment, training and absorptive capacity

Expansionary Effects of Welfare State Policies in a Small Open Economy

Welfare state, market imperfections and international trade

Aggregate scale economies, market integration, and optimal welfare state policy

Multiproduct firms and market structure: an explorative application to the product life cycle

Union legislation and export platform FDI

Efficiency gaps, love of variety and international trade

Strategic trade policy with heterogeneous costs

Unionisation and foreign direct investment: challenging conventional wisdom?