Danilo Spinola


Affiliated Researcher

Research group(s):
3. Economic Complexity and Innovation
1. Economics of Knowledge and Innovation
2. Structural Change and Economic Development

Dr. Danilo Spinola is an economist and affiliated researcher at UNU-Merit, part of the Research teams on Innovation, Structural Change and Economic Complexity.

Danilo is currently working as a Senior Lecturer in Economics in the Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics of the Birmingham City Business School (Birmingham City University).

Danilo had a postdoctoral research position and holds a PhD on Economics of Innovation from UNU-Merit, where was also tutoring and lecturing in the Master of Public Policy (MPP).

Previously, Danilo has worked as a consultant for the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and for the Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET). He is currently the Chairman of the advisory board of the Young Scholars Initiative (YSI), and vice-president of the Latin American Network for the study of Learning Systems, Innovation and Skills Construction (LALICS). Spinola’s research includes Structural Change, Complexity Economics, and Macroeconomic Theory.

 

More information including CV and publications:

Personal website: https://sites.google.com/view/danilospinola

BCU Website: https://www.bcu.ac.uk/business-school/about-us/our-staff/accounting-finance-and-economics/danilo-spinola 

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Danilo_Spinola2

Twitter: https://twitter.com/DaniloSpinola_




Selected publications by Danilo Spinola


Articles (journal, professional, popular)
Nomaler, Önder, Danilo Spinola & Bart Verspagen, 2021, R&D-based economic growth in a supermultiplier model, Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 59: 1-19, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.strueco.2021.07.002, More information
Spinola, Danilo, 2021, The La Marca model revisited: Structuralist goodwin cycles with evolutionary supply side and balance of payments constraints, Metroeconomica, 72(1): 189-212, DOI: 10.1111/meca.12316, More information
Spinola, Danilo, 2020, Uneven development and the balance of payments constrained model: Terms of trade, economic cycles, and productivity catching-up, Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 54: 220-232, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.strueco.2020.05.007, More information


UNU-MERIT Working Papers
Andreoni, Antonio, Guendalina Anzolin, Mateus Labrunie & Danilo Spinola, 2023, Unveiling structure and dynamics of global digital production technology networks: A new digital technology classification and network analysis based on trade data, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2023-044
Kaushik, Rituparna, Sourabh Bikas Paul & Danilo Spinola, 2023, Impact of prestigious-STEM Education of corporate board members on innovation effort: Evidence from India, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2023-014
Nomaler, Önder, Danilo Spinola & Bart Verspagen, 2023, Demand-led industrialisation policy in a dual-sector small open economy, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2023-002
Nomaler, Önder, Danilo Spinola & Bart Verspagen, 2021, Demand-led industrialisation policy in a dual-sector small balance of payments constrained economy, This paper has been replaced with WP2023-002, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2021-038
Nomaler, Önder, Danilo Spinola & Bart Verspagen, 2020, Schumpeter and Keynes: Economic growth in a super-multiplier model, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2020-049
Magacho, Guilherme R. & Danilo Spinola, 2020, Supply and demand in Kaldorian growth models: a proposal for dynamic adjustment, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2020-032
Porcile, Gabriel, Danilo Spinola & Giuliano Yajima, 2020, Patterns of growth in structuralist models: The role of the real exchange rate and industrial policy, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2020-027
Spinola, Danilo, 2020, Uneven development and the balance of payments constrained model: Terms of trade, economic cycles, and productivity catching-up, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2020-003
Spinola, Danilo, 2020, The La Marca Model revisited: Structuralist Goodwin cycles with evolutionary supply side and balance of payments constraints, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2020-002
Spinola, Danilo, 2020, Debating the assumptions of the Thirlwall Model: A VECM analysis of the Balance of Payments for Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2020-001
Porcile, Gabriel & Danilo Spinola, 2018, Natural, effective and BOP-constrained rates of growth: Adjustment mechanisms and closure equations, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2018-003
Spinola, Danilo, 2018, Instability constraints and development traps: An empirical analysis of growth cycles and economic volatility in Latin America, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2018-002


External working papers
Spinola, Danilo & Beatriz Calzada Olvera, 2022, Complexity and Productive Structure in Latin America: A Network Analysis of Trade Patterns, More information


Conference contributions
Calzada Olvera, Beatriz & Danilo Spinola, 2017, “Balanced and unbalanced trade in Latin America: A network analysis”, Festival for New Economic Thinking, Scotland, UK


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