Daniele Moschella

Bio

Daniele Moschella is Associate Professor of Economics at the Institute of Economics of Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa. He holds a PhD in Economics from Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna and a degree in Philosophy from the University of Pisa and Scuola Normale Superiore.

Professor Moschella has been Principal Investigator and Unit Coordinator of three competitively funded research projects awarded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research: "Automation, Trade, and Global Value Chains" (PRIN 2022, PI), "Technological Change, Industry Evolution and Employment Dynamics" (PRIN 2017, Unit Coordinator), and "Trade, Reallocation, and Productivity during the Great Recession" (SIR 2015, PI). He has also been a project member in two Horizon 2020 RIA projects funded by the European Commission: GROWINPRO (2019–2021) and ISIGrowth (2015–2018).

He serves as Advisory Board Member of the Journal of Industrial and Business Economics and has been Guest Editor of special issues of Industrial and Corporate Change (2024) and Industry and Innovation (2026).

Ricerca

Professor Moschella's research focuses on the economics of innovation, industrial dynamics, international trade, and the effects of automation on firms and labor markets. He works extensively with granular micro-data, including transaction-level trade records, patent data, and matched employer–employee datasets, to study how firms innovate, compete, and adapt to technological change. He has been invited to present his research at leading institutions and conferences, including Sciences Po Toulouse, the European University Institute, Collegio Carlo Alberto, and the International Schumpeter Society Conference.

His recent recognitions include the Best Paper Award at CONCORDi 2021, for "For whom the bell tolls: the firm-level effects of automation on wage and gender inequality" (with G. Domini, M. Grazzi, T. Treibich) and the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence in Trade & Environment Award 2025, for "(In Search of) the Green Premium: transaction-level evidence of the sustainability advantage" (with L. Bisio, A. Cuzzola, M. Grazzi).

Pubblicazioni

Fassio, C., Franco, C., & Moschella, D. (2026). Innovation and internationalisation in the digital era: new theoretical perspectives and empirical evidence. Industry and Innovation, 33(1), 1–12.
D'Angelo, A., Grazzi, M., Li, L., & Moschella, D. (2025). Unbundling the effect of E-I relationship termination on export performance: The moderating role of export experience. Journal of International Management, 31(6), 101295.
Bisio, L., Cuzzola, A., Grazzi, M., & Moschella, D. (2025). The dynamics of automation adoption: Firm-level heterogeneity and aggregate employment effects. European Economic Review, 173, 104943.
Barigozzi, M., Cuzzola, A., Grazzi, M., & Moschella, D. (2025). Factoring in the Micro: A Transaction-Level Dynamic Factor Approach to the Decomposition of Export Volatility. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 87(1), 155–184.
Martinelli, A., Mazzei, J., & Moschella, D. (2025). Patent opposition, IP firm capabilities, and technology entry: Empirical evidence from European patent data. Industrial and Corporate Change, 34(3), 563–610.
Corrocher, N., Moschella, D., Staccioli, J., & Vivarelli, M. (2024). Innovation and the labor market: Theory, evidence, and challenges. Industrial and Corporate Change, 33, 519–540.
Domini, G., Grazzi, M., Moschella, D., & Treibich, T. (2022). For whom the bell tolls: The firm-level effects of automation on wage and gender inequality. Research Policy, 51(7), 104533.
De Rassenfosse, G., Grazzi, M., Moschella, D., & Pellegrino, G. (2022). International patent protection and trade: Transaction-level evidence. European Economic Review, 104160.
Domini, G., & Moschella, D. (2022). Reallocation and productivity during the Great Recession: Evidence from French manufacturing firms. Industrial and Corporate Change, 31(3), 783–810.
Grazzi, M., Mathew, N., & Moschella, D. (2021). Making one's own way: Jumping ahead in the capability space and exporting among Indian firms. Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 31, 931–957.
Domini, G., Grazzi, M., Moschella, D., & Treibich, T. (2021). Threats and opportunities in the digital era: Automation spikes and employment dynamics. Research Policy, 50(7), 104137.
Dosi, G., Grazzi, M., Moschella, D., Pisano, G., & Tamagni, F. (2020). Long-term firm growth: An empirical analysis of US manufacturers 1959–2015. Industrial and Corporate Change, 29(2), 309–332.
Moschella, D., Tamagni, F., & Yu, X. (2019). Persistent high-growth firms in China's manufacturing. Small Business Economics, 52(3), 573–594.
Grazzi, M., & Moschella, D. (2018). Small, young, and exporters: New evidence on the determinants of firm growth. Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 28(1), 125–152.
Dosi, G., Grazzi, M., & Moschella, D. (2017). What do firms know? What do they produce? A new look at the relationship between patenting profiles and patterns of product diversification. Small Business Economics, 48(2), 413–429.
Dosi, G., Grazzi, M., & Moschella, D. (2015). Technology and costs in international competitiveness: From countries and sectors to firms. Research Policy, 44(10), 1795–1814.
Dosi, G., Moschella, D., Pugliese, E., & Tamagni, F. (2015). Productivity, market selection and corporate growth: Comparative evidence across US and Europe. Small Business Economics, 45(3), 643–672.
Gragnolati, U. M., Moschella, D., & Pugliese, E. (2014). The spinning jenny and the guillotine: Technology diffusion at the time of revolutions. Cliometrica, 8(1), 5–26.
Gragnolati, U. M., Moschella, D., & Pugliese, E. (2011). The Spinning Jenny and the Industrial Revolution: A Reappraisal. Journal of Economic History, 71(2), 455–460.
Dosi, G., Faillo, M., Marengo, L., & Moschella, D. (2011). Toward formal representations of search processes and routines in organizational problem solving: An assessment of the state-of-the-art. Seoul Journal of Economics, 24(3), 247–286.