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Professor Giorgio Fazio

Prof of Macroeconomics

  • Telephone: +44 01912081642
  • Address: Â鶹´«Ã½ Business School
    Room 3.12
    Frederick Douglass Centre
    Helix Science Square
    Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne
    NE4 5TG
Background

Giorgio joined Â鶹´«Ã½ as Chair in Macroeconomics in 2013. He has been a Visiting Professor at the University of Malta, an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow, a Visiting Scholar at the International Monetary Fund, and a Consultant to the World Bank.


Giorgio is currently Research Director of the Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre (Creative PEC), hosted by Â鶹´«Ã½ in partnership with the Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) and funded by the Arts and Humanities Council. For more information, visit


Giorgio holds a BA (Hons) from the University of Palermo, an MSc in Economics from the University of Glasgow, and a PhD in Economics from the University of Strathclyde.



Research

Giorgio’s research interests revolve around international macroeconomics, trade, finance, productivity and growth, regional economics, and the economics of creative industries.


On the above topics, he has published several papers in leading international journals, including the Journal of Money, Credit & Banking, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of International Money and Finance, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Financial Stability, Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, Economic Modelling, Review of Financial Economics, Open Economies Review, Regional Studies, Journal of Regional Science, International Regional Science Review, Growth and Change, Spatial Economic Analysis, Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, International Review of Law and Economics, Physical Review E, and in edited books. 


Giorgio has been Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator for large-scale research projects in Italy and the UK. He is currently the Research Director of the Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre (Creative PEC), a national centre led by Â鶹´«Ã½ in partnership with the Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce (RSA) and funded by the Arts and Humanities Council. To learn more about the Creative PEC, please click here.


For greater detail on papers and projects, please visit






Teaching

Topics in Macroeconomics (postgraduate)


Past teaching: Topics in Applied Macroeconomics, Advanced Macroeconomics (undergraduate)





Publications

  • Articles

    • Casalin F, Fazio G, Sleibi Y. . Economic Inquiry 2026, 64(2), 748-767.
    • Cevik M, Fazio G, Maioli S. . World Economy 2025, 48(11), 2408-2426.
    • Aronica M, Fazio G, Piacentino D, Sapsed J. . R & D Management 2025, 55(4), 1326-1345.
    • Fazio G, Maioli S, Rujimora N. . Regional Studies 2024, 59(1), 2309176.
    • Fazio G, Maioli S, Rujimora N. . Papers in Regional Science 2024, 103(6), 100053.
    • Sleibi Y, Casalin F, Fazio G. . Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money 2023, 85, 101779.
    • Bakhshi H, Di Novo S, Fazio G. . Journal of Cultural Economics 2023, 47, 555-587.
    • Enilov M, Fazio G, Ghoshray A. . International Journal of Finance & Economics 2023, 28(3), 2607-2619.
    • Di Novo S, Fazio G, Sapsed J, Siepel J. . Journal of Cultural Economics 2022, 46, 346-386.
    • Aronica M, Fazio G, Piacentino D. . Technological Forecasting and Social Change 2022, 176, 121494.
    • Aronica M, Fazio G, Piacentino D. . Journal of International Trade and Economic Development 2021, 30(3), 439-467.
    • Sleibi Y, Casalin F, Fazio G. . Journal of Financial Stability 2020, 49, 100743.
    • Valenti D, Fazio G, Spagnolo B. . Physical Review E 2018, 97(6), 062307.
    • Fazio G, Piacentino D. . Economic Modelling 2018, 73, 89-99.
    • Bordo M, Choudri E, Fazio G, MacDonald R. . Journal of International Money and Finance 2017, 75, 69-92.
    • Agnello L, Fazio G, Sousa RM. . Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society 2016, 9(1), 59-80.
    • Fazio G, Modica M. . Journal of Regional Science 2015, 55(5), 736-756.
    • Fazio G, Maltese E. . Growth and Change 2015, 46(3), 354-378.
    • Fazio G, Maltese E, Piacentino D. . Rivista di Economia e Statistica del Territorio 2014, (2), 34-47.
    • Fazio G, Lavecchia L. . International Regional Science Review 2013, 36(3), 396-321.
    • Byrne JP, Fazio G, Fiess N. . Journal of Development Economics 2013, 101, 16-26.
    • Fazio G, Maltese E, Piacentino D. . Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences 2013, 6(1), 45-54.
    • Byrne JP, Fazio G, Fiess N. . Journal of Banking & Finance 2012, 36(1), 183-192.
    • Fazio G, Piacentino D. . Spatial Economic Analysis 2010, 5(3), 299-316.
    • Byrne JP, Fazio G, Piacentino D. . Regional Studies 2009, 43(1), 63-76.
    • Byrne JP, Fazio G, Fiess N. . Journal of Money, Credit and Banking 2009, 41(5), 1033-1040.
    • Fazio G, MacDonald R, Mélitz J. Trade costs, trade balance and current accounts: an application of gravity to multilateral trade. Open Economies Review 2008, 19, 557-578.
    • Stephen FH, Fazio G, Tata C. Incentives, criminal defense lawyers and plea bargaining. International Review of Law and Economics 2008, 28(3), 212-219.

  • Book Chapter

    • Fazio G, Maltese E, Piacentino D. . In: Bellandi, M; Biagi, B; Faggian, A; Marrocu, E; Usai, S, ed. Regional development trajectories beyond the crisis. Percorsi di sviluppo regionale oltre la crisi. FrancoAngeli Edizioni, 2018, pp.175-184.

  • Online Publications

    • Cevik M, Fazio G, Maioli S. . Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne: Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre (Creative PEC), 2025. Available at: .
    • Jones J, Fazio G. . Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre, 2022. Available at: .
    • Maioli S, Di Novo S, Fazio G, Sapsed J, Vermeulen W. . Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre, 2021. Available at: .
    • Di Novo S, Fazio G, Maioli S. . Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre, 2021. Available at: .
    • Fazio G. . Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre, 2021. Available at: .
    • Vermeulen W, Di Novo S, Fazio G. . Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre, 2020. Available at: .

  • Reports

    • Simandjuntak D, Fazio G, Jones J, Maioli S. . Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne, UK: Â鶹´«Ã½ Business School, 2025. Creative PEC State of the Nations Research Series.
    • Maioli S, Simandjuntak D, Jones J, Fazio G. . Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne, UK: Â鶹´«Ã½ Business School, 2025. Creative PEC State of the Nations Research Series.
    • Fazio G, Jones J, Maioli S, Simandjuntak D. . Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne: Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre (Creative PEC), 2024. Creative PEC State of the Nations Research Series.
    • Jones J, Simandjuntak D, Maioli S, Fazio G. . 2024. Creative PEC State of the Nations Research Series.
    • Di Novo S, Fazio G, Vermeulen W. . London: Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre, 2020. PEC Research Report.