Leonardo D'Amico is a Ph.D. candidate in economics at Harvard University. His work is on regional macroeconomics and banking. Specifically, his research studies the determinants of regional growth and economic disparities across regions. In this area, he focuses on spatial differences in bank financing conditions across states of a currency union, and on political constraints to growth-enhancing regional investments.
From 2021-2022, D'Amico worked in the staff of the Prime Minister of Italy on a proposal for the revision of the European Fiscal Framework. He also holds a B.Sc. and a M.Sc. in economics from Bocconi University.
