Rate My Professor Laura Puzzello

Laura Puzzello is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics within the Monash Business School at Monash University. She holds the position of Master of Economics course director and serves as a Principal Investigator for SoDa Labs, an impact lab applying data science to social science questions. Puzzello is also a co-organizer of the Melbourne Empirical Trade Conference and the Online Australian Seminar in International Economics (OASIS). She earned her PhD in Economics from Purdue University in 2010 and her Master's degree in Development Economics from the University of Sussex in 2004. Her academic career has been marked by a focus on policy-relevant research in international economics.

Puzzello's research specializations include international trade, with particular emphasis on input trade, trade and the environment, applied econometrics, and health economics, such as the effects of cigarette taxes on smoking behaviors. She is a Chief Investigator on the Australian Research Council Discovery Project "Balancing National Security and Economic Interests in Foreign Investment" (2020-2025), alongside co-investigators Voon, Walter, and McCalman. Her scholarly contributions have been published in prestigious outlets including the American Economic Review, Journal of International Economics, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of Applied Econometrics, European Economic Review, and Cambridge International Law Journal. Key publications encompass "Growth volatility and trade: market diversification vs. production specialization" (2024, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, with Ardelean and León-Ledesma), "Inward foreign investment screening targets China: interdisciplinary perspectives" (2023, with McCalman, Voon, and Walter), "When are instruments generated from geographic characteristics in bilateral relationships invalid?" (2021, Journal of Applied Econometrics, with Deij and Madsen), "Winners and losers from the €uro" (2018, European Economic Review, with Gomis-Porqueras), and "Global supply chains and natural disasters: Implications for international trade" (2014, with Raschky). With over 730 citations on Google Scholar, her work has significantly influenced discussions in international economics and related fields.