Welcome!
I am a PhD candidate in Economics at London Business School, advised by Professor Hélène Rey and expected to graduate in Spring 2026. My research interests include applied macroeconomics, international trade, monetary policy, and geoeconomics.
Job market paper:
Ports and Power (2025)
I study, for the first time, how foreign ownership of maritime infrastructure reshapes the European trade network. I link Chinese state-backed port acquisitions to 1.5 million truck-level shipments across 368 NUTS2 regions (2011–2022) and estimate a continuous-treatment event study à la De Chaisemartin and D’Haultfœuille exploiting the policy-driven rollout of China’s Maritime Silk Road. Regions more exposed to acquired ports experience a 20–30 % decline in freight volumes and greater partner concentration, consistent with a reconfiguration of trade corridors and the inland propagation of ownership shocks.
Publications:
de Groot, O., Hauptmeier, S., Holm-Hadulla, F., and Nikalexi, K. (2025). Monetary Policy and Regional Inequality. ECB Working Paper 2385. R&R on The Economic Journal.
Fonseca, L., Nikalexi, K., and Papaioannou, E. (2023). The Globalization of Corporate Control. Journal of International Economics, Vol. 146.