Current Position
Academic Director of International Relations, Toulouse Business School, as of January 2023.
Head of the MSc in Purchasing & Supply Chain Management, Toulouse Business School, as of December 2022.
Associate Professor (2020-present), Department of Information, Operations and Management Sciences, Industrial Organization, Logistics & Technology Division, Toulouse Business School.
Associate Member (2020-present), Toulouse School of Economics
Associate Professor (2011-present), Department of Economics, University of Bologna (currently on unpaid leave)
Education and Previous Positions
Qualification to Supervise Research (Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches), 2022, Toulouse School of Economics.
Affiliated Researcher (2012-2016), Barcelona Institute of Economics (IEB), University of Barcelona.
Assistant Professor (2005-2011), Department of Economics, University of Bologna
Research Fellow, Department of Economics, University of Bologna, under the project “Analysis of economics dynamics: macroeconomic and microeconomic aspects”, until September 2005
PhD in Quantitative Economics from the European Doctoral Program at CORE (Center for Operations Research and Econometrics), Université Catholique de Louvain, March 2005
PhD in Economics, University of Bologna, June 2003
Master of Art in Economics, with honor, Université Catholique de Louvain, Sept. 2001
Bachelor's degree (Laurea) in Political Science, specialisation in Economics, summa cum laude, Faculty of Science and Politics, Department of Economics, University of Bologna, February 2000.
Awards and Research Grants
ANR – AAPG, 2021: Title of the project: “Telemedicine and precision medicine: the role of data in healthcare innovation”. Project Coordinator: Anna d’Annunzio.
NET Institute Grant, 2011, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2023.
Distinguished Teaching Award, Department of Economics, University of Bologna, 2018.
PRIN 2017: Title of the project: “Policy challenges in the transition to autonomous vehicles”. Project Coordinator: Tommaso Valletti.
ALMA Idea – Grant, 2017, University of Bologna. Title of the project: “L’immigrant business: tra imprenditorialità diffusa e regolamentazione”. Project Coordinator: Francesca Fauri.
COST Grant, 2011.
Borsa Marco Polo, 2005.
CORE Research Grant, 2003-2004.
EDNET Fellowship, 2002-2003.
Borsa di Studio Einaudi, 2000-2001.
Visiting Appointments
Visiting Professor, Department of Economics and Management “M. Fanno”, Università di Padova, May 2022.
Visiting Researcher, Toulouse School of Economics, April 2019.
Visiting Researcher, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC), February 2016, June 2018.
Visiting Researcher, The Barcelona Institute of Economics (IEB), February 2012, April 2017.
Professeur Invité, Université Pantheon-Assas Paris II, February 2011, May 2012, March 2013, March 2014, May 2015.
Visiting Scholar, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, March - July 2011.
Visiting Researcher, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, January 2011.
Profesor Asociado, Departament d’Economia i d’Historia Economica, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, February - September 2008.
Visiting Professor, ESCI (Escola Superior de Comerç Internacional), Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, March – July 2007.
Visiting Research Fellow, IESE Business School, Universidad de Navarra, Barcelona, Feb - June 2005.
Visiting EDP Student, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, September 2003 - July 2004.
Erasmus Student, Department of Economics, University of Bristol, September 1997 - July 1998.
Publications
Papers in Journals:
Regulating Platform Fees under Price Parity, Journal of the European Economic Association, 2024, forthcoming (with R. Gomes).
Price Signaling with Salient-thinking Consumers, Games and Economic Behavior, 2023, vol. 138, 238-253 (with E. Carroni and A. Minniti).
Platform Price Parity Clauses and Market Segmentation, Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 2022, vol. 31(3), 609-637 (with J. Calzada and E. Manna).
Green Monopoly and Downward Leapfrogging, Journal of Industrial and Business Economics, 2021, vol. 48(1), 93-103 (with L. Lambertini e C. Vergari).
Online Platform Price Parity Clauses: Evidence from the EU Booking.com case, 2021, European Economic Review, vol. 131, art. 103625 (with C. Piga and C. Reggiani).
Non-linear Pricing and Conscious Consumption, International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2020, vol. 68, art. 102549 (with N. Burani).
Entry into complementary good markets with network effects, Strategy Science, 2019, vol. 4(4), 262-282 (with G. Llanes and F. Ruiz-Aliseda).
Price Competition in the Presence of a Web Aggregator. Journal of Economics, 2019, vol. 126(1), 43-73 (with O. Loginova)
On the economic effects of price parity clauses – what do we know three years later? Journal of European Competition Law & Practice, 2018, volume 9(10), 650-654 (with C. Piga and C. Reggiani)
End-of-pipe or cleaner production? How to go green in presence of income inequality and pro-environmental behaviour. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2017, vol. 160, 71-82 (with O. Tarola and C. Vergari).
Environmental vs Hedonic Quality: Which Policy Can Help in Lowering Pollution Emissions? Environment and Development Economics, 2017, vol. 22, 274-304 (with C. Vergari).
On the private and social desirability of mixed bundling in complementary markets with cost savings. Information Economics and Policy, 2017, vol. 39, 45-59 (with C. Halmenschlager).
Hedonic and environmental quality: a hybrid model of product differentiation, Resource and Energy Economics, 2016, vol. 45, 99-123 (with O. Tarola and C. Vergari).
Cartels Punishment and Distortive Effects of Fines, Journal of Competition Law & Economics, 2016, vol. 12(2), 375-399 (with E. Dargaud and C. Reggiani).
On the (in)stability of nonlinear feedback solutions in a dynamic duopoly with renewable resource exploitation, Economics Letters, 2016, vol. 143, 9-12 (with L. Lambertini).
Equilibrium Innovation Ecosystems: The Dark Side of Collaborating with Complementors, Management Science, 2016, vol. 62(2), 534-549 (with F. Ruiz-Aliseda).
The strategic interplay between bundling and merging in complementary markets, Managerial and Decision Economics, 2016, vol. 37, 19-36 (with J. Vandekerckhove).
Feedback equilibria in a dynamic renewable resource oligopoly: pre-emption, voracity and exhaustion, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2014, vol. 47, 115-122 (with L. Lambertini).
The strategic effect of bundling: a new perspective, Review of Industrial Organization, 2013, vol. 42(1), 25-43.
Parallel Imports and Innovation in an Emerging Economy: The Case of Indian Pharmaceuticals, Health Economics, 2012, vol. 21, 1286-1299 (with A. Naghavi).
Process and Product Innovation in a Vertically Differentiated Industry, International Game Theory Review, 2011, vol. 13(2), 209-221 (with E. Bacchiega and L. Lambertini).
Demand Expansion and Elasticity Improvement as Complementary Marketing Goals. Manchester School, 2011, vol. 79(1), 145-158 (with C. Halmenschalger and M. Troege).
R&D-Hindering Collusion, The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy (Topics), 2010, vol. 10(1), 1-13 (with E. Bacchiega and L. Lambertini).
On MQS Regulation, Innovation and Market Coverage, Economics Letters, 2010, vol. 108, 26-27 (with E. Bacchiega and L. Lambertini).
Process and Product Innovation: A Differential Game Approach to Product Life Cycle, International Journal of Economic Theory, 2010, vol. 6, 227-252 (with L. Lambertini).
Process and Product Innovation by a Multiproduct Monopolist: A Dynamic Approach, International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2009, vol. 27, 508-518 (with L. Lambertini).
Persuasive Advertising in Oligopoly: A Linear State Differential Game. Operation Research Letters, 2008, vol. 36, 381-384 (with R. Cellini and L. Lambertini).
Complementarity, Coordination and Credit. Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 2008, vol. 164 (2), 230-252 (with A. Fedele).
Environmental policy and trade of manufacturing goods in Central and Eastern Enlargement of the European Union. Emerging Markets Finance & Trade, 2008, vol. 44 (3), 37-50 (with M. Vancauteren).
Identifying Reaction Functions in Differential Oligopoly Games, Mathematical Social Sciences, 2006, vol. 52 (3), 252-271 (with L. Lambertini).
Complementarity between product and process innovation in a monopoly setting, Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 2006, vol. 15(3), 219-234.
Advertising and endogenous exit in a differentiated duopoly, Recherches Economiques de Louvain, 2006, vol. 72(1), 19-47 (with G. Mion).
Other papers in journals:
Global Challenges for the online platform sector: Regulation or laissez faire? The EU perspective, Torre de los Lujanes, 2019, vol. 73, 147-160 (with C. Reggiani).
Credit Availability in the Crisis: which Role for Public Financial Institutions? Annals of Economics and Finance, 2014, vol. 15-1, 161-183 (with A. Fedele).
Reducing Credit Rationing for SMEs in Times of Crisis: the case of the European Investment Bank Group, Moneda y Crédito, 2013, number 235, 61-86 (with A. Fedele and F. Liucci).
The importance of being consulted, Annals of Economics and Finance, 2010, vol. 11-2, 231-245 (with A. Fedele).
Endogenous Transportation Technology in a Cournot Differential Game with Intraindustry Trade, Japan and the World Economy, 2009, vol. 21, 133-139 (with L. Colombo and L. Lambertini).
Product Innovation and Transportation Technology in a Cournot Duopoly, Rivista di Politica Economica, July-August, vol. 2007, 1-25.
Did the entry of low cost companies foster the growth of strategic alliances in the airline industry? Rivista di Politica Economica, Special Issue on "The Liberalisation of the European Civil Airline Industry: Economic and Policy Implications", 2007, vol. XCVII (I-II), 189-220 (with O. Tarola).
Innovating the transport technology or the production process? The answer to an R&D dilemma, International Journal of Transport Economics, 2005, vol. XXXII (1), 41-56 (with G. Rossini).
A differential game with investment in transport and communication R&D, International Journal of Mathematics, Game Theory, and Algebra, 2004, vol. 14(5), 363-74 (with L. Colombo and L. Lambertini).
R&D in Transport and Communication in a Cournot Duopoly, Rivista Internazionale di Scienze Economiche e Commerciali, 2003, vol. 50 (2), 185-198 (with L. Lambertini and G. Rossini).
Does a Market Economy Promote Freedom? Annali della Fondazione Einaudi, 2001, vol. XXXV, 45-55.
Price vs Quantity in a Duopoly with Technological Spillovers: A Welfare Re-Appraisal, Keio Economic Studies, 2001, vol. 38, 41-52 (with L. Lambertini).
Papers in Conference Proceedings
Managing Innovation in an Unstable World: Challenges of Global Competition for European Innovative and Proactive Firms, Proceedings of the 2017 ENTRENOVA Conference (Centre for Advanced Academic Studies, Dubrovnik, September 7-9, 2017), 233-239 (with C. Binder)
The impact of ASEAN – China Free Trade Agreement on European Economy, Proceedings of 3rd STRATEGICA International Conference: Local versus Global (National University of Political Sciences and Public Administration, Bucharest, October 29-31, 2015), 320-326.
Industrial Policy in the European Union: an Overview, Proceedings of the Jubilee10th International Scientific Conference of Young Scientists: The Economy of Bulgaria and European Union – Contemporary Challenges and Solution Approaches (UNWE, Sofia, November 13, 2014), 796-804.
Collusion Helps Abate Environmental Pollution: A Dynamic Approach, in M. J. Chung, P. Misra and H. Shim (eds), Preprints of the 17th IFAC World Congress (Seoul, Korea, July 6-11, 2008), in CD-rom (with L. Lambertini).
Papers in Collective Volumes:
Tassazione e regolamentazione delle grandi piattaforme digitali (2024), Economia internazionale e politica economica. Contributi in ricordo di Gianpaolo Rossini, a cura di F. Delbono, G. Ecchia, and L. Lambertini, Bologna, il Mulino, 27-43 (with C. Reggiani).
A Differential Game with Investment in Transport and Communication R&D, in L. Petrosjan and V. Mazalov (eds), Game Theory and Applications, 2005, Vol. X, Nova Science, New York (with L. Colombo and L. Lambertini).
Books:
Economia dell'integrazione europea (2008), Bologna, il Mulino (with L. Marattin).
Recent Working Papers:
Data sharing or algorithm sharing? NET Institute Working Paper 23-08, 2023 (with B. Carballa-Smichowski, Y. Lefouili and C. Reggiani.
Third-degree price discrimination in two-sided markets. CEPR Press Discussion Paper No. 18380, 2023. Also available at SSRN: http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4540778 (with A. de Cornière and S. Shekhar). R&R Management Science.
Platform-enabled innovation adoption: a case study on Booking.com, JRC Digital Economy Working Paper 2022-03 (with C. Piga, C. Reggiani and Y. Shevtsova). R&R Tourism Management Perspectives
The Price Effects of Banning Price Parity Clauses in the EU: Evidence from International Hotel Groups. JRC Digital Economy Working Paper 2022-02 (with P. Ma, C. Reggiani, A. Broocks and N. Duch-Brown).
Does a green network effect lower global pollution emission? Mimeo, 2022 (with N. Burani).
Miscellaneous:
Should platform fees be capped? TSE Reflect, February 2023 (with R. Gomes).
Online platform price parity clauses: the Booking.com case, SIE Economic Digest, 5 Minutes of Frontier Economic Research, Ep. 08, November 11, 2021
Big Tech, affrontare il nodo della responsabilità senza errori o censure: le sfide, AgendaDigitale.eu, June 24, 2021 (with L. Madio and C. Reggiani).
What are the social responsibilities of the dominant digital platforms? Economic Observatory, June 15, 2021 (with L. Madio and C. Reggiani).
Piattaforme digitali, il diktat delle commissioni: costi, benefici e possibili alternative, AgendaDigitale.eu, June 8, 2021.
Invited guest speaker on 360ON TV: Grandi piattaforme digitali, lo scontro per il futuro della rete https://access.networkdigital360.it/360-on-tv-al-centro-della-notizia-lk
How have digital markets and tech giants fared during the Coronavirus crisi?, Economic Observatory, July 17, 2020 (with L. Madio and C. Reggiani).
Se lo smart working diventa la nuova normalità, Lavoce.info, July 14, 2020.
Refereeing Activity
American Economic Journal: Microeconomics; American Economic Review: Insights; Automatica; Bulletin of Economic Research; Dynamic Games and Applications; Economia e Politica Industriale; Economia Politica; Economic Modelling; Economica; Economics Bulletin; Economics of Innovation and New Technology; Economics Letters; Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal; Games and Economic Behavior; Energy Policy; Health Economics; International Economic Review; International Game Theory Review; International Journal of Industrial Organization, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization; Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control; Journal of Economics; Journal of Economics & Management Strategy; Journal of Evolutionary Economics; Journal of Industrial Economics; Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications; Management Science; Managerial and Decision Economics; Manchester School; Mathematical Social Science; Review of Industrial Organization; Review of Network Economics; Rivista di Politica Economica; Rivista Italiana di Politiche Pubbliche; Southern Economic Journal; TOP.
Service on External Bodies
Evaluation Panel of the European Union (Horizon 2020), Maria Skłodowska-Curie Actions, IF (Individual
Fellowships), Expert Evaluator, ECO-SOC Panel, 2016-18, 2020.
Evaluation Panel of the European Union (Horizon 2021), Maria Skłodowska-Curie Actions, PF (Postdoctoral Fellowships), Expert Evaluator, ECO-SOC Panel, 2021.
Teaching Experience
Toulouse Business School, Programme Grande École, Master in Management; Competition Policy and Business Strategies, 2023-present (in English).
Toulouse Business School, Programme Grande École, Master in Management; Operations Management, 2020-present (in English).
Toulouse Business School, MSc Purchasing and Supply Chain Management; Decision Making in Purchasing and SCM - Game Theory and Managerial Decision, 2020 - present (in English).
Bologna Business School, Master in Finance and Fintech, Master in Data Science and Business Analytics, Master in Artificial Intelligence and Innovation; Digital Economics, 2020-present (in English).
Bologna Business School, Hybrid MBA Executive; Digital Economy: platform business models, 2023-present (in Italian).
University of Bologna, MIEX Master in International Management; Platform Strategy 2024- (in English).
University of Bologna, MIEX Master in International Management; International Economics, 2011-2023 (in English); Industrial Economics, 2011 - 2023 (in English).
Toulouse Business School, Bachelor in Management; Supply Chain Management and Purchasing, 2020-2023 (in English).
Universitas Pelita Harapan, Jakarta - Peking University, Dual Degree Executive MBA Program; International Business Economics, 2014-2020 (in English).
University of Bologna, Representación en la República Argentina, Master in Relazioni Internazionali Europa-America Latina; Latin America and European Union in the Global Economy, 2017-2020 (in Italian); European Economic Integration, 2018-2019 (in Italian)
University of Bologna, Two-Year Master in Economics and Economic Policy; Economic Analysis for Business and Strategic Decisions, 2017-2020 (in Italian)
University of Bologna, Two-Year Master in Business Administration, curriculum in International Management; International Economics, 2015-2020 (in English)
University of Bologna, Bachelor in Economics, Markets and Institutions; Industrial Economics, 2011-2020 (in Italian); Microeconomics, 2007-2015 (in Italian).
Toulouse Business School, International Electives; Economic Analysis for Business and Strategic Decisions, 2018-2019 (in English); Industrial Economics and Competition Policy, 2017 (in English)
ICN Business School, Nancy, Bachelor program's annual International Business Seminars; Economic Analysis for Business and Strategic Decisions, 2019 (in English); International Business and Trade, 2012-2013 and 2019 (in English); Game Theory for Economics and Business, 2012-2014 (in English); Industrial Economics and Competition Policy, 2014 (in English).
University of Bologna, Bachelor in Business and Economics, Buenos Aires Campus; Microeconomics, 2014-2017 (in English).
Curtin University, Perth, Lecture held at University of Bologna, MBA Global Study Tour; EU Single Market and Eurozone, April 2017 (in English)
University of Bologna, Two-Year Master in International Relations; International Economics, 2015-2017 (in English)
Universitat de Barcelona, Master in Economics; Industrial Organization and Regulation, 3rd Quarter 2016 (in English).
Fondazione Alma Mater, Corso di Alta Formazione “Regolazione e Mercato nei Servizi di Pubblica Utilità” (The Economics of Public Utility Regulation); Competition policy in the EU, 2007-2013 and 2016 (in Italian).
University of Bologna, Master in Relazioni Internazionali d'Impresa: Italia-Russia; International Economics, 2014-2016 (in English).
Lomonosow Moscow State University, Moscow Summer Academy on Economic Growth of Natural Resources; International Environmental Policy, Green Consumerism, and Natural Resources: Static and Dynamic Approaches, July 2015, (in English).
INSEEC Business School, Paris-Bordeaux, INSEEC’s International Academic Seminars; Game Theory for Economics and Business, 2014-2015 (in English); International Trade, 2014-2015 (in English).
University of Bologna, in association with Ce.U.B., course in “Governance and Development of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)”; International Trade, 2012 and 2013 (in English); Commerce International, 2013 (in French).
Fondazione Alma Mater, International Summer Program Bologna; European Economics, 2011 (in English).
University of Bologna, Faculty of Economics, Forlì Campus; Game Theory and Negotiations, 2007-2011 (in English).
James Madison University Programs in Florence, Master in Political Science; EU Common Market and Competition Policy, 2009-2010 (in English).
ESCI - Universitat Pompeu Fabra; International Economics, 2006-2007 and 2009-2010 (in English); Doing Business in Europe, 2007-2009 (in English).
Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona; Advanced Macroeconomics II, spring 2008 (in Spanish).
University of Bologna, Bachelor in International Studies; Macroeconomics, 2005-2007 (in Italian).
University of Perugia, Terni Campus, master MEMA-MAEM; Market Economy and Democratic Pluralism, 2006 (in English and French).
University of Bologna, Forlì Campus, master GPIE, 2001-2003; Economics and Economic Policies, 2001-2002 (in English); EU Industrial Policies, 2002-2003 (in English).
University of Bologna, Faculty of Science and Politics, Forlì Campus; TA in Microeconomics, 2000-2003 (in Italian).
Administrative Activities
Co-organizer of the
1st Health Platform Workshop,
Toulouse Business School, April 2024.
Scientific Committee Member, XXXVI Jornadas de Economía Industrial, September 2022, Gran Canaria, Spain.
Co-organizer of the International Electives, Toulouse Business School, March 2022.
Erasmus Coordinator (2008-2020), Department of Economics, University of Bologna
Coordination of the Exchange Programs with ESCI - Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Universidad Pablo de Olavide de Sevilla, Université Catholique de Louvain, NHH (Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration), INSEEC Business School (Paris) and Philipps-Universität Marburg (until 2018).
Scientific Advisor (2013-2020), MIEX Master in International Management, University of Bologna.
PhD Committee Member (2017-2018), Department of Economics, University of Bologna.
Co-organizer of the 4th IAERE (Italian Association of Environmental and Resource Economists) Annual Conference, February 2016, Bologna
Co-organizer of the 54th Meeting of the Italian Economic Association (SIE), October 2013, Bologna
Department Committee Member - Giunta di Dipartimento (two consecutive mandates: 2009-2012 and 2012-2015), Department of Economics, University of Bologna.
Representative of the Department of Economics, University of Bologna
Participation to the following conference related to VII European Framework Program:
Brussels (May 2006): The Brussels Economic Forum, European Commission
Invited Seminars:
CORE, Université Catholique de Louvain; Frankfurt School of Finance & Management; IESE Business School, Barcelona; International School of Economics (ISET), Tbilisi/Georgia; Katholieke Universiteit Leuven; Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University; London School of Economics; ParisTech, Institute of Science and Technology in Paris; Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago de Chile; Universidad de Buenos Aires; Universidad de la República, Montevideo; Universidad de San Andrés, Buenos Aires; Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires; Universitat de Alicante; Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona; Universitat de Barcelona; Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona; Université Pantheon-Assas, Paris II; Università del Salento, Lecce; Université Paris Nanterre; University of Liverpool.
Professional Activities
Consulting Services in Management System for Medical Device Companies
- Process Mapping
- Key Performance Indicator Evaluation Process (KPI Process)
- Definition of Strategic Objectives and Priorities
- Management Review
- Compliance Audit on ISO 9001:2008
Consulting Services in Economic Analysis for Legal Firms
- Analysis of Online Markets and Ecommerce Practises
- Platform Regulation
- Drafting of Technical Reports
Languages and Computational Skills
Languages:
ITALIAN Native Language
ENGLISH Very Fluent
SPANISH Very Fluent
FRENCH Very Fluent
GERMAN Fluent
Computer Skills: Mathematical and Statistical Packages (Gauss, Mathematica, Stata), Latex Packages (Scientific Workplace, WinEdit), MS Office (Microsoft Word, Power Point, Excel), Video Conferencing Software (Zoom, Teams, Skype).
