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Commissioner, Italian Competition Authority
Full Professor of Economics (On leave)
Dept of Economics and Finance, University of Rome Tor Vergata;
Research Fellow, CEPR London
"Go as far as the legs of reasons can tell you and then jump"
(The Life of Pi)
Research Areas
Industrial Organization and Public Economics: Antitrust, Procurement, Regulation, Public sector.
Selected Publications
American Economic Journal: Micro (2023), Games and Economic Behavior (2015), Economic Journal (1998), Journal of the European Economic Association (2014, 2022), International Journal of Industrial Organization (2002, 2015), Journal of Economics and Management Strategy (Forthcoming), Journal of Industrial Economics (1999), Journal of Law, Economics & Organization (2020), Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory (2011), Journal of Public Economics (2006), Rand Journal of Economics (2004, 2012, 2012), Review of Economic Studies (2021).
Expert Adviser
Competition Commission in the UK, European Commission (DG Connect, DG Grow), European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Financial Service Authority UK, Organisation for Economic Development and Cooperation (OECD), Office of Fair Trading (OFT), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) , Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) and the World Bank (WB).
Calini C. and Iossa E. (2024), Main Trends in Global Antitrust Enforcement: Proactive Enforcers in a Changing World. Forthcoming in Revue Concurrences, 2024.
Iossa, E., Marx, L. Loertscher, S. and Patrick Rey (2024). Coordination in the Fight against Collusion. American Economic Journal: Micro, 16(1), 224-261.
Di Gaetano L. and Iossa E. (2023), The Italian experience in the enforcement of excessive prices: A calibrated approach, CPI Antitrust Chronicles, December 2023.
Calini C. and Iossa E. (2023), Multiplicity of Tools for Antitrust and Consumer Protection in Digital Markets: The Italian Experience and the road ahead. European Competition Journal, 2023.
Iossa, E. (2023), Corruption risks in infrastructure projects, Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Corruption Law, Edited by Mark Pieth and Tina Søreide. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK · Northampton, MA, US.
Iossa, E., and Chiara Latour (2023). Firms’ Legality and Efficiency: Evidence from Public Procurement. Revise and Resubmit, European Journal of Law and Economics.
Burguet, R. Iossa, E. and G. Spagnolo (2022); Revised verion of Cartels and Bibes (2021) CEPR Discussion paper 16481. Forthcoming, European Journal of Political Economy.
Cottini, Elena, Ghinetti, Paolo, Iossa, Elisabetta , Sacco, Pierluigi (2022), Stress, Effort and Incentives at Work . Oxford Economic Papers.
Iossa E., Rey Patrick and Mike Waterson (2022) Organizing Competition for the Market Journal of the European Economic Association. Teaching materials now posted on JEEA website.
Che, Yeon-Koo and Patrick Rey (2021) Prizes versus Contracts as Incentives for Innovation, Review of Economic Studies, 88(5): 2149–2178,
Decarolis, F., de Rassenfosse, G., Iossa, E., Giuffrida, L.M., Mollisi, V. Raiteri E. and G. Spagnolo (2021), Buyers' Role in Innovation Procurement, Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 30(4) 2021: 697-720.
De Chiara, A. and E. Iossa (2021), Setting the Budget for Targeted Research Projects, The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, 21(3) 1013-1034.
Decarolis, F., Iossa, E., Giuffrida, L.M., Mollisi, V. and G. Spagnolo (2020), Bureaucratic Competence and Procurement Outcomes, Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, 36: 537-597.
De Chiara, A. and E. Iossa (2020) Public Procurement as a Demand-side Policy: Project Competition and Innovation Incentives. CEPR Discussion paper 13664.
Camboni, Riccardo, Corazzini, Luca, Iossa, Elisabetta, Valbonesi, Paola. Bid Preferences as Incentives for Innovation: Experimental Evidence, 2018. Under revision.
NEWS
LA RELAZIONE ANNUALE DELL'AUTORITA'. Università Cattolica di Milano. Organizzato dall'Associazione Italiana Antitrust. Video.
VI LISBON CONFERENCE ON COMPETITION LAW AND ECONOMICS, 8-9 November, Lisbon. Panel on Recent trends in cartels.
LEAR Competition Festival, National Competition Authority Roundtable, Rome, September 2023.
FORDHAM University School of Law- 50th Annual Conference, Panel "Antitrust for the Next 50 years", New York, September 2023.
CRESSE conference, Special policy sessions “Lessons from Recent Excessive Pricing Cases" and “Assessing the Performance of Competition Agencies”, Rhodes, June/July 2023.
OECD Competition Committee, Paris (June 2023): Algorithmic Competition, Note by Italy and Competition in the Circular Economy, Note by Italy.
VII Biennial Conference Associazione Antitrust Italiana, Roundtable "Il futuro dell’Antitrust tra politica industriale e tutela del consumatore", Firenze, June 2023.
XI Edizione International Master in Public Procurement Management, Opening ceremony- keynote speech Enhancing Competition in Public Procurement, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, March 2023.
Antitrust policies between public and private enforcement - US vs Europe Perspective, Bocconi University, Milan (February, 2023).
5th W@Competition Conference, The Italian Competition Authority enforcement experience in the digital sector, Brussels (February 2023).
Autorità indipendenti, anticorruzione e whistleblowing: le questioni aperte, Rome (October 2022). Cartelli e corruzione: tra legalità ed efficienza , CONSOB, quaderno giuridico 26/2023, 15-20.
OECD Competition Committee, Paris (November 2022): Director Disqualification and Bidder Exclusion in Competition Enforcement, Note by Italy.
Lear Competition Festival: Views from European National Competition Authority’s Chairs with the participation of Cani Fernandez, Ioannis Lianos, Pinar Akman, Fabienne Siredey Garnier and Elisabetta Iossa. Watch Video HERE.
International Competition Network Conference, Berlin ICN 2022. Panel: Cartel Enforcement. My speech at Cartel Plenary Session on Leniency (min. 16.47-22.50) and Bid rigging (min. 1:10:50-1:16:51).
The role of buyer competence (2021) by Francesco Decarolis, Leonardo M. Giuffrida, Elisabetta Iossa and Vincenzo Mollisi, in Procurement in Focus: Rules, Discretion, and Emergencies, edited by Oriana Bandiera, Erica Bosio, Giancarlo Spagnolo. CEPR London.
Piattaforme e regole: la rincorsa continua, con Leonardo Madio, La Voce Info. Ottobre 2021
Liberalizzazione del subappalto: una scelta coraggiosa ma quali i rischi? La Voce Info. August 2021.
Stazioni appaltanti qualificate per gli investimenti pubblici, La Voce Info. March 2021
HSV25Tribute: Celebrating a quarter century of Hart Shleifer and Vishney. With Oliver Hart, Video.
Policy Presentation: Il ruolo dello Stato nell'Economia. Video, 2021.
Policy Paper: "Integrity Framework for Public Infrastructures: Review and Further Action," Inter-American Development Bank, Washington August 2020.
CEPR Industrial Organization Seminars. Organizing Competition for the Market with Patrick Rey and Michael Waterson. June 2020 Online.