MARKET REGULATION

WHY RESEARCH ON MARKET REGULATION?

The world is not in a "second best", let alone a "first best" ; we live in a subsubsuboptimal equilibrium. And if we do not have the power to change the way things work, then we can try to get ideas for those who do.

  • ‘Vertical Integration and Costly Demand Information in Regulated Network Industries’, with Francesca Stroffolini, Review of Industrial Organization, 2012, 40(4), pp 249-271.
  • “Price cap Regulation, Revenue Sharing and Information Acquisition”, with Francesca Stroffolini. Information Economics and Policy, 2005, vol. 17, pp.217-230.
  • “Price Cap Regulation and Information Acquisition”, with Francesca. Stroffolini. International Journal of Industrial Organization, 20(7), August 2002, pp.1013-1036.
  • “Informative Externalities and Pricing in Regulated Multiproduct Industries”, Journal of Industrial Economics, 1999, vol. 47(2), pp.195-219.
  • “Price Caps and Output Floors: a Comparison of Simple Regulatory Rules”, with Gianni De Fraja. Economic Journal, 1998, vol. 108, n.450, pp.1404-1421.