Papers
Articles in refereed journals
Measuring Switching Costs in the Italian Residential Electricity Markets, with Marco Magnani and Paola Valbonesi, The Energy Journal, forthcoming.
Platform Competition in the Tablet PC Market: the Effect of Application Quality, with Thanh Doan and Franco Mariuzzo, International Journal of Industrial Organization, 88: 102930, 2023.
Selling Cross-Border in Online Markets; the Impact of the Ban on Geoblocking Strategies, with Marc Bourreau, International Journal of Industrial Organization, 86: 102892, 2023.
Patent Portfolios and Firms' Technological Choices, with Stefano Comino, Journal of Economics, 137(2): 97–120, 2022.
Updates Management in Mobile Applications. iTunes vs Google Play, with Stefano Comino and Franco Mariuzzo, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 28(3): 392-419, 2019.
The Role of Patents in Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). A survey of the Literature, with Stefano Comino and Nikolaus Thumm, Journal of Economic Surveys, 33(2): 404-430, 2019.
To Upgrade or Not to Upgrade? The Release of New Versions to Survive in the Hypercompetitive App Market, Papers and proceedings International Workshop on App Market Analytics (WAMA 2016). DOI: 10.1145/2993259.2993261. ISBS: 978-1-4503-4398-5.
Old Technology Upgrades, Innovation and Competition in Vertically Differentiated Markets, with Marc Bourreau and Paolo Lupi, Information Economics and Policy, 29: 10-31, 2014.
Access Regulation, Entry and Investments in Telecommunications, with Antonio Scialà, Telecommunications Policy, 37: 450-468, 2013.
Dual Licensing in Open Source Software Markets, with Stefano Comino, Information Economics and Policy, 23(3-4): 234-242, 2011.
Ex-ante Licensing in Sequential Innovations, with Stefano Comino and Antonio Nicolò, Games and Economic Behavior, 73(2): 388-401, 2011.
Plastic Clushes: Competition Among Closed and Open Payment Systems, with Ernesto Somma, The Manchester School, 79(6): 1099-1125, 2011.
Public intervention for Free/Open Source Software, with Stefano Comino and Alessandro Rossi, Università di Trento, Revue d'Economie Industrielle, 136(4): 89-108, 2011.
On the Assessment of Regulators’ Efficiency. An Application to European Telecommunications, with Paolo Lupi, Antonio Scialà and Cristiano Varin, The Journal of Policy, Regulation and Strategy for Telecommunications, Information and Media (Info), 13(1): 61-73, 2011.
Traffic Management in Wholesale International Roaming: Towards a More Efficient Market?, with Paolo Lupi, Bulletin of Economic Research, 61(4): 379-407, 2008.
One-way Compatibility, Two-way Compatibility and Entry in Network Industries, with Ernesto Somma, International Journal of the Economics of Business, 15(3): 301-322, 2008.
From Planning to Mature: on the Success of Open Source Projects, with Stefano Comino and Marialaura Parisi, Research Policy, 36(10): 1575-1586, 2007.
Platform Competition and Broadband Uptake: Theory and Empirical Evidence from The European Union, with Walter Distaso and Paolo Lupi, Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni, Information Economics & Policy, 18: 87-106, 2006.
Government Policies Supporting Open Source Software for the Mass Market, with Stefano Comino, Review of Industrial Organization, 26: 217-240, 2005.
How Long is a Piece of Cable? Equilibrium Determination of Local Telephone Areas, with Gianni De Fraja, Journal of Economics, 79(1): 61-85, 2003.
On the Impact of "Call-Back" Competition on International Telephony, Journal of Regulatory Economics, 20:1-41, 2001.
The Demand for International Telecommunications in Italy, International Review of Economics and Business (RISEC), 49: 1, 31-53, 2002.
Strategie di Costo con Esternalità di Rete (Cost Raising Strategies with Network Externalities), Economia Politica, XIX: n.2, 231-257, 2002.
Caso AIIP vs Telecom Italia. Nuovi Mercati, Vecchie Condotte, joint with Antonio Nicolò, Piero Tedeschi and Paola Valbonesi, Università di Padova, Economia e Politica Industriale, 112: 191-204, 2001.
Tra Regolamentazione e Tutela della Concorrenza nell’Essential Facility: il caso SNAM – Tariffe di Vettoriamento, joint with Antonio Nicolò, Piero Tedeschi and Paola Valbonesi, Economia e Politica Industriale, 110: 109-119, 2001.
Articles in refereed research handbooks
Static and Dynamic Efficiency in the European Telecommunications Market. The Role of Regulation on the Incentives to Invest and the Ladder of Investment, with Walter Distaso and Paolo Lupi.In the Handbook of Research on Telecommunications Planning and Management for Business - Ed: In Lee. IGI Global: 1-14, 2009.
On the Role of Public Policies Supporting Free/Open Source Software. An European Perspective, with Stefano Comino and Alessandro Rossi. In the Handbook of Research on Open Source Software - Ed: Kirk St. Amand and Brian Still, Idea Group: 412-427, 2007.
Research Reports
Intellectual Property and Innovation in Information and Communication Technology (ICT), with Stefano Comino. JRC Science and Policy Reports, 2015.