Antitrust, Industrial Organization; Banking and Corporate Governance; Experimental Economics; Game and Contract Theory; Law and Economics; Public Procurement.
Professor of Economics
University of Rome ‘Tor Vergata’ (Nov. 2006-ON LEAVE)
SITE - Stockholm School of Economics (Jan. 2007-)
Research Affiliate, C.E.P.R., London (2001-)
Research Fellow, E.N.C.O.R.E, Amsterdam (2007-)
2008-11 Research Fellow, EIEF
2003-07 Chief Economist, Italian Public Procurement Agency (Consip SpA)
2004-06 Associate Professor (docent), Dept. of Economics, Stockholm School of Economics
2004-05 Senior Economist, Research Department, Sveriges Riksbank
2000-04 Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Mannheim
2003-09 Executive Committee, E.A.R.I.E, Bruxelles
1999: Ph.D., Stockholm School of Economics. Dissertation: Essays on Managerial Incentives and Product Market Competition, Advisors: J.W. Weibull and T. Ellingsen. Opponent: B. Holmström.
1996: Dottorato di Ricerca in Economia Politica, University of Rome I. Dissertation: Social Norms, Incentives, and Organizational Efficiency: an Analysis of Profit-Sharing.
1993: M.Phil. in Economics, University of Cambridge.
Undergraduate: Bocconi University, Milan, and University of Rome I.
Industrial Organization (graduate course), Stockholm Doctoral Program (1999, 2000)
The Organization of Network Industries (graduate seminar), Univ. of Mannheim (2001), with T. Roende
The Industrial Organization of e-Markets (seminar), Univ. of Mannheim (2002), with T. Roende
Competition Policy: Theory and Practice (seminar), University of Mannheim (2004), with K. Stahl
Reputation in Product, Electronic and Financial Markets (seminar), University of Mannheim (2004)
The Microeconomics of Banking (graduate course), Doctoral Program, University of Rome II (2004-7)
Frontier in Law and Economics (graduate mini-course), Stockholm Doctoral Program (2006)
Procurement of Innovation (graduate course), Master in Procurement, Univ. of Rome II (2007-8-9-10)
Microeconomics of Banking (graduate course), University of Rome II (2009-)
Information Economics and Finance (graduate course), University of Rome II (2007-11)
Procurement Strategies (graduate course, with G. Piga), MBA, Univ. of Rome II (2009-10-11)
Banking Competition and Financial Markets Regulation, (graduate course), Eief (2010-)
Advanced Procurement Strategies, Finmeccanica, ACEA, Eni, Master in Procurement, Master in Regolazione ed Appalti
Contract Management, Finmeccanica, ACEA, Eni, Master in Procurement, MarcusEvans
1999: “Young Economist Essay Competition”, EARIE99, Turin
1998: “Best Ph.D. Paper Award”, Southern Finance Association 98, Marco Island, Florida
1998: “Best Doctoral Dissertation (1995-1996)”, CLUEB, Bologna
1993: “Outstanding Young Researcher Award”, Fondazione Luca D’Agliano-Q.E.H. Oxford
Keynote Speaker invitation, International Conference on Contracts, Privatization and Public Procurement, Paris, Sorbonne, May 30-31st 2012
Invited Talk on ‘Reputation, Competition, and Entry in Procurement,’ Invited Session on Procurement, EARIE Conference, Stockholm, September 2, 2011
Invited Lecture at the conference ‘The Costs of Different Goals of Public Procurement,’ (Swedish Procurement Board at the Swedish Competition Authority) Stockholm, August 31, 2011
Invited Talk at the panel on “Open Issues in Financial Markets Regulation” at the Special Policy Session on Financial Regulation, at the International Conference on Competition and Regulation, CRESSE, July 2011 (http://www.cresse.info/ ).
Invited Talk on “Trust, Salience and Deterrence” at the ESRC workshop on optimal enforcement procedures for competition policy, at the International Conference on Competition and Regulation, CRESSE, July 2011 (http://www.cresse.info/ ).
Invited Lecture on ‘Divide et Impera: Using Leniency to Deter Corruption’, SSPA (http://integrita.sspa.it/?page_id=2443 )
Invited Lecture on ‘Competition and Regulation in Financial Markets after the Crisis’, CRESSE Conference, July 2010 (http://www.cresse.info/ )
Invited Talk on ‘Competition Policy in Financial Markets after the Crisis’, CEPS-ECRI, Bruxelles, June 2009
Invited Lecture on ‘Contracting and Competitive Strategies in Procurement’, Swedish Procurement Board at the Swedish Competition Authority, Stockholm, October 27, 2009
Invited Lecture on ‘Competition Policy and Public Procurement’, Association of Competition Economists, Italian meeting, Milan, October 2009.
Keynote Speech on ‘Firms Organization and Collusive Behavior”, ACLE 2009 Conference on Competition Policy, Amsterdam, April 2009
OECD Experts Meeting inviation on Competition Policy and Public Procurement, Paris, October 2008 (cancelled for health reasons).
Keynote Speech invitation, RNIC Conference on the Telecommunication Industry, Mannheim, October 2008 (declined for health reasons).
Audition, Italian Authority for Procurement and Public Works: Flexibility, Quality and Accountability in Public Procurement in Light of the new EU Directive (18/2004), Rome, June 6, 2007
Audition, European Parliament: Promoting Professionalism and Best Practice in Public Procurement Policies, Internal Market Commisson, Bruxelles, 20 March 2007
Invited Lecture on ‘Leniency’, CEPR Symposium on “Competition Policy for International Development”, Bruxelles, December 2005
Invited Lecture on ‘Leniency’, International Conference ‘Antitrust 2005’: Advancements in the Economics of Competition Law, Rome, June 2005
Keynote Speach on ‘Criminalization in Antitrust’, Amsterdam Centre for Law and Economics Inaugural Conference, Amsterdam, March 2005
2009-2012: Senior Research Fellowship, Swedish Academy of Sciences (Vetenskap Radet)
2010-2012: Research Fellowship for Full Professors, Swedish Competition Authority.
2009-2011: University of Padua research grant on Public Procurement
2006-2008: PRIN on Bank Mergers
2005-2007: Research Fellowship for Associate Professors, Swedish Competition Authority.
2000-2001: Research Fellowship for Assistant Professors, Swedish Competition Authority.
1998-2000: Marie Curie Fellowship, European Commission.
1997: Post-Doc. Research Fellowship, Swedish Competition Authority.
1996-1997: Post-Doc. Research Fellowship, University of Rome I.
1996: Research Scholarship “Estero,” Italian Research Council (C.N.R.).
1995: “Francesco Ferrara” Scholarship, Banco di Sicilia.
1994: “Guido Carli” Scholarship, Banca Nazionale del Lavoro.