Commissioner, Italian Competition Authority
Full Professor of Economics (On leave)
Dept of Economics and Finance, University of Rome Tor Vergata;
Research Fellow, CEPR London
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"Go as far as the legs of reasons can tell you and then jump"
(The Life of Pi)
Research Areas
Research Areas
Industrial Organization and Public Economics: Antitrust, Procurement, Regulation, Public sector.
Selected Publications
Selected Publications
American Economic Journal: Micro (2024), 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
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).
Iossa, E. and Rey, P. (2026). Merger Control and Investment: The Role of Efficiency Assessment. Forthcoming, Economics Letter.
Iossa, E. and Mattonai, F. (2026). Concorrenza E Tutela Del Consumatore: Complementarietà e Sinergie. Available at SSRN.
Iossa, E. and Latour, C. (2025). Firms’ Legality and Efficiency: Evidence from Public Procurement. European Journal of Law and Economics, 59, 439-455.
Iossa E., Calini C. and Catenazzo A. (2025), Multiple Tools to Enhance Competition in Public Procurement. European Competition Journal, 1-30.
Calini C. and Iossa E. (2024), Declining Trend in Leniency? Causes and Responses. CPI Antitrust Chronicle, December 2024.
Calini C. and Iossa E. (2024), Main Trends in Global Antitrust Enforcement: Proactive Enforcers in a Changing World. 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.
Iossa E. and F. Mattonai (2023), Il contributo dell’AGCM allo sviluppo della sostenibilità. Mercato Concorrenza Regole, 3, 2023.
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.
Burguet, R. Iossa, E. and G. Spagnolo (2022); Procurement Cartels and the Fight Against (Outsider) Bribing (2024). European Journal of Political Economy, 81. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2024.102506.
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.
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