Dr Wynne Lam
Current Position
Associate Professor in Business Economics, University of Edinburgh [ institutional profile ]
Educational background
Ph.D. Economics, Toulouse School of Economics and University of Bologna
Office Address
University of Edinburgh Business School
29 Buccleuch Place
Edinburgh, EH8 9JS, UK
wynne.lam@ed.ac.uk
Research Interests
Industrial Organization, Digital Economy, Applied Microeconomics
Working Papers & Research Projects
Product Experimentation and Platform Encroachment, with Xingyi Liu
Competition, Data Sharing and Secure Hardware Adoption, with Jacob Seifert [ Project Website ]
Published & Forthcoming Papers
Dancing with Rivals: How Does Platform's Information Usage Benefit Independent Sellers? (2023) European Journal of Operational Research, 309(1), pp. 421-431, with Xingyi Liu [ DOI ]
Regulating Data Privacy and Cybersecurity (2023) Journal of Industrial Economics, 71(1), pp. 143-175, with Jacob Seifert [ DOI ]
A Theory of Status and Coordination in Organizations (2021) Oxford Economic Papers, 73(2), pp. 837-855 [ DOI ]
Competitive Imperfect Price Discrimination and Market Power (2020) Marketing Science, 39(5), pp. 996-1015, with Paul Belleflamme and Wouter Vergote [ DOI ]
Does Data Protection Legislation Increase the Quality of Internet Services? (2020) Economics Letters, 195, with Bruce Lyons [ DOI ]
Does Data Portability Facilitate Entry? (2020) International Journal of Industrial Organization, 69, with Xingyi Liu [ DOI ]
Switching Costs in Two-sided Markets (2017) Journal of Industrial Economics, 65(1), pp. 136-182 [ DOI ]
Attack-Prevention and Damage-Control Investments in Cybersecurity (2016) Information Economics and Policy, 37, pp. 42-51 [ DOI ]
Research Impact & Engagement
Harnessing Market Incentives to Improve Cybersecurity Outcomes for Firms and Consumers (2023), with Jacob Seifert [ Discribe Policy Brief ]
Secure Hardware Adoption in the Open Data Context (2023), with Jacob Seifert [ Discribe Report ]
Regulatory Interactions and the Design of Optimal Cybersecurity Policies (2021), with Jacob Seifert [ Discribe Report ]
Personalised Pricing and Disclosure (2021), with Sean Ennis [ BEIS Research Paper ]
Regulating Data Privacy and Cybersecurity: Two Sides of the Same Coin? (2020), with Jacob Seifert [ CCP Research Bulletin ]
Response to HM Treasury: Digital Competition Expert Panel - Open Consultation (2018) CCP Consultation Response, with Elias Deutscher and Bruce Lyons
Response to BEIS: Modernising Consumer Markets - Green Paper (2018) CCP Consultation Response, with David Deller, Michael Harker, Morten Hviid, Karen McCullagh, Peter Ormosi, Sebastian Peyer, David Reader, and Catherine Waddams
Data as an Entry Barrier: Does Data Portability Foster Competition in Internet Markets? (2018) [ CCP Research Bulletin ]
Competition in the Market for Flexible Resources: an application to cloud computing (2015) [ LCII Policy Brief ]
Innovation in the Pharmaceutical Industry and Market Size (2012) CEPR Policy Paper, with Pierre Dubois, Olivier de Mouzon, Fiona Scott-Morton, and Paul Seabright
Teaching Qualifications
M.A. Higher Education Practice, University of East Anglia [ a video for fun ]
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Teaching Experience
UG Economics for Business, University of East Anglia
UG The Economic and Business Environment, University of East Anglia
UG Responsible Business Regulation: How to Compete and Trade Fairly, University of East Anglia
UG Competition and Consumer Policy, University of East Anglia
UG International Business, University of East Anglia
UG Information Systems for Management, University of East Anglia
PG Digital Policy for Business, University of East Anglia
PG Introduction to Digital Business, University of East Anglia
PG Business Research Methods, University of East Anglia
MBA Digital Systems and Technologies, University of East Anglia
PG Management Skills and Personal Development, University of East Anglia
PG Industrial Organization in the Digital Economy, University of Liege
PG Economics of the Internet, Universite catholique de Louvain
PG Industrial Organization, Universite catholique de Louvain