Academic Degrees
2009 PhD in Economics, The University of Chicago, Chicago USA
2005 MA in Economics, The University of Chicago, Chicago USA
2002 Laurea in Economics (Summa cum laude), Università Bocconi, Milan, Italy
Academic Appointments
2021 – Full Professor, Dpt. of Economics, Bocconi University
2017 – 2021 Associate Professor - Avv. Giovanni Agnelli Chair of Economics - Bocconi University
2012 – 2017 Assistant Professor, Dpt. of Economics, Boston University, USA
2016 – 2017 Associate Professor (with tenure), EIEF-Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance, Italy
2012 – 2017 Adjunct Senior Fellow, L. Davis Institute for Health Econ., University of Pennsylvania, USA
2015 – 2016 Visiting Assistant Professor, SIEPR Fist Sabbaticals, Stanford University, USA
2015 PIER Visiting Faculty, Columbia University, USA
2011 – 2012 Visiting Assistant Professor, Dpt. of Economics, University of Pennsylvania, USA
2011 Visiting Assistant Professor, Dpt. of Economics, University of Chicago, USA
2009 – 2012 Assistant Professor, Dpt. of Economics, University of Wisconsin at Madison, USA
2009 Economist (F2), Research Department, Bank of Italy, Italy
Other ongoing positions
2023 –Present Association for Competition Economics, board member
2021 –Present European Association for Research in Industrial Economics, member of the Executive Committee
2021 –Present Observatory on the Online Platform Economy (DG-CNECT European Commission), Head of the Online Advertising Group
2019 –Present Review of Economic Studies, associate editor
2019 –Present Journal of the European Economic Association, associate editor
2017 –Present SNA – National School of Administration (Italian Presidency of the Council of Ministries), Temporary Professor
2015 –Present CEPR, Research Fellow, UK
Selected advisory roles
2021– Present Observatory on the Online Platform Economy (DG-CNECT European Commission), Head of the Online Advertising Group
2022 Special Commission of the State Council for the reform of the Public Contract Law (Italian Presidency of the Council of Ministries), member
2019-2021 Commissioner for the 2021 World Ski Championship (Cortina2021) , expert
2019-2021 SOSE S.p.a. (Soluzioni per il Sistema Economico, public company held by the Mistry of the Economy and Finance), scientific committee member
2017-2020 Economic Advisory Group Competition Policy, European Commission – DG-COMP, group member
2016 AGCM (Italian Antitrust Authority), econometric advisor
2015 Chief Economist Team, European Commission – DG-COMP, econometric advisor
Selected management roles
2021-2025 European Research Council, Coordinator of the Project: Competition in Digital Markets
2019-2022 National School of Administration (Presidency of the Council of Ministries), Coordinator of the Accounting, Economics and Statistics Area
2016-2021 European Research Council, Coordinator of the Project: Reputation and corruption in procurement