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Department of Economics and Management, University of Padova

Via del Santo, 33 - Padova, Italy. 

Phone Number: + 39 049 827 4327

Email: leonardo.madio (at) unipd.it

Senior Assistant Professor (RtdB, tenure-track), University of Padova

Other affiliations:

During 2020-2023, I was "Unicredit & Universities Foscolo Europe" research fellow in Padova. I also held postdoctoral fellowships at the Toulouse School of Economics and CORE - Universitè catholique de Louvain. I obtained the Ph.D from the University of York in 2019. In 2022, I was visiting research fellow at the ESMT Berlin. Since 2023, I am also Visiting Associate Professor at  the Toulouse School of Economics. 

I hold the Italian Habilitation for Associate Professor (Professore di II Fascia) in Economia Politica (13/A1), Scienza delle Finanze (13/A3), and Economia Applicata (13/A6). 

My research interests are in the field of Industrial Organization and Digital Economics. I work on platform governance of quality and innovation, vertical relations within platform markets, and price and algorithmic transparency in digital markets. I am also interested in the unintended effects of public policies.

My research has been published in Management Science, Journal of Health Economics, Journal of Industrial Economics, Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, European Economic Review, amongst others. 

The next (2nd) Padova IO Workshop will take place on May 13-14th


Platform liability and innovation

with D-S. Jeon (TSE) and Y. Lefouili (TSE). 
R&R @ International Economic Review

Mergers and Investments:
Where do we Stand? 

with Y. Lefouili (TSE)R&R @ International Journal of Industrial Organization

Asymmetric content moderation in search markets: The case of adult websites

with Matthew Mitchell (Rotman Toronto), M. Quinn (Rotterdam School of Management). and C. Reggiani (JRC Digital Economy).

Upcoming talks