My research interests include:
Applied Theory - Industrial Organisation
Economics of Innovation (Patents and Licensing)
Intellectual Property
Digital Economy
Firms' organization
Unionization and collective bargaining
My research interests include:
Applied Theory - Industrial Organisation
Economics of Innovation (Patents and Licensing)
Intellectual Property
Digital Economy
Firms' organization
Unionization and collective bargaining
I am interested in the economics of innovation as well as on intellectual property protection in digital markets.
I am a junior member of the Mannheim Centre for Competition and Innovation (MaCCI) and a member of the ZEW Interest Group in Competition (IG Comp)
Contact details: you can write me at luca.sandrini[at]zew[dot]de
Newly accepted paper:
Sandrini, L., and Somogyi, R. (2026), News Media Bargaining Codes, International Journal of Industrial Organization, 103262, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijindorg.2026.103262.
Next conference/seminar presentations:
Institut Mines-Telecom Business School, January 26:
Nested Platforms (joint with R. Somogyi)
University of Parma, Department of Economics and Management, February 24:
Dance to my tune! Discovery mode and built-in recommendation bias (joint with J. Gambato)
MaCCI Annual Conference, March 19-20:
Evolution of consumer naivete in markets with network externalities (joint with R. Rozzi)
Paris Conference on Digital Economics, April 9-10:
AI Summaries and Content Discovery (joint with A. D'Annunzio, A.Russo, and R. Somogyi)