FEDERICO ETRO

Full Professor of Economics, Ca' Foscari University of Venice

 

Contacts: Department of Economics, University of Venice, Office 37, Cannaregio 873, Fondamenta San Giobbe, 30121, Venice, Italy. Phone: +39-041-2349172 Fax: +39-041-2349176. E-mail: federico.etro@unive.it; fetro@intertic.org.

CV in pdf

• 2010-present: Full Professor of Economics, Ca' Foscari University of Venice.
• 2007-2010: Professor of Industrial Organization, Scottish Graduate Programme of Economics, University of Edinburgh.
• 2006-2010: Associate Professor of Economics, University of Milan, Bicocca.
• 2003-2006: Lecturer of Political Economy, Ph.D in Public Economics, Catholic University, Milan (Italy).
• 2002-2003: Lecturer of Macroeconomics, Luiss, Rome (Italy).
• 2000-2002: Research Assistant, National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge (MA, USA).

RECENT INVITED LECTURES

• IIEA Talk on Innovation in the New Economy (Dublin, Ireland, May 2010)
• Dynamic Competition Lecture ( Osaka, Japan, November 2009), Innovation and Competition: Theory, Evidence and Policy for the Great Recession;
• Bi-annual TEM Lecture of the Catholic University of Leuven (Leuven, Belgium, December 2007).

EDUCATION

• Master in Arts in Economics (U.C.L.A., 2000)
• Laurea in Economia (U.C.S.C., 1997)

PUBLICATIONS

Books:

2010, COMPETITION LAW AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF ART. 102, Oxford University Press, Oxford (with I. Kokkoris)

2009, ENDOGENOUS MARKET STRUCTURES AND THE MACROECONOMY, Springer-Verlag, New York and Berlin

2007, COMPETITION, INNOVATION, AND ANTITRUST, Springer-Verlag, New York and Berlin

Selected papers:

Endogenous Market Structures and Innovation by Leaders: an Empirical Test (with D. Czarnitzki and K. Kraft)
Equilibrium Principal-Agent Contracts. Competition and R&D Incentives (with M. Cella)
Endogenous Market Structures and Innovation
The Labor Market in the Seventeent Century Italian Art Market (with S. Marchesi and L. Pagani)
2012, The Market for Paintings in XVII Century Italy forthcoming on Journal of Economic History (with L. Pagani)
2011, Endogenous Market Structures and International Trade
2011, Endogenous Market Structures and Contract Theory, European Economic Review in press
2011, Endogenous Market Structures and Strategic Trade Policy International Economic Review, 52, 1, 63-84
2010, Endogenous Market Structures and the Business Cycle, The Economic Journal , Vol. 120, 1201-34 (with A. Colciago)
2010, Endogenous Market Structures and the Optimal Financial Structure, Canadian Journal of Economics, 43, 4, pp. 1333-52
2010, Endogenous Market Structures and Antitrust Policy International Review of Economics, Vol. 57, 1, pp. 9-46
2009, Real Business Cycles with Cournot Competition and Endogenous Entry Journal of Macroeconomics, Vol 32, 4, pp. 1-17 (with A. Colciago)
2008, Stackelberg Competition with Endogenous Entry, The Economic Journal, Vol. 118, pp. 1-28
2008, Growth Leaders, Journal of Macroeconomics, Vol 30, 3, pp. 1148-72
2007, Redistribution, Decentralization and Constitutional Rules, in “The Economics of Transparency in Politics”, Edited by A. Breton et al., Ashgate, London, pp. 209-230 (with P. Giarda)
2006, Aggressive Leaders, The RAND Journal of Economics, Vol. 37, 1 (Spring), pp. 146-154
2006, Political Geography, Public Choice, Vol. 127, 3-4 (June), pp. 321-343
2005, International Unions, The American Economic Review, Vol. 95, 3 (June), pp. 602-615 (with A. Alesina and I. Angeloni)
2004, Innovation by Leaders, The Economic Journal, Vol. 114, 495 (April), pp. 281-310

Other publications on refereed journals:

2009, The Economics of Cloud Computing, IUP Journal of Managerial Economics, Vol. IX, 2, pp. 7-22
2009, The Economic Impact of Cloud Computing on Business Creation, Employment and Output in Europe Review of Business and Economics, Vol. 54, 2, pp. 179-208
2008, Market Leaders, Antitrust Policy and the Software Market Icfai Journal of Industrial Economics, Vol. 5, 1, pp. 7-30
2007, Endogenous Market Structures and Macroeconomic Theory Review of Business and Economics, Vol. 52, 4, pp. 517-40
2007, Innovation by Leaders II, Rivista Internazionale di Scienze Sociali, Vol. 115, 1 (January-March), pp. 81-108
2006, Competition Policy: Toward a New Approach, European Competition Journal, Vol. 2, 1 (April), pp. 29-55
2004, Does Asymmetric Information Matter in Competitive Insurance Markets?, Rivista Internazionale di Scienze Sociali, Vol. 112, 1 (January-March), pp. 27-46
2004, The Political Economy of Fiscal and Monetary Unions, Giornale degli Economisti e Annali di Economia, Vol. 117, 63 (December), pp. 289-328
2002, International Policy Coordination with Economic Unions, Rivista Internationale di Scienze Sociali, Vol. 110, 2 (April-June), pp. 187-211
1998, Optimal Taxation and Tax incidence with Market Power and Tax Evasion, Rivista di Politica Economica, Vol. 88, 7 (July), pp. 27-61 (text in italian)

Commentaries and chapters in books:

2012, Leadership in Multi-sided Markets and the Dominance in Online Advertising, Chapter in “Advances in the Analysis of Competition Policy and Regulation”, Edited by Y. Katsoulacos, J. Harrington and P. Regibeau, Edward Elgar, Northampton, MA, forthcoming
2011, Understanding Cloud Computing: Competition, Environment and Finance, European Business Review (November-December), pp. 59-61
2010, Toward an Economic Approach to Art. 102, Chapter 1 in “Competition Policy and the Enforcement of Art. 102”, Edited by F. Etro and I. Kokkoris, Oxford University Press, London, pp. 1-36
2010, The Economic Consequences of the Diffusion of Cloud Computing, Global Information Technology Report 2009-2010, World Economic Forum, Geneve
2010, Antitrust Issues in Dynamic Markets, Chapter 11 in “The Reform of EC Competition Law: New Challenges”, Edited by I. Lianos and I. Kokkoris, Kluwer International, London, pp. 327-341
2007, The Endogenous Entry Approach to Antitrust, in Experts' Series on IPRS and Competition, Stockholm Network Press, London, October
2007, Competition Policy for the New Economy, in Abuse of Dominance, Edited by Y. Katsoulacos, Athens University Press, Athens,  pp. 46-83
2007, Innovation and Patents for the Software Industry: an Empirical Analysis of the EU and US Cases, Chapter 4 in Software Patents: Protection and Licensing, Edited by A. V. Narsimha Rao, ICFAI Press, Hyderabad, India, pp. 83-122
2007, Proprietary Software vs. Open Source Software, Know IP-The Stockholm Network's Monthly IPR Journal, Vol. 3, 5, pp. 5-7
2007, The Economics of Competition Policy and Dominant Market Position, in Experts' Series on IPRs and Competition, Stockholm Network Press, London, January
2006, Antitrust Policy, the Theory of Market Leaders and the New Economy, in " Proceedings of the 2006 Telecom Paris Conference on the Economics of Information and Communication Technologies”, Edited by P. Waelbroeck, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications, Paris, pp. 251-285
2006, Market Dominance: An Economic Perspective on Art. 82 EU, in Competition. Economic Approach to Article 82, Edited by M. Stober, European Enterprise Institute Press, Bruxelles, pp. 6-12
2006, Comments on the European Commission Discussion Paper on the Application of Article 82 of the Treaty to Exclusionary Abuses, International Chamber of Commerce, The World Business Organization (April), Paris (with the ICC Task Force on Competition)
2005, The Role of IPRs in Promoting Innovation, in Intellectual Property Frontiers Expanding the Borders of Discussion, Edited by A. Jensen and M. Pugatch, Stockholm Network Press, London, pp. 6-7

Other completed works:

2009, Innovation and Competition: Theory, Evidence and Policy for the Great Recession, Dynamic Competition Lecture (Osaka, November 27)
2009, The Effect of Entry on R&D Investment of Leaders: Theory and Empirical Evidence (with D. Czarnitzki and K. Kraft)
2009, The Endogenous Market Structures Approach: A Technical Survey, W.P.162, University of Milan, Bicocca, Dept. of Economics
2009, The Endogenous Market Structures Approach: A Non-technical Survey, W.P. 161, University of Milan, Bicocca, Dept. of Economics
2007, Public-Private Partnerships, WP 120, University of Milan, Bicocca, Dept. of Economics
2007, Infrastructures and Growth, WP 119, University of Milan, Bicocca, Dept. of Economics
2006, Market Leaders and Industrial Policy, WP 103, University of Milan, Bicocca, Dept. of Economics
2006, Strategic Export Promotion, WP 101, University of Milan, Bicocca, Dept. of Economics
2006, The Engine of Growth, WP 100, University of Milan, Bicocca, Dept. of Economics
2006, The Theory of Market Leaders, Antitrust Policy and the Microsoft Case, WP 99, University of Milan, Bicocca, Dept. of Economics
2004, Technical Appendix to Innovation by Leaders. A: Proofs. B: Patent Races and Growth, The Economic Journal, Vol. 114, 495 (April, 2004), pp.1-8
2003, Globalization and Political Geography, CESifo 986
2003, International Unions, CEPR 3913 and Harvard Institute of Economic Research 2001 (with A. Alesina and I. Angeloni)
2003, Fiscal Sustainability: An Empirical Analysis for OECD countries, 2003 Memorandum for the Minister of Economy G. Tremonti
2002, Redistribution, Decentralization and Constitutional Rules, QIEF 49, UCSC (with P. Giarda)
2002, International Policy Coordination with Economic Unions, QIEF 45, UCSC
2001, Institutional Rules for Federations, NBER 8646 and Harvard Institute of Economic Reserach 1940 (with A. Alesina and I. Angeloni)
2001, The Political Economy of International Unions, CEPR 3117, NBER 8645 and Harvard Institute of Economic Reserach 1939 (with A. Alesina and I. Angeloni)

Selected columns:

2012, E Ora sia il Pdl a Liberare le Mani alle Imprese, Il Giornale, January 12, p. 10
2011, Se la Salute va sulla “Nuvola”, Sole 24 Ore, Sanità, November 1
2011, Artistic Labor and Occupational Choice in Baroque Painting, Vox, December 23
2011, Search Advertising, Vox, June 11
2011, Understanding Google’s Antitrust Problems, Vox, January 30
2011, Standardisation in High-tech Sectors, Vox, November 15 (with E. Tarantino)
2010, Portrait of a Market: Prices, Contracts, and Competition in 17th-century Oil Painting, Vox, November 4
2010, IBM and the Mainframe Market, Vox, April 29
2010, The Economics of Cloud Computing, Vox, February 25
2009, When a Merger Softens Competition: the Oracle-Sun Case, Vox, November 11
2009, Beyond Browsers: Moving on from the EU vs. IE Case, Vox, October 8
2009, La Commissione UE ci Riprova con Gates. A Che Pro?, Libero, Libero Mercato, p.11, January 23
2008, Google Searches for a Partner in Quest for World Domination, The Scotsman, Edinburgh, April 30
2008, Microsoft's New Openness is Welcome Change, Financial Times, London, February 28
2007, Open Source and Open Standards are not the Same, Financial Times, London, November 13
2007, Rather Rather than Democratising Innovation, We Should be Protecting it, Financial Times, London, July 16

Press coverage: The Economist, Slackers or Pace-setters? Monopolies may have more incentive to innovate than economists have thought, Economic Focus, May 2004.