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European Research Council AI-COMP project

I am the principal investigator of an ERC Advanced Grant on AI and Competition. Giacomo Calzolari, Max Shafer, Vito Stefano Bramante, and Yann Delaprez are currently working with me with this project. More information will be available on a dedicated page soon.

 

Algorithms, AI and market outcomes
  • Experimental Evidence That Conversational
    Artificial Intelligence Can Steer Consumer Behavior Without Detection
    with T. Werner, I. Soraperra, D. C. Parkes, I. Rahwan (Full Text - ARXiv - Nov 2024)
     

  • Strategic Communication and Algorithmic Advice

         with C Possnig and J Tolvanen (coming soon - Nov 2024)

  • Q-learners Can Provably Collude in the Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma 

         with Q Bertrand, J Duque, G Gidel [Full Text - ARXIV] 

  • Algorithmic Content Selection and the Impact of User Disengagement

         with Nika Haghtalab, Ellen Vitercik, Eric Zhao [Full Text - ARXIV] 

  • Artificial Intelligence, Recommender Systems and Competition
    with G Calzolari, V Denicolò, and S Pastorello, December 2023. [Full Text - SSRN] 
     

  • Algorithmic collusion: genuine and spurious 
    with G Calzolari, V Denicolò and Sergio Pastorello, September 2023.
    International Journal of Industrial Organization [editorial version]

  • Algorithmic collusion with imperfect monitoring
    with G Calzolari, V Denicolò and Sergio Pastorello, December 2021.
    International Journal of Industrial Organization [editorial version]

     

  • Protecting consumers from collusive prices due to AI
    E Calvano, G Calzolari, V Denicolò, JE Harrington Jr, S Pastorello
    Science 370 (6520), 1040-1042

  • Algorithmic Pricing and Collusion: what implications for competition policy
    with G Calzolari, V Denicolò and S Pastorello, August 2019,
    Review of Industrial Organization  [Paper]

     

  • Can we trust the algorithms that recommend products online? A theory of biased advice 

with Bruno Jullien (Toulouse U), May 2018, [Paper in preparation]

Market power and competition in digital markets​
  • Merger Policy in Digital Markets: An Ex-Post Assessment
    w. E Argentesi, P Buccirossi, T Duso, A Marrazzo, S Nava, 2019. Journal of Competition Law & Economics [Paper]

     

  • Strategic differentiation by Business models: Free-to-Air and Pay-TV
    with M Polo, 2020. Economic Journal [Paper] [Online Appendix]

     

  • Market Power, Competition and Innovation in digital markets: A survey
     with Michele Polo, 2020. Information Economics and Policy  [Preliminary version]

     

  • Incumbency advantage and its value
    with J Cremer and G Biglaiser, 2019, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy   [Preliminary version] 

     

  • The Impact of Consumer Multi-Homing on Advertising Markets and Media Competition

with S. Athey and J. Gans, 2018, Management Science - [Paper] The Washington Post covered this paper! [Link]

  • Either or both competition: a "two-sided" theory of advertising with overlapping viewership
     with A. Ambrus and M. Reisinger, 2016, American Economic Journal: Microeconomics [Paper]

  • Pricing Payment Cards

with Özlem Bedre; 2013. American Economic Journal: Microeconomics,  [Paper] [Online Appendix]

  • Issues in online advertising and competition policy: a two-sided market perspective

with Bruno Jullien, 2012. Recent advances in the analysis of competition policy and regulation. Elgar publishing. [WP version]

Dynamic Incentives
  • A Theory of Community Formation and Social Hierarchy

with Susan Athey (Stanford GSB) and Saumitra Jha (Stanford GSB), Fall 2021,

R&R Journal of the European Economic Association -  WorkingPaper - SSRN

 


 

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