Tomaso Duso's Curriculum Vitae

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last update: August 19 2010

 

 

Personal Information:

 

Nationality

Italian

Born

June 3rd 1971 in Padua, Italy

 

Education:

 

07/2002

Doctor Rerum Politicarum (Ph.D.), Humboldt University Berlin

03/1996

Laurea in Economia (MA Economics), Ca´Foscari University, Venice

 

Academic Positions:

 

since 08/2004

Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Humboldt University Berlin

Research Fellow,  Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (WZB), CIC Unit 

03/2003 - 06/2004

Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Vienna

01/2002 - 02/2003

Research Fellow, Department of Economics, Humboldt University Berlin

09/1998 - 12/2001 

Junior Research Fellow, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (WZB), CIC Unit 

 

Other Positions:

 

since 09/2006

Member of Executive Committee, European Association for Research in Industrial Economics (EARIE), Bruxelles

since 10/2005  

Faculty member of the Berlin Doctoral Program in Economics and Management Science (BEMPS)

since 06/2005  

Senior Adviser, Laboratorio di Economia, Antitrust e Regolamentazione (LEAR)

since 08/2004  

DFG / German Science Foundation SFB /Transregio "Governance and the Efficiency of Economic Systems", Member

03/2003 - 07/2004

Affiliate Research Fellow,  Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (WZB), CIC Unit 

 

Administrative Duties:

 

since 01/2008

Member, Academic Council of the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (WZB)

01/2006-12/2007

Deputy Member, Academic Council of the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (WZB)

 

Awards and Honors:

 

05/2007

SAP Best Strategy Paper Award, Annual Conference on Corporate Strategy, Vallendart

10/2006

Hans-Jürgen Ewers Prize, Berlin

08/2003

Young Economist Award, European Economic Association (EEA), Stockhom

08/2000

Young Economists’ Essay Award (Lexecon Prize), European Association for Research in Industrial Economics (EARIE), Lausanne

1999, 2000, 2001,

2003, 2006

 Lecture Prize for Young Economists from the Verein für Socialpolitik (German Economic Association)

04/1997-09/1998

 Doctoral Scholarship: German Science Foundation (DFG)

 

Research Grants:

 

01/2008-12/2011

 

 German Science Foundation (DFG) - SFB Transregio 15 "Governance and the Efficiency of Economics Systems", project "Competition Policy as Governance of Competition Processes" (project leader Lars-Hendrik Röller and Ulrich Kamecke) € 530,000

01/2007-12/2009

 Leibniz - Gemeinschaft, Research and Innovation Pact, "Competition and Innovation" (with Susanne Prantl and Lars-Hendrik Röller), € 201.300 (total amount € 984.000)

10/2006

 Fritz Thyssen Foundation, Conference Grant, € 20.000

01/2004-12/2007

 

 German Science Foundation (DFG) - SFB Transregio 15 "Governance and the Efficiency of Economics Systems", project "New Markets and Endogenous Regulation: A Political Economic Approach" (project leader Lars-Hendrik Röller) € 256,000

01/2002-03/2003

 German Science Foundation (DFG) grant Ro 2080 4-1, "The Political Economy of  Deregulation Processes: An Empirical Approach" (project leader Lars-Hendrik Röller) € 287,250

Professional Activites:

  • Refereeing for:

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy; Applied Economics Quarterly; Contemporary Economic Policy;  Economic Analysis and Policy; Economic Journal; Economics of Governance; European Economic Review;Information Economics and Policy; International Journal of Industrial Organization; Journal of Competition Law and Economics; Journal of the European Economic Association;  Journal of Industrial Economics; Journal of Industry, Competition, and Trade; Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics; Journal of Law and Economics; Journal of Productivity Analysis; The Review of Network Economics; Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik;  

Cambridge University Press; Edwar Elgar Publishing; Elsevier Publisher;

Israel Science Foundation (IFS); German Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development (GIF); Oesterreichische Nationalbank (Onb)

 Press Coverage:

Wenn zwei fusionieren, freut sich der Dritte, Financial Time Deutschland, September 2 2009, on the paper "The Impact of Horizontal Mergers on Rivals: Gains to Being Left Outside a Merger" (with Joe Clougherty), Journal of Management Studies

Wenn zwei sich zusammentun, freut sich der Dritte, Handelsblatt, September 9 2009,  on the paper "The Impact of Horizontal Mergers on Rivals: Gains to Being Left Outside a Merger" (with Joe Clougherty), Journal of Management Studies

Memberships:

European Association for Research in Industrial Economics (EARIE), European Economic Association (EEA), Association of Competition Economics (ACE), Verein für Socialpolitik (VfS)

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Research Interests:

Research Fields: Industrial Organization, Law and Economics, Political Economics, Applied Econometrics

Research Topics: Competition Policy, Regulation, Mergers, Merger Control, Research Joint Ventures, Telecommunications

 

My profile at IDEAS and at SSRN

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Publications:

Publications in Refereed Journals:

Measuring the Deterrence Effect of Competition Policy: The Competition Policy Indexes, (with Paolo Buccirossi, Lorenzo Ciari, Giancarlo Spagnolo, and Cristiana Vitale) [Abstract + Download], Journal of Competition Law and Economics, forthcoming

Learning Dynamics in Research Alliances: A Panel Data Analysis, (with Enrico Pennings and Jo Seldeslachts), Research Policy, 2010, 39, 6, 776-789

The Political Economy of Mobile Telecommunications Liberalization: Evidence from the OECD Countries,  (with Jo Seldeslachts), Journal of Comparative Economics, 2010, 38, 2, 199-216

Is the Event Study Methodology Useful for Merger Analysis: A Comparison of Stock Market and Accounting Data, (with Klaus Gugler and Burcin Yurtoglu), International Review of Law and Economics, 2010, 30, 186-192

The Impact of Horizontal Mergers on Rivals: Gains to Being Left Outside a Merger (with Joe Clougherty) , Journal of Management Studies, 2009, 46, 8, 1365-1395

A Short Overview of a Methodology for the Ex-Post Review of Merger Control Decision (with Paolo Buccirossi, Lorenzo Ciari, Sven-Olof Fridolfsson, Giancarlo Spagnolo, and Cristiana Vitale), De Economist, 2008, 156, 4, 453-475

The Political Economy of European Merger Control: Evidence Using Stock Market Data, (with Damien Neven and Lars-Hendrik Röller), The Journal of Law and Economics, 2007, 50, 3, 455-489

Market Conduct and Endogenous Lobbying: Evidence from the U.S. Mobile Telecommunications Industry, (with Astrid Jung), Journal of Industry, Competition, and Trade, 2007,  7, 9-29 [Download .pdf file]

Lobbying and Regulation in a Political Economy: Evidence from the U.S. Cellular Industry, Public Choice, March 2005, 122, 3-4, 251-276 [Download .pdf file]

Endogenous Deregulation: Evidence from OECD Countries, , Economics Letters, 2003, 81, 1, 67-71 (with Lars-Hendrik Röller) [Download.pdf file]

Complete Markets in Italy: An Analysis on Micro Data, Giornale degli Economisti ed Annali di Economia, 1999, 58, 1, 1-25 [Abstract]

 Publications in Refereed Books:

Merger Remedies, (with Klaus Gugler and Burcin Yurtoglu) in: S. Vogt, M. Albert, and D. Schmidtchen (eds.): The More Economic Approach to European Competition Law, Conferences on the New Political Economy 24, Mohr Siebeck Verlag: Tübingen, 2007, 255-266.

EU Merger Remedies: An Empirical Assessment, (with Klaus Gugler and Burcin Yurtoglu) in J. Stennek and V. Ghosal Eds., The political Economy of Antitrust, Contributions to Economic Analysis, North-Holland, 2007, 302-348. (Working paper version: [Abstract + Download])

Analyse von Abhilfemaßnahmen im EU-Fusionsverfahren, in J. Schwarze Herausgeber, Recht und Ökonomie im Europäischen Wettbewerbsrecht, Nomos Verlag, 2006, s. 71-83.

Working Papers:

Product Market Competition and Lobbying Coordination in the U.S. Mobile Telecommunications Industry, WZB Discussion Paper SP II 2003-16 (with Astrid Jung) [Abstract + Download] (accepted with minor revisions: Journal of Industry, Competition, and Trade)

How Effective is  European Merger Control?, WZB Discussion Paper SP II 2006-12 (with Klaus Gugler and Burcin Yurtoglu) (revised and resubmitted European Economic Review)

Competition Policy and Productivity Growth: An Emprical Assessment, WZB Discussion Paper SP II 2009-12  (with Paolo Buccirossi, Lorenzo Ciari, Giancarlo Spagnolo, and Cristiana Vitale) [Abstract + Download] (revise and resubmit: Review of Economics and Statistics)

Using Rival Effects to Identify Synergies and Improve Mergers Typologies, (with Joe Clougherty) (revise and resubmit: Organizational Research Methods)

Deterrence in Competition Law, WZB Discussion Paper SP II 2009-14 (with Paolo Buccirossi, Lorenzo Ciari, Giancarlo Spagnolo, and Cristiana Vitale) [Abstract + Download] (under revision)

On The Stability of Research Joint Ventures: Implications for Collusion (with Enrico Pennings and Jo Seldeslachts) WZB Discussion Paper SP II 2008-15  [Abstract + Download] (under revision)

Endogenous Switching Costs and the Incentive for High Quality Entry, WZB Discussion Paper FS IV 99-29. [Abstract + Download]

Towards a Political Economy of Industrial Organization: Empirical Regularities from Deregulation, WZB Discussion Paper FS IV 01-17 (with Lars-Hendrik Röller) [Abstract + Download] (a revised and shorter version appeared in Economics Letters)  

Work in Progress:

Collusive Networks through R&D Collaborations: An Emprical Assessment (with Lars-Hendrik Röller and Jo Seldeslachts)

An Emprical Assessment of the 2004 EU Merger Policy Reform (with Klaus Gugler and Florian Szücks)

When is it Good to be an Outsider: The Determinants of Rival Firms' Returns (with Joe Clougherty and Klaus Gugler)

A Network Study of Joint Ventures (with Albert Banal-Estañol, Jernej Copic, and Jo Seldeslachts)

Mergers and Productivity: An Aggregate Analysis (with Lorenzo Ciari, Joe Clougherty, and Jo Seldeslachts)

A simultaneous Approach to The Political Economy of Deregulation: The Mobile Telecommunications Industry in OECD Countries (with Lars-Hendrik Röller)

Other Publications:

Die Konkurrenz Freut Sich, WZB Mitteilungen 125, September 2009, 30-32.

Reviving the economy. Robert Solow on the need of a coordinated fiscal policy, WZB Mitteilungen 124, Juni 2009, 52-34.

Development and Application of a Methodology for Evaluating the Effectiveness of Competition Policy, (with LEAR). Report commissioned by DG Economic and Financial Affairs of the European Commission, December 2008.

Assessing Merger Control Decisions: The role of Competitors, Vox, July 2008.

Economic Patriotism and National Champions in the EU, Humboldt Institution on Transatlantic Issues Policy Paper, February 2007.

Design of a Methodology for Ex-Post Review of Merger Control Decisions, (with LEAR). Report commissioned by DG Competition of the European Commission, December 2006.

Noch nicht Optimal: Die Wirkung von Auflagen in EU-Fusionskontollverfahren, WZB Mittelungen, 110, December 2005, 28-31.

Regulierung des US-Mobilfunkmarkt, WZB Mitteilungen 89, September 2000, 14-16.

Books:

The Political Economy of the Regulatory Process: An Empirical Approach, Humboldt-University Dissertation, 2002, Berlin.

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Teaching:

Other Courses

SS 2010:        Empirical Industrial Organization (MA) - Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane

SS 2009:       Merger Analysis and Simulations (PhD) - IMT Lucca

WS 08-09:    Empirical Industrial Organization: Applications for Antitrust  (Ph.D) - University of Frankfurt

SS 2008:       Empirical Industrial Organization (Ph.D) - University of Bonn

SS 2008:       Merger Analysis and Simulations (MA) - University of Padua

 

Humboldt University

WS 08-09:    Empirical Industrial Organization (with Susanne Prantl)  (MA and Ph.D) [Evaluation]

WS 07-08:    Empirical Industrial Organization (with Susanne Prantl)  (MA and Ph.D) [Evaluation]

WS 06-07:    Empirical Industrial Organization (with Susanne Prantl and Michal Grajek) (MA and Ph.D)

WS 05-06:    Empirical Industrial Organization (with Susanne Prantl) (MA and Ph.D)

WS 04-05:    Economics of Mergers and Merger Control  (with Paul Heidhues) (MA)

SS 2000:       Mikroökonomie I,  (TA Prof. L.-H. Röller)

SS 1999:        Mikroökonomie I, (TA Prof. L.-H. Röller)

 

University of Vienna

SS 2004:         Einführung in die Mikroökonomie [Evaluation]

WS 03-04:      Einführung in die Mikroökonomie

                          Economics of Political Decisions (with Uwe Dulleck)

SS 2003:         Grundzüge der Volkswirtschaftslehre [Evaluation]

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Presentations:

International refereed Conferences

EARIE Conference, Istanbul, September 2010

IIOC Conference, Vancouver, May 2010

Workshop “Advances in Industrial Organisation”, Vienna, April 2010

RNIC Conference “Antitrust and Innovation”, Vienna, October 2009

EARIE Conference, Ljubljana, September 2009

ACLE Conference “To Enforce and Comply: Incentives inside Corporations and Agencies”, Amsterdam, March 2009

16th WZB-RNIC Conference “Deterrence in Competition Policy”, Berlin, October 2008

EARIE Conference, Toulouse, September 2008

SFB TR-15 Conference, Gummersbach, April 2008

Workshop EC Competition Enforcement Data, Amsterdam, April 2008

ASSET Conference, Padua, November 2007

EARIE Conference, Valencia, September 2007

6th SFB TR-15 Conference, Mannheim, March 2007

ASSET Conference, Lisbon, November 2006

14th WZB-CEPR Conference “Antitrust and Innovation”, Berlin, October 2006 (organizer and discussant)

5th Conference on Applied Infrastructure Research, Berlin, October 2006

EEA Conference, Vienna, August 2006; 4th SFB TR-15 Conference, Caputh, March 2006

CEPR conference “Competition Policy for International Development, Growth and Trade”, Brussels, December 2005

CEPR conference “The Effectiveness of Competition Policy: Issues and Methods”, Paris, November 2005

ASSET Conference, Rethymnon , October 2005

EARIE Conference, Porto, September 2005

Recht und Ökonomie im Europäischen Wettbewerbsrecht, Freiburg, July 2005

Behavioral Industrial Organization, Berlin, June 2005 (Discussant)

International Industrial Organization Conference 2005, Atlanta, April 2005

Remedies and Sanctions in Competition Policy, Amsterdam, February 2005

15th (EC)2 Conference: The Econometrics of Industrial Organisation, Marseille, December 2004

Southern Economic Association 74th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, November 2004

3rd Conference on Applied Infrastructure Research, Berlin, October 2004 (Discussant)

EARIE Conference, Berlin, September 2004

NOeG Conference, Vienna, May 2004

EEA Conference, Stockholm, August 2003

ECARES-CEPR TMR Conference, Brussels, November 2002

11th WZB-CEPR Conference “Innovation Policy in International Markets”, Berlin, October 2002 (Discussant)

EARIE Conference, Madrid, September 2002

RES Annual Conference, Durham, April 2001

9th WZB-CEPR Conference “Antitrust Issues in International Markets”, Berlin, December 2000

EARIE Conference, Lausanne, September 2000

EEA Congress, Bolzano, August 2000

2nd CEPR Conference on Applied Industrial Organization, Lisbon, July 2000;

YEC (Young Economists Conference) Oxford, March 2000

EARIE Conference, Turin, September 1999

YEM (Young Economists Meeting), Amsterdam, April 1999

EEA Congress, Berlin, September 1998

SMYE  (Spring Meeting of Young Economists), Berlin, April 1998

Invited Seminars

University of Copenhagen, June 2010

Queensland University of Technology , Brisbane, April 2010

Center for Economic Studies, KU Leuven, February 2010

University Paris-Nanterre, Paris, January 2010

VU Amsterdam, December 2009

University of Zurich, Zurich, December 2009

Norwegian School of Economics, Bergen, February 2009

Norwegian Competition Authority, Bergen, February 2009

DIW, Berlin, November 2008

University of Padua, May 2008

UK Competition Commission, October 2007

City University London, October 2007

LMU Munich (business), INNO-tech Seminar, Mai 2007

LMU Munich (economics), Research Seminar, Mai 2007

University of Mannheim, April 2007

University of Linz, June 2006

University of Vienna, May 2005

University of Amsterdam, ACLE, March 2005

Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IUI), Stockholm, May 2003

Erasmus University, Rotterdam, November 2002 

University of Vienna, June 2002

University of Bologna, March 2001

University of Padua, March 2001

Ca` Foscari University, Venice, March 2001

Short visits:

Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, April-May 2010

IMT Lucca, May 2009

University of Frankfurt, January 2009

University of Padua, May 2008

Bonn Graduate School of Economics, April 2008

City University London, October 2007

LMU University, Munich, May 2007

University of Vienna, August 2006

University of Vienna, May 2005

WZB, CIC Unit, Juli 2003

Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IUI), Stockholm, Mai 2003

Workshops and Summer Schools:

Workshop on "Competition Law", Tübingen, February 2007

Workshop on "Economic Patriotism and National Champions", Berlin, October 2006 (keynote speaker)

CEC - CIC Workshops on "Economic Analysis and EU Competition Policy" and "Competition Policy in the Software Industry", Berlin, September 2004

E.E.A. Summer School 1999, "Regulation of European Markets", Toulouse, September 1999

CIE, Summer School 1998 , "Industrial Economics and Competition Policy", Copenhagen, July 1998

Consulting Projects:

Ex-Post Evaluation of Merger Cases. Report commissioned by the UK Competition Commission (with LEAR), 2010.

Development and Application of a Methodology for Evaluating the Effectiveness of Competition Policy. Report commissioned by DG Economic and Financial Affairs of the European Commission (with LEAR), 2008.

Design of a Methodology for Ex-Post Review of Merger Control Decisions. Report commissioned by DG Competition of the European Commission, 2006 (with LEAR).

The Governance Forms of Public Owned Firms. Report commissioned by the Austrian Finance Ministry, 2004 (with the Working Group in Industrial Organization, University of Vienna).

The Regulation of Liberal Professions. Report commissioned by the Austrian Bar Association, 2003 (with the Working Group in Industrial Organization, University of Vienna).

Comment on the European Commission’s "Draft Commission Notice on the appraisal of horizontal mergers under the Council Regulation on the control of concentrations between undertakings", 2003 (with the Working Group in Industrial Organization, University of Vienna).

The Effects of the Merger between ÖBB AG and Post-Bus AG. Report commissioned by the Consortium of Austrian Small Bus Firms, 2003 (with the Working Group in Industrial Organization, University of Vienna).

 Languages:

Italian: native

English and German: fluent

French and Spanish: understanding

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