
PhD, Université Catholique de Louvain
Massimo Motta is Research Professor at ICREA-Universitat Pompeu Fabra and at the Barcelona School of Economics (BSE). He served as Chief Competition Economist of the European Commission from 2013 to 2016, and he has extensive experience in advising competition and regulatory agencies from all over the world, as well as training their staff.
Massimo’s research, widely cited and influential, has been published in the main economic journals. His book on Competition Policy: Theory and Practice (Cambridge U.P., 2004) is the standard reference on the economics of antitrust. He also wrote (with C. Fumagalli and C. Calcagno) Exclusionary practices. The Economics of Monopolisation and Abuse of Dominance (Cambridge U.P., 2018).
Working Papers
The “Kill Zone”: Copying, Acquisition and Start-Ups’ Direction of Innovation
Shelving or Developing? The Acquisition of Potential Competitors under Financial Constraints
Publications
Self-preferencing and foreclosure in digital markets: Theories of harm for abuse cases
International Journal of Industrial Organization, Vol.90, September 2023, 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2023.102974The Assessment of Exclusive Contracts: The Competition Case Against Computicket in South Africa
Review of Industrial Organization, November 2021, 10.1007/s11151-021-09841-yRecognition Program
Open Access Massimo Motta and Emanuele TarantinoThe effect of horizontal mergers, when firms compete in prices and investments
International Journal of Industrial Organization, Vol.78, September 2021, 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2021.102774Open Access