Who are the professors?
Program Director: Philippe Gagnepain is professor at the Paris School of Economics and at the University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. His research focuses on empirical industrial organization with particular attention to issues of competition and regulation in network industries. The empirical framework is generally constructed around tools suggested by the new theory of regulation and/or uses the concepts of equilibrium offered by game theory and industrial organization.
- Class taught during the programme: Platform antitrust: Empirical tests
- Webpage: http://www.parisschoolofeconomics.eu/en/gagnepain-philippe/
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Régis Renault is professor of economics at the University of Cergy-Pontoise. His research in industrial organization has mostly focused on consumer search and advertising. He has coauthored with Simon Anderson an article on imperfect competition with consumer search, published in the Rand Journal of Economics, which has become very influential in the analysis of online search.
- Class taught during the programme: Search: Platform design
- Webpage: https://sites.google.com/site/homepageofregisrenault/
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Nikhil Vellodi is an assistant professor at the Paris School of Economics. He is particularly interested in the economics of online retail. His recent work has studied how consumer reviews erect barriers to entry for new firms in ratings-guided markets, and the implications for privacy policy of voluntary disclosure by consumers in online search platforms. Prior to joining PSE this year, he was a postdoctoral researcher at Princeton University.
- Classes taught during the programme: Platforms and Data and Platforms: Business models and information
- Webpage: https://www.parisschoolofeconomics.eu/en/vellodi-nikhil/
Contents – Industrial Organization