Industrial Organisation, Microeconomics, Economics of Innovation and Intellectual Property Rights, Game Theory, Growth Theory.
Representative Publications
“Leadership Cycles in a quality ladder model of endogenous growth” (with V. Denicolò), forthcoming, Economic Journal
TOC `n` ROLL: Bargaining, Service Quality and Specificity in the UK Railway Network” (with G. De Fraja and E. Michetti), 2011, Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, 45(3), 1-32.
“Competition, Market Selection, and Growth” (with V. Denicolò), 2010, Economic Journal, 120, 761–785.
"Entry, Product Line Expansion, and Predation" (with Vincenzo Denicolò and Michele Polo),Journal of Competition Law and Economics, 2007, 3(4), 609-624.
"Differentiated Duopoly with Asymmetric Costs", Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 2006, 15, 999-1015.
"How Should Forward Patent Protection be Provided?" (with Vincenzo Denicolò), International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2002, vol. 20, 801-827
"Vertical Integration and Product Innovation" (with A. Mukherjee), University of Leicester Discussion Papers in Economics 2007, N.07/12.