Filippos Papasavvas
Comparing Spain's and Chile's olive oil sectors
Boza et al. (2023) compared the competitiveness of Spain’s and Chile’s olive oil industries using quantitative metrics and Porter’s...
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Filippos Papasavvas
Aug 19
How have GPTs affected the US economy?
Jovanovic et al (2005) analyzed the impact of two general-purpose technologies (GPTs) on the US economy: electricity and information...
Filippos Papasavvas
Feb 4
On measuring energy poverty
Bardazzi et al (2023) argue that the complex nature of energy poverty prevents it from being captured by a single variable. For this...
Filippos Papasavvas
Dec 27, 2023
On energy communities in Greece
Maniatis et al (2023) discuss the rise of energy communities in Greece since they were first introduced by legislation in 2018. The...
Filippos Papasavvas
Nov 21, 2023
Can vertical mergers benefit consumers?
In his 1950 paper ‘Vertical Integration and Antitrust Policy’, Spengler posited that vertical mergers could lead to lower consumer...
Filippos Papasavvas
Jul 12, 2023
On competition policy in the "New Economy"
In a 2001 paper, Robert Pitofsky, former Commissioner of the US Federal Trade Commission, examined the challenges faced by antitrust...
Filippos Papasavvas
Jul 4, 2023
Does multi-market contact drive up US hospital prices?
Schmitt (2017) found evidence that multi-market contact in the US hospital industry has led to higher hospital prices. This suggests that...
Filippos Papasavvas
Jun 25, 2023
On horizontal merger screenings: UPP vs HHI
In their seminal 2010 paper, Farrell and Shapiro introduced a novel metric for the evaluation of unilateral price effects in horizontal...
Sean Hays
Jun 4, 2023
Chaos theory: A helpful framework to view the world
There is a spectre haunting our lives, and that is chaos theory. It’s all around us, but we hardly see it. Understanding it gets to the...
Filippos Papasavvas
May 28, 2023
On the relationship between output and unemployment
Knotek (2007) examined whether the statistical relationship of real output growth with the unemployment rate, as captured by Arthur...
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