This research investigates the economic implications of new digital technologies on competition, firms and market outcomes, with a focus on the use of ultra-fast broadband connections, big data and artificial intelligence.
The research approach combines both theoretical investigations and empirical analysis along three main directions:
- the microeconomic effects of the digital infrastructure on firms and markets and its role in driving economic growth, employment and business dynamics;
- the effects of data on markets, competition and firms’ strategies and their implications for consumer surplus and welfare;
- the role of regulation, by designing the optimal policy tools for digital markets that can spur investments, while avoiding potentially unintended effects, particularly in terms of online safety, cyber risk and privacy, and by analyzing the effects of the privacy regulation.