Research in Progress

Asymmetric Content Moderation in Search Markets: The Case of Adult Websites

with Matthew Mitchell, Martin Quinn, and Carlo Reggiani

The paper studies how a major moderation shock in adult-content platforms changed visibility, user substitution, and market shares across search-based environments.

Cleanin’ It Up: Unshrouding Hidden Fees on a Peer-to-Peer Platform

with Kevin Tran, Michelangelo Rossi, and Mark Tremblay

The project studies how unshrouding hidden fees changes pricing, consumer responses, and platform conduct in peer-to-peer markets.

Curation with Moral Hazard: Why Platforms Host Low Quality

with Ozlem Bedre-Defolie and Bjorn Olav Johansen

This project examines why platforms may continue to host low-quality content when curation is costly and incentives are distorted by moral hazard.

Big Tech Lending and Business Expansion

with Leonardo Gambacorta and Bruno M. Parigi

The paper studies whether credit provision by large digital platforms affects firm growth and business expansion relative to more traditional lending channels.

Minor Revision @ Information Economics and Policy

App-Store Competition

with Gaston Llanes

This project focuses on rivalry between app stores, strategic platform choices, and the consequences for developers, entry, and innovation.

Are you 18? Age Verification and Adult-only Consumption in the US

with Uttara Ananthakrishnan, Saharsh Agarwal, Matthew Mitchell, Martin Quinn, and Carlo Reggiani

The paper studies how age-verification requirements affect adult-only consumption and user behavior in digital markets in the United States.

Data-Driven Market Leadership and Price Coordination

with Yiquan Gu and Carlo Reggiani

The paper studies whether exclusive access to data can support market leadership and facilitate price coordination across firms.

Disciplining Digital Risk: Evidence from Cyber Stress Tests

with Nordine Abidi, Leonardo Gambacorta, Christoffer Kok, Ixart Miquel Flores, and Alberto Partida

The project studies whether cyber stress tests affect digital-risk management, resilience choices, and market discipline.

Regulating Physicians' Prices in the Presence of Health Platforms

with Chiara Canta, Andrea Mantovani, and Carlo Reggiani

This paper examines online platforms connecting healthcare providers and patients in regulated markets, studying how different pricing regimes affect provider and patient participation.

Minor Revision @ Journal of Regulatory Economics

Network Externalities and Platform Strategy: Agency, Bundled Entry, and Integration

with Axel Gautier and Shiva Shekhar

This paper analyzes how network externalities shape a platform's choice between agency, bundled entry, and vertical integration with complementors.

Business Strategy and Regulation of Generative AI Firms

with Gaston Llanes

This project studies the strategic behavior of generative AI firms and the regulatory questions raised by concentration, access, and platform control.

Platform Tying and Its Effects

with Fabio Manenti and Massimo Motta

This project analyzes tying strategies in platform markets and their implications for foreclosure, entry, and welfare.

Working paper in progress.

Competition for Prominence

with Paul Belleflamme and Fabrizio Ciotti

The project studies ranking, visibility, and strategic competition for prominence in markets where user attention is scarce.

In progress.

Mergers and R&D Spillovers

with Anna D'Annunzio, Bruno Jullien, and Yassine Lefouili

The project studies how mergers interact with knowledge spillovers and how those spillovers affect innovation incentives, market structure, and welfare.

Working paper in progress.