Short biography
Massimo Motta (BSc Bocconi, Milan, 1987; PhD Louvain, 1991) is Research Professor at ICREA, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) and Barcelona School of Economics, since 2010. He was Chief Economist at the European Commission in 2013-2016, where he coordinated the EC's economic analysis on antitrust, mergers and state aid. He was previously professor at Univ. Bologna (2007-2010), European University Institute, Florence (1998-2008) and UPF (1992-1998). His research is on industrial organization, and it has been published in the top international economic journals. Massimo has also written a book on Competition Policy: Theory and Practice (Cambridge, 2004) that is the standard reference on antitrust, a (co-authored) book on Exclusionary Practices (Cambridge, 2018), and has co-edited a book on Market Investigations (Cambridge, 2021). He is the Past President of the European Association of Researchers in Industrial Economics.
