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Current position


2015 - 

Assistant Professor, Economics, McGill University

​Education


2009-2015

PhD Toulouse School of Economics, Toulouse.
Dissertation: “Essays in Empirical Industrial Organization and Regulation of Pharmaceuticals” Committee: Pierre Dubois (main advisor), Bruno Jullien, Philippe Chone, Frank Verboven “Mention très honorable avec felicitations du jury” 

2010

M.Phil. Advanced Economics, Toulouse School of Economics, Toulouse.

2009

M.Sc. Economics of Markets and Organizations, Toulouse School of Economics, Toulouse.

2008

M.Sc.-BA Management of Innovation, Rotterdam School of Management, Rotterdam.

2007

M.Sc. Economics and Management, Bocconi University, Milan. Cum laude.

2005

B.Sc. Economics and Management, Bocconi University. Cum laude.




Awards and Fellowships 


2018

FRQSC grant “The Impact of Generic Drug Price Regulation On Consumption, Expenditures and Drug Availibility across Canada” (44,975 CAD)

2016 - 

Researcher CIRANO (Center for Interuniversity Research and Analysis of Organizations).
Research Fellow CIREQ (Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Economie Quantitative).

2016

Dean of Arts Development Fund
Paper Presentation Grant
CEPR Travel Award

2015 - 2016

McGill Start-up grant


2014 - 2015

CREST Research Fellowship

2012 - 2013

Teaching and Research Scholarship (ATER), University of Toulouse

2009 - 2012

PhD Scholarship of the French Ministry of Education

2008 - 2009

Master Scholarship of the Italian Region of Sardinia

2006 - 2007

Double Master Degree Scholarship, Bocconi University

Teaching experience


  • Industrial Organization, Undergraduate (Econ305), McGill University (Fall 2015-2017)
  • Empirical Industrial Organization, PhD (Econ737), McGill University (Winter 2016-2018)
  • Guest lecturer for the Business of Science, Undergraduate (MIMM387), McGill University (Winter 2017)
  • TA for Microeconomics (Undergraduate, in French) and Applied Econometrics (Graduate, in English and French), University of Toulouse (2012-2013)

Past positions


2014 - 2015

Visiting student with grant, CREST. Paris.

2013 - 2014

Research assistant to Prof. Pierre Dubois. Toulouse School of Economics. Toulouse.

2012 - 2013

Teaching assistant, Toulouse School of Economics. Toulouse.

2011

Visiting student, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. Barcelona.

2008

Intern, Public Policy, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative. New York.

2007 - 2008

Research Assistant, CESPRI, Bocconi University. Milan.

2007

Intern, Accenture. Milan.

Other activities


  • Referee for: International Journal of Industrial Organization, Journal of Industrial Economics, Canadian Journal of Economics, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
  • Co-organizer of the Workshop on the Applications of Industrial Organization: 2016 - Health Care (with Nathan Yang, McGill Desautels); 2017 - Energy and Environment (with Nathan Yang, McGill Desautels, and Mario Samano, HEC Montreal); 2018 - Estimating Productivity (with Nathan Yang, McGill Desautels, Mario Samano, HEC Montreal, and Mathieu Marcoux, Université de Montréal)
  • Local co-organizer of the 17th Annual C​HESG Meeting (Canadian Health Economics Study Group), Montreal May 31st and June 1st 2018 (with Erin Strumpf)
  • McGill Economics Placement co-officer since 2016-2017
  • Member of the Graduate Admission Committee for the McGill Econ department 2017-2018
  • Econ Department member of the Committee for Student Affairs, McGill University since 2016-2017
  • Coordinator of the TSE Competition Policy Workshop for 2013-2014
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Information updated on May 2018

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