CURRICULUM VITAE
NAME:
CLAUDIO A.G. PIGA
Nationality:
Italian
(born in Sassari, Italy)
AFFILIATION
Department of Economics, Loughborough University
ADDRESS:
7 Grasmere Road, Beeston, Nottingham NG9 3AQ
OFFICE PHONE:
(0044)-(0)1509-222755; fax (0044)-(0)1509-222839
/web site
c.a.g.piga@lboro.ac.uk
; http://www-staff.lboro.ac.uk/~eccagp/
Current Position
From Mar.07 - Reader in Economics,
Dept. of Economics, Loughborough University
From Jan 05
-
Senior Lecturer,
Dept. of Economics, Loughborough University
Previous Positions
2005
Professore Associato, University of Sassari, Italy, Faculty of Economics and Management.
99-04
Lecturer in Industrial Economics, Business School, University of Nottingham
10/04-01/05
Sessional Lecturer, Aston Business School
1998
Dept of Economics, University of Hull;
1997
Royal Economics Society Teaching Fellow,
University of York.
Education and Qualifications
1999
D.Phil
in Economics
Department of Economics, University of YORK, supervisor: Prof. Gianni De
Fraja. Thesis title:
Essays in Industrial Organization: Theory and Practice.
External Examiner:
Prof.
Steve Davies
, UEA, Norwich
1994-97
PhD in Economics
, University of Rome - Tor Vergata. Thesis title:
I giochi differenziali: teoria ed
applicazioni nello studio delle scelte dinamiche di prezzo, quantita’ e pubblicita’ in strutture di
mercato oligopolistiche
(Differential game: theory and applications in the analysis of dynamic
choices on price, quantity and advertising in oligopolistic markets).
1992
M.Sc in Economics
, Coripe Piemonte, University of TURIN
1987-1991
Laurea in
Scienze Politiche (Economics and Politics)
, final mark: 110/110 e lode, University of
SASSARI, Italy
Teaching experiences
In current position
Game Theory (MSc); Economics, Banking and Finance (MA); Developments in Microeconomics (3 Yr).; Economics of
Leisure and Tourism (2Yr)..
In other Institutions
Economics of Tourism,
University of Sassari;
Economics of Tourism
(lecture course), University of Bergamo;
Economics of Tourism
(lecture course), University of Hull;
Industrial Organization 2,
(UG 3Yr);
Economics of
Organization
(UG, 2Yr);
The Digital Economy
, (UG 1-2-3 Yr.), Managerial Economics (MA);
Microeconomics,
Aston
Business School;
Industrial Economics,
University of York (UK).
Visiting Institutions
Texas A&M University, Department of Economics, Summer 2008.
On Job Training
2006
“Recruitment and Selection”, “Academic Probationary Advisers’ Training”, “Appraisal for the
Appraiser”, Professional Development Course, Loughborough University.
Publications
•
in refereed journal
1.
“On cost restrictions in spatial competition models with heterogeneous firms” (with Marco Alderighi), Economics Letters, forthcoming.2.
“Airline Competition in the British Isles”, (with A. Gaggero) Transportation Research, Part E, 2010, 46,270-279
3.
“Why Should a Firm Choose to Limit the Size of its Market Area”, Regional Science and Urban Economics, (with Marco Alderighi), 2008, 38(2): 191—201.4.
“Entry and Exit by European Low Cost and Traditional Carriers”, (with M. Gil-Molto), Tourism Economics,2008, 14 (3), 577–598.
5.
“Entry and Exit in a Liberalised Market”, (with M. Gil-Molto), Rivista di Politica Economica, 2007, Jan-Feb., 3-38.6.
“R&D investment, Credit Rationing and Sample Selection”, (With G. Atzeni), Bulletin of Economic Research,Vol. 59 (2), 2007, pp. 149-178.
7.
“Hub Premium, Airport Dominance and Market Power in the European Airline Industry”,(with E. Bachis), Rivista di Politica Economica, Sept-Oct. 2006,pp. 11-54
8.
“Assessing the returns to Collaborative Research: Firm-level evidence from Italy”, (with G. Medda and D. Siegel), Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 2006, Vol. 15(1), 37-50.9.
University R&D and Firm Productivity: Evidence from Italy, (with G. Medda and D. Siegel), The Journal of Technology Transfer, 2005, 30(1-2), pp.199-205.10.
“Endogenous R&D Spillovers and Locational Choice”, Regional Science and Urban Economics, (with Poyago-Theotoky J.), 2005, 35, 127-13911.
Il triangolo competitivo: innovazione, organizzazione e lavoro qualificato (with M. Vivarelli and M. Piva),L’Industria, N. 4, ottobre-dicembre, 2004, pp.655-674.
12.
“Cooperation in R&D and Sample Selection”, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics. (with M. Vivarelli), vol. 66, iss. 4, 2004, pp. 457-482.13.
“Strategic Debt in Vertical Relationships: Theory and Evidence”, Research in Economics, (with G. De Fraja), 2004, 58 (2), 103-123.14.
“Endogenous R&D Spillovers and Locational Choice with discriminatory pricing”, Managerial and Decision Economics, (with Poyago-Theotoky J.), 2004, Vol. 25, pp.157-161.15.
“Pigouvian Taxation in Tourism”, Environmental and Resource Economics; 2003, Vol.26:3, pp 343-359.16.
“Il giro del mondo in 80 euro. Liberalizzazione e compagnie aeree a basso costo”, Mercato, concorrenza,regole, 2003, Vol. 5(2), pp.281-296 (with M. Polo).
17.
“Territorial Planning and tourism development tax”, Annals of Tourism Research. 2003, Vol. 30 (4), pp. 886-905.18.
“Sample Selection in Estimating the Determinants of Cooperative R&D”, Applied Economics Letters, (with M. Vivarelli), 10, pp. 243-246.19.
“Network Positioning and R&D Activity: A Study of Italian Groups”, R&D Management. (with I. Filatotchev and N. Demina), 2002, 33 (1), 37-48.20.
“Booking and Flying with Low Cost Airlines”, International Journal of Tourism Research, 2002, Vol. 4, p. 237-249.(with N. Filippi);21.
"Debt and Firms' Relationships: The Italian Evidence", Review of Industrial Organization,2002, N. 3, Vol. 20, p. 267-282;22.
“Corporate Social Responsibility: A theory of the firm perspective. A few comments and some suggested extensions.”, Academy of Management Review, 2002, Vol. 27 (1),January, p. 13-15.23.
“Competition in aduopoly with sticky price and advertising”, International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2000, Vol. 18, n. 4, 595-614;24.
“A Dynamic model of Advertising and Product Differentiation”, TheReview of Industrial Organization, 1998, N.5, Vol 13, 509-522;25.
“Una Prima Valutazione del Sostegno alla Nascita delle Piccole Imprese attuato tramite la legge 44/86",Economia e Diritto del Terziario, 1998, n.1, pp. 191-216 (with Vivarelli M.)
26.
Un'analisi Empirica delle Scelte Organizzative in un Campione di Piccole e Medie Imprese di Successo", Economia e Politica Industriale, 1995, n.88/95, pp.179-197;•
in books2007 Claudio Piga and Enrico Bachis (2007), “Pricing strategies by European traditional and low cost airlines: or, when is it the best time to book on line?” in Lee, D. (ed.), Advances in Airline Economics. The Economics of Airline Institutions, Operations and Marketing. Elsevier, ch. 10, 319-344.
2000 “Strategic Taxation in Tourism”, in Tourism Sustainability and Territorial Organisation: XII Summer Institute of the European Regional Science Association, APDR (Ed.), ISBN: 972-97825-6-3
submitted and work in progress
2009 “On-Line Price Discrimination with and without arbitrage opportunities”, (with E. Bachis), revision invited by the Editor of International Journal of Industrial Organization
2009: “Airline Market Power and Intertemporal Price Dispersion”, (with Alberto Gaggero), revision invited by the Editor of the Journal of Industrial Economics.
2009: The Domino Effect in a spatial model with heterogeneous firms, (with Marco Alderighi), submitted to Journal of Economics and Management Strategy;
2009: Market Selection, Heterogeneity and Entry in Liberal Professions, (with Marco Alderighi), submitted to European Economic Review
2009: “Governed Growth and Urban Sprawl”, (with Marco Alderighi), submitted to Scottish Journal of Political Economy.
2009 “Mergers and Business Model Assimilation: Evidence from Low-Cost Airline Takeovers”, (with P. Dobson). submitted to Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics
Research Grants
1
ESRC, Small Grant,
Evaluating the relationship between price dispersion and competition intensity
in the airline industry using the UK International Passenger Survey., £57k, under review.
2
The Leverhulme Trust, 2007 Research Fellowships,
Pricing and Yield Management by a low cost
airline
,
funds obtained
: £19.5k
. RF/7/RFG/2007/0022
3
British Academy, 2007, Creation of an Airlines’ Entry and Exit database, £7500. SG/45975
4
British Academy, 2007 Overseas Conference Travel Grant, £400.
5
British Academy, 2003 Larger Research Grants (£11.663)
for a project on “Pricing strategies in
low cost airlines segment of the European Civil Aviation market”.
6
University of Nottingham, New Lecturers’s Fund, £10K,
2001.
7
University of Nottingham, Overseas Conference Fund, various awards.
Esteem Indicators
•
UG Economics External Examiner, Newcastle University Business School, 2007-2010
•
External affiliation:
Senior Fellow,
Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis.
•
Editorial Board membership: RELIT,
Revista de Literatura dos Transportes;
EURASIAN BUSINESS
REVIEW.
•
Organiser, UK Network of Industrial Economists Meeting, Loughborough, June 27
th2008.
•
Editor, Special Issue on “The Liberalization of the European Civil Aviation Industry: Economic and Policy
Implications.”,
Rivista di Politica Economica
•
Younger Scholar Best Paper Award
by the Industrial Organization Society for the 2002 article on Review of
Industrial Organization.
•
Referee
for Economic Record, Journal of Productivity Analysis,
Regional Science and Urban Economics
,
Environmental and Resource Economics, Small Business Economics, Economics of Innovation and New
Technology, Journal of Technology Transfer, The Bulletin of Economic Research
,
The Review of Industrial
Organization,
Oxford Economic Papers, Management Science, International Journal of Industrial Organization,
Southern Economic Journal, Economic Theory, International Tax and Public Finance, Oxford Bulletin of
Economics and Statistics.
•
Invited Talks
• “Yield Management in Theory and Practice”; Rimini Lectures in the Economics of Tourism, April 2009.
•
“Mergers and Business Model Assimilation: Evidence from Low-Cost Airlines Takeovers”, CompetitionCommission, London, Network of Industrial Economists Conference, December 2008
•
“On-Line Price Discrimination with and without arbitrage opportunities”, Hermes Ricerche, University of Turin (Italy), workshop “Which future for the Civil Aviation Industry?”.•
“On-Line Price Discrimination with and without arbitrage opportunities”, ZEW Mannheim (Germany), Workshop on “ICT and Firms’ Strategies”, 6-7 Oct. 2006.•
“On the relationship between R&D and Productivity: a Treatment Effect analysis
” Workshop on “
Innovation,
Employment and Economic Growth”,
University of Bologna, 28-29/11/2003;
•
Conferences since 2001
“Mergers and Business Model Assimilation: Evidence from Low-Cost Airline Takeovers”, European Association for Research in Industrial Economics (EARIE), Toulouse, 2008; and
International Industrial Organization Society
, Boston,
2009.
“On-Line Price Discrimination with and without arbitrage opportunities”,
