Massimo Motta is currently Professor of Economics at the Universita' di Bologna (since January 2007). He is also the Director of the Master in Competition and Market Regulation, a programme of the Barcelona Graduate School of Economics. Previously (1998-2008) he was professor at the European University Institute, Florence, where he was Head of the Economics Department (2003 - 2005); and (1992-1998), professor at Universitat Pompeu Fabra, where he was also the first Director of the Master in Economics (1993-1998). His degrees include: laurea in Discipline Economiche e Sociali, Universita' Bocconi, Milano (1987); Master of Arts in Economics, Universite' Catholique de Louvain (1989); and PhD (European Doctorate) in Quantitative Economics, London School of Economics and Universite' Catholique de Louvain (1991). He is also a Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research, London, and of CESifo, Munich, as well as member of the Executive Committee of the Association of Competition Economists, of the Economic Advisory Group on Competition Policy at the European Commission, and of the Expert Academic Panel of Ofcom, London. He is also Member of the Council of the European Economic Association. Professor Motta's main areas of research are industrial organization and competition policy. His work has been published in several leading international journals, including the American Economic Review, Economic Journal, European Economic Review, International Economic Review, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, Journal of Industrial Economics, Journal of International Economics, and the Scandinavian Journal of Economics. Massimo Motta's book on Competition Policy: Theory and Practice (Cambridge University Press), published in March 2004, is the standard international reference on the economics of antitrust. He has extensive experience in supervising doctoral dissertations, and his former students have obtained important positions in academia, consulting firms, and in competition and regulatory agencies.
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