Florian Ederer

Allen and Kelli Questrom Professor in Markets, Public Policy & Law

I am the Allen and Kelli Questrom Professor in Markets, Public Policy & Law at Boston University, an NBER research associate, a CEPR fellow, and an ECGI research member.

My research focuses on what drives and hinders innovation, both in and outside organizations with a particular emphasis on antitrust.

Selected Research Presentations

Van Alstyne, M. , Ederer, F. , Braid, N. , Cardell, S. , Loriot, G. Platform Antitrust & Regulation, Charles River Associates Regulation Conference, Brussels, Belgium, 2023

Publications

Ederer, F., Pellegrino, B. (2023). “The Great Start-up Sellout and the Rise of Oligopoly”, AEA Papers and Proceedings, 113 274-278

Antón, M., Ederer, F., Giné, M., Pellegrino, B. (2023). “Mergers and Acquisitions under Common Ownership”, AEA Papers and Proceedings, 113 294-298

Antón, M., Ederer, F., Giné, M., Schmalz, M. (2023). “Common Ownership, Competition, and Top Management Incentives”, Journal of Political Economy, 131 (5), 1294-1355

Ederer, F., Schneider, F. (2022). “Trust and Promises over Time”, American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 14 (3), 304-320

Ederer, F., Min, W. (2022). “Bayesian Persuasion with Lie Detection”, SSRN Electronic Journal

Cunningham, C., Ederer, F., Ma, S. (2021). “Killer Acquisitions”, Journal of Political Economy, 129 (3), 649-702

Ederer, F., Pellegrino, B. (2021). “A Tale of Two Networks: Common Ownership and Product Market Rivalry”, SSRN Electronic Journal

Carlin, B., Ederer, F. (2019). “Search Fatigue”, Review of Industrial Organization, 54 (3), 485-508

Ederer, F., Holden, R., Meyer, M. (2018). “Gaming and strategic opacity in incentive provision”, The RAND Journal of Economics, 49 (4), 819-854

Anton, M., Ederer, F., Gine, M., Schmalz, M. (2018). “Innovation: The Bright Side of Common Ownership?”, SSRN Electronic Journal