Ricardo Ribeiro

Ricardo Ribeiro is an Assistant Professor at Católica Porto Business School and Consultant at CEGEA - Consulting Unit in Management and Applied Economics. He obtained his Ph.D. in Economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2010, and previously held appointment at Universidade do Porto. Ricardo’s research focuses on industrial organization, competition policy, applied microeconomics, and applied econometrics. In his most recent research, he has been examining the impact of overlapping shareholding on market outcomes, from both theoretical and empirical perspectives.

  • Assistant Professor at Católica Porto Business School.

  • Consultant at CEGEA - Consulting Unit in Management and Applied Economics.

  • Researcher at CEGE - Research Centre in Management and Economics.

  • Ph.D. in Economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

  • Research Interests

  • Industrial Organization, Competition Policy, Applied Microeconomics and Applied Econometrics

Select Publications

“Modelling the Objective Function of Managers in the Presence of Overlapping Shareholding” with Duarte Brito, Einer Elhauge and Helder Vasconcelos, International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2023, 87, 102905. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijindorg.2022.102905

“Overlapping Ownership, Endogenous Quality, and Welfare” with Duarte Brito and Helder Vasconcelos, Economics Letters, 2020, 190, 109074. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2020.109074

“How to Serve Online Consumers in Rural Markets: Evidence-based Recommendations” with Carolina Horta, Rui Sousa and Elliot Rabinovich, Business Horizons, 2020, 63, 3, 351-362. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bushor.2020.01.007

“Can Partial Horizontal Ownership Lessen Competition More Than a Monopoly?” with Duarte Brito and Helder Vasconcelos, Economics Letters, 2019, 176, 90-95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2018.12.039

“Quantifying the Coordinated Effects of Partial Horizontal Acquisitions” with Duarte Brito and Helder Vasconcelos, European Economic Review, 2018, 110, 108-149. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2018.07.009

“Unilateral Effects Screens for Partial Horizontal Acquisitions: The Generalized HHI and GUPPI” with Duarte Brito, António Osório and Helder Vasconcelos, International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2018, 59, 127-189. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijindorg.2018.03.005

“Measuring Unilateral Effects in Partial Horizontal Acquisitions” with Duarte Brito and Helder Vasconcelos, International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2014, 33, 22-36. The International Journal of Industrial Organization Best Paper Award 2015. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijindorg.2013.12.003

Online publications

https://catolicabs.porto.ucp.pt/person/ricardo-miguel-martins-da-costa-ribeiro

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=875172

https://ricardomribeiro.github.io/