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"Judge persons by their questions, rather than by their answers" Voltaire

 

 

Research:

My primary fields of research are empirical industrial organization and applied econometrics. My specific interests include economics of innovation, empirical modelling of productivity growth, M&As and the pharmaceutical industry.

Published Articles

Castiglionesi F. and Ornaghi C.: “On the Determinants of Total Factor Productivity Growth: Evidence from Spanish Manufacturing Firms”. Macroeconomic Dynamics, (forthcoming). (link)

Boldrin M., Correa A. J., Levine D. and Ornaghi C. (2011): “Competition and Innovation”. Cato Papers on Public Policy, Vol. 1, Cato Institute (link)

Ornaghi C. (2009), “Positive Assortive Merging”, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, volume 18, issue 2, 323-346 (link)

 

Ornaghi C. (2009), “Mergers and Innovation in Big Pharma”, International Journal of Industrial Organization, volume 27, issue 1, 70-79 (link)

 

Ornaghi C. (2008), “Price Deflators and the Estimation of the Production Function” Economics Letters,, volume 99, issue 1, 168-171 (link)

 

Ornaghi C. (2006), "Spillovers in product and process innovation: evidence from manufacturing firm". International Journal of Industrial Organization, volume 24, issue 2, 349-380 (link)

 

Ornaghi C.(2006), "Assessing the effects of measurement errors on the estimation of a production function". Journal of Applied Econometrics, volume 21, 879-891. (link)

Chapters in Books

Ornaghi C., Marin P.L. and Siotis G. (May 2004) "Mergers and acquisitions in the chemical industry: similarities and disimilarities across the atlantic". In Cesaroni F., Cambardella A. and Garcia-Fontes W. (Eds.) R&D, Innovation and Competitiveness in the European Chemical Industry (pp. 45-68). London: Kluwer Academic Press.

Completed Papers

De Frutos M.A., Ornaghi C. and Siotis G., "Competition in the pharmaceutical industry: how do quality differences shape advertising strategies?

Correa A J. and Ornaghi C.: “Competition and Innovation: New Evidence from US Patent and Productivity Data

Ornaghi C and Van Beveren I.Using Proxy Variables to Control for Unobservables when Estimating Productivity: A Sensitivity Analysis”, LICOS Discussion Paper 287/2011

Ornaghi C., "Mergers and innovation:the case of the pharmaceutical industry". University of Southampton discussion papers in economics and econometrics, 0605.

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