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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Helder Vasconcelos

Citation names

  • Vasconcelos, Helder

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
731D-7968-08ED
ORCID iD
0000-0002-2584-4352

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Italian Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2009
Concluded
 Economia (Título de Agregado)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Católica Porto Business School, Portugal
"Lição síntese: Sustaining Collusion in Growing Markets" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Aprovado por unanimidade.
2002/10/02
Concluded
 Ph.D. in Economics (Doctor of Philosophy)
European University Institute, Italy
"“Three Essays on Collusion and Mergers”" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Distinction
1998
Concluded
 Mestrado em Economia (Especialização: Economia Industrial) (Mestrado)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Economia, Portugal
""On the Effects of Subsidies and Information Asymmetries on the Internationalisation Strategies of Multinational Firms"" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17 (out of 20) - Scholastic part and "Muito Bom" (
1995
Concluded
 Licenciatura em Economia (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Economia, Portugal
 15 (out of 20)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2011/10/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Centro de Economia e Finanças, Portugal
2002 - 2003 Postdoc (Research) Université de Toulouse 1 Capitole Toulouse School of Management, France

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2011/09/01 - Current Full Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2007/09/01 - 2011/08/31 Associate Professor (University Teacher) Universidade Católica Portuguesa Católica Porto Business School, Portugal
2003/09/01 - 2007/08/31 Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Università Bocconi, Italy

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/01/01 - Current Vice-President Compass Lexecon, Spain
2020/06/01 - 2020/12/31 President UPTEC Associação de Transferência de Tecnologia da Asprela, Portugal
UPTEC Associação de Transferência de Tecnologia da Asprela, Portugal
2018/06 - 2019/12 Vice-Rector Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2012/05/28 - 2017/08/18 Executive Member of the Board Autoridade Nacional de Comunicacoes, Portugal
2004/01/01 - 2014/12/31 Research Affiliate Centre for Economic Policy Research, United Kingdom
2003/09/01 - 2007/08/31 Research Affiliate Università Bocconi Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research, Italy
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Centro de Economia e Finanças da Universidade do Porto
UID/ECO/04105/2019
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Economia, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Centro de Economia e Finanças, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2016/05/01 - 2019/10/31 Concorrência na era do "Big Data"<br>
PTDC/IIM-ECO/2280/2014
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Universidade do Minho Núcleo de Investigação em Políticas Económicas e Empresariais, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2012/03/01 - 2015/09/30 Models on the Economics of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/3599-PPCDT/117932/PT
Principal investigator
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2012/03/01 - 2015/09/30 Modelos Económicos sobre Inovação e Empreendedorismo
PTDC/EGE-ECO/117932/2010
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Economia, Portugal

Universidade Católica Portuguesa Centro de Estudos de Gestão e Economia, Portugal

Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal

Universidade Católica Portuguesa Centro Regional do Porto, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011/01/01 - 2013/12/31 Projecto Estratégico - UI 731 - 2011-2012
PEst-OE/EGE/UI0731/2011
Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal

Universidade Católica Portuguesa Centro de Estudos de Gestão e Economia, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011/03/15 - 2013/09/14 The Welfare Effects of Bundled Discounts in Oligopoly
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/3599-PPCDT/111558/PT
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011/03/15 - 2013/09/14 Efeitos sobre o Bem-Estar de Descontos Recíprocos em Oligopólio
PTDC/EGE-ECO/111558/2009
Centro de Estudos e Formação Avançada em Gestão e Economia, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Economia, Portugal

Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal

Universidade Católica Portuguesa Centro de Estudos de Gestão e Economia, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2010/03/01 - 2013/08/31 Competition and Consumer Policy Issues in Electronic and Media Markets
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/5876-PPCDTI/108784/PT
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2010/03/01 - 2013/08/31 Política de Concorrência nos Mercados Electrónicos e dos Media
PTDC/EGE-ECO/108784/2008
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Universidade do Minho Núcleo de Investigação em Políticas Económicas e Empresariais, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2010/01/01 - 2013/02/28 Models in Antitrust Economics
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/3599-PPCDT/99784/PT
Principal investigator
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2010/01/01 - 2013/02/28 Modelos em "Antitrust Economics"
PTDC/EGE-ECO/099784/2008
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Economia, Portugal

Universidade Católica Portuguesa Centro de Estudos de Gestão e Economia, Portugal

Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal

Universidade Católica Portuguesa Centro Regional do Porto, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2010/01/01 - 2012/07/31 The competitive impact of pseudo-generics
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/3599-PPCDT/100296/PT
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2010/01/01 - 2012/07/31 O impacto concorrencial dos pseudo-genéricos
PTDC/EGE-ECO/100296/2008
Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal

Universidade Católica Portuguesa Centro de Estudos de Gestão e Economia, Portugal

Universidade Católica Portuguesa Centro Regional do Porto, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2008/01/01 - 2011/06/30 New Insights on the Economics of Customer Recognition and Behaviour-Based Price Discrimination
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/5876-PPCDTI/69786/PT
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2008/01/01 - 2011/06/30 Novos Desenvolvimentos sobre a Discriminação de Preços com base no Reconhecimento dos Consumidores
PTDC/ECO/69786/2006
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Universidade do Minho Núcleo de Investigação em Políticas Económicas e Empresariais, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference paper
  1. Rodrigues, Vasco; Gonçalves, Ricardo; Vasconcelos, Helder; Vasconcelos, Hélder. "Anticompetitive Impact of Pseudo-Generics". 2011.
    10.1007/s10842-013-0154-0
Journal article
  1. Brito, Duarte; Vasconcelos, Helder. "Competitive effects of mergers and of spectrum divestment remedies in mobile telecommunication markets". Telecommunications Policy 47 10 (2023): 102626. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.telpol.2023.102626.
    10.1016/j.telpol.2023.102626
  2. Jorge Padilla; Bernardo Sarmento; Helder Vasconcelos. "Acordos De Distribuição Exclusiva No Contexto Da Economia Digital". Direito Público (2023): https://doi.org/10.11117/rdp.v20i107.7554.
    10.11117/rdp.v20i107.7554
  3. Brito, Duarte; Elhauge, Einer; Ribeiro, Ricardo; Vasconcelos, Helder. "Modelling the objective function of managers in the presence of overlapping shareholding". International Journal of Industrial Organization 87 (2023): 102905. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijindorg.2022.102905.
    10.1016/j.ijindorg.2022.102905
  4. Padilla, Jorge; Piccolo, Salvatore; Vasconcelos, Helder. "Business models, consumer data and privacy in platform markets". Journal of Industrial and Business Economics 49 3 (2022): 599-634. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40812-022-00218-0.
    10.1007/s40812-022-00218-0
  5. Jorge Padilla; Salvatore Piccolo; Helder Vasconcelos. "Should vertically integrated platforms be mandated to share information with their rivals?". Economics Letters 203 (2021): 109849-109849. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2021.109849.
    10.1016/j.econlet.2021.109849
  6. Brito, Duarte; Ribeiro, Ricardo; Vasconcelos, Helder. "Overlapping ownership, endogenous quality, and welfare". Economics Letters 190 (2020): 109074. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2020.109074.
    10.1016/j.econlet.2020.109074
  7. Brito, Duarte; Tselekounis, Markos; Vasconcelos, Helder. "Input price discrimination in the presence of downstream vertical differentiation". Economics Letters 184 (2019): 108622. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2019.108622.
    10.1016/j.econlet.2019.108622
  8. Brito, Duarte; Ribeiro, Ricardo; Vasconcelos, Helder. "Can partial horizontal ownership lessen competition more than a monopoly?". Economics Letters 176 (2019): 90-95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2018.12.039.
    10.1016/j.econlet.2018.12.039
  9. Brito, Duarte; Ribeiro, Ricardo; Vasconcelos, Helder. "Quantifying the coordinated effects of partial horizontal acquisitions". European Economic Review 110 (2018): 108-149. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2018.07.009.
    10.1016/j.euroecorev.2018.07.009
  10. Barros, Pedro Pita; Brito, Duarte; Vasconcelos, Helder. "Welfare decreasing endogenous mergers between producers of complementary goods". International Journal of Industrial Organization 60 (2018): 54-95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijindorg.2018.07.001.
    10.1016/j.ijindorg.2018.07.001
  11. Brito, Duarte; Osório, António; Ribeiro, Ricardo; Vasconcelos, Helder; Vasconcelos, Hélder. "Unilateral effects screens for partial horizontal acquisitions: The generalized HHI and GUPPI". International Journal of Industrial Organization 59 (2018): 127-189. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijindorg.2018.03.005.
    10.1016/j.ijindorg.2018.03.005
  12. Cunha, Mariana; Vasconcelos, Hélder. "Sequential Mergers and Antitrust Authority’s Decisions in Stackelberg Markets". Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade 18 3 (2018): 373-394. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10842-017-0268-x.
    10.1007/s10842-017-0268-x
  13. Färnstrand Damsgaard, Erika; Hjertstrand, Per; Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; Persson, Lars; Vasconcelos, Helder. "Why Entrepreneurs Choose Risky R&D Projects – But Still Not Risky Enough". The Economic Journal 127 605 (2017): F164-F199. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ecoj.12470.
    10.1111/ecoj.12470
  14. Confraria, João; Ribeiro, Tiago; Vasconcelos, Helder. "Analysis of consumer preferences for mobile telecom plans using a discrete choice experiment". Telecommunications Policy 41 3 (2017): 157-169. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.telpol.2016.12.009.
    10.1016/j.telpol.2016.12.009
  15. Dominique-Ferreira, Sérgio; Vasconcelos, Helder; Proença, João F.; Dominique-Ferreira, S.; Vasconcelos, H.; Proença, J.F.. "Determinants of customer price sensitivity: an empirical analysis". Journal of Services Marketing 30 3 (2016): 327-340. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jsm-12-2014-0409.
    10.1108/jsm-12-2014-0409
  16. Correia-da-Silva, João; Pinho, Joana; Vasconcelos, Hélder. "Sustaining collusion in markets with entry driven by balanced growth". Journal of Economics 118 1 (2015): 1-34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00712-015-0464-2.
    10.1007/s00712-015-0464-2
  17. Vasconcelos, Helder. "Exclusionary pricing in markets with interdependent demands". Economics Letters 134 (2015): 24-28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2015.06.005.
    10.1016/j.econlet.2015.06.005
  18. Esteves, Rosa-Branca; Vasconcelos, Helder. "Price Discrimination under Customer Recognition and Mergers". Journal of Economics & Management Strategy 24 3 (2015): 523-549. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jems.12107.
    10.1111/jems.12107
  19. Vasconcelos, Helder. "Is exclusionary pricing anticompetitive in two-sided markets?". International Journal of Industrial Organization 40 (2015): 1-10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijindorg.2015.02.005.
    10.1016/j.ijindorg.2015.02.005
  20. Gonçalves, Ricardo; Rodrigues, Vasco; Vasconcelos, Hélder. "Reference pricing in the presence of pseudo-generics". International Journal of Health Economics and Management 15 3 (2015): 281-305. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10754-015-9165-1.
    10.1007/s10754-015-9165-1
  21. Correia-da-Silva, João; Pinho, Joana; Vasconcelos, Hélder. "How Should Cartels React to Entry Triggered by Demand Growth?". The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy 15 1 (2015): 209-255. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/bejeap-2013-0164.
    10.1515/bejeap-2013-0164
  22. Cunha, Mariana; Vasconcelos, Hélder. "Mergers in Stackelberg Markets with Efficiency Gains". Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade 15 2 (2014): 105-134. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10842-014-0182-4.
    10.1007/s10842-014-0182-4
  23. Brito, Duarte; Vasconcelos, Helder. "Bundled discounts: Strategic substitutes or complements?". Economics Letters 124 2 (2014): 278-282. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2014.05.031.
    10.1016/j.econlet.2014.05.031
  24. Brito, Duarte; Vasconcelos, Helder. "Interfirm Bundling and Vertical Product Differentiation". The Scandinavian Journal of Economics 117 1 (2014): 1-27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sjoe.12073.
    10.1111/sjoe.12073
  25. Brito, Duarte; Cabral, Luís; Vasconcelos, Helder. "Divesting ownership in a rival". International Journal of Industrial Organization 34 (2014): 9-24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijindorg.2014.02.007.
    10.1016/j.ijindorg.2014.02.007
  26. Brito, Duarte; Ribeiro, Ricardo; Vasconcelos, Helder. "Measuring unilateral effects in partial horizontal acquisitions". International Journal of Industrial Organization 33 (2014): 22-36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijindorg.2013.12.003.
    10.1016/j.ijindorg.2013.12.003
  27. Brandão, António; Pinho, Joana; Vasconcelos, Hélder. "Asymmetric Collusion with Growing Demand". Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade 14 4 (2013): 429-472. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10842-013-0171-z.
    10.1007/s10842-013-0171-z
  28. Vasconcelos, Helder. "Can the failing firm defence rule be counterproductive?". Oxford Economic Papers 65 2 (2012): 567-593. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oep/gps034.
    10.1093/oep/gps034
  29. Ganslandt, Mattias; Persson, Lars; Vasconcelos, Helder. "Endogenous Mergers and Collusion in Asymmetric Market Structures". Economica (2012): n/a-n/a. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0335.2012.00937.x.
    10.1111/j.1468-0335.2012.00937.x
  30. Deltas, George; Salvo, Alberto; Vasconcelos, Helder. "Consumer-surplus-enhancing collusion and trade". The RAND Journal of Economics 43 2 (2012): 315-328. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1756-2171.2012.00167.x.
    10.1111/j.1756-2171.2012.00167.x
  31. Deltas, G.; Salvo, A.; Vasconcelos, H.; Deltas, G; Salvo, A; Vasconcelos, H. "Social-welfare-enhancing collusion and trade". Recent Advances in the Analysis of Competition Policy and Regulation (2012): 140-160. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84862664219&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.4337/9781781005682.00013
  32. Cabral, Luís; Vasconcelos, Hélder. "Vertical integration and right of first refusal". Economics Letters 113 1 (2011): 50-53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2011.05.039.
    10.1016/j.econlet.2011.05.039
  33. VASCONCELOS, HELDER. "EFFICIENCY GAINS AND STRUCTURAL REMEDIES IN MERGER CONTROL*". The Journal of Industrial Economics 58 4 (2010): 742-766. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6451.2010.00436.x.
    10.1111/j.1467-6451.2010.00436.x
  34. Fumagalli, Eileen; Vasconcelos, Helder. "Sequential cross-border mergers". International Journal of Industrial Organization 27 2 (2009): 175-187. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijindorg.2008.06.002.
    10.1016/j.ijindorg.2008.06.002
  35. Vasconcelos, Hélder. "Sustaining Collusion in Growing Markets". Journal of Economics & Management Strategy 17 4 (2008): 973-1010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1530-9134.2008.00202.x.
    10.1111/j.1530-9134.2008.00202.x
  36. Motta, Massimo; Polo, Michele; Vasconcelos, Helder. "Merger Remedies in the European Union: An Overview". The Antitrust Bulletin 52 3-4 (2007): 603-631. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0003603x0705200310.
    10.1177/0003603x0705200310
  37. Vasconcelos, Helder. "Endogenous mergers in endogenous sunk cost industries". International Journal of Industrial Organization 24 2 (2006): 227-250. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijindorg.2005.11.003.
    10.1016/j.ijindorg.2005.11.003
  38. Motta, Massimo; Vasconcelos, Helder. "Efficiency gains and myopic antitrust authority in a dynamic merger game". International Journal of Industrial Organization 23 9-10 (2005): 777-801. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijindorg.2005.08.001.
    10.1016/j.ijindorg.2005.08.001
  39. Vasconcelos, Helder; Vasconcelos, H.. "Tacit collusion, cost asymmetries, and mergers". RAND Journal of Economics 36 1 (2005): 39-62. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1593753?seq=1.
    Published
  40. Vasconcelos, Helder; Vasconcelos, H.. "Entry Effects on Cartel Stability and the Joint Executive Committee". Review of Industrial Organization 24 3 (2004): 219-241. http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/b:reio.0000038247.28065.33.
    10.1023/b:reio.0000038247.28065.33
Working paper
  1. Ganslandt, Mattias; Persson, Lars; Vasconcelos, Hélder. 2007. "Asymmetric Collusion and Merger Policy". http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/25298.

Other

Other output
  1. Collusive Scene Investigation: A Modern Empirical Approach to Uncover Cartels. 2015. Faculdade de Economia. https://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/handle/10216/115371.
  2. Cartel stability and profits under different reactions to entry in markets with growing demand. 2013. Faculdade de Economia. https://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/handle/10216/115346.
Distinctions

Award

2015 The International Journal of Industrial Organization Best Paper Award 2015 (for papers published in 2014).
2007 The Paul Geroski Best Article Prize for the best paper published in the International Journa of Industrial Organisation in 2006
The International Journal of Industrial Organization - Elsevier, United Kingdom
2005 Young Economist Prize - European Association for Research in Industrial Economics
European Association for Research in Industrial Economics, Belgium
2004 Best Article by a Younger Scholar - Industrial Organization Society
Industrial Organization Society, United States