Professor of Economics
Director of the MPhil in Technology Policy Programme
Director of Studies in Management and Fellow of Fitzwilliam College
BSc (University of Athens), MSc (University College London), PhD (London Business School)
Research interests
Applied microeconomics; industrial organisation; competition policy and regulation; productivity and management; incentives and performance; behavioural economics.
Subject group: Economics & Policy
Professional experience
Professor Genakos is an Associate Researcher at the Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) in the London School of Economics and a Research Fellow in the Industrial Organization programme of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR).
He is also currently a member of the Economic Advisory Group on Competition Policy (EAGCP) of the Chief Economist of the European Union’s DG Competition Commission.
He has advised many leading firms on regulation, antitrust and pricing related issues and has consulted with international organisations such as the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on competition and regulation issues in various countries.
Previous appointments
Before joining Cambridge Judge Business School, Professor Genakos worked as Lecturer, Fellow and Director of Studies in Economics at Selwyn College, University of Cambridge, and as Assistant Professor in the Economics Department of the Athens University of Economics and Business. He has held visiting positions at the Collegio Carlo Alberto (Autumn 2010) and at the Economics Department of Yale University (Spring 2016).
Selected publications
Here are a selection of Christos Genakos’s publications. Please see the “Selected publications” tab above for a more comprehensive list.
Genakos, C., Valletti, T.M. and Verboven, F. (2018) “Evaluating market consolidation in mobile communications.” Economic Policy, 33(93): 45-100 (DOI: 10.1093/epolic/eix020)
Genakos, C. and Valletti, T. (2015) “Evaluating a decade of mobile termination rate regulation.” Economic Journal, 125(586): F31-F48 (DOI: 10.1111/ecoj.12194)
Genakos, C. and Pagliero, M. (2012) “Interim rank, risk taking and performance in dynamic tournaments.” Journal of Political Economy, 120(4): 782-813
Bloom, N., Genakos, C., Sadun, R. and Van Reenen, J. (2012) “Management practices across firms and countries.” Academy of Management Perspectives, 26(1): 12-33 (DOI: 10.5465/amp.2011.0077)
Genakos, C. and Valletti, T. (2011) “Testing the ‘waterbed’ effect in mobile telephony.” Journal of the European Economic Association, 9(6): 1114-1142 (DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-4774.2011.01040.x)
Bloom, N., Genakos, C., Martin, R. and Sadun, R. (2010) “Modern management: good for the environment or just hot air?” Economic Journal, 120(544): 551–572 (DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2010.02351.x)
Journal articles
Bloom, N., Genakos, C., Martin, R. and Sadun, R. (2010) “Modern management: good for the environment or just hot air?” Economic Journal, 120(544): 551–572 (DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2010.02351.x)
Genakos, C. and Valletti, T. (2011) “Seesaw in the air: interconnection regulation and the structure of mobile tariffs.” Information Economics and Policy, 23(2): 159-170 (DOI: 10.1016/j.infoecopol.2011.01.005)
Genakos, C. and Valletti, T. (2011) “Testing the ‘waterbed’ effect in mobile telephony.” Journal of the European Economic Association, 9(6): 1114-1142 (DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-4774.2011.01040.x)
Bloom, N., Genakos, C., Sadun, R. and Van Reenen, J. (2012) “Management practices across firms and countries.” Academy of Management Perspectives, 26(1): 12-33 (DOI: 10.5465/amp.2011.0077)
Genakos, C. and Pagliero, M. (2012) “Interim rank, risk taking and performance in dynamic tournaments.” Journal of Political Economy, 120(4): 782-813
Genakos, C. and Valletti, T. (2012) “Regulating prices in two-sided markets: the waterbed experience in mobile telephony.” Telecommunications Policy, 36(5): 360-368 (DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2011.12.014)
Genakos, C. and Valletti, T. (2015) “Evaluating a decade of mobile termination rate regulation.” Economic Journal, 125(586): F31-F48 (DOI: 10.1111/ecoj.12194)
Genakos, C., Pagliero, M. and Garbi, E. (2015) “When pressure sinks performance: evidence from diving competitions.” Economics Letters, 132: 5-8 (DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2015.04.005)
Genakos, C., Valletti, T.M. and Verboven, F. (2018) “Evaluating market consolidation in mobile communications.” Economic Policy, 33(93): 45-100 (DOI: 10.1093/epolic/eix020)
Genakos, C., Kühn, K.-U. and Van Reener, J. (2018) “Leveraging monopoly power by degrading interoperability: theory and evidence from computer markets.” Economica, 85(340): 873-902 (DOI: 10.1111/ecca.12257)
Genakos, C., Koutroumpis, P. and Pagliero, M. (2018) “The impact of maximum markup regulation on prices.” Journal of Industrial Economics, 66(2): 239-300 (DOI: 10.1111/joie.12175)
Genakos, C. (2018) “The tale of the two Greeces: some management practices lessons.” Managerial and Decision Economics, 39(8): 888-896 (DOI: 10.1002/mde.2971)
Genakos, G. and Pollitt, M. (2019) “Introduction to the special issue in ‘Celebrating 25 years of the EU Single Market’.” Review of Industrial Organization (DOI: 10.1007/s11151-019-09690-w) (published online Feb 2019)
Cave, M., Genakos, C. and Valletti, T. (2019) “The European framework for regulating telecommunications: a 25-year appraisal.” Review of Industrial Organization, 55(1): 47-62 (DOI: 10.1007/s11151-019-09686-6)
Dimas, A. and Genakos, C. (2020) “Exploring the long-term impact of maximum markup deregulation.” Anali Pravnog Fakulteta u Beogradu, 68(4): 5-29 (DOI: 10.51204/anali_pfub_20401a)
Genakos, C. and Pagliero, M. (2022) “Competition and pass-through: evidence from isolated markets.” American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 14(4): 35-57 (DOI: 10.1257/app.20200863)
Genakos, C., Lamprinidis, A. and Walker, J. (2023) “Methodological note on retrospective merger evaluation studies.” Managerial and Decision Economics (forthcoming)
Special issues of journals
Genakos, G. and Pollitt, M. (eds.) (2019) “Special issue on celebrating 25 years of the EU Single Market.” Review of Industrial Organization, 55(1)
Book chapters
Genakos, C. and Valletti, T. (2010) “Mobile regulation and the ‘waterbed’ effect.” In: Falch, M. and Markendahl, J. (eds.) Promoting new telecom infrastructures: markets, policies and pricing. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp.284-299
Genakos, C. (2013) “Product market reforms in Greece: learning from the past to move forward.” In: Choupres, M. and Edquist, H. (eds.) What can we learn from economic reforms in Greece and Sweden? Falun: European Liberal Forum, pp.97-141
Lianos, I. and Genakos, C. (2013) “Econometric evidence in EU competition law: an empirical and theoretical analysis.” In: Lianos, I. and Geradin, D. (eds.) Handbook on European competition law: enforcement and procedure. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp.1-137
Genakos, C., Katsoulakos, Y. and Houpis, G. (2017) “Product market regulation and competitiveness: towards a national competition and competitiveness policy in Greece.” In: Meghir, C., Pissarides, C.A., Vayanos, D. and Vettas, N. (eds.) Beyond austerity: reforming the Greek economy. Boston, MA: MIT Press, 139-178
