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PhD Candidate Year of entry: 2023
I’m a PhD student in Economics at the University of Cambridge, supervised by Christos Genakos, Michael Pollitt and Kamiar Mohaddes. My research interests are in empirical IO, and I’m currently researching the effect of quality ratings on consumer search in the healthcare sector. Future research ideas intend to investigate the application and effect of vertical restraints.
Research topic Empirical Effects of Competition Policies
Research interests Applied econometrics; competition economics; industrial organisation; health economics.
Pathway Business Economics
Supervisor Professor Christos Genakos
Biography As a Director of the Workshop Series at the King’s Entrepreneurship Lab, an ecosystem designed to educate and inform future entrepreneurs, Rhys is involved in organising and facilitating workshops covering a range of entrepreneurial skills such as developing a pitch, marketing, hiring a team and exit options.
Rhys has over 5 years’ experience working in an economics consultancy, advising the EU, UK Government, and other organisations on matters of public policy. In particular, he was heavily involved in the EU DG Comp’s evaluation of the Vertical Block Exemptions Regulation, taking an empirical look at the effects of resale price maintenance in the book sector, and building a theoretical framework to consider the state of competition in the professional business services sector.
News and insights Governance, economics and policy
Media coverage Times Literary Supplement (TLS) | 21 June 2024