PhD Candidate
BA, MPhil (University of Cambridge)
Year of entry
2023
Supervisor
Pathway
Research topic
Empirical Effects of Competition Policies
Biography
Rhys is a PhD student in Economics at the University of Cambridge, supervised by Christos Genakos, Michael Pollitt and Kamiar Mohaddes. His research interests are in empirical IO, and he is 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.
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.
Research interests
Rhys Williams is a member of the Economics and Policy subject group.
Applied econometrics; competition economics; industrial organisation; health economics.
Publications and papers
Journal articles
Williams, R.J. (2022) “The effect of casual teaching on student satisfaction: evidence from the UK.” Education Economics, 30(1): 91-111 (DOI: 10.1080/09645292.2021.1958168)
Mohaddes, K. and Williams, R.J. (2020) “The adaptive investment effect: evidence from Chinese provinces.” Economics Letters, 193: 109332 (DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2020.109332)
Blog posts
LearnEconomicsOnline.com: Economic thoughts and essays
Williams, R. (2020) “An unintended consequence of staff casualisation: the effect on student satisfaction.” The HEPI Blog, 17 July 2020
Contact details
Rhys Williams
Cambridge Judge Business School
University of Cambridge
Trumpington Street
Cambridge CB2 1AG
UK