Fueling Collusion: Transparency and Biofuel Pricing Shape Competition Italian Retail

Organisation/Company UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI PAVIA Research Field Economics » Economic policy Researcher Profile Recognised Researcher (R2) Leading Researcher (R4) First Stage Researcher (R1) Established Researcher (R3) Country Italy Final date to receive applications 8 Jan 2026 - 12:00 (UTC) Type of Contract To be defined Job Status Not Applicable Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

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The project investigates potential collusive practices in Italy’s retail gasoline market, examining how transparency and regulation may influence coordination among firms. The August 2023 Fuel Price Transparency Reform, which
mandated stations to display regional average prices, offers a natural experiment to study whether public price disclosure facilitates tacit collusion. The analysis also considers pricing dynamics in the biofuel component, where AGCOM has already confirmed coordinated behavior. Using diff-in-diff and matching methods, the study offers evidence to inform competition policy and transparency design.

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Candidates whom, on the date of expiry of the deadline for submitting applications for admission to the selection, are enrolled in the final year of a PhD course or a medical specialization course, provided that they are due to graduate within six months of the date of publication of the selection notice on the University's official notice board, may also take part in the selection process.

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