Faculty staff profile

Professor Joshua Gans is a highly experienced economic researcher and consultant. At MBS, and previously at the University of New South Wales, Joshua has taught across a wide range of subjects and courses, including managerial economics, the economics of innovation, competition and regulation, incentives and contracts and advanced game theory.

Joshua's research interests are diverse, ranging from the economics of innovation to game theory and intellectual property. Widely published in journals and book chapters, as well as in the popular press, Joshua has written papers on economic growth, industrial organisation, intellectual property a nd various aspects of the regulation of market power.

Joshua is also founder and director of CoRE Research, where he advises on all aspects of infrastructure development and regulation, as well as trade practices and competition policy. Joshua has consulted across a wide range of industries, to numerous clients including the BHP, United Energy, Fairfax, the National Australia Bank and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.

Recent publications and working papers

• When is Static Analysis a Sufficient Proxy for Dynamic Considerations? Reconsidering Antitrust and Innovation
• Contracting over the Disclosure of Scientific Knowledge: Intellectual Property Protection and Academic Publication
• The Impact of Targeting Technology on Advertising Markets and Media Competition
• Organizational Design and Technology Choice under Intrafirm Bargaining: Comment
• A Bargaining Perspective on Strategic Outsourcing and Supply Competition (forthcoming)
• Vertical Integration in the Presence of Upstream Competition
• The Two Sides of Competition and Their Implications for Strategy
• Vertical Integration and Competition Between Networks
• Vertical Integration and Competition between Networks
• Can Vertical Integration by a Monopsonist Harm Consumer Welfare?
• Exclusivity, Competition, and the Irrelevance of External Investments
• Optional Fixed Fees in Multilateral Vertical Relations
• Approaches to Regulating Interchange Fees in Payment Systems
• Exclusivity, Competition and the Irrelevance of Internal Investments
• Exit Deterrence
• Platform Siphoning
• Negotiating for the Market
• Innovation and Climate Change Policy
• Is there a market for ideas?
• Can the Threat of Entry Reduce Competition?
• View all Joshua 's working papers & publications