Luca Colombo
Full Professor of Economics
Affiliated with Rennes School of Business
I am an economist working in industrial organization,
environmental and resource economics, and dynamic games.
My research examines strategic decision-making in dynamic
environments, with applications to oligopolistic competition,
pricing, natural-resource management, environmental regulation,
and social networks.
Selected Publications
All selected publications belong to at least one of the following categories: ABS 4, FNEGE 1, CNRS 1.
Efficiency-inducing lump sum taxation in nonrenewable resource industries
with Hassan Benchekroun and Paola Labrecciosa.
European Journal of Operational Research, forthcoming.
A dynamic analysis of criminal networks
with Paola Labrecciosa and Agnieszka Rusinowska.
Journal of Economic Theory, 2025, 223, 105951.
Too many or too few? On the optimal number of firms in the commons
with Paola Labrecciosa and Leo K. Simon.
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management,
2023, 121, 102825.
A dynamic analysis of international environmental agreements under partial cooperation
with Paola Labrecciosa and Ngo Van Long.
European Economic Review, 2022, 143, 104036.
Product quality differentiation in a renewable resource oligopoly
with Paola Labrecciosa.
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management,
2022, 111, 102583.
A stochastic differential game of duopolistic competition with sticky prices
with Paola Labrecciosa.
Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control,
2021, 122, 104030.
Dynamic oligopoly pricing with reference-price effects
with Paola Labrecciosa.
European Journal of Operational Research,
2021, 288, 1006–1016.
Stackelberg vs Cournot: A differential game approach
with Paola Labrecciosa.
Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control,
2019, 101, 239–261.
Consumer surplus-enhancing cooperation in a natural resource oligopoly
with Paola Labrecciosa.
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management,
2018, 92, 185–193.
On the Markovian efficiency of Bertrand and Cournot equilibria
with Paola Labrecciosa.
Journal of Economic Theory,
2015, 155, 332–358.
On the convergence to the Cournot equilibrium in a productive asset oligopoly
with Paola Labrecciosa.
Journal of Mathematical Economics,
2013, 49, 441–445.
Oligopoly exploitation of a private property productive asset
with Paola Labrecciosa.
Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control,
2013, 37, 838–853.
How should commodities be taxed? A supergame-theoretic analysis
with Paola Labrecciosa.
Journal of Public Economics,
2013, 97, 196–205.
A note on pricing with risk aversion
with Paola Labrecciosa.
European Journal of Operational Research,
2012, 216, 252–254.
Working Papers
The dynamics of experience: Noisy learning, spillovers, and forgetting in oligopoly
with Paola Labrecciosa
Under review
Vertical structure, resource scarcity, and dynamic exploitation of renewable resources
with Paola Labrecciosa
Under review
Core-Perfect equilibrium: Strategic reducibility and the geometry of multiplicity in high-dimensional dynamic games
with Paola Labrecciosa
Under review
Academic Background
Academic Appointments
Full Professor, Rennes School of Business, France
2023–present
Associate Professor, Deakin University, Australia
2015–2023
Senior Lecturer, Deakin University, Australia
2009–2015
Senior Lecturer, Middlesex University, UK
2006–2008
Lecturer, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
2005–2006
Research Fellow, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
2003–2005
Research Fellow, University of Bologna, Italy
2002–2007
Academic Degrees
Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches (HDR) in Economic Sciences
University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, 2021
University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, 2021
PhD in Public Finance
University of Pavia, 2003
University of Pavia, 2003
MPhil in Mathematical Economics and Econometrics
Toulouse School of Economics, 2001
Toulouse School of Economics, 2001
Degree in Economics and Political Science (summa cum laude)
University of Bologna, 1999
University of Bologna, 1999