Catherine Roux

Prof. Dr. Catherine Roux is a Professor of Industrial Organization at the Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Basel. She leads the Professorship of Industrial Organization and conducts research at the intersection of theoretical and experimental economics, with applications in antitrust, competition policy, and energy markets. Her work is widely published in leading journals such as American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, International Economic Review, and Journal of Law and Economics.

• University of Lausanne
• Copenhagen Business School
• Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University
• University of California, Berkeley

Her research interests include collusion (multimarket contact, information exchange, leniency programs), exclusionary practices, mergers, intellectual property, and energy markets. She has a special interest in laboratory and lab-in-the-field experiments to test theoretical models. Her work often explores how market design, transparency, and behavioral constraints affect firm behavior and consumer choices.

Her recent publications reveal a strong trend toward integrating behavioral insights with industrial organization, particularly in energy markets and innovation. She frequently employs experimental methods to examine strategic interactions, cartel stability, and policy effectiveness. Her work bridges theoretical rigor with empirical validation, contributing significantly to both academic discourse and policy design in competition and sustainability domains.

• Multigame Contact: A Double-Edged Sword for Cooperation (2024, AEJ: Micro)
• Communication and Market Sharing: An Experiment on the Exchange of Soft and Hard Information (2021, International Economic Review)
• Hunting Unicorns? Experimental Evidence on Exclusionary Pricing Policies (2019, Journal of Law and Economics)
• Shared Ownership of Intangible Property Rights: The Case of Patent Coassignments (2017, Journal of Legal Studies)
• Leniency Programs for Multimarket Firms: The Effect of Amnesty Plus on Cartel Formation (2012, International Journal of Industrial Organization)

Prof. Roux advises on competition policy and sustainable market design. She leads the Research Group Industrial Organization and is involved in the Research Network Sustainable Future, indicating active grant-supported research. Her collaborations with scholars across Europe and the US suggest a strong international research network and potential for future interdisciplinary projects.

She leads the Research Group Industrial Organization at the University of Basel, fostering collaborative research on competition, market regulation, and experimental economics. Her involvement in the Research Network Sustainable Future highlights her commitment to interdisciplinary work on energy and sustainability challenges.