Federico Ciliberto

Federico Ciliberto is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Virginia, with additional affiliation as a DIW Fellow in the Department of Firms and Markets at Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW Berlin). His research spans industrial organization, agricultural economics, and transportation economics, with a significant focus on the airline industry.

His research interests include industrial organization with emphasis on airline market competition, econometric modeling of market structure, agricultural economics focusing on genetically engineered crops, and the application of game theory to market behavior. His work often combines sophisticated econometric techniques with detailed industry data to analyze complex market dynamics.

Ciliberto's publication record shows a strong concentration in top economics journals, with a notable shift toward agricultural economics in recent years while maintaining his expertise in airline industry analysis. His research demonstrates consistent methodological rigor, often employing structural econometric models and large-scale datasets to address questions of market competition, innovation valuation, and policy impacts.

His work has appeared in premier journals including Journal of Political Economy, Review of Economic Studies, Econometrica, RAND Journal of Economics, and Science Advances, reflecting both the theoretical and empirical strength of his research contributions across multiple subfields of economics.

Ciliberto has maintained active research collaborations with scholars from various institutions, producing work that bridges theoretical economics with practical policy implications, particularly in regulated industries and agricultural technology adoption.