About
Or Avishay-Rizi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics and Business at Pompeu Fabra University (UPF), Barcelona, holding a Severo Ochoa Researcher position. His work centers on quantitative marketing and empirical industrial organization, with a specialized focus on Israeli retail markets and regulatory policy impacts.
Education
- PhD in Business Economics and Strategy, Coller School of Management, Tel Aviv University.
His research examines firms' strategic responses to regulatory interventions and consumer behavior dynamics, particularly in supermarket pricing and nutritional labeling contexts. He employs empirical methods to analyze real-world policy experiments, such as international price display regulations and warning label implementations, revealing how firms adapt product formulations and pricing strategies to mitigate consumer backlash.
Recent publications investigate regulatory shaming effects on price fairness, nutritional labeling-induced reformulation, and public-private firm responses to market interventions. These studies demonstrate significant behavioral shifts—such as 8% average price reductions following international price disclosures and targeted product redesigns to avoid warning labels—with implications for optimal policy design and competitive strategy.
Research Affiliation
- Severo Ochoa Researcher at UPF.
His findings have garnered substantial media attention across Israeli national platforms including Yedioth Ahronoth, Channel 12 Morning Show, and Globes. While no formal advising relationships or grant details are specified, his active working paper pipeline and institutional research role indicate ongoing empirical projects in retail economics.
