Fatima Barros

Fatima Barros is an Associate Professor at the Católica Lisbon School of Business & Economics, Catholic University of Portugal, with expertise in industrial organization, competition policy, and regulatory economics. Her career spans academic leadership, regulatory governance, and applied economic consultancy.

Education:

• PhD in Economics, Université Catholique de Louvain (1993)
• Master's in Economics, Université Catholique de Louvain (1989)
• Research Student, London School of Economics (1990)
• Degree in Economics, Catholic University of Portugal

Research Focus: Her work centers on strategy, competition policy, market regulation, and incentive contracts, employing game-theoretic models to analyze delegation, asymmetric information, and efficiency in oligopolistic markets. Key applications include telecommunications, banking, and automotive sectors.

Publication Trends: Her 1992-2002 publications reveal consistent focus on industrial organization, with recurring themes of delegation mechanisms, asymmetric information, and incentive design in mixed markets. Sectoral applications span banking regulation, FDI strategies, and automotive distribution, demonstrating policy-relevant theoretical contributions.

Professional Leadership: She served as Director of Católica Lisbon School of Business & Economics and President of ANACOM (Portuguese Communications Authority). Her consultancy work includes telecommunications and automotive distribution, where she coordinated UCP's Automotive Sector Research Unit and executive programs on regulation economics.