Florin Maican

Dr. Florin Maican serves as an Associate Professor (Docent) in the Department of Economics at the University of Gothenburg. He maintains significant affiliations with the Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN) and the Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), contributing to multiple research networks across Europe. His academic work bridges theoretical economics with practical policy applications, focusing on how market structures evolve under technological and regulatory pressures.

Maican's research interests center on industrial organization, with particular expertise in how technology and market policies impact competition and industry dynamics. His work examines retail trade and high-tech industries through the lens of (de)regulation, mergers, subsidies, labor policies, and trade. He develops innovative economic tools that integrate machine learning, reinforcement learning, and decision-making under uncertainty to analyze increasingly complex markets. His current projects investigate entry regulation effects on product variety in retail, deregulation impacts in pharmacy markets, industrial policies in high-tech services, and governmental policies promoting broadband industry competition.

His publications reveal a consistent focus on market structure, productivity dynamics, and regulatory impacts across multiple industries. The research demonstrates sophisticated methodological approaches combining traditional econometrics with modern computational techniques. His work spans both theoretical frameworks and empirical applications, with particular attention to how firms adapt to changing market conditions and policy environments.

Maican is an active participant in the academic community, regularly presenting at major international conferences including the European Association for Research in Industrial Economics Meetings (EARIE), CEPR/JIE Conferences, and International Industrial Organization Conferences (IIOC). His presentations span from 2006 to anticipated 2025 events, demonstrating sustained scholarly engagement. He has delivered invited talks at institutions including the Federal Communication Commission (FCC), Hanken School of Economics, and various European universities.

As an educator, Maican teaches courses in Industrial Organization, Empirical Industrial Organization, Financial Econometrics, Econometrics and numerical methods, and Microeconomics. His teaching reflects his research expertise, connecting theoretical concepts with real-world applications and modern analytical techniques. His work provides valuable insights for both academic understanding and policy design in increasingly complex market environments.