Nicholas Economides
Professor of Economics
Department: Stern School of Business
Colleges / Universities: New York University
Contact
44 West Fourth Street
New York, NY 10012-1126
Email: economides@stern.nyu.edu
Website: Economics of Networks
Nicholas Economides is Professor of Economics at the Stern School of Business of New York University. He is also Executive Director of the NET Institute, a worldwide focal point for research on the economics of network and high technology industries. Professor Economides is an internationally recognized academic authority on network economics, electronic commerce and public policy. His fields of specialization and research include the economics of networks, especially of telecommunications, computers, and information, the economics of technical compatibility and standardization, industrial organization, the structure and organization of financial markets and payment systems, antitrust, application of public policy to network industries, strategic analysis of markets and law and economics.
Professor Economides has published more than 100 articles in top academic journals in the areas of networks, telecommunications, oligopoly, antitrust, product positioning and on the liquidity and the organization of financial markets and exchanges. He is editor of Information Economics and Policy, Netnomics, Quarterly Journal of Electronic Commerce, and the Journal of Financial Transformation. He sits on the advisory board of the Social Science Research Network, where he also serves as editor of Economics of Networks Abstracts by SSRN. Previously, he was editor of the International Journal of Industrial Organization and the Journal of Network Industries. His website on the Economics of Networks has been ranked as one of the top four economics sites worldwide by The Economist magazine. Professor Economides has also commented extensively in broadcast and in print on high technology, antitrust and public policy issues.
In addition to his leadership of the NET Institute, Professor Economides has advised or is advising the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, the governments of Greece, Ireland, New Zealand and Portugal, the Attorney General of New York State, major telecommunications corporations, a number of the Federal Reserve Banks, the Bank of Greece and major financial exchanges. He serves on the Advisory Board of The Economist Intelligence Unit.
Degrees
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, 1981
M.A. University of California, Berkeley, 1979
B.Sc. London School of Economics, 1976
Recent Academic Article Summaries
Restrictions on Privacy and Exploitation in the Digital Economy: A Market Failure Perspective
Digital platforms collect consumer data by default. Changing the default setting to require to consumers to “opt-in” to allow use of their data could create a market in data, but large platforms would still enjoy too much market power.
Regulators should use privacy and competition policy together to support markets in consumer data.
The Effect of Content on Global Internet Adoption and the Global “Digital Divide”
This article demonstrates that the availability of content is an important factor in Internet adoption.
Governments and NGOs can spur Internet adoption by creating content for local users.
Network Neutrality on the Internet: A Two-Sided Market Analysis
This article describes conditions under which network neutrality is an economically optimal policy.
Theory alone may be inadequate for determining whether network neutrality is economically desirable; a clear answer requires careful data analysis.
The Economics of Network Neutrality
This article evaluates the economic value of network neutrality and alternatives when networks are congested.
Under some technical conditions, network neutrality is economically preferable to alternative pricing systems.
A Critical Appraisal of Remedies in the EU Microsoft Cases
This paper compares the remedies in the two antitrust suits against Microsoft in Europe.
The remedies sought in a competition law case should be a good fit with the harm that the dominant firm has done.
Blog Posts
Quotes in the News
Economides, N. (2020, August 17). Reuters.“Having other options definitely makes it a bit harder to say something is anticompetitive. With Apple, things are extreme because there’s no alternative whatsoever. That makes for a stronger potential case.”
Nicholas Economides
Professor of Economics
Stern School of Business
New York University
Economides, N. (2017, November 29). Quartz.“...without net neutrality the costs associated with obtaining fast internet could make things difficult, and stunt the growth of the next internet unicorn. Startups are very, very important for the growth of the US economy.”
Nicholas Economides
Professor of Economics
Stern School of Business
New York University
Economides, N. (2017, November 21). Los Angeles Times.“The issue of innovation is an important one. Satellite TV and cable companies face a significant challenge from Netflix. The cable TV providers are on the ropes as they face the innovators Netflix and Amazon.com.”
Nicholas Economides
Professor of Economics
Stern School of Business
New York University
Economides, N. (2017, January 5). Wired.“...net neutrality is pro-business in the best and fullest sense of the term, guaranteeing that new companies can grow unimpeded and help accelerate the US economy.”
Nicholas Economides
Professor of Economics
Stern School of Business
New York University
Economides, N. (2015, July 8). Fortune.“Because of arcane clauses in the Greek Constitution requiring a 2/3 majority for the election of the president, the life of the successful reformist coalition government was cut short.”
Nicholas Economides
Professor of Economics
Stern School of Business
New York University
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