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Paul Belleflamme
Professeur ordinaire
Paul Belleflamme graduated in economics at the University of Namur (1991), where he received his doctoral degree in economics (1997). He also holds a Master of Arts in Economics from Columbia University (1992). In 1998, he became lecturer in economics at Queen Mary, University of London, where he obtained a Post Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PGCAP) in November 2001. Since September 2002, Paul is professor of economics at UCLouvain, where he is attached to the Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) and to the Louvain School of Management (LSM). Between January 2017 and August 2018, Paul took a leave of absence from UCLouvain so as to acquire new experiences; during that period, he was professor at AMSE (Aix-Marseille School of Economics) and visiting professor at Kedge Business School.
Paul’s main research area is theoretical industrial organization, with a special focus on innovation in the digital economy (which is also the main topic of his blog, www.IPdigIT.eu). Paul has published widely in leading economics journals and, with Martin Peitz, is the author of Industrial Organization: Markets and Strategies (Cambridge University Press, 2010 and 2015). Paul is a fellow of the CESifo Research Network. He is associate editor of Journal of Economics, co-editor of E-conomics and managing editor of Regards Economiques. He also served as associate editor of Information Economics and Policy, and of Review of Network Economics.
- Diploma
Year Label Educational Organization 1990 Maîtrise en Sciences Economiques et Sociales Facultés Universitaires Notre Dame de la Paix à Namur 1992 Master of Arts in Economics Columbia University in the City of New York 1997 Docteur en sciences économiques Facultés Universitaires Notre Dame de la Paix à Namur 2001 Post-Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice Queen Mary University of London
My main fields of interest are
- Theory of Industrial Organization
- Digital economics
- Economics of innovation
- Economics of Intellectual Property
2024
Belleflamme, Paul ; Ha, Huan. Improving Recycling: How Far Should We Go?. In: Environmental and Resource Economics, (2024). doi:10.1007/s10640-024-00880-z (Accepté/Sous presse).
2024
Belleflamme, Paul ; Peitz, Martin. Network goods, price discrimination, and two-sided platforms. In: Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, (2024). doi:10.1628/jite-2024-0024 (Accepté/Sous presse).
2022
Belleflamme, Paul ; Peitz, Martin ; Toulemonde, Eric. The tension between market shares and profit under platform competition. In: International Journal of Industrial Organization, (2022). doi:10.1016/j.ijindorg.2021.102807 (Accepté/Sous presse).
2021
Belleflamme, Paul ; Neysen, Nicolas. A Multisided Value Proposition Canvas for Online Platforms. In: Journal of Business Ecosystems, Vol. 2, no.1, p. 1-14 (2021). doi:10.4018/JBE.2021010101.
2020
Belleflamme, Paul ; Lam, Wing Man Wynne ; Vergote, Wouter. Competitive Imperfect Price Discrimination and Market Power. In: Marketing Science, Vol. 39, no. 5, p. 996–1015 (2020). doi:10.1287/mksc.2020.1234.
2020
Belleflamme, Paul ; Forlin, Valeria. Endogenous vertical segmentation in a Cournot oligopoly. In: Journal of Economics, Vol. 131, p. 181–195 (2020). doi:10.1007/s00712-020-00706-8.
2020
Belleflamme, Paul ; Peitz, Martin. The competitive impacts of exclusivity and price transparency in markets with digital platforms. In: Concurrences : revue des droits de la concurrence, Vol. 1, p. 2-7 (2020).
2019
Belleflamme, Paul ; Peitz, Martin. Managing competition on a two-sided platform. In: Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, Vol. 28, no.1, p. 5-22 (2019). doi:10.1111/jems.12311.
2019
Belleflamme, Paul ; Peitz, Martin. Platform Competition: Who Benefits from Multihoming. In: International Journal of Industrial Organization, Vol. 64, p. 1-26 (2019). doi:10.1016/j.ijindorg.2018.03.014.
2019
Belleflamme, Paul ; Peitz, Martin. Price disclosure by two-sided platforms. In: International Journal of Industrial Organization, Vol. 67, p. 102529 (2019). doi:10.1016/j.ijindorg.2019.102529 (Accepté/Sous presse).
2018
Belleflamme, Paul. Modèles économiques des données : une relation complexe entre demande et offre. In: Enjeux Numériques, Vol. 2018, no.2, p. 9-13.
2018
Belleflamme, Paul ; Paolini, Dimitri. Strategic attractiveness and release decisions for cultural goods. In: Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, Vol. 28, no.2, p. 198-224 (2018). doi:10.1111/jems.12280.
2018
Belleflamme, Paul ; Toulemonde, Eric. Tax incidence on competing two-sided platforms. In: Journal of Public Economic Theory, Vol. 20, p. 9-21 (2018). doi:10.1111/jpet.12275.
2018
Belleflamme, Paul ; Vergote, Wouter. The Intricate Tale of Demand and Supply of Personal Data. In: Concurrences : revue des droits de la concurrence, Vol. 2018, no.3, p. 45-52.
2017
Belleflamme, Paul. Faut-il craindre l'abandon des règles de protection de la vie privée aux Etats-Unis?. In: The Conversation France, (12 avril 2017).
2017
Belleflamme, Paul ; Neysen, Nicolas. The rise and fall of take eat easy, or why markets are not easy to take in the sharing economy. In: Digiworld Economic Journal, Vol. 108, p. 59-76 (2017).
2017
Belleflamme, Paul. Uber va-t-il mourir ?. In: The Conversation France, (11 décembre 2017).
2016
Belleflamme, Paul ; Jacqmin, Julien. An Economic Appraisal of MOOC Platforms: Business Models and Impacts on Higher Education. In: CES-IFO Economic Studies, Vol. 62, no.1, p. 148-169 (2016). doi:10.1093/cesifo/ifv016.
2016
Belleflamme, Paul. Dans l'économie du partage, il faut comprendre que les taxes aussi sont partagées. In: The Conversation France, (29 avril 2016).
2016
Belleflamme, Paul ; Vergote, Wouter. Monopoly price discrimination and privacy: The hidden cost of hiding. In: Economics Letters, Vol. 149, p. 141-144 (2016). doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2016.10.027.
2016
Belleflamme, Paul ; Toulemonde, Eric. Taxer les plateformes de l'économie collaborative ? Oui, mais attention aux effets secondaires !. In: Regards économiques, , no.Focus 18, p. 1-4 (2016). doi:10.14428/regardseco2016.04.28.01.
2016
Belleflamme, Paul. The economics of digital goods: A progress report. In: Review of the Economic Research on Copyright Issues, Vol. 13, no. 2, p. 1-24 (2016).
2016
Belleflamme, Paul ; Omrani, Nessrine ; Peitz, Martin. Understanding the strategies of crowdfunding platforms. In: CESifo DICE Report, Vol. 2, no. June, p. 6-10 (2016) (Accepté/Sous presse).
2016
Toulemonde, Eric ; Belleflamme, Paul. Who benefits from increased competition among sellers on B2C platforms?. In: Research in Economics, Vol. 70, no.4, p. 741-751 (2016). doi:10.1016/j.rie.2016.08.006.
2015
Belleflamme, Paul. La "taxe rose" : un genre de prix ou des prix de genre ?. In: Problemes Economiques : selection de textes francais et etrangers, , no.3107 (03/2015).
2015
Belleflamme, Paul ; Omrani, Nessrine ; Peitz, Martin. The economics of crowdfunding platforms. In: Information Economics and Policy, Vol. 33, no.1, p. 11-28 (2015). doi:10.1016/j.infoecopol.2015.08.003.
2014
Belleflamme, Paul ; Peitz, Martin. Asymmetric information and overinvestment in quality. In: European Economic Review, Vol. 66, p. 127-143 (2014). doi:10.1016/j.euroecorev.2013.12.005.
2014
Belleflamme, Paul ; Lambert, Thomas. Crowdfunding: Some Empirical Findings and Microeconomic Underpinnings. In: Forum financier : revue bancaire et financière, Vol. 2014, no.4, p. 288-296 (2014). doi:10.2139/ssrn.2437786.
2014
Belleflamme, Paul ; Lambert, Thomas ; Schwienbacher, Armin. Crowdfunding: Tapping the right crowd. In: Journal of Business Venturing : entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial finance, innovation and regional development, Vol. 29, no. 5, p. 585-609 (2014). doi:10.1016/j.jbusvent.2013.07.003.
2014
Belleflamme, Paul. La "taxe rose" : un genre de prix ou des prix de genre ?. In: Regards économiques, , no.Focus 14, p. 1-3 (2014). doi:10.14428/regardseco2014.11.15.01.
2014
Belleflamme, Paul ; Jacqmin, Julien. Les plateformes MOOCs : menaces et opportunités pour l’enseignement universitaire. In: Regards économiques, , no.110, p. 1-18 (02/2014).
2013
Belleflamme, Paul ; Lambert, Thomas ; Schwienbacher, Armin. Individual crowdfunding practices. In: Venture Capital : an international journal of entrepreneurial finance, Vol. 15, no.4, p. 313-333 (2013). doi:10.1080/13691066.2013.785151.
2013
Belleflamme, Paul. L'or caché des pirates ?. In: Regards économiques, , no.Focus 9, p. 1-4 (2013). doi:10.14428/regardseco2013.05.07.01.
2013
Belleflamme, Paul. La nouvelle loi Télécom conduira-t-elle à une baisse des prix ? (suite). In: Regards économiques, , no.Focus 5, p. 1-2 (2013). doi:10.14428/regardseco2013.02.01.01.
2013
Belleflamme, Paul. Passe d’armes autour du Speedy Pass de Walibi. Que faut-il en penser ?. In: Regards économiques, , no.Focus 10, p. 1-3 (2023). doi:10.14428/regardseco2013.06.13.01.
2013
Belleflamme, Paul. Un trésor chez les pirates. In: Revue du Belgium-Luxembourg Business Club in Switzerland, Vol. 2013/2014, p. 82-85 (2013).
2012
Belleflamme, Paul ; Wauthy, Xavier. Economie des contenus numériques: bientôt la fin du gratuit. In: Regards économiques, Vol. 1, no.100, p. 4-15 (12/2012).
2012
Belleflamme, Paul. La nouvelle loi Télécom conduira-t-elle à une baisse des prix ?. In: Regards économiques, , no.Focus 4, p. 1-3 (2012). doi:10.14428/regardseco2012.12.19.01.
2011
Belleflamme, Paul ; Vergari, Cecilia. Incentives to innovate in oligopolies. In: The Manchester School, Vol. 79, no. 1, p. 6-28 (2011). doi:10.1111/j.1467-9957.2009.02131.x.
2011
Belleflamme, Paul. Théorie des jeux, guerre et paix. In: LSM Alumni-Connect, Vol. September 2014, p. 11-14 (2011).
2010
Belleflamme, Paul. "L'économie de la gratuité". In: Economie et Management, Vol. 134, p. 9-15 (2010).
2010
Belleflamme, Paul ; Slits, Laurent. Le développement du marché des brevets et la problématique des patents trolls. In: Regards Economiques, Vol. 83 (2010).
2010
Belleflamme, Paul ; Peitz, Martin. Platform competition and seller investment incentives. In: European Economic Review, Vol. 54, no. 8, p. 1059-1076 (2010). doi:10.1016/j.euroecorev.2010.03.001.
2009
Belleflamme, Paul ; Toulemonde, Eric. Negative intra-group externalities in two-sided markets. In: International Economic Review, Vol. 50, no. 1, p. 245-272 (Février 2009). doi:10.1111/j.1468-2354.2008.00529.x.
2008
Belleflamme, Paul ; Bloch, Francis. Sustainable collusion on separate markets. In: Economics Letters, Vol. 99, no. 2, p. 384-386 (Mai 2008). doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2007.09.020.
2007
Belleflamme, Paul. Apprécier les effets unilatéraux des fusions en utilisant la théorie des jeux. In: Revue de la concurrence belge, Vol. 4, p. 3-8 (2007).
2007
Belleflamme, Paul ; Picard, Pierre. Piracy and Competition. In: Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, Vol. 16, no. 2, p. 351-383 (Mai 2007). doi:10.1111/j.1530-9134.2007.00142.x.
2006
Belleflamme, Paul ; Van Ypersele, Tanguy. Comment favoriser l’innovation dans le secteur pharmaceutique: brevets et/ou récompenses ?. In: Reflets et Perspectives de la Vie Economique, Vol. XLV, no. 4, p. 23-35 (2006).
2006
Belleflamme, Paul. L'économie de la propriété intellectuelle : Introduction et description du contenu. In: Reflets et Perspectives de la Vie Economique, Vol. XLV, no. 4, p. 5-9 (2006).
2006
Belleflamme, Paul. Patents and incentives to innovate: some theoroetical and empirical economic evidence. In: Ethical Perspectives : journal of the European Ethics Network, Vol. 13, no. 2, p. 267-288 (2006). doi:10.2143/EP.13.2.2016634.
2006
Belleflamme, Paul ; Van Ypersele, Tanguy. Piracy and competition. In: Reflets et Perspectives, Vol. 45, p. 23-35 (2006).
2005
Belleflamme, Paul. Versioning in the information economy: Theory and applications. In: CESIfo Economic Studies, Vol. 51, no. 2-3, p. 329-358 (2005). doi:10.1093/cesifo/51.2-3.329.
2005
Belleflamme, Paul ; Hindriks, Jean. Yardstick competition and political problems. In: Social Choice and Welfare, Vol. 24, no. 1, p. 155-169 (Février 2005). doi:10.1007/s00355-003-0297-8.
2004
Belleflamme, Paul ; Bloch, Francis. Market sharing agreements and collusive networks. In: International Economic Review, Vol. 45, no. 2, p. 387-411 (2004). doi:10.1111/j.1468-2354.2004.00130.x.
2003
Belleflamme, Paul. Le piratage des biens d'informations. In: Regards Economiques, Vol. 17 (2003).
2003
Belleflamme, Paul ; Toulemonde, Eric. Product differentiation in successive vertical oligopolies. In: Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'Economique, Vol. 36, no. 3, p. 523-545 (2003). doi:10.1111/1540-5982.t01-2-00001.
2002
Belleflamme, Paul. Coordination on formal vs. De Facto standards : a dynamic approach. In: European Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 18, no. 1, p. 153-176 (2002). doi:10.1016/S0176-2680(01)00073-8.
2001
Belleflamme, Paul. Oligopolistic competition, IT use for product differentiation, and the productivity paradox. In: International Journal of Industrial Organization, Vol. 19, no. 10, p. 227-248 (2001).
2001
Belleflamme, Paul ; Bloch, Francis. Price and quantity experimentation: A synthesis. In: International Journal of Industrial Organization, Vol. 19, no. 10, p. 1563-1582 (2001). doi:10.1016/S0167-7187(00)00062-X.
2000
Belleflamme, Paul ; Thisse, Jacques-François ; Picard, Pierre. An economic theory of regional clusters. In: Journal of Urban Economics, Vol. 48, p. 158-184 (2000). doi:10.1006/juec.1999.2161.
2000
Belleflamme, Paul. Stable coalition structures with open membership and asymmetric firms. In: Games and Economic Behavior, Vol. 30, p. 1-21 (2000). doi:10.1006/game.1998.0708.
1998
Belleflamme, Paul. Adoption of network technologies in oligopolies. In: International Journal of Industrial Organization, Vol. 16, no. 4, p. 415-454 (1998).
2023
Belleflamme, Paul ; Neysen, Nicolas. The Economics of Platforms: Concepts and Strategy, Select, Routledge: London, UK, 2023. 9781138590700. 282 p. doi:10.4324/9780429490873.
2021
Belleflamme, Paul ; Peitz, Martin. The Economics of Platforms : Concepts and Strategy, Cambridge University Press, 2021. 9781108696913. 256 p. doi:10.1017/9781108696913.
2015
Belleflamme, Paul ; Peitz , Martin. Industrial Organization : Markets and Strategies, 2nd ed., Cambridge University Press, 2015. 9781107687899. 822 p.
2010
Belleflamme, Paul ; Peitz, Martin. Industrial Organization : Markets and Strategies, Cambridge University Press, 2010. 9780521681599. 720 p.
2020
Belleflamme, Paul ; Peitz, Martin. Ratings, reviews and recommendations. In: R. Towse, T.N. Hernandez, Handbook of Cultural Economics, 3rd ed., Edward Elgar, 2020, p. 466-473 (chap. 52). 9781788975797. doi:10.4337/9781788975803.00058.
2018
Belleflamme, Paul ; Thomas Lambert ; Armin Schwienbacher. Effets de réseau et financement participatif : une analyse empirique. In: François MOREAU, Yann NICOLAS, Financement participatif : une voie d’avenir pour la culture ? (Questions de culture chiffres), Ministère de la Culture / Presses de Sciences Po: Paris, 2018, p. 23-46. 978-2-72462185-3.
2018
Belleflamme, Paul ; Peitz, Martin. Inside the Engine Room of Digital Platforms: Reviews, Ratings and Recommendations. In: J.-J. Ganuza and G. Llobet, Economic Analysis of the Digital Revolution (FUNCAS Social and Economic Studies; 5), Funcas: Madrid, Spain, 2018, p. 75-114. 978-84-15722-95-3.
2018
Belleflamme, Paul. Platforms and Network Effects. In: Corchon, L.C. and Marini, M.A., Handbook of Game Theory and Industrial Organization, vol. 2, Edward Elgar Publishing Limited: Chelthenham, UK, 2018, p. 286-317 (chap. 11). 9781788112772.
2017
Belleflamme, Paul. Les plateformes de l’économie collaborative : fonctionnement et enjeux. In: Decrop, A., La Consommation Collaborative, De Boeck Supérieur: Louvain-la-Neuve, 2017. 978-2-8073-0767-4.
2016
Belleflamme, Paul ; Lambert, Thomas. An industrial organization framework to understand the strategies of crowdfunding platforms. In: Jérôme Méric, Isabelle Maque et Julienne Brabet, International Perspectives on Crowdfunding. Positive, Normative and Critical Theory, Emerald Group Publishing Limited: Bingley, UK, 2016, p. 3-20. 978-1-78560-315-0.
2014
Belleflamme, Paul ; Peitz, Martin. Digital piracy. In: Alain Marciano, Giovanni Battista Ramello, Encyclopedia of Law and Economics, Springer, 2014, p. 1-8. 978-1-4614-7883-6. doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-7883-6_13-1.
2014
Strowel, Alain ; Belleflamme, Paul. INNOVATION UNDER THREAT? SOME ECONOMIC AND LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS ON THE PATENT WARS AND TROLLS. In: Alain Strowel, Alexia Autenne, Vincent Cassiers, Droit, économie et valeurs. Hommage à Bernard Remiche, Larcier: Bruxelles, 2014, p. 337-352. 9782804473631.
2012
Belleflamme, Paul ; Peitz, Martin. Digital piracy: theory. In: Martin Peitz and Joel Waldfogel, The Oxford Handbook of the Digital Economy, Oxford University Press: Oxford, 2012. 9780195397840. doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195397840.013.0018.
2009
Belleflamme, Paul ; Neysen, Nicolas. Coopetition in Infomediation : General Analysis and Application to E-Tourism. In: Álvaro Matias, Peter Nijkamp, Manuela Sarmento, Advances in Modern Tourism, vol. II., Physica: Heidleberg, 2009, 217-234. 978-3-7908-2124-6.
2009
Belleflamme, Paul ; Neysen, Nicolas. Coopetition in infomediation : general analysis and application to e-tourism. In: A. Matias, P. Nijkamp, M. Sarmento, Advances in tourism economics : new developments, Springer, 2009, p. 217-234. 978-3-7908-2123-9.
2008
Belleflamme, Paul. How efficient is the patent system? A general appraisal and an application to the pharmaceutical sector.. In: Axel Gosseries Alain Marciano Alain Strowel, Intellectual Property and Theories of Justice , Palgrave Macmillan: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG21 6XS, England , 2008, p. 210-229. 978-0-230-00709-3.
2007
Belleflamme, Paul. La politique d'innovation dans une économie globalisée: quelques questions économiques ouvertes. In: Bernard Riche,Jorge Kors, L'Accord ADPIC: dix ans après. Regards croisés Europe-Amérique Latine, Larcier: Bruxelles, 2007. 978-2-8044-2708-5.
2007
Belleflamme, Paul. Patents and incentives to innovate: some theoroetical and empirical economic evidence. In: C. Sri Krishna, Ideas, innovations and patents, The Icfai University Press: Hyderabad, India, 2007.
2006
Belleflamme, Paul. Logiciels, créations commerciales et brevet. Quelques réflexions d'un économiste. In: Remiche, Bernard, Le brevet: pourquoi et pouro faire quoi, Larcier: Bruxelles, 2006. 978-2-8044-2448-0.
2006
Belleflamme, Paul. Versioning information goods. In: Gerhard Illing, Martin Peitz, Industrial organization and the digital economy, MIT Press: Cambridge, 2006, 175-.... 9780262090414.
2003
Belleflamme, Paul. Pricing information goods in the presence of copying. In: W.J. Gordon, R. Watt, The economics of copyright : developments in research and analysis, Edward Elgar, 2003, p. 26-54. 1-84376-263-3.
1999
Belleflamme, Paul. Assessing the diffusion of EDI standards across business communities. In: Manfred J. Holler, Esko Niskanen, EURAS yearbook of standardization - Vol. 2 (HOMO OECONOMICUS; XV(3)), Accedo Verlag, 1999, p. 302-324. 3-89265-035-7.