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Michelangelo ROSSI

Associate Professor

Marketing

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Biography

Michelangelo Rossi is an untenured Associate Professor of Marketing at HEC Paris, where he teaches an introductory Marketing course in the Grande École Program. He holds a PhD in Economics from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and is a Research Affiliate at CESifo.

Michelangelo's research focuses on quantitative marketing, industrial organization, and competition policy, with a particular interest in digital markets and online platforms. His research combines economic theory, econometrics, and causal inference, with publications in leading scientific journals such as Management Science and Marketing Science. He has also written for broader audiences in Harvard Business Review, and his work has received media coverage from outlets such as Cornell Chronicle and MarketWatch.

Michelangelo has received notable awards, including the CRESSE and CPI Award for Best Paper on the Digital Economy in 2021 and a nomination for the Antitrust Writing Awards in 2024.

Before joining HEC Paris, Michelangelo was an Assistant Professor of Digital Economics at Télécom Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, and was a visiting scholar at renowned institutions such as the University of Toronto and CESifo Research Network.

Scientific articles

The Evolution of Discrimination in Online Markets: How the Rise in Anti-Asian Bias Affected Airbnb During the Pandemic

Marketing Science, Forthcoming, (in coll. with M. Luca, E. Pronkina)

The Good, the Bad and the Picky: Consumer Heterogeneity and the Reversal of Product Ratings

Management Science, Forthcoming, (in coll. with T. Bondi, R. L. Stevens)

Competition and Reputation in an Online Marketplace: Evidence from Airbnb

Management Science, 2024, vol. 70, n° 3, pp 1357-1373,

The Good, The Bad and The Picky: Reference Dependence and the Reversal of Product Ratings

Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Economics and Computation, 2023, vol. EC' 23, pp 297, (in coll. with T. Bondi, R. Stevens)

Quality Disclosures and Disappointment: Evidence from the Academy Awards

Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Economics and Computation, 18 July 2021, vol. EC' 21, pp 790-791,

Working papers

Scientific articles

Competition and Reputation in an Online Marketplace: Evidence from Airbnb

Management Science, 2024, vol. 70, n° 3, pp 1357-1373,

The Good, The Bad and The Picky: Reference Dependence and the Reversal of Product Ratings

Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Economics and Computation, 2023, vol. EC' 23, pp 297, (in coll. with T. Bondi, R. Stevens)

Quality Disclosures and Disappointment: Evidence from the Academy Awards

Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Economics and Computation, 18 July 2021, vol. EC' 21, pp 790-791,

The Evolution of Discrimination in Online Markets: How the Rise in Anti-Asian Bias Affected Airbnb During the Pandemic

Marketing Science, Forthcoming, (in coll. with M. Luca, E. Pronkina)

Working papers

Education

  • Ph.D., Economics, Universidad Carlos III Madrid - Spain

Academic appointments

Academic Responsibilities at HEC

  • 2025- Associate Professor, Marketing HEC Paris

External Academic Responsibilities

  • 2020-2025 Assistant Professor Télécom Paris, CREST, Institut Polytechnique de Paris

Scientific Activities

Editorial activities

  • Referee: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, Economic Journal, Games and Economic Behavior, Information Economics and Policy, Journal of European Economic Association, SERIEs (Journal of the Spanish Economic Association)

  • Awards & honors

    • 2024 Nominated for the Antitrust Writing Awards 2024