Melissa Newham
Lecturer for Economics of Information at KU Leuven
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Biography
Research interests:
- Applied microeconomics, industrial economics, regulation, health, machine learning, innovation.
Education
KU Leuven
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Business EconomicsYale School of Management
Visiting ResearcherUniversity of Amsterdam
Master of Science (MSc) Economics, Specialization: Industrial Organization, Competition Policy and RegulationUniversity of Cape Town
Honours EconomicsUniversity of Cape Town
Bachelor of Commerce (BCom), Politics, Philosophy and Economics (PPE)
PUBLICATIONS & POLICY REPORTS
- “Adverse effects of acquisitions in the pharmaceutical industry” with K. N. Vokinger, Nature Medicine, May 2022 Online
- “Common Ownership in the US Pharmaceutical Industry: A Network Analysis” with J. Seldeslachts and A. Banal-Estanol, The Antitrust Bulletin 66(1), Spring 2021 Online Media coverage: TRT World
- “Killer acquisitions en innovatie” (in Dutch) with J. Malek and J. Seldeslachts, KVS Preadviezen 2020 over Mededingingsbeleid Online
- “US and EU secure vaccine production on home soil” with J. Malek, J. Seldeslachts and M. Wieting, DIW Focus No. 6, 10/2020 Online
- “Changes in Common Ownership of German Companies” with J. Seldeslachts and A. Banal-Estanol, DIW Economic Bulletin 30/2017 Online Media coverage: Mail & Guardian
- “A Critical Review of South Africa’s Carbon Tax Policy Paper: Recommendations for the Implementation of an Offset Mechanism” with B. Conradie, CSSR Working
GRANTS & AWARDS
- ICM-FWO Fellowship from Research Foundation Flanders (3 years) 2018
- Erasmus+ Mobility Project Funding 2018
- Erasmus Mundus Action to South Africa Scholarship (1 year) 2013
- National Research Foundation Scholarship 2013
- Allan Gray Commerce Prize - runner up B.Com. (350 graduates) 2012
- First place in B.Com. Politics, Philosophy and Economics 2012
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