Melissa Newham

Research interests:

• Applied microeconomics, industrial economics, regulation, health, machine learning, innovation.

Education

• KU Leuven
  Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Business Economics

• Yale School of Management
  Visiting Researcher

• University of Amsterdam
  Master of Science (MSc) Economics, Specialization: Industrial Organization, Competition Policy and Regulation

• University of Cape Town
  Honours Economics

• University 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