Research Interests
Microeconomic Theory, Industrial Organisation, Competition Policy and Economic Epidemiology
Biography
Flavio Toxvaerd is Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge and a fellow of Clare College. He holds degrees from the University of Copenhagen (BSc Economics, MSc Economics), the London School of Economics (MSc Econometrics and Mathematical Economics), the London Business School (PhD Economics) and the University of Cambridge (PhD Theoretical Epidemiology). His research interests include microeconomics, industrial organisation, competition policy and economic epidemiology. He is an Affiliated Researcher at the Bennett Institute for Public Policy and a Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research. He is currently the inaugural UKRI Policy Fellow in Competition and Productivity Economics and has also been a member of the Academic Panel, both with the Competition and Markets Authority. He has also served as Senior Economic Advisor to the Review on Antimicrobial Resistance, which was set up by HM Government in collaboration with the Wellcome Trust.
Recent Publications
Published Papers
Matthies, K. and Toxvaerd, F.M.O. Rather Doomed than Uncertain: Risk Attitudes and Transmissive Behavior Under Asymptomatic Infection, (2022) Economic Theory, acceptedToxvaerd, F.M.O. and Rowthorn, R. On the Management of Population Immunity, (2022) Journal of Economic Theory, 204
Dangerfield, C., Fenichel, E. P., Finnoff, D., Hanley, N., Heape, S. H., Shogren, J. F. and Toxvaerd, F. Challenges of Integrating Economics into Epidemiological Analysis of and Policy Responses to Emerging Infectious Diseases, (2022) Epidemics, forthcoming
Conforti, C., Berndt, J., Pilehvar, M. T., Giannitsarou, C., Toxvaerd, F. and Collier, N. Incorporating Stock Market Signals for Twitter Stance Detection, (2022) Proceedings of the 60th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (Volume 1: Long Papers), 4074-4091
Giannitsarou, C., Kissler, S. and Toxvaerd, F.M.O. Waning Immunity and the Second Wave: Some Projections for SARS-CoV-2, (2021) American Economic Review: Insights, 3, 321-338
Working Papers
Ashfaq, M. and Toxvaerd, F.M.O. DP17954 Manufacturer Certification in Second-Hand Markets, 2023, CEPR Press Discussion Paper No. 17954Toxvaerd, F.M.O. and Matthies, K. Rather Doomed than Uncertain: Risk Attitudes and Sexual Behavior under Asymptomatic Infection, submitted
Toxvaerd, F.M.O. and Rowthorn, R. The Optimal Control of Infectious Diseases via Prevention and Treatment, updated 2015. Additional appendix available
Toxvaerd, F.M.O. On the Dynamics of Beliefs and Risky Sexual Behavior, 2014
Cambridge Working Papers in Economics
Auld, C. and Toxvaerd, F.M.O. The Great COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout: Behavioral and Policy Responses, (2021) CWPE2136Toxvaerd, F.M.O. Contacts, Altruism and Competing Externalities, (2021) CWPE2135
Giannitsarou, C., Kissler, S., Toxvaerd, F.M.O. Waning Immunity and the Second Wave: Some Projections for SARS-COV-2, (2020) CWPE20126
Makris, M. and Toxvaerd, F.M.O. Great Expectations: Social Distancing in Anticipation of Pharmaceutical Innovations, (2020) CWPE2097
Toxvaerd, F.M.O. and Rowthorn, R. On the Management of Population Immunity, (2020) CWPE2080
Recent Activities
Flavio Toxvaerd wins EEA Award for Exceptional Teaching
Dr Flavio Toxvaerd from the Faculty of Economics, a Fellow of Clare College and an Affiliated Researcher at the Bennett Institute for Public Policy, University of Cambridge has been awarded a top prize by the European Economic Association, winning the 2023 EEA Award for Exceptional Teaching in the Senior Category.
Published on - Monday 4th September 2023
Three successful in Academic Career Pathways
The University of Cambridge Academic Career Pathways scheme recognises and reward outstanding contributions and celebrate academic achievement through promotion and pay progression. This year, all three of the candidates from the Faculty of Economics that were put forward have been successful.
Published on - Friday 16th June 2023
Associate Professor Toxvaerd interviewed on cost of living crisis
An analysis of the UK cost of living crisis discussed by Associate Professor Flavio Toxvaerd from the Faculty of Economics on Radio Ciudad.
Published on - Thursday 25th May 2023
How did Treasury policy-makers approach the economic response to Covid-19?
Dr. Flavio Toxvaerd has published an article in the Economics Observatory. With the worst of the pandemic now behind us, it is time to take stock of how the government dealt with the crisis and to learn important lessons for the future
Published on - Thursday 24th November 2022
Slowing the spread of the next epidemic
VoxTalks have released a podcast based on Dr Flavio Toxvaerd's recent paper, "Epidemics in Space: Control, Targeting and Delegation".
Published on - Friday 21st October 2022
Research Grants
Mid-Career Fellowship: The Economics Of Infectious Disease (British Academy)
Keynes Fund Sponsored Projects
Giannitsarou, C., Toxvaerd, F. and Collier, N., Mapping of Rumours and Information Diffusion (JHOQ)
COVID-19 Economic Research
Special Feature: The Economics of Infection
Teaching
PIIB Paper 9 - Industrial Organisation: Topics
MPhil S170 - Industrial Organisation
PhD Students
Supervisor
Guillem Gordo-I-Bach
PhD Title:
Research: Microeconomic Theory, Industrial Organization, Economic Epidemiology, Micro-Econometrics
PhD Title:
Research: Microeconomic Theory, Industrial Organization, Economic Epidemiology, Micro-Econometrics
