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Price Elasticity Shifts in Essential Goods Markets
Microeconomics

Price Elasticity Shifts in Essential Goods Markets

New evidence on how consumer sensitivity to price changes has evolved in post-inflationary markets.

14 February 2026 | 8 min read
Market Concentration Trends in the Pharmaceutical Sector
Microeconomics

Market Concentration Trends in the Pharmaceutical Sector

Analysing how mergers, patent cliffs, and regulatory barriers shape pricing power in drug markets.

12 February 2026 | 10 min read
Behavioural Nudges and Consumer Decision-Making Under Uncertainty
Microeconomics

Behavioural Nudges and Consumer Decision-Making Under Uncertainty

A review of field experiments on choice architecture and their policy implications.

7 February 2026 | 9 min read
Gig Economy Labour Markets and Worker Classification Economics
Microeconomics

Gig Economy Labour Markets and Worker Classification Economics

The economic trade-offs of contractor versus employee status in platform-mediated labour markets.

5 February 2026 | 11 min read
Network Effects and Winner-Take-All Market Structures
Microeconomics

Network Effects and Winner-Take-All Market Structures

How demand-side economies of scale create tipping points and barriers to entry in digital markets.

31 January 2026 | 10 min read
Information Asymmetry in Healthcare Service Markets
Microeconomics

Information Asymmetry in Healthcare Service Markets

Examining how knowledge gaps between providers and patients distort healthcare pricing and utilisation.

29 January 2026 | 12 min read
Auction Design and Spectrum Allocation Efficiency
Microeconomics

Auction Design and Spectrum Allocation Efficiency

Lessons from recent telecommunications spectrum auctions on mechanism design and revenue outcomes.

24 January 2026 | 9 min read
Firm Entry and Exit Dynamics in Post-Pandemic Industries
Microeconomics

Firm Entry and Exit Dynamics in Post-Pandemic Industries

How the pandemic reshaped business formation and failure rates across sectors.

22 January 2026 | 8 min read
Consumer Surplus Estimation in Digital Platform Markets
Microeconomics

Consumer Surplus Estimation in Digital Platform Markets

Methodological advances in measuring the welfare gains from free and subsidised digital services.

17 January 2026 | 10 min read