About

Academic and professional biography of Leandro Zipitria.
About

Economist specializing in industrial organization and applied microeconomics.

My research fields are industrial organization and applied microeconomics, with a focus on retail markets, pricing, competition, and regulation. I am Full Professor at dECON, Universidad de la República, and hold a PhD in Economics from Universidad de San Andrés.

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Degrees

  • PhD in Economics, Universidad de San Andrés, 2017.
  • MA in International Economics, Universidad de la República, 2008.
  • Bachelor in Economics, Universidad de la República, 2001.

Academic positions

  • Full Professor, dECON, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de la República, since 2024.
  • Associate Professor, dECON, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de la República, 2016–2024.
  • Director of the Department of Economics, dECON, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de la República, 2021–2024.
  • Research Director, RIDGE Antitrust and Regulation Workshop, 2019–2022.

Teaching

Graduate teaching has included regulation, institutions, microeconomics, industrial organization, and competition policy. Undergraduate teaching has included game theory, microeconomics, introduction to economics, industrial organization, and competition policy.

Leandro Zipitria

Professional activity

More than twenty years of applied experience in competition policy, economic regulation, and market analysis. Consultant for the World Bank, IDB, CAF, ECLAC, PAHO, and UNDP, alongside public-sector and private-sector advisory work.

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Previous public-sector activity

  • Ministry of Economy and Finance — IADB Project Manager, 2010–2013.
  • Ministry of Economy and Finance — regulation, public health-care system, and bankruptcy reform, 2005–2009.
  • Ministry of Economy and Finance — Chief Antitrust Economist, 2003–2009.
  • Ministry of Economy and Finance, Dirección General de Comercio — economic analysis, 2003–2010.
  • Office of Budget and Planning — regulatory impact analysis and pricing of public services, 2001–2003.

Affiliations

American Economic Association · European Economic Association · Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association