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Francesca Chiaradia

Francesca Chiaradia is an economist who recently completed her PhD at the University of St Andrews. From September 2026, she will be a Research Associate at the El-Erian Institute of Behavioural Economics and Policy, Cambridge Judge Business School. Her research examines how small and medium-sized firms invent and compete, and how policy can help make innovation more equitable and sustainable.
Antitrust and Competition

Green Public Procurement Was Supposed To Reduce Emissions. It’s Also Reducing Competition

Francesca Chiaradia
The federal Buy Clean initiative illustrates how procurement quotas can alter market structure by raising compliance costs and rewarding scale. As states expand their own Buy Clean programs, competition effects deserve the same scrutiny as environmental ones, writes Francesca Chiaradia.

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