Patrick Rey is Professor of Economics at the Toulouse School of Economics (University of Toulouse). He has previously been Director of the Institut D’Economie Industrielle (IDEI, Toulouse), Director of the Laboratory of Industrial Organization (CREST-INSEE, Paris) and Director of (what is now) l’Ecole Nationale de la Statistique and of the Administration Economique (ENSAE). He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Toulouse, an engineering degree from Ecole Polytechnique and a Master from ENSAE in Paris. His current themes of research include Industrial Organization, Regulation and Competition Policy, Innovation and Intellectual Property.