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Oscar Guinea

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Oscar Guinea

Oscar Guinea is a Senior Economist at ECIPE.

Oscar is the author of several studies in the field of international trade, digital markets, industrial policy, and healthcare. He contributes regularly to debates on EU trade policy in newspaper articles and seminars. His research interests include globalisation, technological change, economic dependencies, and European relations with the Mercosur countries. Oscar is the author of a regular column in the Spanish newspaper El País where he writes about EU trade and economic policy.

He joined ECIPE in 2018 having worked as an Economic Adviser at the Scottish Government in the Office of the Chief Economic Adviser. Prior to that, he worked for the European Commission (DG ENER) as a national expert on energy policy. Oscar has experience appraising and assessing regulation as a government economist and private consultant.

Oscar holds a MA in European Economics from the College of Europe and a MSc in Development Economics from the University of Sussex. He graduated in Economics from the University Autonoma of Madrid and was an international student in the University of Chile and the University of Macedonia.

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    Strengthening the Supply-Side Innovation in EU Telecommunications

    By: Fredrik Erixon Oscar Guinea Dyuti Pandya 

    The telecommunications sector is central to the EU’s competitiveness, not only providing the infrastructure that underpins digital connectivity but also serving as a key driver of innovation. Recent EU reports already highlight the persistent structural challenges faced by the EU telecommunication sector: market fragmentation, low investment levels, divergent spectrum policies, and an urgent need to bolster digital sovereignty.  However, a critical dimension in...

  • ECIPE Occasional Papers

    The Impact of Increased Mass Litigation in the UK

    By: Oscar Guinea Dyuti Pandya Vanika Sharma Renata Zilli 

    Over the past decade, the United Kingdom has seen a marked rise in collective litigation, transforming what was once a niche legal, rarely employed, tool into a fast-growing business model with wide-ranging economic implications. At a time when the country seeks to boost investment, support innovation and attract global business, the proliferation of mass litigation risks undermining these ambitions. This study takes a closer look at how mass litigation is...

  • ECIPE Policy Briefs

    Collective Action in the Netherlands: Why It Matters for the Transposition of the Product Liability Directive

    By: Oscar Guinea Dyuti Pandya Vanika Sharma 

    This policy brief explores the implications of the Netherlands’ transposition of the new EU Product Liability Directive (PLD), focusing on its interaction with the Dutch collective action system. As one of the first EU countries to implement PLD and a key hub for mass litigation, the Netherlands offers a compelling case study. Features such as low claim thresholds, opt-out mechanisms, flexible settlements, limited cost-shifting, and the ease of creating...

  • ECIPE Occasional Papers

    Models of Industrial Policy: Driving Innovation and Economic Growth

    By: Andrea Dugo Fredrik Erixon Oscar Guinea 

    Europe’s approach to industrial policy has undergone a dramatic transformation in recent years, with state aid reaching 1.4 per cent of GDP in 2022, levels unseen since the early 1990s. While advocates of substantial state aid argue that this intervention is necessary to maintain competitiveness in a world where the US and China are implementing large-scale industrial strategies, the effectiveness of this approach remains contested. This paper critically...

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