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Leonardo J. Basso Sotz

Full Professor

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Transport Economics; Industrial Economics; Respiratory Infections; Health Care Management

Educación

  •  Civil Engineering , UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 2001
  •  Transportation Engineering, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 2001
  •  Transport Economics and Policy, UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. Canada, 2006
  •  Civil Engineering , UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 1999

Experiencia Académica

  •   Associate Professor Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

    Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences

    Santiago, Chile

    2011 - At present

  •   Assistant Professor Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

    Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences

    Santiago, Chile

    2007 - 2010

  •   Instructor Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

    Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences

    Santiago, Chile

    2002 - 2006

  •   Full Professor Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

    Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences

    Santiago, Chile

    2020 - At present

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Consultant Other

    Fiscalía Nacional Económica

    Santiago, Chile

    2016 - 2018

  •   Consultant Other

    Ministry of Energy

    Chile

    2014 - At present

  •   Consultant Other

    CIS Consultores

    Chile

    2013 - At present

  •   Consultant Other

    Autopista Central, Abertis

    Chile

    2014 - At present

Formación de Capital Humano


Master Theses in Engineering Sciences
Raúl Pezoa Z. (2018) “Programas de Viajero Frecuente Bajo Riesgo Moral y Selección Adversa: Programas por Dólar y por Distancia”
Ignacio Riquelme C. (2016) “Efectos de expansión de capacidad vial en congestión y su interacción con otras políticas urbanas”
Jaime Orrego O. (2014) “Funciones de congestión en corredores de transporte público usando microsimulación”
Olivia Aravena G. (2014) “Efectos de la información imperfecta sobre impuestos pigouvianos con agentes no atomísticos: el caso de los aeropuertos congestionados”
Nicolás Inostroza P. (2014) “Regulación en Precios y Tecnología Bajo Inversión Asimétrica”
Fernando Feres (2013) “Programa de viajero frecuente bajo selección adversa y riesgo moral”
Cristián Mansilla I. (2012) “Sostenibilidad de colusión tácita, bajo la elección de dos variables”
José Quintana S. (2012) “Alianzas Voluntarias entre Operadores de Redes Móviles y Operadores de Redes Móviles Virtuales”
Hugo Silva M. (2010) “Análisis Micro-económico de Políticas para Combatir la Congestión Vial”
José Muñoz F. (2009) "Modelos de Tarificación en Servicios Portuarios”
Jorge Vásquez O. (2009) “Regulación Óptima bajo Información Incompleta: Precios Versus Cantidades”

Undergraduates Theses
Raúl Pezoa (2018) “Programas de Viajero Frecuente Bajo Riesgo Moral y Selección Adversa: Programas por Dólar y por Distancia”
Diego Candia (2016) “Recomendaciones de regulación y estructura de Transantiago basadas en análisis crítico de situación nacional e internacional”
Ignacio Riquelme (2016) “Efectos de expansión de capacidad vial en congestión y su interacción con otras politicas urbanas”
Olivia Aravena G. (2014) “Efectos de la información imperfecta sobre impuestos pigouvianos con agentes no atomísticos: el caso de los aeropuertos congestionados”
Jaime Orrego O. (2014) “Funciones de congestión en corredores de transporte público usando microsimulación”
Nicolás Inostroza P. (2014) “Regulación en Precios y Tecnología Bajo Inversión Asimétrica”
Diego Cruz (2014) “Tarificación óptima de tarjetas multiviaje considerando efectos del ingreso”
Fernando Feres (2013) “Programa de viajero frecuente bajo selección adversa y riesgo moral”
Rodrigo Nuñez (2010) “Tarificacion y Congestion en Terminales de Transporte Cuando Hay Competencia Publico-Privado.”
Hugo Silva M. (2010) “Análisis Micro-económico de Políticas para Combatir la Congestión Vial”
José Muñoz F. (2009) "Modelos de Tarificación en Servicios Portuarios”
Jorge Vásquez O. (2009) “Regulación Óptima bajo Información Incompleta: Precios Versus Cantidades”


Difusión y Transferencia


Since March 2022, head of the Evaluation Committee, Civil Engineering Department, Universidad de Chile.

Since September 2021, member of the Editorial Committee of Media Channels of Universidad de Chile.

Since June 2020, editor-in-chief for Economics of Transportation, the official journal of the International Transport Economics Association.

2018 - 2019, Chair of the Scientific Committee of the International Transport Economics Association.

Since 2014, one of ten lecturers for the Graduate School of the International Transport Economics Association. Lecture “The economics of Public Transportation” (Toulouse, Oslo, Santiago, Barcelona, Hong Kong, Paris).

Referee reports in 2014-2017: Economics of Transportation, Transportation Research A, Transportation Research B, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Journal of urban Economics, Japanese Economic Review.

Associate editor Economic Inquiry and Transportation Research B - Methodological.

In the Editorial Board of Economics of Transportation and Journal of Air Transport Management.

Organizer of the ISCI – CRESSE Latin American Summer School on the Economics of Competition Policy (December 2018). Organizer of the first 11 versions of Taller de Organización Industrial, TOI (www.toi.cl) .

Member of the board of ProUrbana, Center for Public policies, PUC (2014, ad honorem).

Member of the Presidential Commission to develop the Nueva Política Nacional de Desarrollo Urbano (New National Urban Development Policy), 2012-2013.

President Sociedad Chilena de Ingeniería de Transporte SOCHITRAN (2011-2013) (Chilean Society of Transport Engineers). Vice-president 2014-2016 and 2017-2018.


Premios y Distinciones

  •   Second Prize, Best paper in Kuhmo Nectar Conference in Transport Economics

    Network on European Communications and Transport Activities Research

    Suecia, 2012

    Second Prize, Best paper in Kuhmo Nectar Conference in Transport Economics. Paper “Frequent Flyer Programs: adverse selection and moral hazard” (with Fernando Feres)

  •   Second Prize, Best paper in Kuhmo Nectar Conference in Transport Economics.

    Network on European Communications and Transport Activities Research

    Bélgica, 2011

    Second Prize, Best paper in Kuhmo Nectar Conference in Tranport Economics. Paper “Efficiency and Complementarity of Transit Subsidies and Other Urban Transport Policies” (with Hugo Silva)

  •   Nominee for the 2008 Council of Graduate Studies Distinguished Dissertation Award competition

    UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

    Canada, 2008

    PhD Dissertation selected as University of British Columbia’s nominee for the 2008 Council of Graduate Studies Distinguished Dissertation Award competition.

  •   Jim Davey Award for the Best Doctoral Paper

    Canadian Transportation Research Forum

    Canada, 2006

    Jim Davey Award for the Best Doctoral Paper, Canadian Transportation Research Forum

  •   Isaac Walton Killam Memorial pre-doctoral fellow

    UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

    Chile, 2004

    Isaac Walton Killam Memorial pre-doctoral fellow (two years), University of British Columbia (CDN$50,000)

  •   Canadian National Railway Fellowship in Transportation Studies

    UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

    Chile, 2003

    Canadian National Railway Fellowship in Transportation Studies, University of British Columbia (CDN$16,000)

  •   Best New Civil Engineer from Universidad de Chile

    COLEGIO DE INGENIEROS DE CHILE A.G.

    Chile, 2002

    Prize Colegio de Ingenieros de Chile (College of Engineers of Chile) to the best new Civil Engineer from Universidad de Chile in 2001.

  •   Premio al Ingeniero por Acciones Distinguidas

    Instituto de Ingenieros de Chile

    Chile, 2023

    El Premio se otorga al Ingeniero que hubiere desarrollado acciones distinguidas, en el campo público y/o privado, durante los tres años anteriores a los de su otorgamiento y para estos efectos, se consideran como acciones distinguidas aquellas que excedan el desempeño normal y eficiente de las labores habituales del ingeniero y que redundan en un beneficio evidente para el país, la sociedad, la profesión o el Instituto. Dichas acciones pueden consistir, a modo de ejemplo, en la dirección de una obra de ingeniería relevante en el ámbito nacional, o la implementación de un proyecto tecnológico importante, o el impulso de una iniciativa de servicio público que impacte al país, o el particular realce que haya alcanzado en el país la labor normal que dicho ingeniero realice.

  •   Stanford's list World Top 2% scientists

    UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

    Chile, 2023

    Reconocimiento por encontrarse en el 2% de los científicos más citados de todo el mundo.

  •   Miembro Correspondiente

    ACADEMIA CHILENA DE CIENCIAS

    Chile, 2023

    La Academia Chilena de Ciencias, organismo que reúne a los más destacados científicos y científicas del país, escoge a miembros correspondientes nacionales, por su destacada labor y aportes a sus áreas.

  •   Plenary Speaker

    XXXVI Curso Internacional de Terapéutica Dermatológica

    Chile, 2023

    Invitación a ser orador plenario en XXXVI Curso Internacional de Terapéutica Dermatológica 2023.

  •   Opening Plenary Speaker

    SOCIEDAD CHILENA DE INFECTOLOGIA

    Chile, 2022

    Invitación a ser orador plenario de apertura del XXXVII Congreso Chileno de Infectología 2022.

  •   Guest Speaker

    CORNELL UNIVERSITY

    Estados Unidos, 2022

    Guess speaker at Systems Conversations Engineering of Cornell University.

  •   Keynote Speaker

    Institute for Operations Research and Management Science

    Estados Unidos, 2022

    Keynote speaker at 2022 INFORMS Annual Meeting conference.

  •   Keynote Speaker

    Congreso Colombiano de Ingeniería de Transporte y Logística

    Colombia, 2022

    Invitación como orador principal al XIV Congreso Colombiano de Ingeniería de Transporte y Logística 2022.

  •   Franz Edelman Award

    Institute for Operations Research and Management Science

    Estados Unidos, 2022

    The Franz Edelman Award recognizes and rewards outstanding example of operations research, management science, and advanced analytics. The winning application is entitled “Analytics saved lives during the COVID crisis in Chile” in 2022.

  •   Keynote Speaker

    Air Transport Research Society

    Canada, 2021

    Keynote speaker (online) at 24th ATRS World Conference 2021, hosted by University of New South Wales, Australia.

  •   Semi-finalist Innovative Applications in Analytics

    Institute for Operations Research and Management Science

    Estados Unidos, 2020

    Semi-finalist for the international award on Innovative Applications in Analytics 2020 of INFORMS, with the application “COVID-19: Short-term forecasting of ICU beds in times of crisis”.

  •   Keynote Speaker

    Symposium on Aviation Research

    Portugal, 2020

    Keynote speaker at the First Symposium on Aviation Research (SOAR) 2020, Oporto, Portugal.

  •   Keynote Speaker

    European Aviation Conference & Aviation Management and Economics Conference (EAC-AMEC)

    Austria, 2019

    Keynote speaker at European Aviation Conference & Aviation Management and Economics Conference (EAC-AMEC) 2019.

  •   Keynote Speaker

    European Cooperation in Science and Technology

    España, 2019

    Keynote speaker at final conference of TU1408 - Air Transport and Regional Development (ATARD), European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) , 2019.

  •   Keynote Speaker

    International Forum on Shipping, Ports and Airports

    China, 2017

    Keynote speaker at the 9th International Forum on Shipping, Ports and Airports (IFSPA), 2017.

  •   Guest Lecturer

    International Transport Economics Association

    Francia, 2014

    Invited to be one of ten lecturers for Annual Summer School of the International Transport Economics Association (ITEA). Hosted by Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) at the Université Toulouse 1 Capitole, Toulouse, with the support of Institut D’Economie Industrielle (IDEI), in 2014.

  •   Guest Lecturer

    International Transport Economics Association

    Noruega, 2015

    Invited to be one of ten lecturers for Annual Summer School of the International Transport Economics Association (ITEA). Hosted by Institute of Transport Economics — Norwegian Centre for Transport Research (TOI), in collaboration with the Department of Economics at the University of Oslo (UiO), in 2015.

  •   Guest Lecturer

    International Transport Economics Association

    Chile, 2016

    Invited to be one of ten lecturers for Annual Summer School of the International Transport Economics Association (ITEA). Hosted at the Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Universidad de Chile in Santiago, Chile, in 2016.

  •   Guest Lecturer

    International Transport Economics Association

    España, 2017

    Invited to be one of ten lecturers for Annual Summer School of the International Transport Economics Association (ITEA). Hosted by the Institut dEconomia de Barcelona (IEB) at the Faculty of Economics and Business of Universitat de Barcelona, in 2017.

  •   Guest Lecturer

    International Transport Economics Association

    China, 2018

    Invited to be one of ten lecturers for Annual Summer School of the International Transport Economics Association (ITEA). Hosted by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, in 2018.

  •   Guest Lecturer

    International Transport Economics Association

    Francia, 2019

    Invited to be one of ten lecturers for Annual Summer School of the International Transport Economics Association (ITEA). Hosted by the Paris School of Economics (PSE), in 2019.

  •   Guest Lecturer

    International Transport Economics Association

    Francia, 2022

    Invited to be one of ten lecturers for Annual Summer School of the International Transport Economics Association (ITEA). Hosted by the École Nationale de l’Aviation Civile (ENAC), Toulouse, France, in 2022.

  •   Guest Lecturer

    International Transport Economics Association

    Estados Unidos, 2025

    Invited to be one of ten lecturers for Annual Summer School of the International Transport Economics Association (ITEA). It is going to be hosted by the Northwestern University Transportation Center in Evanston, Illinois, United States, in June, 2025.

  •   Eno Transportation Foundation Fellow

    Eno Center for Transportation

    Chile, 2003

    This fellowship provides a high-quality professional development opportunity for aspiring transportation specialists.


 

Article (47)

Cost-savings and health impact of strategies for prevention of Respiratory Syncytial Virus with nirsevimab in Chile based on the integrated analysis of 2019-2023 national databases: a retrospective study
Pricing Congestion to Increase Traffic: The Case of Bogota
Maximization of equilibrium utility vs minimization of resources in the urban equilibrium ☆
Microeconomic analysis of ridesourcing market regulation policies
Analytics Saves Lives During the COVID-19 Crisis in Chile
COVID-19 lateral flow IgG seropositivity and serum neutralising antibody responses after primary and booster vaccinations in Chile: a cross-sectional study
Infection with SARS-CoV-2 variant Gamma (P.1) in Chile increased ICU admission risk three to five-fold
The elasticity of demand on urban highways: The case of Santiago
Dynamic IgG seropositivity after rollout of CoronaVac and BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccines in Chile: a sentinel surveillance study
SARS-COV-2 IgG positivity in vaccinated and non-vaccinated Chilean children: a national cross-sectional study in schools
The diverse impacts of COVID-19 on electricity demand: The case of Chile
The effect of correlation and false negatives in pool testing strategies for COVID-19
The path towards herd immunity: Predicting COVID-19 vaccination uptake through results from a stated choice study across six continents
The Social Divide of Social Distancing: Shelter-in-Place Behavior in Santiago During the Covid-19 Pandemic
A practical approach for curbing congestion and air pollution: Driving restrictions with toll and vintage exemptions
Coalition formation in collaborative production and transportation with competing firms
COVID-19: Short-term forecast of ICU beds in times of crisis
Public transport and urban structure
The importance of flow composition in real-time crash prediction
Effects of asymmetric information on airport congestion management mechanisms
On the harm from mergers in input markets
The efficiency of bus rapid transit (BRT) systems: A dynamic congestion approach
Bidding the project vs. bidding the envelope in public sector infrastructure procurements
Real-time crash prediction in an urban expressway using disaggregated data
Container port pricing structure : A vertical market model
Monopoly regulation under asymmetric information: prices versus quantities
Strategic investments in accessibility under port competition and inter-regional coordination
Advancing research on loyalty programs: a future research agenda
Efficiency and Substitutability of Transit Subsidies and Other Urban Transport Policies
On input market surplus and its relation to the downstream market game
Integrating congestion pricing, transit subsidies and mode choice
Congestion pricing, transit subsidies and dedicated bus lanes: Efficient and practical solutions to congestion
MEASURING THE TRUE HARM FROM PRICE-FIXING TO BOTH DIRECT AND INDIRECT PURCHASERS*
Pricing vs. slot policies when airport profits matter
The Case for Subsidisation of Urban Public Transport and the Mohring Effect
Moral Hazard and Customer Loyalty Programs
Airport deregulation: Effects on pricing and capacity
Effects of Gateway Congestion Pricing on Optimal Road Pricing and Hinterland
On the relationship between airport pricing models
Sequential peak-load pricing: the case of airports and airlines
Automobile fuel demand: A critical assessment of empirical methodologies
Congestible facility rivalry in vertical structures
Are returns to scale with variable network size adequate for transport industry structure analysis?
Distinguishing multiproduct economies of scale from economies of density on a fixed-size transport network
Calculation of economies of spatial scope from transport cost functions with aggregate output with an application to the airline industry
Transport cost functions, network expansion and economies of scope
A multioutput cost function for the services of Spanish ports' infrastructure

BookSection (3)

Desarrollo Urbano y Congestión: diagnóstico y respuestas para las grandes ciudades chilenas
Chapter 12 Cost Functions for Transport Firms
An Interpretative Survey of Analytical Models of Airport Pricing

BookWhole (1)

Actas XIII Congreso Chileno de Ingeniería de Transporte

Proyecto (11)

The efficiency of urban transport policies
Instituto Sistemas Complejos de Ingeniería (ISCI)
Optimal Departure from Marginal Cost Pricing of Transport Externalities
Externalities, income segregation and the structure of cities: the role of transport policies
EFFICIENCY AND COMPLEMENTARITY OF TRANSIT SUBSIDIES, DEDICATES BUS LANES, CONGESTION PRICING AND OTHER ENGINEERING AND DESIGN MEASURES
IS ROAD CAPACITY EXPANSION A SELF-DEFEATING POLICY? AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
INSTITUTO SISTEMAS COMPLEJOS DE INGENIERIA
TRANSPORT GATEWAYS=> ANALYSIS OF COMPETITION, REGULATION AND MARKET PERFORMANCE
PRIVATIZATION AND REGULATION OF AIRPORTS=> ECONOMIC FOUNDATIONS FOR PUBLIC POLICY.
Instituto Científico Milenio de Sistemas Complejos de Ingeniería
PRIVATIZATION AND REGULATION OF AIRPORTS=> ECONOMIC FOUNDATIONS FOR PUBLIC POLICY.

Review (1)

Transdisciplinary research before, during and after COVID-19 vaccination in Chile: a virtuoso collaboration with future perspectives
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Leonardo Basso

Full Professor

Department of Industrial Engineering

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

5
Denis Saure

Associate Professor

Ingeniería Industrial

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

4
Marcel Goic

Profesor Asociado

Departamento de Ingeniería Industrial

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

4
Hugo Silva

Associate Professor

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

3
Juan Pablo Torres

Vicedecano

Pediatría y Cirugía Infantil Oriente

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

2
Nicolas Figueroa

Full Professor

Economics

Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

2
Raul Pezoa

Assistant Professor

Industrial Engineering

Universidad Diego Portales

Santiago, Chile

2
Marcelo Olivares

Assistant Professor

Departamento de Ingenieria Industrial

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

2
CHARLES THRAVES

Académico Asistente

Departamento de Ingeniería Industrial

Universidad de chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Natalia Yankovic

Profesor asosciado

ESE Business School

Universidad de Los Andes

Santiago, Chile

1
Juan-Pablo Montero

Professor

Economics

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Manuel Fuenzalida

PROFESOR TITULAR

GEOGRAFIA

UNIVERSIDAD ALBERTO HURTADO

Santiago, Chile

1
Daniel Olivares

Associate Professor

Universidad Adolfo Ibánez

Santiago, Chile

1
Rodrigo Moreno

Assistant Professor

Electrical Engineering

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Matias Negrete

Associate Professor

Electrical Engineering

Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Mirko Bozanic

Jefe

Business Intelligence & Analytics

OTIC - Cámara Chilena de la Construcción

Santiago, Chile

1
Andrés Weintraub

Professor

Industrial Engineering

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

SANTIAGO, Chile

1
Fernando Feres

Estudiante

Ingeniería Industrial

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Marco Batarce

Investigador

Economía y Negocios

Universidad San Sebastián

Santiago, Chile

1
Cristián Cortés

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

CIVIL ENGINEERING

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Miguel O'Ryan

Profesor Titular

Programa de Microbiologia y Micologia

FACULTAD DE MEDICINA, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Alejandro Bruhn

Profesor Titular. Director de Investigación y Postgrado, Facultad de Medicina

Departamento de Medicina Intensiva

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile